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THE ALBANY CONVENTION.
f1 VIDENCE was furnished by the
I , r. , shippers' and, producer' con
r. . 'vention , at Albany , yesterday
that in the matters pf railroad,-regu.
r lation within this state. and united ef
i fcrts lor; navigable -waterways, the
1 peoplt ol Oregon mean business.
This-was a thorough lyrcpmentittveT
; convention, and the sentiments ;,
pressed, in the mairL are tbe nti;
' ments ; of almost everybody, r Not
only so, but tli people, through their
representatives in the legislature, are
-; going , to act. .' Thinking and talking
; . are well enough in. preliminaries, but
amount to nothing' Unless action re
Suits, "and "Oie", legislature that will
meet Monday Vill 'Obey the people
fated to. relieve the people from in
tolerable delinquency ' arid burden-
" some -oppression on the part of the
railroads 14 fhis .state,' v -
t Not 11 that is desired, nor all that
is' expected ay many, may be accom
'plished by the legislation that will be
' 'enacted; but 'a beginning will be ac
complished, much will be learned by
'experience and gained through intel
tjligent honest effort. -
? These meetings at Eugene andAl-
'bany:have' beert beneficial, eduea
tional, healthily stimulating; They
J have clearly vj3icedgrjevancrj!haye.
revealed intolerable conditions, have
'incited study of remedial ' measures
land suggested methods jt relief, and
hay brought the people together in
, , substantial harmony upon this ques
7 tionr.now the paramount one in this
' i state. The legislature would not
i ; dare, if it desired, to refuse or neglect
to respond to the demands of , the
;.' people, as voiced at Eugene andAl-
ba py. ; '
STUDY THESE FACTS,
T IS not all the fault of the over-
rich that they roll fathoms deep
o JweaUluA j?art of.th blame
Mies with the masses.-They are often
.listless when they ought to be alert
. By inattention at times when they
! ought. to be wideawake, thejr let for
tunes slip through their fingers.
' 'There is a call for them now to open
their waterways, but only a few are
hearkening. r ' s''-v
Yet these waterways are the cheap
Vest known means of transportation.
Railroads cannot compete with them.'
They do not try to, but -always con
trive, covertly or Otherwise, by sub
terfuge or in the open, to throttle the
ttsepfnature, high ways, ,,JIersJ;or
! instance, is the Willamette regfon with
'its one waterway practically , closed.
For more than ; 30 years its people
J tare listlessly submitted ton ob-
struction at- Oregon City , that - has
f cosfS0 "cents- fT tonejctraoirevery
i( pound of freight shipped in or out
They have tamely bowed their necks
:to the yoke year after year, and have
then handed it down to their children
. to submit to.', lixosts jkem a million
dollar every six or eight yean, and
the money goes 'from their pockets
into the pocket of Mr. Harriman and
lis Icind. It slips " through their
fingers because they do not heeL A
' little active agitation, a few breaths of
Jilive demand, would have driven the
tolltaker from the river and freed
-Willamette traffic"' forever, " but it
hasn't Jbeen done. The toll has been
. i paid and the over-rich are the richer.
J- And , here in the great Columbia
river valley. . The matchless stream
that drains it is 4s' great ar transpor
! tation boon Jarwas. eyerlaid.atuthe
4 door of a people. Its bosom is capa
' tie o2 a traffic a thousand times the
; volume of the vast Inland Empire,
and at rates so low that railroads can
not approximate them. Failure to im
': prove and use it has lost million of
dollars to the people it it ready to
' serve; A glimps at what might have
been and might still be saved I
"gained in the reduced freight'rates
; recently compelled by the little port-
-age road. An open, Columbia .would
mean these lessened rates divided and
many times subdivided- Thus, wheat
from Buffatoto the Atlantic seaboard
through the Erie canal costs but 87
rents p." ton. The distance ia 387
miles, t. boii t as far ' as across the
state of Oregon. It is more, than
the; distance from Portland to
-".v, T'rsncisco, Eighty-seven -cents
prr ton for that distance is but two
i lis rcr ton per mile Movement of
wheat down-the Columbia and down
the VillametJe ought to be almost as
cheap, but it is not It is from four
to eight time as costly.; ' : i
But the. Erie canal "haul is "'to be
made even'cheaper. If is to be cut to
less than qnc third the' present figure
A deepening" and widening of. the
canal is to cut the cost from Buffalo
F to the ' seaboard to 26 cents per ton.
