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RAILROADS AND PEOPLE.
SUMMARIZING from a railroad
point of view, yet in a rather
, reasonable way, 4 "the legis
lative rampaign against , rail
roads." the Railroad Gazette thinks
"the underlying, desire of the elec
torate and its legislative representa
tives not to "hurt' the state," will
cause- .moderation and a "conserva
tive reaction," This is a plausible
view, assuming as the Gazette does
that most of the legislation enacted or
attempted is too radical and drastic, but
there is a hint in its language of the
common implied threat that ia made
by railroad . mouthpieces whenever
regulative legislation is proposed, the
threat that if the railroads are not let
alone by, the lawmakers it is the peo
ple rather than the railroads that will
get "hurt",. This attempt to frighten
lawmakers Into subservience and (he
people into, docility under . gross
abuses does not succeed any more,
and will not, though it is true enough
that legislators and the people . who
instruct them should be careful to be
reasonable and moderate in regulative
legislation and aim not to punish the
railroads for past offenses," but "only
to compel them to do right in future.
The Gazette seems at first to assume
that all the enacted or attempted leg
islation is wrong and impracticable,
and that as the railroads and allied in
terest are stronger and wiser ' in a
contest than the people, it is the latter
who will be "hurt" in the end, and
that the railroads will weather the
squall all right and then go ahead
about tha same as before. Thiseems
to be about the correct translation of
its following remarks: ' . "
. Vet any attack on honaat capital a-e
. twjrond a cartala limited bound and the
Burt Is sura to reveal Itself In eon tract ad
enterprise and the slackened Industry
that constituencies ara and feel and are
' quick to remedy If thry can. The
principle work out more rlowly In tha
scattered agricultural communities of
the west than tn the factory and mer
cantile communities of the cent, but it
, works out Just the same; and. In the
preaent period. It Is the more likely to
work out the Quicker becauae general'
prosperity Is apt to be sensitive to ita
Aa Interests. If tha granger more
rnent beginning In 171 could so soon
, tile out notwithstanding the sting of In
dastrlal dnpreeelon, even shorter life
may b Inferred for any really unjust
anti-railroad law conceived during the
prosperity of 107. Philosophy may car
ry the Idea further and count amid
many evils of our national mania of
materialisms one good at least, that Is
to oay, the tendency te resist too radical
attack on material Interests.
Either ignorantly or insincerely,
the Gazette assumes that railroad leg
islation is an "attack on honest cap
ital," and that any attempt at regula
tion U a. "too radical attack on ma
terial interests." The railroad period
ical has something to learn yet, we
think, pricipally this, that the people
are learning. ' They know that they
are not "attacking" "honest, capital,"
but dishonest "water,? and other real
and gross abuses, and they know that
the railroad people know this, too;
indeed, majiy of- them are ac
knowledging it. "Knowledge" is pow-
er, and the people are rapidly gain
i in this species of power. Among
ilicr things they are. learning that
1' f railroad, are really theirs to con
!, ' rather than the "properties of
Rockefeller. Harriman. , Gould and
others, and that these men are only
trustees, and must render, a strict ac
counting of their stewsrdship. ' This is
a view of the matter that eventually
will percolate even into the sanctum
of the Gasette.
The Railroad Gazette itself admits
that some corrective legislation i at
least excusable. "Not a Jew of the
new law," it says, "are aimed at ac
tual evils." : That' ia quite an admia-
sion. And the Gazette goes on to
remark;. , ' . ' . .
Stoma hattermant of the Intelligence of
state railroad commissions may also be
looked for from thelr-new burden of re
sponsibility Involving, aa It does, liabil
ity to Judicial review. Finally and from
the higher viewpoint It may be said that
the anti-railroad legislative drift. In so
many states, beside Its warning to high
finance to atop going wrong and to
beeia rains? riant baa. with All Us pos-
alhle avila other posalMlltlea of rational
readjustment of relations of railroad and
state. Tb new law bring in two into
closer touch and even if the contact la.
aflrstt one of controversy, out of such
controverey"iseafched by practical expe
rience come ultimata compromise and
peac.:, , : ' .. . - "t '" " -
So the railroads are not going to
sit back on their high horses and
amuse themselves in watcning me
people hurt themselves, after all.
"High finance realizes that it has
had a "warning." And the railroad
magnates and managers ant going to
condescend to get out of their pri
vate cars and confer with the bucolic
statesmen from the cow counties
about a- "rational readjustment of
conditions." Evidently the . legisla
tures that have been "attacking" the
railroads have not acted entirely in
vain, nor altogether to the people's
urt.'' : " -. ':: . . ;-.
