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HIE LIQUOR LICENSE ORDI
nance. vrf-'W'V',
fW POINT that Mr.. McKenna
U makes against the llqnor li
cense ordinance, to be sub
( mltted to a Tote of the people
at the ensuing election, seems to be
well taken. The ordinance proYides
thatx all licenses now In existence
shall, on application,, be reissued on
compliance with the law, ' and that
no additional licenses shall Issue un
til there are at least 600 people, to
each license, and thereafter only one
license for each additional 600 peo
ple shall be Issued, the last preceding
federal or state1 census being .taken
as the trae' population r and that new
licenses shall Issue according to pri
ority of application. Under .these
provisions no " additional r licenses
could 'be Issued before It 10, and
probably but few If any before 1116.
According to Assessor Slgler's census
Portland would.be entitled ' to but
about 220 saloons, whereas . It ' has
about twice that number. . These
may still continue In business, hut as
they drop out. If any do, no new ones
can take their places. ' ' Before the
number of saloons could Increase the !
city would ha Ye to show by a census
a population of about 225,000, yet In;
the meantime all the present saloon
keepers, "or their legal representa
tives," can secure -licenses, while no
one else can.; : : .,,':-.;" y
Mr. McKenna'a contention Is that
the ordinance attempts to and In fact
does make the licenses of the present
liquor dealers perpetual; and Is In
violation of the charter which pro
rides that licenses - shall Issue for
only one year, and will make a
monopoly of the saloon business, not
only till 1810, but under the "prl
orlty of application" clause , of the
ordinance thereafter, - He thinks
that the apparent grant of monopoly
Is wrong In principle, but If enacted
the license should be $1,600 Instead
of 800 a year. , " ' T-''..
It may at least he said In support
of Mr. McKenna'a view that there
was no need of these provisions
which he criticises. It would have
been enough to' have simply raised
the license, and provided that liquor-
dealers now In business could con
tlnue therein, and whenever the pop
, illation reached 600 for each saloon,
only one additional saloon could be
established to each additional 600 of
population. This Is what most peo-
T)1 annnnaa tkar art rolnar to Trite
on, but : the council, after, many
months of wrestling with the sub
ject, could ' fiot propose ' a .simple,
straightforward ordinance for this
purpose,, without . putting In some
Jokers in favor of the liquor dealers.
..There waa no need of submitting
an ordinance Increasing the liquor
license to vote of the people,' for
there was no doubt of publio senti
ment on that subject. The people
wanted the licenses raised, and they
ought to have been raised loag ago.
But the council did not' raise the
licenses until they had the ordinance
tor that purpose loaded with provis
ions la the Interest of the liquor
dealers, and then sought to escape
responsibility by submitting tt to the
l onpio. Now the choice of voters
lauf-t be between no higher license
nil higher license coupled with an
nt'rmpt at monopolization of the
liquor traffic. Mr. McKenna'a ordi
nance, that failed to net on the bal
lot, was on the other hand so drastic
that It would In all probability bar
been rejected at the polls. , , So It
seems that the simple, single, thing
the. people want they -can't get, at
least for awhile. ' " .v
TENDENCY TO ' BIO ' FARMS
. SHOULD BE RESISTED.
a CCORDINO . to the assessment
rolls of Umatilla county, 20
land owners now have deeds
to 181,7(0 acres but of 900,'
000 acres of deeded land, in the
county. ' It Is believed by Assessor
Strain that 100 men own halt of the
deeded land in the county. - One live
stock company owns 38,088 acres,
another 20,832 acres, and an individ
ual 16,064 acres, but these are large
ly grazing lands. One man owns
17,803 acres, tnd a company 11,433
acres, of Irrigated or lrrlglble lands.
