The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, March 23, 1907, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextEditorial Page of The.. Journal .... c v. I tJM,j,-,,JJMMtAaaaassaaJ i''' ' ' ' ,--. ' y ' , ' -' ' ". :' ' ' ' , ' . 1 l . THE JOURNAL AM INDEPENDENT BWIHWi C a JACKSON.... rbiu -T . The JowmI BU4- . lift aa ywfclll atr a. NIUM. r' Batetve et tha seorrfce at rleseOr InHalM tbraee Ul stalk) se eeee v tvf rBAM UitH TITS. an dMmuu r..rt kT tklt sanbet. TaB I 7 wmm. roION ADVBRT1S1N0 PnnSirTATIVI L, . . , m i-v ..MritdHff imrr, a iimi. piw wt -- Suherrtrttoa IVm by . ki is UalteA State. Caaao sf Ussiest DAILY 0 year! ........ 00 I One smth..... - -. ORDAX 5-' a rsu.........a.0 I 0 . ,- PA1LX AND SONDAX . T.M I Oh Meats..... ;.t As 3V JOURNAL CUUULATTOV. --.--.v'. yaVreeiy. 1T, 5 V- 2fi.72 OOKTABATTTa RATEXXXT. Iikwr, I". evs....... -J JJJ Itkwx. ?. '. gala at fa M Aaiiy rani)-! : Th. tarul te J.ij y-ertlaaA tbat erae eirealstfcei facts Prune t th sebuc. full '"'-"J" bait. HtM Iti raoorda eeee " Bee ef awry Joersal rtrmLtloe ewtemeet le ebaadaat end cosvlsclnc P"- eeee " m eevertteae we r.rr maw etreeta. eirealatma raeorda, papr bllla. aipraaa aa4 iwatofflca racalp". and tba rmah raetlpta lor elrealartoj, tba baat rtdnx a! aa Oa taa af Ikla TW la aatltlaA to llaw.U a Arlc.a n.ra'a n.M.tM atar. tbaa kiaariac tba rau aaUTarr at aai MK. HARRIMANS : BUSINESS. -PRIVATE MR. HARRIMAN'S literary ba : reu has ent out. "for di torial reference," among other '.V leaflet the statement of Mr. John C Wilburn,, one of his , attor neys, giving his reasons ', "why Mr. Harriman refused to answer certain queries of' the Interstate commerce commission." The fact that Mr. Har riman condescends through Mr. Mil burn to explain indicates that fie is not to Impervious to public criticism as he hat been. Instead of simply sending out a little slip with "the public be 4 d" on-it, he sends Mr. Milburn's labored -and highly paid for. argu.ment," from which it , is in ferred that Mr. Harriman has recent ly somehow gained a slight modicum of respect for tht people.of the coun try, which -is very gooI sign.-'. Mr; Milburn's plea is that of technical corporation- lawyer, so that when applied to-the cold facts and square issues in the case of the Peo ple, versus .Harriman it is, : as the lawyers say, "incompetent,' immate rial and irrelevant." 7, ''.g " ; Evidence is never only any owe or ' two of these,' but" invariably all three, and 'sometimes more." Mr. Milburn argues at length, that the commis , sion's powers of investigation are limited within certain lines, and those , lines are of course such as be draws, and also of course he draw, them so as to shut out the very facts essential to the people's case to know, those regarding Mr. Harriman's high . fi nance-operations with railroad stocks. The chairman of the commission very "aptly replied to Mr, Milburn during hia argument by saying i Ton Mam to hare drawn the distinc tion between corporate transaction of .t'Dlon Paelflo In this ease and what you ehooaa to call the transaction of pri Tata Individual. But caa it ba Mid , that these ara th transaction of prl Tata Individuals? Mar the exeoutlT officers of th railroad company pur ehas this stock of another railroad eotnpanr, and then sell that stock to th ; company through tba xeuttr offiosr " and preclud Inquiry lata th tranaae . t'on bacaui they . ar prlvat indl , ridualsT - ; . -." ' i "Bnt,". fepliee Mr.; Milburn, "this is not 1 interstate commerce business;" that is, though Mr. Harriman owned or controlled a majority of the stock of all the roads in the country he - .could buy, sell, mortgage borrow, de ' dare dividends, wster, be an interme- diate party, "buying of and selling to ' himself and thus making hundreds of millions and no Inquiry into these - transactions can be made because. he -r does " all this . -private individual, and his business is not interstate com merce business1.:' Suppose,". Mr. Sev erance said, "Mr. Harriman had de- liberately looted the treasury of a road and bankrupted it, is it, possible ; that the commission cannot go into that?" "No," answered Mr.. Milburn, -.;"for it is not a federal question.". ;, The same leaflet contains an edi torial from the Chicago Chronicle, an extreme corporation organ, which be gins by saying: There navar was and ther aTr will t a law ta vanish nan wh daelln to toll his prlvat basin to enybod: who hscnan to Inquire about It, an' ' this 1 tru whethar tb Inqulsltlv irtt happens to b a prtvat individual or an Interstat commerce commission. ''Hut this and the following state ments of the Chronicle assume