There is a lift in five miles ol the
Erie by locks of more than 200 feet,
but it i. overcome and Jhe. reward to
the people is a ton pf wheat trans
ported 'as far as across the state o
Oregon for only 26 cents, a charge
but 1 cent more than half what it
costs to merely pass a ton of wheat
through the Oregon City locks. ' It is
a result possible of measurable ap
proximation ' on the Columbia and
Willamette. Is it not an end worth
striving . for? : Will not the people
from. Portland to Lewiston and be
yond, and from Portland to Eugene
and beyond, join. in a united call for
these rivers to be opan and free?. ' If
not forthemselves, will they not do
it for their children?
Or, will they let the millions that
could be saved continue to go to Mr.
Harriman and to Wall street? ;
O. R. 4 NfFIGURES.- - "7
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N THE reorganization of the
R. A N railroad in 1896
I there were issued $24,000,000
of 'Common stock and $11,000,000 of
preferred stock bearing 4 per cent in
terest, Last year its consolidated
4-per-cent mortgage bonds were $22,-
023,800 and there were $3,000,000 of
other bonds. Altogether, then, the
capital invested, on - the company's
trwtnhowiiig, waa $S7y625,80ft-- -
Let us see how immensely the busi
ness of this railroad has grown during
the past 10 years. In 1897 the gross
earnings were $428,504, - it) , 1906
$12,696,378;. increase, $7,967,874; per
centage of increase, 168.5.
Operating expenses 1897 -were
$2779,047, in 1906 $5,840344; increase,
$3,061J797iperntage of increase,
110.1. , Note how the earnings 'r?h
creased much more than. the operat
ing expenses which, as we shall lee
laterTmcluded Improvement "and Te-j
pairs. :. '., '.' . .
The 'surplus" in 1897 was $563,437.1
In 1906 it was $5,137,152. , This is an
increase of 815 2 per cent ;. ..The aur
plus showed a steady increase dunng
this period, except that in 1899 it was
r4fttleai-4n898r--The-total--ttf
plus for the 10 year amounts to $24,
404,673. " The percentage of operating
expenses to earnings was. in 1897
54.37,. in 1906 49.03, an exceedingly
low percentage, it being -about 75 per
ccnt-ca the Pennsylvania roaL
The number of ton of freight car
ried in 1897 was 862;406, in 1906 3,222,r
121. The tons carried per mile in 1897
were 189336.47S; in 190$ 723,677,155.
Freight earnings per mile in the for?
mer year were $2,935, .in" the latter
$703. , Did the rate' per ton per mile
decrease in anywhere near like pro
portion? No, in 1897 it was .0164, in
1906 .0113. There was practically no
change in freight rates out of Port
land. - " ' 7 , ' " :: J . ' ?'
In 197 the earnings from passen
ger traffic, carrying mail and express.
etcwere$ljD207 Via J906 $i576
354;- increase, $2,555,681; percentage
of increase, 250.3. The -number 'of
passengers carried one mile in 1897
was 2488.843, in 1906 143,124,308.
The passenger earnings per mile in
1897-we $71S.S9rfn-1906-$2742.63.
The fare per mile evidently counting
all deadheads was reduced ' from
.0358 to .02166. ; ,
The railroad is . of course entitled
to fair interest on it investment, and
giving it 4 per cent on its preferred
and 6 per cent on its common stock,
this income would amount to. $1,444,-
000 a year, or $14,400,000 for the 10
years, still leaving a surplus of $9,-
964,670. This $10,000,000 in a round
figure after allowing the company's
capitalization to represent a genuine,
actual' , investment of - that much
money, and saying nothing about its
overloading of operating expenses
and the depreciation fund represents
the amount which the Oregon pat
rons of this road. have been over
charged the Jlarriman Wood money.
But a large fraction of the "operating
expenses," money spent for improve
ments and betterments, is not prop
erly charged tip as such.
Now let us see how nearly -this
road has "kept - pace ' in ' providing
equipment .and , transportation facili
ties with this. enormous increase of
business and income. The .mileage
increased from 1,065.35 miles in 1897
to 1,130 miles" in'1906, besides" the
branches to Condon, 40 miles, and to
Shaniko, 70 miles." In 1897. the road
bad 109 locomotives, and in 1906 141,
an increase of 32 per cent,.: though
there was an increase of power per
locomotive. Of - passenger car it
bad 63 in 1897 and 96 in 1906, an in
crease of 33. But of, freight ear it
had actually less in '1907, 2,682, than
in 1897, when it .had .2.829, t loss of
147; but the cars are larger how than
then, so that there iia reaUy.ieea aa
increase in freight capacity of 13 per
cent. And this although a car short
age has. been chronic for years, and
the report for 1905 states that "the
increase of traffic, exceeds facilities,"
and that "the equipment needs to be
largely increased," :. .'... :v
If the people. of Oregon had thai
$10,000,000 to use a veryconserva-
tive figure that Mr. Harriman has
plundered' them, of- during the past
10 years, and could use it for such
purpose, they ' could open up its
principal river and improve some of
it harbors. 1 ." .. V '
GRAFTERS HAVE A CHILL.