V7. J. Furnish owns 22,133 acres
classed as wheat lands, - and eight
other men own over 2,000 acres
each.:''; . '. V ':XV ' ..:.';''', ;7
It Is manifestly detrimental to a
county or a region for a few people
to own so great a proportion of Ita
productive lands. The population of
Umatilla county is scarcely more now
than It was 10 years ago, and Its only
hope of much increase of population
lies in its irrigation projects. Fore
handed farmers and stockraisers buy
the farina and grazing landa adja
cent, and these who sell move away
to new fields. But, asks the East
Oregonlan, what are you-going to do
about it? ' These land-holders ac
quired their property honestly, and
it cannot be taken from them, .The
only cure for land monopolization,
the Pendleton' paper' thinks, is the
New Zealand, graduated . land tax,
which taxes land In proportion to the
amount owned the more land, be
yond, a certain amount, the heavier
the tax per acre. : Monopoly is thus
rendered impossible, and land is
owned by actual users only. ,
. It is time we were working toward
the adoption of .this policy in this
country. ' People are becoming more
numerous, and lands scarcer. - It
needs no argument to show that it is
better for 20 families than for one
to occupy a section of land, if they
can . maintain themselves there in
comfort, i To raise wheat success
fully in Umatilla county a man needs
quite a large farm, but not several
thousand acres." ' A stock raiser
needs more, .but he ought to be dis
couraged from' gobbling up section
after section on which a good many
families could make a Hving. . .
"But what ire you going to do?"
in the absence of the New Zealand
graduated land tax T This can be
done assess land, values higher, in
proportion to . .Improvements.. V . A
man owning 2,000 acres ought to be
taxed as high. per acre aa the man
owning 200 acres, or even 20 acres,
with practically the same buildings.
Thus encourage large landholders to
sell off 'small farms, ' instead of j
tempting them' by low taxation to
bay more. Assessors can do a' good
deal to check the tendency" to land
monopoly, and In the meantime we
will educate men elected to the legis
lature and to position , on the bench
to adopt and sustain this policy. . f . .
WHY EXPERIMENT?
I'
F A GENUINE, unadulterated re-
; former Is wanted by the presl
' dent for ' a successor, what is
-' the matter with La Follette?
We are assured that a man is wanted
who can be relied upon to push ad
ministrative policies that will be of
unquestioned virtue. It is loudly
proclaimed that a $5,000,000 con
spiracy has been organized by rich
men to prevent program of such
policies from being carried out In
such an ; emergency, is It not enor
mously .consequential that the suc
cessor who is to carry on the reform,
be himself a reformer? Cannot the
president's telescope In Ita sweep of
the country in search of presidential
timber, decry In the Wisconsin
statesman a man whose reform is re
form?,
Senator. La Follette Is not a new
convert to the plan of regenerating
the republic; ; He la known by his
works, and is loved for the enemies
he has made. He, too. has been con
spired against by rich 'men,, notably
In the United States senate, where
be has been snubbed and tabooed be
cause he la reformer that reforma.
In three terms as governor, 'his level
ing hand made Wisconsin a state
where corporate .wealth is no more
favored than la poverty,' and where
the corporations are made to bow to
the. law and pay taxes Just as the
poor man has to,
In the senate of
the United States, the same leveling
hand was lifted to secure rate reg
ulation that would regulate, but the
votes of 40 Republican senators
thwarted it. . ; " . '
And there are other facts that
commend the eligibility of Senator
La Follette, if an unadulterated re
former is wanted in the . White
House.' Mr. Harrlman did not raise
$200,000 or any other sum to assist
in the election of Mr. La Follette to
the governorship of Wisconsin. . Nor
was the money of any insurance pol
lev holders SDent for that purpose,
but on the contrary, corporate power
spent immense sums in the vain ef
fort to defeat him. Nor did Mr. La
Follette. aa governor,- ever write
"My iDear HarTlman.r, inviting him
to come to the capital to "look over
the message" about to be sent to the
legislative body. ;' '
True, the president's legatee, Mr,
Taft, may embody as many virtues-.
the- president's indorsement would
seem so to indicate; ... yet nobody
knows, and when there are alleged
rich men's conspiracies and inner-
circle plots, why experiment? .