that, such transactions ; as those of Mr. Harriman ar strictly "private busi pe," thus begging the whole ques tion. How long will some railroad , officers and organs' persist in consid ering railroads as merely private r rcperty? A block of railroad stock it j-rivate property, of course, but when a railroad presidentand In that capacity a .qussi public otticer, Duys sells, boosts, wrecks, waters, com bines, and performs all sorts of high finance operations - with controlling amnunti of railroad stocks, it be comes "business" that it would seem the people should have a right to in ouire (nto. ''' ,'.'',' ' ' 'v -.' ? ' r ', "'V . : , WHY DELAY ACTION? TN A TALK to Newspaper men and xh-4 rrortland-Presi.,club. X banquet this week, Lincoln Stel fens,- who was a city hall reporter in, New York when Roosevelt be- came famous as police commissioner, fold of the president's slow processes in making up his ; opinions. .. The course of Roosevelt at the present time in forming his policy toward the railroads bears out Steffens' state ments. - Roosevelt is taking plenty of timerahd while ' the" barons of Tail road merger manipulation are per spiring with anxiety, shippers all over the Pacific northwest are hanging on tp the fringe of bankruptcy because of scarcity of railroad equipment, poof service, end general inadequacy of transportation. -. . f ' ;' ' Shippers say the , railroad barons have decidedly the best of it thus far, in the fight for betterment of trans portation conditions. The railroad barons are sitting at . ease, drawing interest on their ill-gotten surpluses, and sending out threats that they will countermand orders for ; new con struction, equipment and general im provements, if the legislators in con gress and in the various states do not do their bidding, f The shippers have thns -far been given no recourse through the interstate commerce com mission to secure relief from the op pressive, condition imposed by lack of : motive power and cars, and by monopolistic mergers. In the recent investigations carried on by the com nussion to show that all. roads lead ing to the Pacific coast are controlled by Harriman or Hill, and that there, is no competition, it was proved with absolute certainty that both of these magnates have been and are now vio lating the Sherman anti-trust law. If the government is going to haul these railroad barons up before a grand jury and indict .them on the showing made by the commission, the ship pers think it is about time that action was begun by the proper federal ma chinery.' They say it should nof take President Roosevelt more than a few hours, on reading the result of these investigations, to order the depart ment of justice to begin grinding. Since it has been shown by their own testimony that these magnates have brazenly violated the statutes against creating and . maintaining 'monopoly, and preventing development of the country, the Suffering .shippers' are asking why it is that the law does not immediately operate against them as it would against a person of minor importance .' whol was committing a lesser crime against the public , ELKS AND ELKS. A' MOVEMENT has been started to induce the Elks, the humn variety, to cease wearing elks teflhirm-badge-of-their-so- ciety, or at least to confine them selves to those already worrt There are flow over 200,000 of the "best peo pie on earth" and their number is rapidly increasing, and as each mem. ber of the order requires one or more elks' teeth, "some members desiring many it is represented that great numbers of the fourlegged family of elks are being slaughtered, principally for their teeth, and that they are for this reason becoming exterminated.' We do not know to what extent if at all these statements are exaggera tions, but it is reasonable to suppose that there is a good deal of truth in them, and if so the social human Elks, who certainly do not desire the ex termination of the wild and free spe cies, may well consider the advisa bility of using an imitation tooth, or the adoption of some other emblem. That beautiful and noble specimen of wild animal life, the elk, oughtto be protected to the extent of insuring hu gradual increase . in number, or at leapt of preventing his extermination v .r. : , i i r 1 "i i vr- . " A HINT TO THE FARMER. t: HE EARLY market lamb and the winter fattening of mutton are unused avenues for a fine profit Cor the farmers of west ern Oregon. It is an Industry that is practically untouched... The output is scarcely sufficient to supply the de mands of Portland. t There is oppor tunity not only id more fully supply Portland, but to Invade other coast