G
OVERNOR HUGHES' me
'sage give the professional
politicians and their busi
ness partners a cold chill, and a black
frost has settled down upon them.
What are Ve coming to, if a man
elected to" a high office, really "does
what iie told .the people, during the
campaign he would do or better and
more of it? - What sort of men are
getting into office anyway straight
laced, cold-fronted creatures of aus
tere virtue In office, who propose to
serve" the rank and file, the rabble,
the proletariat, the plodding toilers
and taxpayers, who know as little
aboutlhe game of politics at a Salva
tion Army lass does about baccarat
what on earth is to become of par
ties, and leadera, and bosses, and paid
speelbinderst and husky hustlers and
the whole machinery of partisanship
and it golden reward, if these in
tractible fellows continue to get into
office? Why,-the . way this ex-professor
talks, the trusts and monopolies
and plutocrats and jobbers and rob-
bers oi high and low degree might
almost as welt have voted for Hearst
Of course thejr' did' not expect that
Hughea would be a friendly to them
a, they would have wished, but they
did hope that he had some saving
grace of hypocrisy about hfm, and
would not ' proceed to do thent""up.
But his message , reads ominously.
Thrclimate -is-growing colder-all
oyier the country. r"
The Salem Journal calls on , the
ministerial association -of that city to
"reform the legislature, and aays
there should be a genuine religious
reyival among' the member. : This
sems a little "too previous." How
can the Salens editor know that the
J legislature Msaor needful "of radical
1 frcformaiorrTOTtjttn
into action? tKnd if it. develops that
it does need uch reform, would not
an ordinary, tegular ministerial asso
ciation be entirely too weak an in
atrument?. Would not" the tongues
of fire outfit be hetter adapted tothe
purpose? ' Or . why should not Col.
Hofer patriotically undertake the job
himself? '
. Another piece, of evidence, not con
clusive but significantly; corrobora
tive, that . Secretary Hitchcock has
done about right in withholding cer
tain land from entry for. a time, and
in his official course generally, is
that he is being attacked, particularly
on this point of -withholding land,-by
Senator Carter of Montana. " One
might in some minor initance be mis-
takenin always concluding ...that
whatever .Tom- Carter, espoused, the
country did not want, and whatever
he opposed was about the right thing;
but as a general rule such .a conclu
sion would be safe and sound. i
What a desperate, raging and re
lentless antagonist Congressman
Gaines of Tennessee is. . Having sworn
that no man with 'impunity might
call him liar, and Congressman Ma
li on having applied that epithet, the
gentleman from Tennessee dashed
across the honser-seied the Mahon
hand, wrung it in an ecstatic way, and
called Mahon friend. Implacability
had but one more deadly arrow in
its quiver.r ' Gaines 1 of Tennessee
might have kissed Mahon.
With sincere regret the people ,of
the coast will hear the news of the
death of Coadjutor , Archbishop
George .Montgomery of California.
Few men out of or in the church had
more friendsfvery few were as much
beloved. ' " Archbishop Montgomery
wat a splendid churchman and a no
ble citizen; by a ' fine , example he
showed men how easy it was to be
good; he believed in smiling re
ligion. ;. ; '" -' ",'.!'. 0 -
What ; a strange thing it would
have been to Democrats not very
long ago to see Democratic members
of . the legislature voting, without
protest from many of their party, for
the Republican candidate for United
States senator. Verily, the political
world "do move," especially in' Ore
gon.. . ," '" .'.'- ' t.
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Just ' at the moment when Air.
Hearst had positively announced that
he' would never, accept another po
litical Job, jhe. news xomes that M
Clellan may be ousted from the may
oralty f - New -York-nr- hit" favor.
