The Oregon daily journal., April 23, 1907, Image 6

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lac slaea tba ben II I el rate laaa thaa
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any paper ea tba coast. Tba adtertlaera
take adTaarac at bath Journal rlrralacMa
and ratea, aa math aa that lu oelafune are
crowded erlth tbeh- bnalnaaa and reanlta
fi to thorn la aatlafrloc aaaatlte. while
TUX JOU&lf AX reaper and (laarlabaa.
BY WHAT AUTHORITY?
WHY SHOULD not tba South
ern Paciflo , company be
compelled to put on the mar
ket the lands it unlawfully
withholds from aalet Why should
uui Luai wuiauj uv iviuirau lu wvu
these lands to actual settlers at a
price not to exceed 2. 60 per acre
as a law of congress provides? What
is this corporation that, while the
Individual must obey a law, it need
not? What are these laws and this
government of ours If they are fpr
the individual to obey, but for the
corporation to disobey T Is the cor
poration greater than the law, or is
the law greater than the corpora
tion? If the corporation Is the
greater. Is this a government of, for
and by the people?; ; V.'...
The Southern Pacific company is
bound in honor and in law by the
terms under which ' the land grant
was publicly and officially accepted
to sell these lands, to sell them to
actual settlers on demand, and to
sell them at not to exceed $..60 per
acre. There may be bitch, or there
mar be dodre. or there may be tech'
nlcallty by which a shadowy claim
to the contrary may be set np. By
the tricks of rogues it is possible to
dispute and embarrass even an
axiom. But everybody knows and
the railroad corporation knows and
the courts and authorities know that
the language of the act plainly speci
fies and that congress plainly and
unmistakably, meant that the lands
were to go to settlers at a price not
to exceed $2.60 per acre, and that
the grantee company so accepted
them and positively and Irrevocably
agreed to sell .the lands on those
terms. The company was to be the
agent, the trustee of the government
in selling the lands, and actual set
tlers In Oregon were to be the buy
ers, nothing more, ' nothing "less.
Wherefore, . then, and by what au
thority, are these lands withheld
from willing buyers and the settle
ment and growth of the counties in
which they lie retarded? By . the
token, has the corporation actually
become bigger than the government,
and if so, by what and whose au
thority?: " ;' ' '
LAW WINS JUSTICE LOSES,
"""kOM. A thousand egregiously
r . inequitable and wearisome in
' stances that might be cited it
v." : is clear that the American
system of trials, both eivtl and crim
inal, but particularly criminal,- is to
sly , the least burdensome, disap
pointing, in many cases farcical, and
in some .fairly revolting. The sys
tem of procedure, as illustrated ' In
the Thaw and Ruef cases for ex
a tuple, is monstrously absurd, and
that civilisation should have so long
tolerated and almost reverenced it
is illustrative of how wrapped round
and clogged p the human mind Is
with ideas, forms, customs, theories
and practices of former times that!
the modern world, It would seem,
should long ago have outgrown and
ratt aside as pertaining to an unen
lightened and semi-barbarous age,
al eu a few did all the thinking for
!" many. , ' '
The evils of these technicalities
nnd dlays and Interminable hair
Flattings are not imaginary, sentl
i ntal or slight; they are real, prac-
id, grievous, outrageous, and an
pear ia manifold ways, constantly,
everywhere. . It may be cheaper for
a creditor to take SO per cent of
just claim than to go to law with
an obstinate and resourceful debtor
A' poor man who has a Just claim
for damages against a corporation
may. i have to fight for it for. years,
and get at last bat a little fraction
of his due. . The cost of maintaining
a Just contention is In many cases
more than the amount sought to be
recovered. And In the csbo of rich
lawbreakers. ' their1 conviction . and
proper punishment is almost an lm
possibility. The people csn put them
to a good" deal of trouble and. ex
pense, but in many cases this Is the
extent of their power.
THE CENSUS BUREAU'S POPU
v LATION ESTIMATES. ' ;
ITER THE last census was
. taken, the census bureau was
made permanent. It might as
well have been, for the work
was already prolonged well through
decade. Making it a permanent
bureau, however, afforded an oppor
tunity to congressmen to appoint a
lot of clerks, which is considered of
some value In political fence-build
ing. ". ; , ,r.-rv
The bureau no doubt finds some
useful things to do, even now, near-
seven years after the census was
taken, but estimating the popula
tion of cities" is not one of them,
The
estimates are made entirely on
basis of former census figures.