LEST THEY FORGET.
r
T IS EAST, to believe with John
Barrett that Washington is be
coming overpopulated with plu
tocratic residents. There la a
sign of it in the reports of costly
palaces and magnificent mansions
the Idle rich are building there for
social purposes." - Traction barons,
railroad magnates , and the "pork"
aristocracy of Chicago, New Tork
and other cities are vying with one
another in the grandeur of , the es
tablishments they are . installing at
the national capital. It la, according
to Mr. Barrett, a carnival of pluto
cratic embellishment and social ve
neer dazzling to the eye and electri
fying - to the imagination. By it.
Washington is being evoluted gradu
ally Into a-gay Paris, with influences
and agencies approximating the mod
els of Louis XIV of French ill-fame.
Bucolic representatives of the fu
ture are to go to. congress and there
find themselves irf a twirl of mag
nificent environment and strenuous
social gaiety. They will be culti
vated and courted because of their
official position and be admired and
flattered for the good they can do
the courtiers. It is human to love
pomp and power, and to he suscept
ible to coquetry and the alren tongue
of flattery, It is notorious that the
influences that immediately environ
legislative halls to a degree mold
legislation. ; It la easy when the eye j
dazzled with the, splendor of af
fluence; and the soul thrilled with
admiration of the affluent to forget
that there Is poverty, and the poor, j
We rarely-ever strike at those who
court and caress us. To walk from
a' railroad baron's parlor and vote
against his business schemes Is dif
ficult. If not impossible. It was thus
both difficult and impossible for con
gress at the last session to reduce
by $10,000,000 the railway allow
ance for carrying' malls, as was rec
ommended.. It might ; yet become
necessary to shift the national capi
tal, lest our congressmen forget
their constituents at home. : -, ;
PUZZLE--FIND HIS POLITICS.
A CANDIDATE for. United States
senator in Wisconsin baa pro
mulgated a platform of which
'. the following is an epitome:
Prompt and thorough revision of
the tariff, reducing duties; giving
me iniersiaie commerce commission
full power to regulate rates and serv
ice and to ascertain the true value of
railroad property, cost of operation
and amount paid for labor; requiring
the adoption of life-saving devices
by railroads; strengthening the Sher
man anti-trust law; election of sen
atora by direct vote of the people; a
federal tax upon Incomes and Inheri
tances; a federal child labor law;
prohibiting . the sale of, fuel lands,
but leasing them so as to prevent
combination and maintain reason
able prices; opposition to the ship
subsidy, which is wrong in principle
and a menace to equal rights.
What Democrat is this? may ' be
aaked. It is not a Democrat, but
Mr. Stephenson, a Wisconsin million
aire Republican, who is a candidate
for senator and is approved by Sen
ator La Follette. We are .not ad
vised as to Mr. Stephenson's reputa
tion or reliability for sincerity, but
if he means all he says It looks as if
the people of Wisconsin could not
send a better man to the senate,
though why a portion of the Repub
licans oppose him may be readily un
derstood. -
' What is the Republican party com
ing to when a man who. seeks to be
come a united . states aenator an
nounces' such' a platform? ' Why, it
reads almost as if he had got Bryan
to write it for him. , i I ! V
Senator Tillman la filling his pock
ets, and is probably expressing his
honest sentiments. In his phllllplcs
against the negro race, but he Is do-
Ing the country an injury. The race
question will not be solved by any
methods he proposes, and he only
helps to render its solution more dif
ficult and improbable. People would
do the country a distinct service by
lotting Tillman talk to empty chairs.