AN UNTOUCHED ASSET.
A'
SHIP that came into port the
past week challenges remark
because of her . cargo. ' She
brought, 20,000 barrels' of ce
ment from Rotterdam. She was more
than five months on the voyage, a
fact that in itself is testimony of how
costly it is for Oregon to get her
cement. . :'--i .V
Oregon should manufacture every
barrel of cement that goes into her
industries. - She ought to be .an ex
porter. " She is rich in every material
required for its manufacture.' South
ern Oregon as well as other sections,
as investigations at the agricultural
college prove, has the limestone, clay
and fuel - needed to manufacture.
Limestone , deposits Jiear ; Ashland
have been proven to be 94 to( 98 per
cent purity.. All that is lacking is the
capital and business brains to develop
an industry of exceeding importance.
The 20.000 barrels of cement just
brought into port now go to the con
sumer in ordinary lots at $4.80 per
barrel ' During 1905, 40394,308 bar
rela manufactured" in the United
States brought at the factory $36,012,
189; or less than 90 'cents per barrel.
The product was higher in 1906, and
50,027,321 barrels brought at the fac
tory $54,015,713. or $1.08 per barrel.
At these figures there was naturally a
good profit for the manufacturer
The difference between them and
the figures which the Oregon con
sumer. piys for cement is enormous,
to-wit, about $375 per barret
Except ' the labor cost, Oregon
should compete with any part of the
world in the manufacture.; In Europe
the limestone has to be mined at great
depths below the surface, which is
costly; - in Oregon the" contrary is
trne. In Europe, and almost every
where else in the United States, fuel
it more costly than in Oregon. , In
any event, the manufacture tnd ship
ment of cement half way around the
world, and its sale to consumers in
Oregon when the state abounds in
the raw materials for its manufacture
is an extraordinary spectacle, ,
A fact that emphasizes the whole
subject is that cement is fast coming
intn a verv much widened usr. Rein-
forced concrete buildings are every
-- - - a a
where arrowing in public favor. Their
indestructibility by fire vastlv height
ens the:r. popnlanty. They tried in
Rhode Island recently, as an experi
ment with the material, to bnrn such
building,' but failed utterly. Rail
road bridges, piers,' reservoirs, and
even rafters for building,' are made
from cement With a certainty that
constantly growing quantities of the
material will be called for by com
merce, it ia prodigal of Oregon not to
make her own cement. - ; ' V
LANE'S PECULIAR . POSITION
N THE exigencies of time, Mayor
I
Lane of Portland has come to oc
cupy a position ' peculiarly hia
own. Fate has singled mm out
to bear a distinction that has come to
no predecersor in his office. In all
annals, it. ia doubtful if a mark like it
ever fell on any other man. ,
- Because, as an official, he would
put the public interest above any
other interest, he is deemed in cer
tain quarters unfit for the mayoralty.
Because, as an official, he has admin
istered his office solely in the public
interest and to the disregard of all
other interests, ho is considered un
worthy of reelection. It is unques'
tionably a case without parallel, .
The attitude in which those who
object to him t-lace themselves is
one fact that" few "would care to" as
sume. It ishighly probable that
those who v assume it have not real
ired the logic of .their position. Mayor
Scbmitz, for instance, has been an of
ficial who regarded other interests as
paramount to the public interest. The
interest of Mayor Schmitz, Boss Rttef
Supervisor Gallc?her and other su
pervisors were paramount with him,
and the 'public interest subordinate
For coin of the realm the public in
terest was sacrificed to the interest of
the telephone companies, the street
car and other companies, and all with
the result that San Francisco is bowed
n shame and humiliation. . '.
' Of coarse thoe of his own party
who object to Mayor Lane do not
desire, but on the contrary loathe the
Schmjtzehods
direction of the Schmitz ideas ot
government , that . their . attitude in
evitably points. .They are unques
tionably wrong and the major ripht,
even from the standpoint of party,
for the Official who serves the public
best serves his party best
CURE FOR DECADENCE OF
; , .'. TOWNS.
THERE ARE many small towns
in the country, a few even on
1 the ' Pacific . coast, that are
' growing hut slightly, if at all
Their merchants find business dull,
there is little employment for mer
chanics, grass grows in the' streets,
people of means, if they wish to move
from the country into town, go to
larger and livelier places, factories are
not started, immigrants pass by, and
the despondent inhabitants wonder
what is , the matter, or become too
inert- to wonder at anything.