cities, and to ship a immense volume to middle west and even eastern cities. A better lamb can be produced in western Oregon at less cost than in any other region in North America. The gentler climate. of the, Winter is one consideration that is most favor able and most important VI n the east especially constructed ' sheds tad barns have to be provided to over come the rigors : of winter, and this' entaila increased coat of production There the regular ration of the animal must be grain and hay, which are grown on higher priced lands, ' and are more costly otherwise. A heav ier ration is required, a portion of which is lost in creating animal heat In western Oregon a minimum grain ration will suffice. . Succulent feeds can be had almost any time during the winter from the open field, itherria -the.ioxmotu;eioxjbarn feeding or winter grain for pasturage. These . favorable conditions apply both for winter-mutton and the early lamb. If it reaches the market suf ficiently early, the lamb will bring 10 cents a pound or an aggregate of $2 to $5. Ewes that for reasons of age should be drafted 'from the flock if lambed early in January, can at mini mum cost be made excellent mutton and go to ' the block "by 'Easter or shortly after, and on account of fancy prices incident to the early season. yield, -lamb included, $12 to $15 to the farmer. A most valuable feature is the small labor cost involved. That a system of the kind conld be built np on western Oregon farms out of which would spring a big industry and immense profit is undoubted. THE MT.V HOOD " FRANCHISE. THAT THE ordinance granting . a franchise" to the Mt Hood . railroad company was passed by the council over the mayor's veto is no proof that the ordinance is a good one, or that the veto did not contain good and sufficient rea sons for, not passing it; rather the contrary. , The council apparently gives no heed whatever to the merits or defects ' of an ordinance, and it would be likely to pass the ? worst ordinance imaginable all the more eagerly fter jts bad : features had been pointed out in a veto message. The mayor vetoed this ordinance because it gave the grantee sof the franchise exclusive use of certain streets for 25 years, without any com mon nser clause; because it granted the exclusive right to certain streets for, two years and eight months dur ing which time not a rod of road need be built and only $1,500 need be paid to the city; and because although it was supposed to be a road to .Mount Hood it need not under the franchise be built, the whole desired distance but only "40 miles east from Port land.' The objections seem to be suffi cient to justify the veto, and its sus tention by the council. 'The fran chise . looks very much like one . of those options . to promoters which give them basis for profitable spec ulation by hawking their privilege around to the highest bidder for near? ly three years, during which time there is no assurance that any portion of the proposed road will be built. Why" the mayor vetoed this ordi nance is very plain; he was doing his duty by the people. Why the coun cil passed it over his veto is a mat ter not quite so briefly explained. ' ' At last, we have the explanation. When the Oregonian steals from the writing-ef -otherSf-k-is-not plagiar-4 ism, but "literary allusion." For sev eral years our esteemed contempo rary was in the habit of lifting bodily each week from the New York Finan cial Chronicle a review of business conditions, running it verbatim et litteratim as original editorial. 1 But that was not plagiarism merely "literary allusion." The New York Independent has been similarly hon ored on innumerable occasions, col umns of . its ' utterances : appearing without credit as Oregonian editorial; again, we explain, this was merely "literary allusion " Even the encyclo paedias have contributed their quota. the "literary allusions" varying v1n length from a paragraph to a column Writers of history, of fiction, of phil osophy, of biography, have all fur nished material for ' "literary, allti sions,"" whTch" failed to make altusibii, however, to the fact that the matter was not original with the Oregonian Again we are compelled " to , ask whether it would not be a good idea for Mr. Scott to come home aqd take charge of his own defense? ' The . executive committee . of - the state grange hat decided, wisely we think, not to invoke the referendum on the appropriation of $125,000 "a year for the ensuing two years for the state university. Whether the appropriation is too large or not, it would inflict an undeserved hardship upon the university to held np the