' Miner Hicks who so marvelously
withstood a long entombment under
ground, could not withstand an offer
to go on the vaudeville stage, where
he has, been such a failure and be
come so disgusted that he wanta to
kill himself. He had great physical
endurance, and as It seemed, strong
mentality, too. In his burial alive, but
he showed a fatal weakness in tax
Ing up with vaudeville. . 1
If there was a shortage of 280,000
freight cars in the country in Feb
ruary, as Is reported at the Amer
ican , Railway association meeting,
where will shippers be "at" next
fall? ,The prospect is ominous. .
Tarlff revision is important, hut it
looks as If it could not be lugged Into
paramountcy next year. . '
Ttc Folly of Despair
' Br Faia Wheelar Wlloox. ' r ' S
(CoajTricat. 190T. by Aatarfcan-Joaraal-KxaaiUar)
faar years aco a bualneaa man In
Naw Yerk committed suiolda becauee n
read In tha momlns papers of tha fall la
atocks which msant the loss of a large
fortune to htm. f V.
Two voara la tar tha Interests h held
In that aame bualneaa . whan ha dlad
made bis family worth many millions. -
Ona year ao another bualneaa man
killed himself for tha sas&a reaaon. Ha
waa scarcely burled when a sudden turn
cmated millions out oCthe remainder of
his fortune.. .
Teaterday I read of the- rise of a
fallen fortune to treat wealth, and the
man who had become moroae ever Its
fall killed himself only, a few days be
fore tha change came. J -,.
There Is inthe cUy of Paris today a
man of success and prominence who waa
prevented from - carrying out suicidal
plans years ago by a mere accident..
These -cases might be multiplied by
the thousand.
Happy wives and mothers exist who
have contemplated suicide in past days
because of some unfortunate love expe
rience which seemed to and all possible
interest In earthly life.
Proud husbands and father live to
day who smile over the memory of sui
cidal Impulses, 'after, awakening from
some early dream of romance.
Robust men and women live t Yelolce
that the old despondency caused by a be
lief In an incurable malady did not
terminate In the aot of self-destruction
contemplated. - . . , . ;
Therefore, let any man or woman ef
today, bowed under no matter - what
burden of trouble, sickness or sorrow,
take heart and wait awhile.
Life Is like a mountain Journey and
oftentimes when we seem to be going
down, w are merely winding around the
mountain side and through dark paths, j
wnere tne nignt seems to hare fallen.
only to come out on higher ground and
Into brilliant sunlight. . . , . , . -
Suicidal thought should be regarded
as pestilential germs. and should be
driven from the mind and heart hr the
arttltoxlns of hope and prayer. .
Mot only do such thoughts harm ens
who entertain them, but they are dan
gerous to the happiness of others. . -
i nougnts are inmga. science has
proven that Mental telepathy Is an
established fact. -.
I have seen a, man, standing with his
back to his wife (who was -hidden
arrund the angle pf. a. door with, her
oaca turned), look at the objects which
I took from personal effects shop
ping bag and private letter and so
soon as the husband had carried the im
pression of any object to his brain his
wife named It I opened a book, and the
man read sentences, his wife repeating
aloud each word he saw...
This Is an undeniable proof that one
mind can and does Influence another.
Imagine, then, how dangerous t our
associates ere thoughts of; suicide, or
evil thought of any nature, no matter
how we hide them.
Despondency. If Indulged, becomes a
disease.
The moment such thoughts take do
minion, or seek to take dominion of the
mind, avoid solitude. Oo out and seek
people. Try to become Interested In
the affair of other. Walk, vlelt, titke
Journeys, short or long, as conditions
render possible, ; and always keep In
mind the great possibilities which life
holds for sudden turn of fortune, and
always .,-'
Body and mind, and spirit, all combine
To make the Creature, human and dl-
Vina, ,;..
Of thi great trinity no part deny.
Affirm, affirm, the Great Eternal X. -
.'...' ;.:' , .
Affirm the body, beautiful and whole.
The earth expression of Immortal souL
Affirm the mind, the messenger of the
.- hour. - ; , ..r .