Speaking of such places and the
only means of reviving them, Max
well's Talisman says the trouble is
that they are surrounded by a limited
numbecof. Jjig farms, of from 50 to
,A I ' I - ' . . 1
iw acres dui more irequenuy, in me
west, the farms are from 100 to 500
acres.- Hence the rural population is
small, extra laborers needed are only
transients, and, in brief, there are not
enough people to create activity and
start wheelg of industry. '; ,
"Let the merchants and business
men," says the Talisman, "devote to
the breaking up of a' portion of, these
farms into homecrofts a portion of
such effort as they have vainly spent
in endeavoring to secure manufactur
ing enterprises, and the. cure of de
cadence is found. Each "big farm,'
heretofore occupied by a 'single fam
ily, becomes the seat oj from 20 to 100
families, dwelling on crofts of from
one to twenty acres each. Then
there are several thousand persons for
the stores and shops to serve, where
they now serve only a hundred or two.
To a small town thus surrounded new
businesses . come without being
coaxed."' .' . .
The "homecnoft" project is a hobby
of the Talisman's, but is a good one,
and in its main purpose worthy of en
couragement Any movement is V
good one ' that will tend to increase
the number of rural home owners and
land cultivators, and as the population
of the country becomes denser the
amount of land owned or cultivated
by the average person or family, must
necessarily be small. t
There is a great deal of room in
Oregon yet, room for hundreds of
thousands of people more,, and a due
proportion of them in the country,
without cutting up most of the farms
into tracts of from one to ten acres;
yet there-is no doubt that smaller
farms of land already improved, espe
cially' in the Willamette valley and
near towns, would be of immense ad-,
vantage to those towns, and to the
whole valley and state.
' In an authorized statement given
out today for publication, George H.
Thomas, who aspires to be the Demo
cratic nominee for mayor, takes his
stand flatly and unequivocally as a
spoilsman in politics." It is true that
he does not like the appellation, and
would fain have -the public, believe
that it ia for the city's good and "the
betterment of, men on earth" that he
should have a grab at municipal pat
ronage. But his statement betrays in
every line that his platform is simply
that of the sordid, commonplace of-
ficeseeker, who wants to "get in" for
what there is in it It is idle for Mr.
Thomaa to' strive to befog the issue.
- .'. ' 1 1 s
The more Harriman ' Alton deal
is probed into and explained. . the
clearer it becomes " that it was one
of the greatest and most audacious
bunko games in the history of modern
1 igh finance. For an offense not one
thousandth as gTeat men are serving
sentences in state prison all over the
country. Yet Harriman's lawyers say
it was only a usual performance, in
kind, in high finance circles. ' . ,
, Governor Hughes refuses to at
tempt to coerce, or even influence the
New York legislature. - It has its du
ties, he says, and the governor has
his, and the two are entirely distinct
He will do his duty in recommending
laws in the interest of the people, and
In signing such bills if "passed; but
he will swing no big stick nor delivojr
himsclf of rhapsodies or rhodomon-
tades in order tJ make himnelf con
spicuous. If the legislature won't do
its duty, that is not hia fault; his
business is to be sure tb do his duty.
This example might well be consid
ered at the national capital.
The .new state project is a dream,
with little iridescence outside of Spo
kane. Not to mention many other
difficulties,' each city would insist on
being the capital, and Spokane would
have "the field" of its own proposed
Mate against' it " ' -
'Government engineers report . that
Pittsburg will some day be destroyed
t2J.floot.Xfcat wouldbe a calamity
to excite pity,' of course, but from all
teports no city in the country more
deserves such a cleansing.
If any one says . or thinks that the
president isn't stronger and more pop
ular than ever, and the greatest man
that is or ever was, he is a deliberate
and willful 1 r, and that settles it
Whether in a municipal contest be
tween "People's" and "Citizena " tick
ets in Podunk, or the consideration of
a candidate at the Holy See, the pres
ident deems it his duty to interfere. ;
The Play '
"The Judge and tha Jury'' Is a spec
tacular western drama, in which there
la abundance of human interest .color
and somewhat .thrilling situations. It
waa presented by the Baker stock com
pany yesterday to crowded houses at
both matinee and evening performances.
It waa written by Harry D. Cottrell
and Oliver Morosoo and first produced
In Los Angeles. Later it wss offered
In New York and met with a fair share
ot succeas. The scene of the play Is
laid la New Mexico. Typifying a west
ern mining camp, the . caat Includes
practically every character ana nation
ality that la known in the west, the
New Tork ""financier. ..vareasers. long-
queued Mongolians, cow-boys, . miners
and others. . s -
The story deals with what happens
In the town of Dos Bravoa. New Mex
ico, after the arrival of the New Torker.