appropriation or render its expendi ture doubtful If the institution is to be maintained it should be treated liberally. ' ' . Mr. Harriman says the : water should not be squeesed out of the railroad stocks because "this , is a wonderful country," that "has been made by .the enthusiasm the imagi nation and the speculative bent pf a superbly capable people." What an orator or poet Mr. Harriman would have made. . All one has to do to make millions 'is to have plenty of enthusiasm, imagination, speculative bent and capacity. Why thia is a reason for plundering the people by watering railroad stocks Mr. Harri man declines to disclose, on the ad vice of his attorney. ' . , s . ..I n . The i practice of docking horses' tails is said to be going out of fashion smonhorsemen, and will become obsolete withou1"lawr6hibilihg this inexplicable barbarity.' So every appreciative and real friend of the eauine family hopes-. Cutting off a horse's tail short is not only af? un deserved cruelty to the animal, Jbut to the artistic eye is a hideous and In excusable mutilation of a beautiful work of .nature. 1: ' If,"- says -the ..Louisville' . Post, "Senator La Follette can control the election of a senator to succeed Spooner . and control the delegation of Wisconsin to the national conven tion, and control a majority of the delegates from the Mississippi valley he may be the next president of the United States". There are two large ifs" and a-"majr" in this, but stranger things have happened. i ' , : What a farce it is this occupying months of time and spending tens of thousands of dollars and engaging the' attention of millions of people over a single murder case that is of no more real importance than hun dreds of others except that the de fendant is a member -of a rich family case that ought to be decided within a week. ' i' .,'. t;- , Every fuel consumer as well M every" lumber consumer in ': Portland is' injured and his cost -of living in creased bythe continued disagree ment, between the mill; owners and the employes. It will cost non-com batant consumers hundreds of thou sands of dollars, and yet they are as helpless as a lot of earthworms. ' But the government couldn't af ford to buy the railroads at the same rate it does its ink, paying 48 cents a pound for stuff worth only 15 cents -' San Francisco vs. Portland. -' From th Klamath Fall Expreaa.. . Th Klamath country la so situated that It merchant- faav n)oyd th advantage- of deallna with both San Francisco endPortland -wholesale house. As a consequence ther baa been competition between . th Jobber of these cities and tha peopl of this sec tion rcelvd tb benefit of th xlstlng eondltlona. - . - . -4 . ' Klamath i practically midway be tween Portland and Ban Francisco and rates on snipmanis xrom iow piaoea should be equal or nearly o. At prea- nt ther I a decided difference ' in favor of the Bay City, and this airrer nc has been recently augmented by th establishment of a throueh freight rat into Klamath Fall from th south, Bv means of this through rat mer chants of tbl ectlon can sr several eents Dr 10S pound by buying in Ban Francisco and taking advantage of th through rat V :..'-. - - -, Klamath county la a portion or ure- gon and ha always aimed to be loyal to th best interest of th state, but before the government ' undertook th reclamation of Klamath lands th coun try was practically Ignored by th state matroDOlla The development ' of th country brought It recognition from Portland, and a numDer or ner repreaen tativa citlsena Visited bar last ewnmer and succeeded In establishing a mutual understanding.. Th trad of this sec tion has sine been going largely , to Portland, but Portland ha again fallen Into a aturor. and unless she la aroused at one and secures th establishment of a through freight rat to tni section th trad must again go to th Califor nia city. ' . ; ,i Hubbard on George. V From The Publl. ' ' The second of Elbert Hubbard's "Lit tie Journey to the Homes of Great Reformera" (Eat Aurora. Now Tork). I a sympathetic and characteristically entertaining say on Henry - George. All th statements of fsct are pictur esquely presented, of course, and aom of them ar llUrally tru, whll th statement of Oeorge' philosophy I x traordlnarlly accurate. "Th problem of cvil!zatlon,' o th statement rune, "1 to eliminate the parasite. Th idle person 1 no better then a dead on and take up more room. Th man who live on th labor of other 1 a menace to himself and society." That excel lent paraphrase of th evil a Oeorge aw It Is supplemented with thl outline of th remedy: "The remedy proposed by Henry Oaorr I imply th lngl tax. and