To speed between the and tha source of
, power. . ... . ; : , ; .
Affirm the Spirit, the Eternal I
Of this great trinity no part deny.
Declare vour divine right te health.
to happiness, to success, to usefulness.
Keep on declaring, and affirming, and
-never aar die" till you are called.
Wonderful thing may atlll be waltlna?
you, nan 1 nere on sarin,
! The Play
At the Helllg last tilsrtit there waa a
falr-slsed and enthustaatlo audience to
wttnea the return-engagement of "Mrs.
Wiggs of th Cabbage Patch." The play
nas oeen presented in tni city many
tlmea, but Portland people eem never
to grow weary of the quaintly delightful
teaching of th cabbage patch philoso
pher. . , '
Mia Blanch Chapman show unmis
takable , sign of Improvement a lira
Wlgas over - her previous performance
here. The number of her admirer la
rapidly Increasing and there ar many
who insist that she plays ths part of
sir, wiggs equally as well as It ws
done by Mr. Madg Carr Cook. -Mia
Ogden, aa Ml HasY. has also Iraorovad
since ner appearance here, and give a
niftniy satisfactory performance.
The presentation wa very nleaalna
to the r.odlenc and if It had remained a
half dosen night instead of one Port
land people would most probably hsv
Shown th same degree of appreciation.
; At th Helllg tonight th engagement
of Raymond Hitchcock In "The Yankee
Tourist" begins and continue until Sun.
day night. . - -. . .r ,
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Same Thing. ,
From th Baltimore American.
"Did you mean," thundered th flowery
orator, "by your recent statement that
my "versclty was not Impregnable to
tha aaaaults of ', categorical verlfloa
tlonr "No, I didn't," replied th plain eltl
sen. "I Just meant that you waa a liar."
Why "Or"?
From Newspaper Owner.
We not an advertisement offering
apartments "suitable for a Journalist or
a Christian man." why "er".t ,
Official E xposition Hymn.
'v 'f:'r ; ' , :: ,. - ; ' . v -1
(Read on Opening of Janwitown Fair Today.)
O God of Nations by Thy guiding hand '
- Were our forefathers led to this blest shore,' : '
' When-they were seeding for some friendljr land .
Where they Thy praise, from fervent hearts might pour
' In deep libations. They had naught to fear , ,
From persecution's rack, or bitter strife, ",- i . --
Or gross exactions, often hard to bear ; rv '
Which compassed all their dally round of life.
Their first famed act on break Cape Henry's shore - :
' Wii planting of the Cross, with grateful mien, j . (
Then with loud voice, above the ocean's roar . ' " , ',
Proclaimed their faith in what-as yet unseen,
Yet wrll they knew had surely been decreed - t...
. Aqd in His own good time would be declared,
By Him who helped, them in their hour of need,' ,; ' ,
Who neither fost'ring care, nor guidance spared. "; '7
' Cheered by blest Hope, sheet-anchor of the soul, ;.
- They struggled on, impelled by conscious right, 1 ; ,V
" Strong in that'Faith, which did their acts control, ;".,
y ' And gave them power, when it was lost in sight,' '.2 .'' .
On Jamestown Isle (hey did new altars raise,
'Crude at the first, but with high purpose bent, ." ' ;
! And there again with heartsome hymns Of praise, . ,
V They worshiped Thee, O God, with one consent ' '
So thus, 'tis seen, it needs not to be-proved, , : r'; "t ' , ."
That in this glorious land, where they were free, ' V
Their first thought was of Him,. whom well they loved,
' Their glory was "religious liberty." ' . -
) So now,-Great God, on this our nation's day, ' ". '-'
"V We give Thee homage, by our sires begun, .
We still would learn of Thee to watch and pray, t
. Lest, losing Thy loved care, we be undone. , ' v
We praise Thee for" the gifts Thy love bestows -"
On this our country, with unsparing hand; v: , ' - f
Though undeserved, it thus most truly shows , " :
.' Thy watchful care oVr this God-favored land
On which blest liberty first saw the light, - . '.