If
a city grew a certain percentage
from 1880 to 1900, it is growing at
the
same percentage now, and has
been
ever since' 1900. No facta as
to accelerated or retarded growth
are considered, or decired. If a city
that ha 10.000 in 1900 and 9.000
In 1890 had 100,000 now, the cen
sus bureau would never have heard
of it. nor would receive any evidence
of . that fact. ' Down it goes, for a
population of 10,700, or whatever
the percentage of growth during the
last decade would give It. '
This method has an advantage
ove ascertaining the facts. It saves
work. And it Is against the prin
ciples of a government clerk to work
much." A boy who understands
the rule of three can estimate with
exactitude the population of every
city In the United States at any time.
This method does not give a square
deal to cities that are growing a
good deal faster since 1900 than
during the decade ending with that
year, . By the simple, easy, lazy
process adopted by the bureau, Port
land Is credited with about 106,000
and Seattle with 102,000. If they
had a full Quarter of a million of
population each, and could prove it,
the figures 6t the census bureau
would be the same. How much a
city has really grown .is of no con-,
sequence to the bureau; officially, it
has not grown any more than seven
tenths as much as it did between
1890 and .900. And if a city had
been deserted and not a soul inhabit
ed the place, ' the census bureau
would put It down as having in
creased In Just the same ratio as
New York, Los Angeles or Portland.
Growing cities would be obliged
to the census bureau if it would add
an explanation in bold type, to this
effect: "N, B. These figures are
merely the result of the non-work
principle; as to what the real popu
lation of any city may be, the bureau
doesn't know nor care any more than
the man In the moon."
VALUE TO A TOWN OF A REPU-
. : TATION. -
A'
LL GROWING and. ambitions
cities, .. . even . comparatively
small ones, like the principal
ones In Oregon outside of
Portland, should realise and remem
ber that a. town's growth - depends
very much on its getting a reputa
tion. . And it should not be neces
sary to add that what it wants Is a
good and not a bad reputation.
Get into the tiews columns of
metropolitan papers with whatever
you have, that will go to make np
a good reputation. Let your light
shine, which you can't do witnout
the light. Advertise, but be ready
to show the '. goods aa advertised.
Get a reputation, and deserve it.
How? The same old story. Be
progresslvlsts, not . obstructionists.
Don't be afraid of spending money
for the "light," for the "goods."
They cost, but they establish a repu
tation, and that pays.
Have clean streets, and the prin
cipal Ones paved. Put down cement
sidewalks. Keep your premises,
cleaned up and your houses painted,
Have good water and fire protec
tion. Tat old shacks and rubbish-
cumbered property the law's limit.
Stand by the men that try to do
something; starve the tnossbacks.
Get a mill or factory or two. Fur
nish a site for them If required.
Organise a commercial club or some
thing of that kind, and don't stop
at talk. Make a beginning and do
something. Try to Induce the surrounding-
land owners with big
farms to break them up into smalllTrM "Xr ' TT 1 '
tracts. Pull for small farmer Imml- 1 DC JYlOSt lianaSOme
tracts. Pull for small farmer imml'
grants to support - your mills and
factories and merchants, and have
Z.Z m
wneu you nave uont uy par oi
thlS let the world know It. ' The
Journal 1 will tell it free Of Charge.
Every "time you do something to im
prove your . town tell of It. Keep
doing, and keep in the public eye.
Thus you get a reputation And at
tract attention and people.
' Thousands of immigrants are com-
ing to. Oregon, and most Of them
Stop Off In Portland. ThC7 Will be
w a
auraciea ton town wim reyui,-
tlon, and in the Vicinity Of Which
,, - . k ,u ...... "; Arouaea oy tnis siur upon ins
small, farms can be bought reason- a,.tllli(ul,hw, whlch la , , ,.,
ably. One manufacturing establish- a Washington institution, the washing
k.f anwaaHi r.Hna-a another, ton Pout takes Up tha oudgela Wlth-
.
and they others. People bunt np
such' a town the town' With a rep-
. ,, .
QlatlOn. I , . -
Getting a reputation also helps
subjectively. The reallratlon that a
town is getting an enviable reputa -
tlon encourages its inhabitants to
,. . . a
live np to that reputation and bet-
ter It. They become proud OI weir
wa .r,.,t.Mnn anrl will do more
' ,
and more to increase it.
' a lia arvaatar and wealthier
. j . . v.i.
part Of Whose people hoard their
money or refuse to let go 01 a dollar
m . jintiara nn tha
Ull they can see, two dollars on me
return trip will never get . good
reputation, and never will amount to
anything... The best' its impotent
minority of progresslvlsts can do is
a ...aalnn f funerals
4-
move away. ,
Accounts from San Francisco of
the boodle investigations credit Po- haMlyy.rs high in every other re
lice Captain Mooney with being an "PN0w"uTths countrv render te North
honest officer throughout the Whole Carolina tha honor, which, as tha Post
carnival of graft, and he is consid
ered almost a miracio 01 virtue, one i
lone so una specimeu ia reai
gregatlon qI rottenness. Judging by
the police of San Franciscosodo
and Gomorrah were' in comparison
models of civic righteousness. '.