thl tax to b on land values and not on Improvement. . . . The Immediate tendency of thl policy would b to caus th gentleman who owned th vacant lot devoted to cockle burr to put up on It a sign Tor Bale Cheap.' . Th single tax would glv the tand back to th people, at least make It possible for people who want It to get what they could use. V . ." We will grant, of course, that what a man produce and ores Us I his, but th land to which b may be legal heir nd which probably h ha never een. And which certainly h doe not U or Im prove, 1 hi only through a legal no tion. . . Tax th land, and the man wh ewn it will hav to make it productive by labor or ls get out and allow om on ! to hav a chane." 1 ' asaaiaSBaasrtBMaaWBBjaaWBBBJ Advertising in Japan. . , Harold Bole in Appleton's. Europe I beginning to follow In th step of Japan as sn advertlaer, and th Sunrla Kingdom got It billboard Idea from America. -, Worshiper at Buddhist tempi In-, variably wssh their band In a fountain at . th entrano before making their supplications. Formerly th priests bung towels thsr. Now th merchant of Toklo and other cities furnish th tarn pi as with fre towels, reserving th privilege of printing thjlr ad vartlse ment on them. ., ,.i . . . ; Campaign Against Alcohol -. By Mrs. C. H. Addlton. But Praldnt ' of th W. C. T. U. : . For the past two or three rears th movement to placard th billboard of cities with warning against th s of aloohollo drink ha spread rapidly. Tb movement started tat Paris and created great consternation among win man, but caused a mighty "arreet of thought." Then tha policy pread to Germany and other countries. Madrid was decorated' with these attraotrv blll botrda.Vpnha:en followed .then- the health officers of England took It up, and no less than SO clUee in Great Brit ain had a "poter campaign" In provin cial cities and borough, also in Boot land. Wale and Ireland. ' -v -- Many of thes proclamation ar of th moat radical character and ar chief ly based on recent parliamentary report of physical deterioration. ' Tb following Is a copy of th placard recently posted by th authorities, which la a fair Index of th average character of tb poeter, ., . . "CITT OF NOTTINGHAM. ' -"' "Physical PeterloraUon.and Alcoholism. Th report of the committee present ed to parliament by the command of hi majesty states that tb abuse or aloo hollo stimulants i a most potent and deadly agent of physical deterioration, and that aloohollo person are peoially uaoi to lUDercuiosis ana au uiitn matory disorders. Evldeno was plaoed before tb committee showing that In abstinence la to b sought th source of tnusoular vigor and activity. Th lunacy figure show a largo and Increas ing number of admissions et both saxes which ar due to drink. "Tb following facts, recognlxed by th medical profession placarded all over France by orden of .the government, ar published tn order to carry out th ro ommendatlon of tha committee and to bring homo to men ' and women th fatal effect of alcohol oa physical ef ficiency: - '1. Aloohollsm 1 a chrome poisoning. resulting from th habitual us of al cohol (whether spirits, win . or - beer) which nay never go aa far aa drunken ness. 1 -' -J, . . , . -J. It. Is a mistake to eay that thos doing hard work require stimulant. As a fact no one require alcohol aa either food or tonic , v "t Alcohol 1 really a narcotic dull ing the nervee Ilk laudanum ar opium, but It la more dangerous than elthar, In that often its tint of tact la to weaken a man'' self-control while hie passions ar excited; bane th number of crime which occur- under it influence. . . ' Spirits, as -usually taken.- rapidly i produce aloohollsm, but milder a too hollo drinks aa beor, and even cider, drunk repeatedly- every day, produce after a Mm aloohollo poisoning with equal cer tainty. . "S. Th habit of drinking lead to th , ruin- of families, tb neglect of social duties, disgust for work, misery, theft and crime. It also lead to th hospital. for alcohol produce the most various and th moat fatal diseases. Including paralysis, insanity, diseases of th' atom-' ach and liver and dropsy. It also paves tb way to consumption and frequenters of publl housea furnish a large propor tion or tn victims or tni disease, it eompllcate and aggravate all aout dle eesee; typhoid fever, pneumonia, erysip elas ar rapidly fatal tn th subject of alcoholism. -., , - ? v ... ; ". The sins of aloohotle parent are visited on, the children: If the survive Infancy, they ar threatened with Idiocy or epilepsy, and many ar carried away by tuberculous msnlngUI or phthlsU (consumption). " ' 7. In abort, alcohol I th most ter rible