Only men who have. sworn off drink
ing, and who, by a cruel perversity
of fste are. made the recipients of
innumerable Invitations to have
something, cart appreciate the feel
ing of the journalist
Though the temperature roust be
low . at this tinfc.of year in Russia,
the time is warm for the officials who
have been devoted to'destruction. by
the social revolutionists,- They are
safe only in the utmost seclusion, and
perhaps not then. : 'r: ':"'. ' r
Having .in mind the remarkable
demonstrations ' that greeted Mf.Ttha I wtil lnd you another written
Bryan 'on ; his return from hi trip
around the world, Mr. Roosevelt, it
is said, is seriously thinking of trying
the absent treatment for that , tiring
feeling...!- '-"'; ".
r v . - v.
Notwithstanding the fact that Ja
pan has appropriated over $25,000,000
for new warships' California . etubn
bornly refuse to turn her ' school
houses oyer to the japanese
Is Roosevelt .Now
r: Democrat?
" : From Current Llteratura."
' Haa Prealdent Rooaavelt become a
DeraoeratT That question la en that haa
ban debated every now ana then, with
increaaln; frequency, during tb last
few years, but nevatjtaore earnestly
than sine bis recent presidential mes
aae.' . Katurally there are two aides to
the debate, on aid contending that he
and Bryan stand for almost th same
political program, th other contending
that th recent message Is. by reason
of its strongly federalist tendency, on
of th most On-Democratic documents
ever written. This sharp antagonism of
news seems to prevail even among
Interest to th message. Apparently
President Koosevelt 1 Incapable today
of writing a messag or making a speech
or dismissing an ambassador or taking
a Journey without exciting th lively at
tention of a goodly part of mankind and
Introducing new material Into th dis
cussion that' break the monotony of life
on a considerable portion of th world's
surface A general perusal of th press
of th country create a sort of Impress
alon that all Intellectual activity la di
vided Into - two part on which con
cerns Itaelf with what Prealdant Roose
velt has lust done and th other which
concern Itself with what b la likely to
do next '
If th parallel Columns wer applied
to th comments on th messag an In
teresting divergence on this subject -of
air. Roosevelt a Democracy would bJ
manifested. Th New York. 'World, for
Instance, goes at length . Into what It
terms "the Roosevelt-Bryan merger." It
finds a surprising number' ef points in
which their, views coincide or nearly co
incide,-taking as a baste of comparison
Mr. Bryan's recent Mndlson Square car-
don speech and Mr. RooweTelf r messag
Item number one,' a federal income tax.
Item number two, a law forbidding
corporation to contribute to campaign
expenses. Item number three, a federal
license law - for corporations. On th
enforcement of th crimlnat claus of
th anti-trust law, th question of federal
Injunction in labor troubles, th .eight
hour . day.tha. .uMof .lh navy to col
lect private -debts, th strengthening of
the meat Inspection law, th publl
criticism of Judge and courts, and, vari
ous other matters It finds the utterances
of the .two men, surprisingly similar.
Views similar to this And frequent ex
pression In comment on th messag
John Sharp Williams, leader of th
Democrats In congress, is reported as
saying: "W have lassoed th presi
dent to th triumphal car of 'Democracy
on th questions of an Income tax and
an inheritance tax. This, combined witn
th rope already tying him, makes blm
pretty clos to being a captive."
Th ' Philadelphia Record finds that
her is "practical a (freemen t" between
Roosevelt and Bryan except as to
Bryan's free silver views, and it- In
sists that Mr. Bryan Is Mr. Roosevenfs
"legitimate uccessor" In th Whit
Hous. "Even on th tariff question. It
remarks. ."Roosevelt la gradually getting
back -on to Democratic ground. TH
would approach tariff revision by way
of the income tax after th manner of
the Wilson tariff bill."
Lord-CurzbnV
x Birthday v r
Lord Curaon of Kedleston waa born
January 11. 1K9. th son of th fourth
Baron Bcarsdale. H was educated at
Eton and Oxford and became private
secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury!
then premier. Lord Curaon traveled ex
tensively m -Central -Asia, - Persia,
Afghanistan. 81am. Indo-Chlna ... and
Korea. ' tils real entrance Into public
life dates from 1891, when he waa made
under secretary ot state tor India.- Later
ha waa for three years under secretary
of stat for foreign affairs, which posi
tion fas resigned In 18SS to become viceroy
and governor-general of India, on of
th highest and most honored positions In
th gift of the British crown. Lord
Curson served In India for aix year and
resigned In 1903 because of continued poor
health. In ISM he was married In Waah-Ington-to
Miss Mary Letter, daughter of
Levi Z. lielter, who mad his millions
ss a merchant in Chicago. Lady Curson
died " last July, . leaving . two ' Infant
daughter. -
Japanese Humor. .