Mr. Harvey, editor of Harper's
Weekly, says: ' "The American peo
ple are being 'deluded by the spec
tacle of blatant promty yawning
from the pinnacle of self-apprecia
tion." - But. Mr. Harvey is suspect
ed of being afflicted with Jplerpont-1
morganltls. And who ever heard of
,blatant''yawn? ,'v'-' '
A exchange says, the Jamestown
exposition win follow the example of
all others in not being ready on the
. I
opening day. Except the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland in 1905,
please. At least it was pretty near
ly ready, ' much more so i than any
other. - ". ' - ' .
Senator Spooner "says in the mat-
ter of railroad legislation the Amer
ican people want justice, not ven
geance. But the people object te
allowing the railroad presidents and
attorneys to decide what Justice is.
Speaker Cannon says Cuba will
make great progress when it gets a I mine wno saia one evening to ber hus
.t.M.' .A..ram..i m, an,M will hand: '
"k-"' "v-
have peace when the millenlum ar-
.. . ' , . 1 ; ' I
' I
I am as much of a standpatter!
as ever." Uncle Joe Cannon is re-
. m rth woll
ported to have said. Oh well, no-
body -expected that he would ever 1
rafnrm . ' - I
But. Mr Oraves knew very well
that neither Roosevelt nor Bryan
would do It. .! : - I
The managers of the Jamestown
exposition are not superstitious. It
will open on Friday.
'';VDJd the Best He Coulij;,
"" From the Chicago Tribunal
"Brother Millsap," said the leader of
the meeting, "will you please start a
hymnT" ' i ' , ' ' . ' . ' -'.
Brother Millsap, a recent ' .convert,
whose repertoire of sacred nvuslo waa
more or less limited, could think of
only ona' thing that had not been sung
within the previous half hour, and he
started It
"Hevthat hath plenty of pea-ea-ea-nuts.
Ana givem nis naignoor none.
He shan't have any of my peanuts
When his peanute are gone!"
Hera all the male voices in the con
gregatlon Joined in with great enthu
siasm
"When his peanuts are gaw-baw-hawn.
When bis peanuta ara gone.
He ahan't have any ef my peanuts '
When' his peanuts sre, gone!"
At this critical ' moment , the
pastor J
rose and began a fervid exhortation.
thereby averting, a runner calamity.
runi Thurston's Picture to the Wall.
From ths New Tork Tribune.
Becauae ex-Senator John M. Thurston
of Nebraska made an anu-Roosevelt
aneech before the Young Men's Repub
lican club In Philadelphia, the Fontelle
club of Omaha, the leading Republican
club of Nebraska, turned Mr. Thurston'
picture to the wall emia ne hisses and
rroans of tha membera.- The presi
dent'a name was cheered snd applauded
at the same time.
The picture of e"-8enator Thurston
haa hung on the wills of the club for
many years. When It was reversed
clipping of the Philadelphia apeeebwas1
paated across tha back.
1 Bill's Nerve Test
From tha Walker (Neb.) Record.
Oreat big strapping Bill Shoela, Who
can fell a steer with a blow from ols
fist, la going to have a tooth pullod
tomorrow U he can gat up his nerve.
;"' ... Senator."
Trum th. Lelnstoi (Ky.) Obsarvar.'
th, han!.omeat sanatorT Dwr-
ling th brief session of conra just
naaa tnis nonor was snrlly aasignad
to Mr. Mulko? of Oron, whatoe period
or.aarvlo was so brief that It might
b said v of him that "be cam right
In, and he turned rlsbt 'round, and h
walked rlsht out again." giving him no
opportunity to gain distinction for any.
thlDs; but bla pulchritude, which spoke
for KMlf. Mr. Mulkey reputation In
thla raanart AAtnttia? tn tub knnwa In the
northwest, a Washington state paper
rouswy asciar that "Oregon ha bun-
iirSscHsj fif msnn whn SI ma Irak Kim lvraT
nk, cartoon." and that 'ths United
j State- senate must be unusually short of
I out reflect Inar tinon . anvhnd " ratnrta
the Poet botiy. "it la ear to say that
Oregon baa been niggardly of her manly
beauties. If they abound In auch num.
bora. -With tha exenntlnn at Mr. Mnl.
key. whose stay conferred ail too brief
- . --ej-j.
laa the nuserv of comeliness. It hardly
I neooraes her to Say that thera la no
1 handsomest man In the senate worth
mentioning. Necessarily, there remains
tus handsomest man so long as there Is
a Senate. It would ba worth whila. too.