enemy to personal health, to fam ily happiness and . to national pros perlty." . V ., .:" Too Lata Now. ' V.;.; ;" - From tho Corvam Tim. . ' . Horse stealing wag supposed to hav been a lost art - In . "Willamette. Tim wa when tb venturesome did auoh thing with more or leas eucceaa. That was, however, before tho time of th telephone which now records th news and happenings la almost every house hold. One tn a whll then th thief was able to escape with hie booty, but It 1 too let to de It now. -la these day It 1 as much aa a thief can do to mak hie own escape, and to tak with him a pair of horse Is almost an Im possible feat. Especially I It tru at thl season or th year when tnere l no esoap eastward because of tb snow In th mountain. He cannot go weat because of tb ocean, and th only way of exit ar to tho north and south. And ther ar th telephone Every high way can be reached with almoet-the Speed of thought, a speed that th fee ing horse thief can scarcely dlntanca. It I an Industry whoa poaslblUtt passed with th going of primitive days. The True Reformer. Snoulcl Put His Theories Into -Ji i;- ''Vt ) Practice v in His Everyday Xif e tl; V-. i By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.) (Oopyrlght. 107, by Asterlma-Jeersai-Examhier) Borne time ago I expressed th idea that no-man had a moral right to talk reform ef our social conditions until he practised pie method ef unselfishness which all reform means in hi home, his social life and, so far as wa -possible. In hi busin. i , - . v Thl expression ef my belief brought a' storm of protest ' and - criticism Flock of lettr beat angry wing about my head Ilk Infuriated sea gull I wa told I had no business t write on reform: that I wae a fool, a eentl mentallat and other unpleasant thing One, very Indignant man said I was "a trtere woman." and seemed to think th reproach of that term would b wither. '"two or three dignified and moderate letters of protest Impressed m with th ooavlctlon that I had not fully conveyed my meaning. , - My tdea wa not that every man should wait until every other man bad bn taught lf-control bfor be preached reform, nor that th work of reformation should confln Itself to In dividuals. . . What I do maintain and will with my dying breath la that no man has anv rlaht to preach, talk or write on tha beauttea of brotherhood and unsel fishness until he htrosair lives as tru to thos principle as la possible at the present epoch. lie can at least Illustrate them tn hl home life, with hi mpjoy or With hi employers, and In bis relation with his friends. Her he can be oonslderate, liberal-minded. Just and humane, how. ever he may be obliged to push and jostl in th bualnee part of competi tion. ....'I- ' ' Some of my eritlos may eontend that because of thl competitive system man's natur ha become too warped te ;; Small Change To be able to forget easily I a great blessing to many peopl. Benster Fulton' will get In hi cam paigning first, at any rat. ". . Get reedy to "dig up" for that ao Uoitlng oommitte next week. , ;. . v, ' ' - It none of that Thaw jury le Insane, they muat ba a lot of remarkably strong- minded men. ... .. t -' , ' : ' The conatltutlonal lawyer around th polio court." la th way a county official alludes t -them. '":"" -,.,. e The outlook for th fruit crop I omin ous; th crop ha not been killed a sin gle time ret thl spring. - ;- . Th Nlcaraguan ar reported to hav oaptared many prl sonars, probably about T private and IT officer v . . . e ' e i - ... , , ' Down In 'Frisco, whan Heney call up central h doesn't get th "line I busy" response any more now, . ,- .. ,: ,e' e - . , Th Kansas legislature hag declined to root a statu to John Brown. , But hi out goes marching on, Juat tho same. .' .! . 1 "- e ' e t '. New that some doctor declare that peopl hav material eoul. w shall soon see soul breakfast food - adver tised. , ' 'K - - ,' . v, ... . e - i--t. If you ever hoard of anybody that got a letter from Hermann, and want t tak a trip to Washington, V. CX, now la your chanoa, ' - - : , . , ... - - . - ,- . - -.".-- . It la a wonder Puter did not add to hi testimony; "For further and more in teresting particular, but my forthcom ing book.", - ' ; .-: -v ' . : - ' "Statesmen should travel,' eay e the Washington Post. And tf eome of tham a&ver came beck the oountry would be better, off, v. , . . .' ' ' It is believed that moat f th political muck In Oregon is now covered by th kindly duet of time, yet a few batches might be rakd up. ,, .. -.