Maqulta, the Idol of the place. Is happy
In her love of Miles Chlloots, a miner.
and everything is ' as It should be
until Lester Qreenway arrives from
the east. Be attempts to win the love
of Maqulta and the entire population
of the camp, arrays Itself against him.
He Is finally saved from - their wrath
by Miles Chllcots, whom he has wronged.
. The piece Is magnificently staged.
even for the Baker, where elaborate
attention la paid to stage effects. - In
the second act especially are the efforts
of the stage artists apparent
- It is possible that the success of the
performance Is dus . to r the western
glamour of the settings and the really
good acting - of several Individual
members of the '"'company, i Without
such redeeming features It Is not like
ly that tha' play of Itself would be
strong- enough to create the pleasing
impression that was mad upon both
audiences . yesterday. , ,.
-' Among the members of the com
pany the work of Miss Lillian Lawrence
Is preeminent She Is a charming idol
of the camp and many believe that
she . appears . to . better advantage In
this part than any In which she has
appeared for i weeks. It is largely
through her acting that Interest is sus
tained, for ' there are moments when
the play drag. . '
' Mr. Edgar Baum has .. the part of
Miles Chllcots, the miner. It Is one of
the most unsatisfactory parts In which
Mr. -Baume has appeared during a re
markably successful engagement ' with
the Baker company. He falls to por
tray the sterling qualities and admir
able characteristics thst th authora
must surely have intended their hero
to possess. ; . ,
Mr. Arthur Mackley, as Lester
Greenway, also fails to arouse the en
thusiasm . that Is usually shown . for
his excellent acting. But there ar op
portunities for some of the minor parts
to shins in- this off-week of the princi
pals, and those handling the parts take
advantage of it.: ' .v
William Oleason. aa Steve Ola. Will
iam Harris, as Jim Bsgg. William
Watson, as Lem Chow. ' and Lynton
Athey, as Manuel, th "Greaaer.- mak
th most of their parts and do excel
lent pieces of character acting.
The Judge and the Jury" will be
the bill at the Baker for th entire
week. There is no doubt but that It
will be Immensely popular. , ,
"A Stranger In Town." .,
There were laugha and laughs at the
Empire yesterday and It was generally
agreed that "A Stranger in Town" is
ths bent fare that has been presented
In Portland this season. It was played
to big audiences at both th evening
and matinee performances.,
Frank Beamish, who has th reputa
tion of being one of th funniest come
dians on th road, wertatnly maintains
thst reputation in ths piece In which
he Is appearing at th Empire. There
waa a laugh from th time of his ap'
pears nc and th laugh st times In
creaaed to a stream. He has tb part
of Bsrtley Swift.
Edward Allor aa Count Renri de Brls-
sao also does soma clever work. H
snd Beamish keep' th audience in a
roar during the greater part of th
evening.-- There ar only . eleven peo
ple In, th oast but each Is unusually
good and they succeed In giving on of
the best shows of tha season.
A Stranger In Town" will be th
bill at th Kmplre for th entire week.
It was highly pleasing to two big au-
uicncei yeaierciay.
. ' A Disappearing Prairie. 1
- - From" th Chloago Journal.
Boms years ag a topographer waa
sent out from Washington to make a
survey of what was then Payne Fralrtn,
Florida, a bit of land about SS miles in
extent. The survey waa mad and ths
prairie described. Three or four years
later a new surveying expedition found
that .this land had been transformed
Into a body of water, snd It waa put
on th map as Lake Alachua. It de
veloped that this lake-pratrla plays a
fr. Jekyll snd Mr. Hyde game with
Itself, sometimes appearing as on and
sometimes aa the other.
Letters From 'the
People , Muat Share Hia Laurels,
, Oakland, Or., eApril S-To tb Editor
or Tb journal As eltlsen of Oak'
land, Oregon. I feel called upon to set
aright th statement published in the
Oregon Sunday Journal March II, HOT,
entitled. "Young Athlete Seises Man
Who Defies Town." '
We will accord to J. M. Bnell all
honor due him for his assistance in ths
arrest of Bob Tapp (who is not quit as
oea a man aa portrayed in Th Sunday
Journal.) We will also grant that J.