to nave nis nam mentroned. that all
the country might give honor to the
I state of handsome men. 'But the Post
s not purpose to throw any apples of
I discord Into that august body. There
1 waj a toss in ins nigh average of hand-
I soneneas when Mr. Carmack of Tennes-
oeDarted. soma of th .ion f.i.n
too, when Joe Blackburn turned tha light
?"n'"nf; , t?w:r?,1nL"n,: But
or tt Individualised. One senator there
Ms the handsomest of ail. wa could
" wa wouio. xna i-ost s
ireiucianoa xo name tna present possessor
I0' aistmcttoa la easy to understand.
dui tna uoserver baa no cause to share
1 1 Tha aanaM. Mf.iwl .a 4m v.
I man of North Carolina, who. we need
ua ia bus in a a Late ox nanasome men.
First Downward Step.
a photographer waa urrlne- rharl.a
frohman, tha famous manager, to sit
?ZZgZ IT'tll
usual, Mr. Frohman refused to do.- The
photographer, a fluent, persuasive chap,
advanced reason after reason why. the
otner snouia nreak his rule and alt -
'Those . reasons sound " well." M.
Frohman said, ."but behind them I
seem- to sea an ulterior and selfish mo
tive lurking. It Is like tha harrowing
story that tha lawyer cam home and
told his wife.
fad case la court today.' ha began.
wnat was itr the lady asked.
Case 'of Shoplifting. Beautiful. r
fined woman, educated
and wealthy,
caught stealing things In shops like a
common tnier.
The Judge was greatly moved. Ha
said: ,
'"Madam, now. did yon begin this
sprt or thing!" A. ..' ;
"""Alas, air," she answered, weeping,
T began picking my husband's pockets
at night after he was In bed asleep.
- eava. fcwa awe SIC VVTV KallVliu.
That was the first step, and after it my
fall was easy."'"
" ' i Plugs and Mongrels. .
The Princess de Montglyon. whose
collies were a feature of the winter's
kennel show, was explaining te a young
ing doge.
woman journalist car method of breeU-
'But you,' tha princess said.'' "are
somewhat ignorant of dog breeding; are
you notT" t
T am, tha Interviewer confessed.
Ton are like," said the prlnceaa.
"that amusing Mark Twain, who bought
in the west a 'genuine Mexican plug.'
thinking that phrase meant thorough-
,ort, Tott llk. a y0Ung friend of
"Oh. Jack. I hava such a surprlae
for you! Look at this perfectly aweet
little dog I bought this morning. Only
Itl .nA II.. MM H ,u.a II . ,
vw. iuw c Uaux- u una vw m
a pure mongrel.'
"
' Installing the King.
"Moch as It pains nil to have to tell
ym Mf B,klD- th falr M1,
Robinson In tremuloua tonea, "I do not
" you. auia su Kmnnv moceps m nng
DBCKt ,
"Oh, I could not dream of doing such
. v. i 1 ai.bu. i . u
kp ,"', remembrance "f me and my
broken heart"
i nans you. a. uouaano taanxs, '
murmur a, tha alrlr "how mnoA hna van.
lerous you are! I shall never, never part
W,J"' af- .n 'h-mj
anawered Slnv
klna with bis hand on tha door knob,
"1 31 tell the man you're aolely responsi
ble. You see., there ara' five monthly
Installments to pay on It yet Oood
by!" And before the astonished Miss
Robinson could reply Slmklns waa run-
nlng down the front door .steps.- Home
Magasine. ... . ,,
As to Small Farms. - - '.
From the Irrigon Irrigator. '
Last week we published an editorial
anent the else of the farms in Oregon,
advocating ."the small farm well tilled,"
as we have often done before.
On the same day the Portland Journal
published an editorial on the same sub
ject under the caption, "Twenty Acres
tsnougn," which we republish In another
column, and to which we Invite the care
ful attention of our readers. .
This Is a subject which Is of great
Interest! to every person In Oregon, even
In the entire country, and there la not
a bit of doubt but what if the news-
papers would keep hammering on the
matter, many men would be it in ta in,
crease the fertility of the land they
have, rather than buy more, and many
who have large tracts would cut thera
up and dispose of portions of thera.
" 1 ,-. . i
. Good Guesses. ; i
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Ona man in 101 Is over feet
One in 100 women carries Ufa insur
ance. . . ,
One man succeeds In business to aia-ht
who go bankrupt.
There is one sudden death am on a
women to eight among men.
Ona cold ta taken out of doors where
nine sre taken indoors.
Ona In each MOO couples lives to
celebrate tha golden wedding.
, Her Husband's Luck. '
From the Washington Star.