- . i .. --. ; ," ' j, ' e y, ' , Bevea doctor declare that Thaw t eraay now. But rJelmaa can find ' 17 doctors la a many hour who will eay b la perfectly sane. ... ' Benator Cullom thinks Mr. Harriman ought to ba sent to Jail. Easy, easy. Uncle Shelby: jail are not f or th llkea of hlmi h la tmmen. - v -; It I Connecticut, rather than Massa chusetts, that Is th rotteaeat etat In New England, say Mr. Bteffans. . And 11 tU Bhody isn't alow for a mldgst. . ' . - ' : . It seems probable that there will be real competition for a time between th Harrlmaa Una and th Missouri Pacific, with Stuyveaaat Fiah aa th president. - 1 e .e . . hAkeepearean . circles . will now . dis cus tb question whether Hamlet wa afflicted with bralnatorm ,or system- atiaed delirium Our own opinion la that be deserved a oowhldlng for treat ing Ophelia aa he did. . r .. , . ; -'. Big Bill Taf t -Frcm Nw-York-Bun. f it -rd Ilk to bo th preeldent .' '4 ' And boe all for and aft: shadow fall athwart th ehalr . Ifa big B1U Tf t - v t , w, . ,V . ' Td like to give the cabinet : My mental handicraft; ' . h. I find th claim already staked - . By big Bill Taft, .. rd like to elt upon the bench, - ,-' And emit th rank and graft; A proaeneo loom beelde th eat- . . -.ira big BlU ,Taftv.. j. v- An o I hold a tea-per Job. . Nor hood ambition' abaft; At least my place la not desired ' i By big BUI Taft. - ForakerVi Carnpalfn.' . '-- ' Cincinnati Dtspatoh In N.-T. World..' 1 Senator Fo raker has undertaken a photograph campaign for tho - presi dency, to be launched aa soon a . b gats back from Washington. Ho has given a contract to a Cincinnati pho tographer for S1.000 worth of photo graphs, t b followed by lithograph newspaper cut and . timely cartoon Tho senator expects to get hi feature well In th publlo y In ampl time for th national convention. . - ,(.- :! a. Dallw Thonght. - Qulntua CortlUa Bnfu v ... ' , Habit la tronger than natur .-. . nable htm to us hie better qualltle nntU he le forced Into their us by changed condition. : That may be to e degree tru of the unthinking many, but It la the thinking few to whom these word are addressed. Any man Who has the brain te think In religion, politic or economics - has the . will power to teaeh himself reform. : , , : - 1 ,; He who te a niggard with a wif a petty tyrant with hi children a slave driver with hi domestics, a backbiter with hie neighbor and a cruel man to hi dog or hi horse should be tnussled when he attempts to talk reform, co operation or brotherhood. , What do thes word mean? Merely uneelflsh neae, a regard for th right of other nd a putting. Into practice the com mand, lov on another. . , ".. ' ;-' - e ;'-' ',- The man who employ a on ef the principle In hi domestlo or social rela tions will not b fitted to adapt himself to hie dreamed of millennium whea It arrives ' It will require qualities he has not cultlvsted. Th boy -who will not tears' to read cannot enjoy his Shakes pear when it Is presented to hlra.. It would b only consistent for suoh a boy to say "Shakespear 1 a wonder ful book. I hav been a stupid and In dolent fool, and I have not learned to read, so I cannot apeak from knowledge. Be war f my example, and all I ear to read." ' ' '. ' - ' Just so It 1 perfectly proper for th greedy, ill-tempered and intolerant man to say to th publlo: ."Avoid my x ampl I am a type of what your pres ent condition produce. Men like me ar th reus and th result of your system. Flee from me, and work for socialism and brotherhood." ' If w ar determined to preach to our fellow men, to carry fore la th world, mi must either be a warning or an ex ample. W all hav ideala beyond our Oregon Sidelights Oranta Paa has raised 11.00 to bomeseeker -(.'' . . e a . ' - A Weston man elcarej tt an acre en field of potato ,. , , - . i '',.', ' Huntington hotel and reataarants ' ar doing a rushing buslnes .. ..'.- ,-e a .. ': i A Harney valley man refused an offer of f I a bead for a Inrg band of ewe .' . ". - -' "' '" ... ... .', Not only on per cent of th grata . will hav to be reaeeded around Helix. ' . .' ;-'''- :.- - " e e ,-' Lakev)ew te --to hav -a- two-tety '. ' halL ,- . . , T--,r, ,.'".''; . ,.: e, e , v . , ' : On Hermlston . man will clear' 110 .. acre for different parties to be planted to . fruit trees, and will set cut 7,000 , . himself.,',. , i. :-;, , .' A Corvallla real estate firm has taaued 10.000 pamphlet giving much Informa tion about that town and Benton county, ., for free distribution. . - .' .- . :.. t ' ,.--J e el. ',: '. . . .j.V. '..'