Where it was cradled,-as the world records;
Where our forefathers' faith is "lost in sight," .
Where Thou art "King of Kings and Lord of Lords f
Solution, of Better Streets in .the Hands
. of "the Property. Owners ' : . ,
"Better streets" ought to" be th
watchword bf every wideawake man and
.woman in, Portland. '..
It Is all very,well to tell th stranger
that proceedings for 400 street improve
ment ar under way. It- Is lmpreaalv
to say that more street work 1 being
don la Portland, than la any other city
of it population, or twice Ita popula
tion In th United States.. That 1 true,
but It doe not make th hote In th
brick pavement en Stark street appear
less unsightly, It does not remedy th
conditions at th west end of Madison
street bridge nor make First street look
ilk a real street In a real city.
. It doe not mitigate th fact that th
. majority of Improvement ar ' for
crushed rock spread upon a defenseless
street only to be ground up. to add to
th supply of mud or dust, as th sea
son may be.
"Why haven't you more paved streets
in your residence districts T" Is a ques
tion asked very often by- Inquisitive
visitor.
Why haven't wet That I a question
that should start every real Portlander
on a still hunt for th answer and th
remedy. -. '" --
No class of people In Portland realises
th city's need of better streets. more
than do th city officials. Tet mayor, ex
ecutive board and oouucll alike are con
stantly being blamed, because th In
crease In hard -surface pavement : does
not keep up with th growth of Portland
In other way. -
Before you blame anybody read th
charter. Then It will be understood
why th hand of th council, th mayor
and the xeoutlv board are tied.
In Portland th Individual property
owner Is a high mogul. Th-wlseacrea
of th city government may leglalat
for street improve ments until they are
black in th face, and the improvement
may be on which th publio I loudly
demanding, yet a few property owners
can get together, draw up a remon
strance, go out and get signers and be
hold th Improvement 1 not made!
If two-thirds of the property which
will be assessed to pay for th Improve
ment Is represented on th remonstrance
f public policy goes to .th wlnda. And
it la infinitely eaaier to indue people to
sign a remonstrance against spending
money thsa tt Is to get signatures on a
petition for a chance to spend it. - -
"It's up to the property owner," say
City . Engineer Taylor. That Is why
fther ar not more hard-surface, pave-
raenia. ' 11 is xor tne aame -reason mat
much-needed bridge ar long delayed,
though th whole, city is crying for
them. " -
When the present charter waa framed
It wa thought that th best possible-!
provisions for th permanent Improve
ment of th street of the city had been
Incorporated - Into th document But
the teat of experience ha proved it de
ficient. Therefor It ha been proposed
to amend the .charter by passing -an
amendment . providing for district im
provements. In brief th plan is this: Th city
eouncll decide that a district bounded
by such and such street 1 to be im
proved with bttullthlo, asphalt, brick or
other pavement The executive board
Mil for bid a at present - The eon
tract i awarded, th work 1 done, and
Secrets We Are Losing. .
From th New Orleans Times-Democrat
"W ar losing all our secrets in this
shoddy age," an architect said. "If we
keep on th time will com when we'll
be able to do nothing well. -.
"Take, for Instance, steel. : We claim
to make good eteel, yet the blade th
Baraoena turned out hundreds of years
ago would eut on or our own blade In
two like butter. -1 - .
"Take Ink. Our modern 'ink fade In
ftv or ten year to rust color, yet the
Ink of mediaeval manuscript Is . aa
black and bright today as It was TOO
years ago. J .
Take dyes. Th beautiful blue and
reds and greens of antique oriental ruga
have all been -lost while in Egyptian
tomb w find fabric dyed thousands of
year ago - that remain today brighter
and purer In hue than any of our mod
ern fabrics.