"Waa your husband lucky during the
race meeting last year?"
"Tea," answered young Mr. Torklna.
"He had tonsillitis most of the time
land couldn't attend.
Is tke
Lady-
IS
rue
' By Beatrloa Fairfax.
Dear Mlaa Fairfax:
' Would you kindly decide the following
argument and we win be greatly obliged
to vouT-. A young man and myself have
had a great argument He claims the
educated girl is the only ona who can
claim the title of ladr. while I say the
good, hard-working girl la every bit aa
much the ladr.-
Now. Miss Fairfax, this is the ques
tion i la not the good, poor, hard-working
factory working girl every bit aa much a
lady aa a good, educated girl with
money t ... . ' B. I.
Refinement, modesty and kindness of
heart are tha three most essential qua
Ittea that go to making a lady.'
The fact that a girl earns bar own
living makes not a penny's worth of
difference. : She may ba a factory girl
or aha may ba the flrat lady In the
land; aha can be equally a lady la either
position.
Tha word "education" covera a large
ground and baa many grades.
Thera ara few women tn this enlight
ened day who have not tha chance of
some education, however slight But
the fact that aha Is obliged to leave
school and earn her own living at tha
age of 14 need not keep a girl from be
ing ladylike.
Innate . refinement, tha- kind that
comes from tba heart and is not mere
outward show, is Inseparable from true
ladyhood.
It la refinement that keeps a girl
neat and cleanly about her person. Fine
clothes cannot help her In the smallest
degree to act or look like a lady.
No girl can hope to be m. lady unless
she Is modest In manner and conversa
tion. Purity of mind stamps Itself on
the face. Boldness, loudness and be
havior that makea her conanlcuoua at
once stamps a girl ss being ill-bred.
It seems neadleaa to add that a true
lady shows tha same kindliness to all
elassea She haa not ona sat of manners
for the high and another for the lowly.
n all places snd to all people she Is
courteous and gentle.
I have known women of great wealth.
high aoclal position and moat superior
education whom I have not considered
ladles, for the simple reason that they
wore arrogant and vulgar la mind. At
tha aame time I know a simple old Irish
woman who can write her own name and
that la about all. - whom I eonalder
gentlewoman. She could not do or aay
vulgar thing to save her Ufa. Her
gentleneaa and kindness to every ons
are beautiful to aaa.
It la not necessary te have money, and
live In -a fine bouse In order to-be
lady, but it Is necessary to be refined,
modeat and gentle In your manner to all
classes. To make distinctions between
rich and poor la to be a snob and no
snob can be a gentlewoman or a gentle
man.
The Dictionary of Misinformation.
Antlers Decorations far a hall; also
for a deer's head. -, - 1 . . . I
Garden The graveyard of hopes.
Oat Shad .roe for a horse.
Sprlng-The season of mud, love and
rhubarb pie. . ' . ? .
Btrl Dee-Fancy drees its wearers dont
StripesFancy dreaa its wearers dont
fancy. f -. . V.. , , ,
' Roesettl thought the letter V the
most beautiful of all. and triad to em
broider his verse with words like "vel
vet" Americans share his views about
the desirability of V. but they think
twice as much of a bill marked X
A eonnclenee-strtcken grafter has re
turned II to a county treasurer with
the explanation that he couldn't sleen
at night thinking of his crime. The fol
lowing letters are not yet la the mall,
but may . ba expected by those with
strong Imaginations:
To the City of New Tork aince ob
taining the subway I have hardly Blent
a wink. My conacienoe has worried me
so much that I hereby return the sub
way to tha city, its real owner. On.
for a aound sleep. , A. BELMONT.
To the Governor of Texas I haven't
nown what slumber Is since I waj
elected te the senate, so I hereby an.
nounce my intention of resigning. Now
to ine mattress. . ... j. w. BALLET.
The morning's mall in HOT is asuallv
Postal card showing scenes tn Call.
fomla: "Having fine time. Bill.
Postal' card with photograph ef wit.
nea in celebrated trial: "Do yon know
Wno U11B 1ST "A.
Postal card asking for a loan.
Poatal card s announcing aa innn.
ni vti v. .
Postal card with bin. ' 1 '
Postal card beartna- lrflnraaat
Black Hand. , ,
Postal card in one section: othara a
come later; all to form picture of a
uaenmuno. . .
a,S!.r" 50t!7P
Za JZT ..i T.a-. I
CalTMft. J . r ' I
nv - SHIU AAA V W UUIIF TtnarSa I I
i
H-arbln. lately reTwIth R......
Sail Kak ., Ai e- - . - S I
rllJT .fcl'v. ... - r'
prnancn me oenerits of peace - A.
aeore of persons have bean killed t -
railroad wrack. v.-
'i 'i , '
Trousers Irreligious.