M. Bnell Is a young msn of good gen
tlemanly appearance and w do not dis
pute his educational acquirements, but
we do say that If the statement as
published In Th Journal waa given out
by him as th real facta of th case,
he certainly has failed to aoqulr. In
his search for knowledge, jm of the
fundamental principles required to
carry out to ths fulleet extent an hon
orable and successful life th princi
ple oi train ana nonesty.
Th real facts of th episode ar aa
iouows: woo Tapp, who 1 quit
fieaceable eltlsen when sober, became
ntoxtcated 'and beat, his father-in-law.
Tapp found out or surmised that th
olty marshal was after him. snd secur
ing a rifle, ehased th marshal to his
home, then marching up the street da
fled th marshal to arrest him, uttering
no threats against our mayor or anyone
else. .,, , :. -i , .
Our mayor, being at supper when th
irouDi Dogan. was Informed by t a he
phono and immediately returned to his
place of business and appointed- John
Beckley (th man referred to aa th
hotelkeeper), who has served th elty
ss marshal before and Is a man known
In our1 midst aa on worthy of th
nam and ha- th approbation of th
citlsens of Oakland for his eqplnesa and
quiet manner In which th arrest was
made. Had he wished to ' do ao he
could hsv killed or winged hia man,
ss Is don so often, but instead J. M.
Bnell offered his services, as did also
Oeorg" Philips, and being stranger to
Tapp, their services were accepted and
in pian adopted and executed.
- Tapp waa crossing . th street and
was met half way- by Marshal Berkley
and his two deputies. Tspp turned out
ou SneU's side of th walk, which was
th signal for Bnell to grab Tapp. ' This
outy was no sooner performed than
Marshal Beckley seised the' gun and
kept th mussle. toward th ground;
There was no knife drawn bv Tina
Had Tapp turned out on tb opposlts
em n wouia nave met th sam fats
at th hands of George Philips. -;Th
rresi was witnessed by JO or SO of ths
eltlsens of our city. It Is needless to
say that those who know oof mayor
anww pexier man to acous hire of
eowaroie or rallura to perform a duty.
A CITIZEN OF OAKLAND.
Thinks Ordinance Desirable.
Harrisburg. Or.. Arril f. to tha pmi.
tor of Th Journal Dear Sir: Tha Oood
eltlsens' league of Harrisburg has again
preaentea a copy or the Eujren ordi
nance regulating cigar stores, soft drink
parlors, etc., to the city council, accom
panied by petition signed by quit a
number of our "fair andslberal-mlnded
aunung uins our DOSt Cltl
sens and heaviest taxpayers." -
Th petition requests that , the elty
council adopt the ordinance as a whole
for Harrisburg, "not as an. amendment
to- any other ordinance nor to be
amended." Th ordinance and name on
the petition wer read and tha whole
pjnrea on nia . . '
, We do not see how any "fair and liberal-minded"
person' can hav any ob
jections to the proposed ordinance, as it
will Interfere in no way with legitimate
business, only serving to support law
aireaay in roroe. CORRESPONDENT.
; The Mum and tha Man. Ji
- - By Wax Jones.
A poetess has sued for divorce ha.
cause her husband laughs at her verse.
When Smith cent to breakfast his wlfs
wouia rscit
A poem of passion red hot ' '
And Bmlth , would protest that her
verses wer warm.
But her coffee and biscuits wer not
"Was there ever a mater," said she,
"thst was sweeter
Than mine la Th Loveliest Lsss'r
And Smith would remark, "Tou don't
writ in th dark.
By th meter that measures th gas. "J
" - - v . -- , :
And when eh bestowed on her husband
an 'od i .. ... . .
"To Penn. the Original Quaker."
H'd say. with a sneer, "That doesn't
' com nesr ".
-To what's owed to th butcher and
baker."
' -' ' - v- " ; ' . '.
Oh, Smith waa a brut that tha muse
couldn'.t ault .'
, When listening to "Spring and It
Meaning." 1 , r .
He'd aay. "This her Spring doesn't gain
m a thing . w
Why don't you go In for Spring clean-
,Dr ' -,.
Th churl waa ao rash as to aay corned
beef hash .. ,
With a poached egg placed ltghtly
upon It . ;
Would tickle him stronger and atay
' with him longer
Than an epie or lyrlo or sonnet t".
Bo th poet's recourse waa to get a dl-
...... voroe, .' . x
T spend sll of her time on her book;
And Smith, who was left of hi Sapho
v - bereft? - : -
Oh, he smilingly married a cook. .; r
' ... ' , Today In History.
mi Naval battl between Hydr
All and Genera! Monk.