"Take my specialty, buildings. - W
can't build aa th ancients did. Th se
cret of their mortar and cement Is lost
to us. Their mortar and cement were
actually harder and more durable than
th stone they bound together, whereas
ours horrors! . -
"W ean't vn make artificial dia
mond now, , Our brilliants of French
past war so beautiful that they could
hardly be told from real brtlllanta by
expert. But ths secret of this French
very piece of property within th area
pay a for. the Improvement of th dis
trict a a whol. " . - -
Th property owner lose a large part
of hi sovereignty. Th man who wants
Portland to go ahead, to keep abreast
of th times and who wishes to II v In
a residence region that can ' look the
whole world In the face will not regret
th loss of bis remarkable power. But
the mossback, ths chronic kicker, the
man who does not car how th city
looks and who 1 content to let . hla
property He fallow until th labor of
other people ha increased It value,
will kaarl. . ...
One th district Is decided upon the
property owner must pay th assess
ment, .Of course ha will be given the
opportunity to protest ' against the
boundaries ef th district,' but-tber is
little chance for the kicker to escape
being drawn Into on district or in-
oiner. v v , ,. . . .. .-. 1.
- The assessment need not b paid at
onoe. ' howve,STh earn - charter
amendment propria that th bonding
aot become operative of itself upon
property whoa .- assessment ar not
paid promptly. , ' ' '
At present th owner who wishes to
defer the payment of bi aaeeasmsnt
must request thst h be given th bene
fit of th bonding act which provide
for gradual payments extending over a
period of 49 years, thus lightening his
burden. 1. -i ...
Under th - proposed amendment the
property I aead whether or no. Th
owner hss 10 years to pay th assess
ment, which under th lf-operatlv
bonding act become a Ilea to the eity
upon it Before the expiration of th
Ufa of thi practical mortgage (don't
be afraid becas.se of th word "mort
gage" tha city will not foreclose) the
value of Th property will - have In
creased so materially that there will be
little difficulty In paying off the ass si
ment. . The fact that th pavement is
In front of th property increases . It
market value no matter -what you da
The district Improvements ar not
to be mad every few year so fsr aa
street ar concerned. A pavement
within an improvement district will
last longer than on Outside for this
reason: - -
All th vehlcl traffic will not crowd
upon th on paved street and wear out
the pavement before It time.
Here' an example: North Sixth snd
North Third street formerly bore more
thsn their share of trafflo between the
business district and th depot ' Th
property owner along these - street
wr kept paying for pavement for
every driver naturally used these two
pavea tnorougnrares. , They got : the
benefit of a lot of teams hurrying oast
their property but that did not seem to
help psy their assessment. , - - -
Iook at. th condition now. There I
bitulithlo pavement on fifth street
all the way to the depot and a part
bttullthlo and part stone block pave
ment on Seventh - street : and Fourth
street Is In fair condition. There I
tremendous lncreaae In the number of
vehicles on thee streets. 'Tet there (re
not any more now on Sixth treet than
three year ago, becauae Fifth and
Seventh street get their ahsre of the
wear and tear. It 1 fairer U around.
pasta. Ilk a hundred other , secret of
the days ef conscientious work, I Ir
retrievably lOSt."; - ... ' . r. .. .n,
V - Today in History. .
1I6S Oreat plague of London began,
1711 David Hume, historian and po
litical economist, born. , Died August tt.
1770. .... J .; j. ' ". -. .
1710 British 'parliament passed the
septennial act . .
1164 Gabriel Rosaettl. commentator
on Dant. died.. r ,
IMSThe Alliance affair, with Spain
settled by th latter giving ample satis
faction. ., -1
1100 Hull and a part of Ottawa,
Canada, daatroyed by fir. .
1004 Labor party earn into power In
Australia, p
; . White House Precautions,
From the Cleveland Leader.
Whit House etequett for visiting
Wall street magnates calls for hands
up and both hip pockets turned Inside
out .-. s .