(From Notes and Ouariaa '
aa wui awaurwaiy seem mora than
strange that within the oast hnnrir.
years ths wearing of trousers haa bean
regarded even aa Irreligious. The fact
inai in uctoner, nil. an order waa
made by St. John'a and Trinity col-
mai iYwr rounr man whi an.
peared in hall or chapel in pantaloons I
vr krvunii anuuia um consiaerart aa i
aosent is starti ng enougn; but It would
. . . . . - i
appear that eight yeari later the found
era of a Bethel chapel at Sheffield In
serted a clause In the trust deed ordain
ing that "under no circumstances what
ever shall any preacher be allowed to
occupy a pulpit who wears trousers. '
This Is' striking, but it is even triors Im
pressive to find that Rev. Hugh Bourne.
one of the two lounders ef ths Primitive
Methodist connection, said of his co-
founder: "That trouaer-wearlng, beer
drinking ' Clowea will never get to
heaven." And It would need a student
of "the Breechea Bible" to asy practaelv
when thla assumed connection between
theology and trousers began and where
the departure from It will end.
- Today In History. .
William Shakespeare bom. Died
April II. His. -
- Ms! Connecticut' - famous chsrter
granted. "'..
. lilt Abdul MeflJId. sultan ef Turkey
during the Crimean , war, born. Died
June 25, mi.
1 IK 1 Postage stamps first issusd in
Canada.
- 1153 John Toung, governor of New
Tork in the anti-rent agitation, died
Born 1101. t
im Earthquake near Athens, Greece:
U7 Uvea lost
, lftt The Bourgeois ministry in
France resigned. . -
1 00 The Duke of Argyll died.
1101 Andrew Carnegie donated H00,
000 to Tuskogee Institute, Alabama.
Bad
. ' From tha Railroad Qasette.
'The amount credited aa the gain ef
E. H. Harriman alone la placed at not
loss than $10,000,000 by many brokers.
Wall Street Journal. August IT.
"Kansas City Southern advanced be
fore the- declaration of the preferred
dividend, but the market shows very
plainly that there has been none of that
preliminary heavy Inside speculation
whlah did so mucj to disturb confidence
and start the decline In stocks last- year.
Tba controlling .ntereit baa not been
In the market" Wail Street Journal,
April s. 107.
These two brief comments selected
from tha "Features of tha Market" col
umn of, the Wall Street Journal might
well be made the subject of careful
thought by those high railroad officers
who feel that the flnanolal difficulties
with which railroads are confronted to
day are dua only to the meddlesome
activity or one Theodora Roosevelt, and
that tha distrust of railroad securities
I and railroad management haa little or
o Justincatlon. Tha fact that the rail
road a cannot borrow on reasonable
terms tha money neceasary for improve-
menta ia due to a number of cause. In
particular the great demand for capital
In all lines of Industry. An exceedingly
important causa la 'the widespread dis
trust Of railroad stocks and bonda Tha
comments noted above. It ahould be re
membered, are taken, not from the edi
torial column, but from the current
comment on tha day's stock market sent
out from hour to hour over the ticker.
They represent, not the quiet and phllo-
sophlstlcsi opinion of an editor In his
study, but ths swift Judgment of mar
ket facta of
have several
a trained obaerver. We
tlmea taken oeraalon to
condemn the Harriman dividend incl-
dent aa an esaentlally unjuat exercise
of corporate power. It la a pleasure In
contrast to record thla frank opinion
of the way in which the flrat dividend
of the Kansas City Southern was de
clared last week. There la an added
contrast between tha two instances If
one remembers that ths Kansas City
Southern waa, up to two years ago, un
der the control or Mr, Harriman. Ths
annual report Issued' after ha retired
was ens of ths severest indictments of I
a railroad management which has been
made since the receivership era of IS tot
II years ago. in brief, the roadbed.
structures and equipment bad been al
lowed to seriously deteriorate: tramo
had (apparently) been diverted to other
lines; there were over (00 wrecks in one
year, and Improper bookkeeping entries.
Without attempting to pass on the truth
of these charges. It Is to be observed I
that the Kansas City Southern Is now,
in comparison with other roads, getting
remarkably successful results from op
eration. The added fact that the men
who control It are not uelng the road
as tha basis of a stock market cam
paign is another element of the com
pany's present strength. -
; Whiskey and Whiskey.
From the New Tork World.
"When Is whiskey not wbiakey
and
when Is not whlakey whiskey r
has
5en nwor T tSZrnrrrMr,VTl
Bonaparte by aaklng -What Is whls-
kr h" hts answer by
been answered by . Attorney-General
saying "Whlakey Is whiskey.'