-. Four more new flatear hav' arrived for service oa the Lallas and Fall City " railroad and 14 more will follow as teat -as th maker can send them out. . - , .: ' .i e ,-e , i - ., - 'n ; ' ' Flora correspondence of Wallowa Bun: -Variety la th spice of life. Kicking about taxes' Is all -we can hear now. Wo hop for a chang in conversation - Hundred of - men ' ar needed and ' wanted by the builders of the North- , western railroad down the Snak river from Huntington to Lewlston. If you want work com to Huntington, says the ; Herald......... .... .,' v'., '.: ,',-'.,'. , v.. , ... , v-v e e ; V ; ; ... Albany Herald: 7 Tha search for pur- ' chasabl horse continues la thl seo- . tlon with unabated vigor. Several horse I' buyer from th . sound country ar scouring th oountry, and th price paid ar far higher tbaa hav ever been -known. - i , i . ' ... .- --....'.-. :J ,., ' " . ' -. Eugene Register: . It I Interesting to note th enthusiasm being stirred up -over the fruit industry In this section. Many fruit treas ar being planted throughout th country. A man near Laaburg la aettlng out l.tOO tres tbl spring. Profeeeor F. G. Toung 1 plant- Ing a larg orchard. H , ; y f " ' ', ' 1' By th Brat of, April th Astoria, chamber of commerce will hav the benefit of th trained service of a -' pebl commercial agent and manager- tn the person of 3. It Whyt ef Nw Orleana, who will work for a period of two years upon an agreed salary. .. . ',. . ' '.'.. ' The Dtllee has . always ' been con stdered on of th most healthful ettle' la th stat and. judging from the re port of tb undertaker I becoming more . so each year, says th Chronlcl 11 says business In that particular line sine th first of the year ha never been o "dead" since he can remember. ,. , r '.- e e .- '-'' ' -Th DaHea ChronlciertPetrtfied wood r I often found along th rtver; In fact, there is ao much of It near the old coal digging on th Halvor place, a few . mile below town, that It. le . called th "petrified foreat." " A young nien" from; . Arkansas w offered l for a small' , piece he found, but refused th offer. Tw Cocjulllo young women teachers,., live together la l, house outside tb town, and one night about midnight en of them awoke to find a man atandtng at th foot of th bad. Bh pok to hsr companion and tho man fled, but they afterward aaw him looking In et a . window, and now th teach era admit that a huaky husband Is at time a , eonveniene. ; . . ' ' . ' : ', ' ' Today in History.. 1JS Peter tb Cruel, king of Ca . tile, died. 171 J First mm of th Halifax Gaa ette, first newspaper printed In Canada. 1801 Paul, csar of Russia, aaalssl- natd. y ISIS Bleep of .war Hornet rap tared British warehlp Penguin ff Can ef . Good Hone, " . . ',-' ' 1.J Sir George Arthur tooh'offlc as lieutenant governor f upper Canad- 1S4A Charlea Alberts king f Sar dinia, abdicated In favor ef hie eon,- ' ltl Battle of Winchester. - 1177 John tX Lea, convicted of com-' pllcity in the MounUln Meadow msssa ere, executed. . -r-t : 18(1 Opera house at Nice burnt, IS five lost. - t ' 1SJ J Colonel Burnaby crossed Eng-r Ush channel In a balloon. ItSS Forty-eight seal hunters ' per ished en Ice floe off Bay d Verde, Newfoundland.- .':.'. , llto Great eyclone tn Bouth Carolina. reach, to be euro, yet we can at leaet etruggl toward their attainment.- - r- - e '. "'; : Bom of u ar trying with might and main to reach the standard w believe to be th right on , We stumbls and ' fall but w rise and try again. Other ar only talking etandarda and making no effort to attain tham. They will tell you it 1 not their fault but t fault of modem condition Juat aa n slbl la.lt. to eay that th fault ef th temperance ' iecturer who walk rth " street In a etat of Inebriety 1 not , In himself, but In th law which allewe drlnk to be-manufactured and sold. , , - , My dear reformers, I know yon. would far rather preach to other than begin practising at home, but your words ar -doing nothing for humanity if you ar ' making a wretched horn, for your ehil dren or misusing your serves ts, your animals or your employer . , - .''O ... v l"' J,. ....... v-:; I believe In ' a universal broth ernood and In cooperative method tn business. But I maintain that no man can accom plish anything of value en these linos for bis fellows who does not begin hie Illustrations at horn - .- . Make thy life better then thy work. Toe Our artiste spend their skill in rounding J -r soft, ' ' : - - Fair curve upon their statues, whll th rough . . v And rugged edge ot the unhewn stuff In thslr own natures startle and offend Xhe eye of eritte and tba heart of friend, If In thy' too brief day then most nag. , lect ... Thy lefjor or thy life, let men detect Flaws In thy work. whll their most searching gas . . Can fall on nothing which they may not praise - , In thy well chiselled character. The man Should not be shadowed by the artisan.