From the Yokohama Advertiser.
It Is rumored that a movement la now
tinder way to represent to the American
government that In another important
matter (other than th school question)
It Is not living up to Its treaty obliga
tions. Numerous American helrcsae
hare contracted marriage with ' titled
foreigners, none of whom have been 4o
far)' Japanese.. This I unjust discrimi
nation and not In accordance 'with th
most favored nation claus of th agree
ment. It I hope that th people of
California will not have the unwar
ranted presumption to assert that thin
Is a atate ' right - and that th federal
government haa no authority In the
premise.
" Veteran in PoUtica.
Governor Harris of Ohio is th oldest
chief executive of any state In the
union; but Is a very lively and potent
Integer in th politics of th Buckeye
stats. . II is 71 years nld and haa the
distinction-mf having twle been lieuten
ant governor before being aelevated to
hi present position bjMhejleath o Gov
ernor ratUsoa. ,'; "
Letters JFrom the
.-People
Immortality and Humanity. ' "
M On ta villa. Or. Jan. 1. To the Edt
tor of -Th Journal Among the ar
tide on "Immortality and Humanity
Is one signed by Nightwatch." Permit
me a little friendly criticism. "Night-
watch" wrrtea: "To those who only can
understand, L e., those who believe in
Jesus,"- then proceeds -i eay that "th
Bible la the only written statement ot
God's will ts man or conoamlng man
Brother "Klghtwatch." If th Bible I
th only written -statement of God s
will concerning man to which you have
aooeas coma to in and I will sell you
another, or If yon do not wish to pur-
statement of God's will to man,, who
believed In and knew Jesus Christ, who
lived upon this th American continent
long years before the discovery py to-
lumbus. a people who believed lit a
srod dictating what man should do, a
people who believed that th body and
spirit united constitute th soul, which
soul shall when united put on Immor
tality, or in other worda. th blood
which. 1 th corruptible part ot man
shall n more now through1 the vein,
bat God' spirit shall flow there, thus
making th man Immortal, thu man
will, not b any more subject to death
a we. understand 4tn-Thl book Is callod
th Book of Mormon, out do not think
I am a Utah Mormon, for T. am not.
yet will atand In defense of th teach
ing of the true Book of Mormon. , An
other writing of God' will concerning
man .1 found' In a ' book -celled the
Book of Doctrine and Covenants, which
book . I have and am glad of an op
portunity to defend, it, although spoken
a gain it by man possibly who never read
lC ,,i ... , !r: . W, A. GOODWIN,
The Play.
There's always a crowd Waiting for
any ot George Ade'a shows. And when
ever "The, Sultan of Sulu" cornea to
town, you'll find Portland ther -witn
It face -washed and ' big red apple for
Its dear teacher." ' . ;
The Sultan retrained to th Hellig
t night for th third tlm and was
more than thrice welcome. It atlUnaa
a lauxh In every Mn and haa th charm
of a panacea for all who are afflicted
with common or garden blue. . f
Costumes, chorus and special consider
ation to song are conspicuous featarea
of the company that presents The Sul
tan" this season. - The costumes ar or-
'geous, or mora' nearly so perhape than
In any previous production or tn snow
In thl city, while the c torus la unusu
ally good. It lan't what might be called
a bevy of beauties, but It is a hard
working rhoror ana -certainly" gives-the
beat ther Is In th shop. . '-
Al Sykes. brother of the lata Jerome.
8ykea and once a member of "The Sul
tan's" chorus, Is the aew Kl-Ram. ; H
know th part and does It well, t'n
doubtedly. the facial expression of this
new brother of the sun aids him great
ly, for hi grimaces are, to many,' th
moat ludicrous featur of the part. Hla
Remorse" waa especially good, but mat
will always receive a aympathetla re
sponse In almost any audience.
Octavla Brosk. a th American gin.
made decidedly, mora of a hit than any
of - her Predecoeaor as- Henrietta,- In
Portland, and Bsrnice Hart also mad
more than a favorable impression. In
the somewhat humble and obscure part
of GeJulu, th faithful one, Maud Earla
certainly keep up her end of the gam.
Thar ar several old members with
thl year's company. Among them ar
Prank Tierney and John ODay, the Nu
bian buck and: wing; dancers,- and Tr J.
McCarthy,, the Sultan's private secre
tary. They ara favorite tn Portland.