TO quote
from the attorney-general s opinion la
the controversy between the "straight"
whlakey people and the "blended" whis
key makers In answering his question
of "What is wblskeyr' he says:
'A chemist or a distiller might
answer this question altogether differ
ently from the ordinary purchaser ef
whiskey for his own consumption; but
the purchaser's view of the matter la
material to attain the primary purpose
of ths pure food law; I think it may be
aafely said that what he . means by
-whiskey when buying It Is a distilled
spirit flt for use ss a beverage and hay.
Ing the particular flavor which human
experlenoa has classified as that of
Whlakey.' "
The attorney-general admits that the
flavor of the "hummer" and "private
stock" may be different, bat Instate that
It is all known as "whiskey." , Regard
ing the difference la flavor, the attorney-general
says:
'It may be that the general impres
sion of their similarity is due, la some
measure, to imagination or Imperfect
memory.'
Under the ruling of ths attorney-gen
eral, which he says la "warranted by
Information contained In papers before
me and by such ether Information aa I
have been able to obtain," theae classi
fications must be made:
Straight whlakey must be labeled aa
such.
A mixture ef two er more straight
whiskies will be labeled blended whis
key or whiskies.
'A mixture of straight whiskey and
ethyl alcohol, provided there Is a suffi
cient .amount of - straight whlakey to
make it genuinely a "mixture will be
labeled as compound or compounded
wl7h rSnrV srdlsauau.
"Imitation whiskey will be labeled as
await as .
r-U-, A-i-t aa 1 IA a ' wX
iisj ucvisiuii a a sa viviurr tur jlt
WJIiy f? ,h.e. "?ihlB?T- le.
A IICJ lltt VWIlaVllUOTJ BiUnB mil
neutral anlrit or high wines and whte-
kles' do not constitute "whiskey" under
tha pure rood law. The decision of the
attorney-general Is that only whiskies
or a line character can be called blended
whiskey, and that the mixture of-1
straight whiskey with ethyl alcohol Is
a "compound"- snd not. entitled to be
labeled "whiskey." but must be labeled
"compound whiskey." .- ,
The blended whiskey makers and ree-
tlflers. It Is said, .will appeal to ths su-
preinv ouuri.
The Bravest Song and the Sweetest
to tt piu. t r. i . . . .
. ... .uivaiu nauora-nBjn.i
The bravest son a Is th. son. t,. .in-i
who Is honlne tha beat ha mav
While he faithfully helps to do the
tnings tnat have to be done each
day; ,.
The warrior may sing a glorious song
.' as no marcnes to meet Ms foe,
And tha hnnlM ! v.
hurries along where the quarry Is
a. I
But the bravest song Is the song ef the
man wno goes when the llrht 1st
dim- r ... I
To faithfully labor aa best he can" for I
the ones who depend on htm.
The sweetest song is her song whose
ayes are filled with a righteous
pride .
As she watches ths cot where her baby
lies while ner needle Is deftly
i. . ' piled; . . -Ths
prima donna may grandly trill, and
- her bird-like notes may ho j
So pure that they never may fall to All
her hearers with ecstaoy.
And her song la sweet who In rapture
-brings her lover the faith she
' should; ' -' .
But the sweetest song Is her song who
sings In ths Joy of young mother
1 hoed. - '
Harriman in.
Odor
Willis's Definition. ; ,
"Willie Oreen." said the tearher, "you
may define the word memory."
"Memory." saUd Willie. "Is what we
forget with."
Small Change
Now 'what exousa have you for not
making garden T ? .
I . Wa shall
I mentia basebaUanla.
e a , , '. ' . '... i . l
DeVlln Is away aheadIn tha numbeS
of pictures displayed. t .
e e ' '
Tha paople seem to think! they need a--
political boss like Roosevelt
r ''.-. i.e. a v i
Tet It is unlikely that the "labor vote
will be solid for any one man,
Rhode Island has but one eenabor. hnt
Is twice as well off as New York.
. - ' . " ... e , a . .. ,' J
One thing Portland luckily never lm- i
ported from the eaat la a moving day.
There Is small likelihood of Roosevelt ti
and Bryan doing the Gaston and Al.
phonsa act .-. 'v. v n
The mayor has another good quality!
He knows how not te talk, aa well as
how to talk.
Since the Question. What la a Damn."
cratT haa been given up, can anybody ,
ieii wnat a itepuoucan 1ST '
Perhaps the better way would ha ta
Siva all the facts to ths public and let
ths people judge who are liars. . -
e a i ' 1
Pittsburg is 'said to ba In far n
another term for Roosevelt, but he
should not be blamed for that
. ' v, , e a j i. . , . v .V,
Senator Patterson will dua
I nla fine, but what he said of tha Cola.