,1808 Alliance of St Petersburg.
1811 King Christian IX of Denmark
born. - Died January IS, 10S.
1810 Omnibus first used ss a public
conveyance In New Tork.
1148 0. Donlsettl. comnoaer at "T.n.
cla dl Lammermoor" and other operas,
died. .
1888 Naval attack on Charleston,
South Carolina, .
1884 Battl of Sabln Cross Roada
Louisiana. .
187 Martial law declared In the
Pennsylvania raining regtdh.
10I Convention signed at Pekln
between China and Russia, th latter
agreeing to evacuate Manchuria,
mot Angio-r rencu . colonial treaty
tresjj
ignea in Lionaon. ...
Cruelty to Children,
Tb Japanese languag la not diffi
cult, but a foreigner needs Immense ap
plication before be can read a aingle
sentence (of . ths Chlno-Jspansss hiero
glyphics. It Is a curious fsct, however,
that th complexity of ( th system
mskes no dlffereh'c In education, for It
seem proved that though th appara
tus required for reading Japanese Is
two syllabaries and mors than two thou
sand characters (many of which hav
mors thsn ons sound i, yst a Japanese
child learns to read as quickly as a
European on.
T 1 . T CI
Dreedinr? is Qnown
by Your Habits
" V
By Beatrice Fairfax. .
- Small habits and mannerisms betoken
good or bad breeding. . . .
It Is hsrd to cur oneself of every
day mannerisms, but It can be don If
you keep at It perseverlngly.
Take, for tnstsnc. tb habit of yawn
ing In public without making any at
tempt to conceal your , widely opened
mouth. No man or woman who had any
claim to good breeding would think of
such a thing. Not ony la It extremely
unbecoming to stretch your moutn rrom
ar to ear, but It 1 not a pleasant sight
for -other people.
Of course you can't keep from yawnV
lng, but you can place your hand over
your mouth when you do yawn. ,
Another rude and exceedingly aggra
vating habit is that of Interrupting eon-
venation, taking th words out of peo
ple's mouths and carrying bn th story
yourself. Walt until tn other person
Is finished, and then hav your say.
- I know a woman who alwaya breathes
right into your face when sh talks to
you. If you mov bsck sh moves a
step closer. -It get on your nerves
untlt-youalmost-could glv her a good.
vigorous push.-
A very objectionable habit In women
I that of crossing their knees. It Is
unladylike, and no modest, wall-bred
woman ever doe It In public
To walk out of a restaurant with a
toothpick In your mouth or to us a
toothpick at all Is th very eeme of
ill-breeding. Incidentally toothpicks ar
very bad for th teeth; they pierce th
gums and ereat no end of trouble in
the mouth. v
Don't talk at th ton of your vote
about your own private concerns when
In public: th public Is not Intsresfsd
snd prefers to read Its newspaper In
pesee. ' '..-..-'-
Thar la another very annoying nabit
that la common to a great many people.
It Is th habit of asking questions and
not listening to th answers, which
necessitates asking th same question
three or four times. , ' t
It 1a a habit that makes a man push
past a woman getting on or off a ear.
He does not save IS- seconds by his
rudeness, but h is so In th hsblt of
pushing his wsy along that h oa It
mechanically. - --';
A very good looking woman of my ae-
qualntsne has a habit .of pinching her
nose. It la a very nice nose, but sb
makes it fiery red about half th time
by her pinching. Sh does not. realise
how often sh dees It and eventually It
will epoll her looks. .-' , . - .
It'a no use saying that you ean't eur
a habit Ik any ot th small, onea men
tioned. You can- if you exercise your
will power. It won't tak long;-lust
keep tt continually bn your mind, and
never glv way to It.
After a while you will forget all
about it- 'i "..(
Dosens of babies eur themselves of
socking their thumbs. Surely yon ean
do what a baby can do, ' 4
Ton probably -hav your .awn Pet
habit most of us hav. . Oat to work
and fight it. - -i .. ' .
Remember that If you don't conquer
It - H -will conquer youf --Th - llttl
habits ar Just a important a th big
ones, and some of there far more Irri
tating. '
Don't wait; begin right away. A bad
habit 1 like a snowball it grows dally.
Tbe Tragedy of Be
ing a f Negro
Ray Btannard Baker's account of th
Atlanta riot and of th reconstructive
work thst followed It published tn ths
April American Msgasln 1 on of th
greatest plecea of reporting don
In many a - day. ,-M la . full of
real - stories, , and - presents a won
derful picture of th tragedy of
race antagonism. . Following is a Istter
which nr. uaxer-got hold of, a letter
written by a young negro who ia now
a atudant In ths north. This negro is
writing frankly to a friend. He for
merly lived In Atlanta: . .