It ia th same riotously comical, won
derfully pleasing show that. has been
delighting the public for - five years,
and. the company la probably a good
as any tnat haa visited fortianou Tnere
waa a big audience at the Hellig last
night and ther will undoubtedly b big
one at th other performances, for
even tho who hav seen It ar always
more than willing ta see It again. . -
: "The Sultan of Sulu" will appear at
the Heilig tonight and tomorrow after
noon and night - ! , '
Eleventh ofTT
anuary
m rl.i3tory.
- First Bngllsh-rottery toor place.
1753 Sir Hana Sloan, founder of th
British museum, . died. . Born April .18.
1S60.
1M1 Samuel Scott; American diver, ac
cidentally hanged himself on Waterloo
bridge, London, while giving exhibition:
1861 Philip P. Thomas of "Maryland
resigned aa secretary of the treaaury.
186 Steamer London, from England
to Australia, foundered In bay of Biscay;
220 lost.
1868 Chinese : government appointed
Burlingame it special envoy to all th
treaty power. . '.
1SS7 Anglo-American arbitration treaty
signed at Washington.
1900 Dr. James Martlneau, author and
clergyman, died. 'Born April U. 1S06.
190S Lewis Nixon chosen nominal
leader ot Tammany hall. , '. !
: Facta in Brief. '
Roumania Is the meat Illiterate country.
A goose will sometime lay for 26 or
20 years.
A Spanish' fullflghter " makes t2,500 a
performance, '
Bine tne abolition or the slate, tn
sight of school children ha Improved. '
An Atlantic liner must earn 180.000 a
trip before she ran reckon on any profit.
The New Zealand government ia com
pelled to, supply work to all who apply
at t2 a day. -
Spain' average sunshine Is S.flon hours
anuatly - hours a day throughout tha
year.
Two mahogany logs, for veneering pur
pose, were recently sold In New York
for 3.7H apiece. - - . . '
Th Hon I left-handed. So la the par
rot. Livingston claimed that left-hand-dness
waa common to all animals. .
Though saccharine, a product ot coal
tar, la 220 times sweeter then sugar,
there la practically no nourishment In It.
Orange and lemon trees are very fruit
ful. ' A alngle orsnge tree will produce
SO. 000 ofsnges, a single lemon tree ,000
lemons. ,
"Knocking on Wood."
Ther waavat one tlm a general he
llef that trees and humanity wer allied
in close bond of union, and that cer
tain tree had healing qualities. It wss
customary for a person afflicted with
disease to take a woolen string of three
colors, andaaWlth his right hsnd tla hla
left loosely tc th limb of a tree, then
slip it out and hasten homeward with
out casting a glance backward, the be
lief helna that the disease was trans
ferred to the tree by touching it " Thus
from a tree It hss become common
prsrticejto .touch any . article made .ot
wood to ward off misfortune. -, . ,
DIRDSEYE VIEWS
JO cf TIMELY TOPICS
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SMALL" CHANGS.
Pull together, strong, for open rivers.
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It should be Bourn without a strug
gle. '
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Hardly cold enough yet t suit th
plumbers. .
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Dividing up th larg farm will make
Oregon grow.
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' China won't boycott American goods'
fosKth famine aufferer. r
' A dispatch speaks of a "benefit to
-Sullivan." Cut It doesn't mean Larry '
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It . may be tru .that all men ar
Mara, but may we aak whetner all liars
ar mnt - f-.' , s.
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- If all the Shah's 100 widows wept. It
must bav been a rather damp apell In
th harem.
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Think with pity of the poor school
children and officials; it ta such a long
time tin vacation. .
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A doctor aays candy Is a sure cure
for consumption. Now . th kid will
want consumption. ... , .
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V No wonder It is difficult to get man
to work on th Panama canal. Beer la
if cents a glass down thsre. ; .
A senator .with a reatdenc In New
Hampshire was elected' by th Boston
Sc. Main railroad Wedneaday. , , '
It' la reported that th wives of ' th
shah of Persia ar mourning for him.
Onth surfac only,; prpbablyt
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Th editor ef Judy, a London peri-
odlcal, haa been aent to JaiL A Punch
ahould be sent to keep him company. -
The record ia ' reported broken so
many tlmea and in o many places and
ways that we begin to feel sympathy
lorTTtT
A Cincinnati distillery blew ub a
case ot poetio Justice when one . considers
the domeatle blow-up its product had
caused.. .,-. t. ' j- ... .... ...