I rado supreme oourt Is no laaa trua-
, ' ,; a . a
Eastern people become dlsoouraged "ta'
fighting thVgrean bug when therle
that its right name la toTontlrl J,?
num. toxoptera granl-
It IS not believed that Banaln aa.
Idge -would die of arlef If Fairbanks
should have but slim sunnort In tha
convention.
. ' . - e ... e ' . ;
A lot Of Delaware neosla anrht n hm '
ashamed to. allow old Oas Addlcka to
suffer In extreme poverty. He lined1
many a pocket la that little rotten bor
ough.'.. ' ' ;. i. ...'
Senator La Follette Aid not AMna with
Benator Ankeny at Walla Walla, and .
Senator Ankeny did not attend Raniinr
La Follette's lecture. Each has his opin
ion of the other. , ' : '
.', ... ...a- av , ':.";. i
Now it Is the Colorado fruit tran tba
has been destroyed. We are a rood deal
discouraged about tha Oregon fruit crop
and fear that It wUl be a failure; It
hasn't been yBsatroyed onos yet
Oregon Sidelights
Albany is bow sure of a sawmill.
I ' " ' .'-: e a , . ...
I Sold Beach, says tha Olobe, needs a.
I bank. - . ... -
Lane Is now another free of-debt
l county.'
'Astoria Elks are to have a fine ham a
of their own. ''.,
A Eugene maa la organlslna- aa an-'
pendlcitia club. ' . ' . . , ,
:..- . ' e e : ; t .
PoUtoes ara'lcare at tl. a bushel
at Myrtle Creek . - . ,. ;. .,
e e . -. , ; , ...
A Umatilla county man sold his wheat
ranch for 154,090. s
, -.mm.. .,;.'..,'
Many fruit trees are being planted
around Hennleton. , ,
Polk county hopgrowers are vary busy
fixing up their yards. . . . , ,
, ; " , .'. e " ,-, , ... ' , :
Great "bodies of Iron ore are believed
to lie near Gold HllL . . . , ,,
"j "'" -' '" e a . , ". .
Farmers In Benton county are flndlna?
alfalfa a great success. ; . ;
1 - ' . " . a '. e . ; , ;'.-' V'.'i -
It promlsas te be a banner prune year
In Linn and Benton counties. . ...
4 , ; e 'a. , - ..
Prospects for a bumper crop
never better ia Morrewoounty.
The prospect is for a big
of
prunes snd other fruit in Polk county.
. ., e e .
A strong Eastern Oregon Miners' as
sociation has been organised at Baker
City, ., " : - r: . v,.-..
; "' '. - ' a " . ,''.'.' ' v
There are 1(0 acres of strawberries tn
Clackamas county, and soon will be ,
many mora. ....', .. ' ' ,;
A dog poisoner has been operating la
Springfield and th owner of one vio
tlm offers $50 reward. ' . - . . ,
The first potatoes heard of in
gon this spring were raised by a farm
er near Independence. ,
The Polk county court will have the
county's timber lands cruised for the
purpose Of assessment
, ' . . i v'.- e .- e .s .'.'. ".'
The Cooullle valley is a fine apple
country, but so far It has been thought
that dairying paid better. ' t
A Linn county man went out to sh tot
a chicken hawk; the gun went off acci
dentally and badly wounded his wife. ; ,
Moro Obaerver: Never before have the
prospects for Sherman county looked
brighter In a business way than the
present year. . Crop prospects are fine
and everyone is Jubilant . .
;; a e '. . . ':' ' 1
A new copper belt has been discov
ered on the divide between the Bouts
Umpque and ths Rogue rivers, In the
hntitharn .- , TataiW sam si stf ssAis hake
P" of Douglas counties.
"
The Philomath Review, that la crowd
ad with timber land nottoaa, says It will
soon run out of them and will be re
joiced thereat ae it can publish more - -news,
but this statement may have been
made with a mental reservation. . Land
notloea pay. -
e " a . .,,"'', , . ; 1
Aurora Boreal Is: It takes more nerve, '
to run a newpaner In Aurora than It,
would in a city of a million Inhabitants. .
The most innocent story in the world, ,
when published in the Borealla, is sure
te offend some subscriber and then they ;
get up on their hind leas and hew and ,
threaten to knock tha editor's block eft
' '"She Knew. .'.;'V: ...
"Miss Janet la a long time coming
down." he said to ths pretty parlor
maid. "Perhaps she Is ha, ha per.
hapa she Is making up her mind whether
to see me or not."
The maid smiled coldly.
"No." she said, -it is net her mind
that she Is jnakijDg p
r