"it is possible that you hav formed
at least a. good idea of how ws feel
aa th result ef. th horrible eruption
in ooorgia. I hav not spoken to s
Caucasian . on th subject sine then,
But listen; How would you feel. If
with our history, there cam a time
when, after speeches and paper and
teachings you acquired property, and
wer educated, and wer a fairly good
msn. It wer impossible for . you to
walk th street (for whose main ten
anc you wer taxed) with your sister
without being In moral fear of death
If you resented any insult offered herf
How would you feel if yon saw a
governor, a mayor, a sheriff, whom
you could not oppose at th polls, en
courage by deed or word or both, a
mob of th "beat' and worst cltlxens to
slaughter your people tn th atreets
and In their own homes and In their
places of business t Do you think thst
you could resist th same wrath thst
caused God. to. slay. thJPMllstlnet and
th Russians to throw bombsT I can
resist It but with new on t rage I era
sm less abls to resist it And yet If I
gave way to my feelings I should be
come just Ilk other men
of th mob! But I do noti "
not quite, and I ' must hurry through
th only life I shall ltv on earth,
tortured by these experience and these
horrible Impulses, with no hop of ever
getting away from them; they ar ever
present, lik tn just oaa. in aevii, ana
my conscience.
"If, there wer no such thing aa
Christianity we -Should be hopeless.'!:
, m 1 " . r
- A Spring Song. , ,
Oh. to bs, to b
A glad green tree, -
With th wind through ita branches
blowing, -
And th fragrant win"' j .
. Of a youth dlvtn '
From root -to erown overllowlngt ;;
ft ' - . - - ' -. . .,::',:.
When th primal dawn
- Of th earth drew on -
There sprang from th world's . gray
nether -. .. , , ,.
An elm and an oak
With on puis they wok - ,
And mingled their songs togethsr. '.
-?-- Do you hear th sigh -v--,
- Whsn th spring Is night '
O lore, when th day grow longer .
Doe thrnery thrill- , . .
' . . Of th old lif stIU ,
Mak th new sweet bond seem stronger?
s , I Ad Foster Murray,
J . Idiotic Advice
From th Roseburg News.
"Th best preventive for herd times,"
says ths Portland Orsgonlan, "Is ths
buying of town, lots." That msy be
good advice to th individual having
Idle money lying around loose or In ths
bsnk st 4 per cent or less, but to th
man who Is out of work, or whoa sal
ary Is barely sufficient to pny ths rent
and grocers bills from month to month
the class Who really know what hard
times ar such cheerful optimism ss
expressed In the editorial wisdom of th
olty daily la Idiocy pur and slmola
Small Change :'!
Don't ask Cortslyou; h won't tell.
.' , e e
Dam Fashion ia th groat promoter,
of rao suicide, ' , J
t .. - . 1 '. .' .. -
It Is doubtful if Mr. Thomas oould
even get into th also-ran class.
. V -,.
, Som man ar worrying because th '
peekaboo season is so slow in arriving.
1 s s ,, . . t
Nobody oould guarantee that th most :
beautiful woman la th bast house
keeper. )'..,
v - - ;.i j'"' ' . - . V r '
Ths president like a great many other ,
people seems to hav written too many
letter - . - ,
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It aeems to be fully Urn that Miss .
Spring got a hatpin and prodded Winter
out of her Jap.- ... . . v. ......
' ''.' , e - a' . ' . '.
- "Mlssourl 'stands by th mule," says
an exchange. Well for'ard, though, hav
ing been ahown. .-
' ' . ,: ,. -.. . :?' 'i.'!'
'" "Tou can't top th brick building .
construction In Salem,"- says th States
man. -Who la trying?
"" 1 ' ." '
Tes, 825 a month looks ilk small pay
for- a- eounallman, but averaging them
up It seems to be enough. '
V. .:-:. e.' . -. ''' K
" Might It not be well for th treasury
department to establish a sort of .
Keeley eur adjunct for th bnfit of
Wall street? , -
' Ther being nothing te Indicate th .
contrary, it la supposed that vn Mr. '
Varnum recovered from hia awful spell-.
lng reform spasm. ,
. , v.- . - -, ,-;; v. - .