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Carrie Nation denounce huartha- aa
Immoral. Bat there ia little danger of
anybody becoming thu wicked on her
account. . ' -.'i
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The Balera Journal published a list
of the eabtnet Ineerreetly, In-pert, and
several other state paper copied It. mis
takes and all. . ,
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An Oregon City boy of It accidentally
ahot himself whil Teaching for hia
pipe and tobacco. Th moral ot this
tale need aimnt. ,
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It look aa ir narly every Enr'lsh
man who becomea prominent has an
American wife. Th average American
woman make ber husband hustle.
- A lot of people are being converted by
listening to a revivalist's sermona over
the telephone. But a conversion In such
a lasy fashion Isn't likely to stick long,
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Something p Art in tlie H
, By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
.A th Impulse of each century Is
toward a kinder and 1caa savag hu
manity, let us hope that In the next
hundred year our art will ahow the
refining process of time, -
War, murder and bloodshed are still
rampant In th world, yet the sentiment
of civilisation la opposed to them. We
ar all ashamed of war, where in olden
times psople gloried in It
Sine w ar ashamed of It why
should w perpetuate Its horrible acenea
on canvas, or buy such pictures to hang
upon our walla T - , . -
- The ornaments of our home are a
part of the mental training of our chil
dren, our domestic and even our young
friend who favor ue with their fre
quent presence.
What pleasure I there -lit gaxing on a
graphic representation of carnage, of
looking at life-like pictures of agonised
men and animate in tbslr death throes?
Such work may prove an artist' skill,
but It doe nothing for th-betterment
of humanity. -
Th realistic in' literature, in th de
scriptions of scenes ot vie or murder,
may serre a useful purpose as tha plot
proceeds and unfolds th mechanism Of
cause and effect - .
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There can be no purpose tn a realla
tie picture of brutality and bloodshed.
Whst good and la attained by blem
ishing our fair wall with the picture ot
a dying deer, seised . by a pack ot
hounds, or two wild beasts tearing each
other to atoms, or a frensled bull gor
ing a horse, while th bull 1 pierced by
the spear of a human monster, or two
men bruising each other in the prise
ring, or dying men and horses flung in
horror heapa upon the battlefield?
All these things 'ocenr. and It U terri
ble nough that they do. and that wa
muat read about them and hear th de
tails. But why ahould wa perpetuate
: "Colonel Hofer in the East.
The Des Molnea Register and Leader..
"I want to call your attention to the
fact that Oregon la the first northern
state to send two member to th United
State senat by popular vote." boasted
Ernst Hofer, formerly of lows, yester
day. 1 "With next January two men will
go to Washlsgtoh to apeak for our
stat. both of whom ow their honor
to th popular . will. They ar young
men. . active men and . men . who atand
for the popular aid in th controversies
of the day." .
"Wu it expensive for them to secur
a nomination?" - .' . ' '
"It waa. When an unknown man
seeks an office h must make himself
known to the state. That meana putting
reading matter in th hand o th
voters, spreading th platform h stands
on In the-newspapers and publishing
hi photograph. But I hav en mor
money spent In merely holding one vote
In the legislature 1n a senatorial contest
than It cost all the candidates-In Ore
gon to mnks their canvass. .1 have seen
n-.any times the money spent In one week
In the old way than -a state csnvsss
costs under the new law."?
"Does Oregon like the new taw?" '
' "W would no more think of chang
ing bsck than we would think of aban
doning the Australian ballot. ITnder no
consideration would we allow, the old
fashioned legislative fight for t'filted
States aenslora again. The primary
election will come to stay with every
state that trie It.
"Tou ar on th right track in Iowa
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; OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
. Wallow haa a new paper, th San.
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: Lots of thing expected on Coo bay.'
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Panel war blooming oa New TarV
In Vel. ,
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Stump-puller ar kept busy areund
Redmond. . . ,' . -, i
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Prlnevllle will
steam laundry. ,
ooa have ' it first
' Ontario expects to beoom a far mora
Important railroad town.
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Hatne la" on eastern Oregon town
that haa plenty of wood.
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Prospects for wheat crop eould net be
better around Lexington,
Many farmer around Redmond ar
buying thoroughbred poultry. . , -
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' The bottom baa dropped out of th
Marshfleld streets, aaya th Nwa.
Laat yesr,7BrfieepWefTTTWta-tTr--tr
urant county, and izs.ssr ar left.
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Pendleton haa two street that oan ba
crossed without using a ferry-boat, say
tn irioune.
During th paat year an Oakland firm
haa purchased 100,000 pound of wool at
is cent a pound.
Th Toncalla Courier lectures ceonle
who watch parting sweetheart at th '
dapot when they kiss- , . .. .. . .