' The new senator from New Jersey '
being an expert boxer, tt la supposed
that h wiu b .clasped to th presi
dential bosom at one. -
Haywood, - Moyer. t aL, may also
be tried during this year. The trial-'
will last for months, with not more than '
on ohano In 100 of a Jury agreeing.
" ' - - i
Th end-seat hog 1 not th only one; .
another 1 th fellow who persist la
tsklng up two thirds of a seat that 1
will hold only two, whan halt th seat
la enough. . - . .
A Connecticut man aued for a dlvoro
because his wife put carpet tacks In .
liver cooked for his supper. H might
hav stood wooden shoe pegs, but ear- .
pet tacks wer too hard for him.
It th Oregon girl going east will T"
really dress In squaw style they will
hav a'whol lot more comfort than) If
thsy adhsr to "Boston"' fashions. '
And then It U fondly thought that
occasionally a man might be willing to '
serve his home city without being amply '.
paid In cash fort all th tlm and labor
expended. Such a thing has bean heard -
' , . ..
Senator Fulton having rightfully in
herited -tb salmon lunch, hostshlp. 8en
ator Bourn will hav to Invent some- -
thing els; perhaps h will dlstrtbut
carload of Oregon apples put no
all from Hood River, of coure. . .
Oregon ySiJelignts
Despite th steady rap, rap, rap of
th hammers Baker City la to hav aa
Uotrle atrt railway. ; . .
It Is estimated that 15.000 fruit trees
will be planted In th lmmedlat vi- '
clnlty of Th Dalles this spring.
An Albany real eatat man reports
mora sales during th past six months.
of city property, than during th 11 -
month bfor. -
" A drummer told Corvallielt that
theirs was. th best town In Oregon but
maybe he said th sam thing In each -town
h visited. . ,
e
Within less than 10 yer Umatilla
will bs ths - second most populous '
county In Oregon, pradlcta th Pendle
ton Trlbuna 'Lik enough,
Ther ar nln Democrat In Wood-
burn; at" least th Democratic war- .
bors. ' Pearn Cochrana received that ,
many votes out of 150 for mayor. . v
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Gold HUf News: Baga of plaoar gold -ar
being brought to th bank dally. -Tb
heavy rain and high water has - .
mad It possible to reach rich ground
and good returns result. " . - :
' - - J ; ,
- Albany merchants report an Increas
of 10 to 15 per cent In their buslnees
over that of th corresponding tlm of
lsst year and th bank deposits hav
Increased over '40 per cent ,
- : - i e e ' ' , ' v . "
' Several Wallowa county young man '
have made considerable money the past-
winter by hunting and trapping coy
otes, mink, raoooona, bobcats, skunks .
and other furbaaring animala. . .
Coyote ia tfl mountain above Was- -ton
sr rapidly Increasing In number
and destroy many chickens, young pigs, c
and even occasionally a ealf, besides
pheasants, quail and othsr ground-neat
birds. ' .-
In a pool of water on Main street In
Corvallls a largs placard fastened to
a-stick bora th following inscription:
"No hunting or fishing allowed, by
order of Mayor A. J. Johnson snd th
strset committee. . Citlsens take no- '
tlca"- ' ; , . . - , . ;
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A Toledo , woman says th Leader, -
placed, a duck gg under a hen. Just to :
sf ford the hen. a little amusement, and-
three week Jater Biddy came off th '
nest with a -- downy llttl duckling.
This beats ths average time for hatch-
lng ducka by on week.
Union received a carload of automo-a '
bllea laat week, snd th . Republican .
says: . Union ha more automobiles
than anjr town ef lta alaa in tha atar. '
snd this haw Jot plaeetr'thls city far
ahead of msny larger cltle In thta re- J
spect- "
Whll th "Cherry City" ha been -
adopted as an appropriate appellation
for Ths Dalles. "Pch City" would sp-, .
ply quit ss welt says th Chronlole,
roe orcnaras sr aiso ' running to
peaches, ' and for that matter apri
cots sr becoming' very popular,' while 4
no orchard ta complete without pluma
and Crimea. . .
. . .. .--.',.-..,
A Corvallls Chinaman who Is cook at
a hotel Is slso" owner of -a hopyard. For .
hia last seaaon's crop he was at on '
tlm offered 44 H centa Now he ean't'
get above 10H. If thst. - "Oh. allisera '
In 100 years," bs said. "No aell 'sm '
st 15Vt- oents now. All ssm. No
trouble. Just sem gsmbls. Play cards, '
hav thlee kings; get 'em beat loaam
money. All em hopa Je gamble, ,
that's aU.'