A Hay hurst valley woman sold If tuv
keys, weighing too pound, for tOU"
cents a pound, an average of tX.it per
turk. . . . . ...
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Lot of peopl In Toledo hav colds.
and on of th stores haa no handker
chiefs, and the other on only two snout-
rags, aaya the Leader, , ; - .
A correspondent of the KlamatH Palls '
Republican says that a Bonansa girl Is
said to have suoh big feet that ah baa
to put her olothea on over bar head.
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. A Condon man' Jaw was dislocated,
according to th Glob, althar by circu
lating a fala report about a neighbor's
bora or else chewing the rag In a sole
game. ' . ...... . . . ...
j .'-I .'-', e e -.'. . .
In a bean-guessing contest at Condon
'for a diamond tlngone man guea d -I.SIS
and another 1.170. and the number
of bean was t.ttg. . They drew Straws
for th ring. -
r ; as , . .
The late H.' K. Colver, who' was to j
establiah a denatured alcohol plant on .
Coo bayrwas worth-about 17.000,000, - .
and in hi will left $10,000 to Ptr Log- '
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Dufur Dispatch: Thla paper, being
on day lata thl week I occasioned by
the arrival of a baby girl at th home of.
our foramaa, who, by the way. la also
oompoaltor. makeup - man. praaeman.
"devil", and many other things too nu
merous to mention. i- . , , - ,r ' '
omc
them In art for unborn generations to -gase
upon?
, There ought to be a "horror chamber"
similar to that of the- Eden Muse,
wher artists and sculptor who lov to
portrsy th morbid and brutal features
or lire could exhibit their work withou.
forcing it. upon peopl who do ttrrJ
want to se it -
There ia so much that ia ubllm. 7
dramatic, tender, beautiful and exalting
In the world for painter and sculptor to
depict, so much that acta aa aa inspira
tion to th beholder, that soothes, rests "
or stimulate th mind, heart and eye.
Instead of merely arousing a sensation . ,
of fascinated rpultonl , . v
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Why do peopl put picture --jf dead
bird and fish- on their dining-room
walls? i oan rmagln nothing mors oal- "
culated to spoil the sppetlte and upset
in at gee ion.
One likes to forgot the market atari
whil at dinner. '
in a lady's boudoir, sweet with sug
gestions f rfln4 femininity, I hav
een th plctur of a deer at bay whloh
tor th heart of any aympathetto Ob-
aervetv -Possibly 4be 4ady attached a
aymbolle meaning to it and aa a sue-
oessful hunter f heart ah may have
often seen her game "at bay."
I have had my call spoiled by aa al
most llfe-elsed bull fight ecsne on a
drawing-room wall, and I have had a
bleak winter day suddenly bloom with
the glory of a summer afternoon at th
shore by a bit of marine view opposite
me aa I awaited the arrival of my boa
teas, -v - .
Why not select thing which shall de
light and pleas our own yea and those
of our friend when we are adorning
our homes?
Th sad and awful aid of llf will
fore Itself upon us fast enough as w
go along, without buying It and putting .
an expensive frame about ttl -
In Instating on-the direct popular nomi
oml- J
nation, jjo not d put off with
compromise meaaur. Th delagat
tern ho had ita day. Tha peopl can
nomlnat directly and they are bound
to do it. I shall be pleased to read that
the legislature of my old stat has don
so good and wis a thing as to adopt
th law you ar proposing hr." t
Will Vote for Bourn, fr
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
Th Beat Oregonlan haa no doubt f
the election of Jonathan,, Bdurn a
United States aenator on the first bal
lot In the coming session ef th Oregon
leglalatur. Enough of tha members .
of th legislature hav pledged thm- J
selves to the people' choice to Insure j
thl result thanks to th progressiva 5
spirit of th state! ., -
Umatilla eounty sends two men '',
the leglalatur absolutely bound to sup
port the people's choice, no. mattor
whom that choice may fall upon. Theae
two men ar Senator C. J. Smith and,. -Representative
c. A. ,Barrett. . ' "V
The Ksst Oregonlan is proud to point j
to this fset It believe that tMa aentl. j
ment la now so firmly rooted in th.
mind of th voters that hereafter no j
man ran be elected to th legislature
from Umatilla county who does not so I
pledg" himself. ----- .
Dr. Smlfh and Mr. Barrett will atand
as the pioneers of this rmmi, In re
spond Ing to th . wlu ol . ths neocl . la..
senatorial aleotioaa. ,. . . , v .
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