Not In New York.
From th Atchison Olob. '
- The average girl's Idea of reckless
dissipation is a soda fountain beverage
that coat more than a dime. ,
.ange
Judge Hunt' visit will not be unlver- '
sally welcomed.
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, There is no hope of th Ben Davis
pple bud being destroyed. '
e '
It 1 surely time thtlood-prdlotars '
were saying something..
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At least you don't bave to make aa:
den In overcoat and mlttena, a they
ao pc east.
','; .'...
: Th announcement that Taft would be
a candidate wa not very surprising,
sensational news.
a e .
' If Standard Oil ahould haV to pay
that 129.000,000 In flnea, what would
th prioe of oil become T .
v -. -. ' ' -
'when -Emerson said: "Hitch your
wagon to a star" he did not mean br
stsr a footllght favorite. , . . ,
A Mssaachusatts man ha hot slant
for ID year. - Of course, he waa never
given a Job a a policeman.
A tnagaaln writer -want to know
Why men wear suspender. - Next he
may ask why men wear trousers,
--.u ' . ; .
"After Harrlman' whot" asks tha
New Tork World. The trosecutlng at
torney and the aherlff, if luetic get
a mov on. .....
W ar Inclined to think Mayor B
will fill the place well not merely a to
sise nis inaugural address consisted of
only too words. ,.
Th Boston Globe says th lsst nsw
moon them "ws never lovelier." 80 It
seems new moon vary In lovellneaa a'
seen in Boston.
In soma indictments a portion of th
counts resemble those from foreign
countries thst com over here heiress- -
bunting no good. .-.- v .... ,
Th csars income I equal to Iff 000..
000 a year In American Money. But that -la
not th reaaon why so many people .
think skldoo for him., ,,.
Politician ar . comforted a little t
think that there must be convention -next
year to elect delegate to the na
tional conventions and presidential elec
tors. .. ..,.-.
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' Ths Pendleton Trlbun says: . "Th
Pendleton markets presented a little
flurry yesterday drees good having a .
slight upward tendency." Which show
what th Trlbun paragraphsr keepa
watch ef mostly. . ,
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. 'A' 8aln grocery firm advertise .
dried beer for sal In bulk, and I said
to have quite a large trad, . Thi may
possibly do for a trip to th mountains,
but for general ua moat imbibers wilt
prefer th atuff In liquid form straight -from
th ksg. .,
' Though old, thi may bear repltrtloa:--From
a buahel of corn,, the distiller get ,
four gallon of whisky, which retail at -$1.
Th government get $4.40. Th
farmer - who raise th corn get tt '
cents. The railroads get tt. Th man
ufacturer get t.0. Th retailer kt ;
hell. . And th oonsumer gets drunk.
: ': ', ' S '. ..- ? '. - "
In the Pendleton murder trial a doe- f
tor taatlfled that the left lob of the'
liver wa Just back of ths stomach. Th .
defendant's lawyer knew better and con
vinced the doctor- that -the- lob is In
front of th stomach.' Now if the doc
tor can show that he know more about
a point of law than tha lawyer.' they
will .b even. - - -.,-,' ,-
Oregon SiJelicihts
Land la sailing rapidly around Red.
mond. ,.. . v . ; (
l Bin gen man sold ' hla ranch ' for
$70,000.. v.. 1 . ' - - . , .. -. i
Joseph is to have a new three-story "
brick hoteL- j,-' ' . ' .
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Gold Hill has raised 1600 already for
"th Fourth." '. v . ',. :.,.'-';
Sheep sheering I under full headway
around Echo. ,-, 1, ,
Late frost did no damag to fruit
around Milton.- y. " -
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Cougar iaVs killed ' two ' valuable .
Summer.Laik horse. ..
Six carload of potatoes have been .
shipped from North Powder thi spring.
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Hood River's prosperity 1 Indlsput-
able, says the News-Latter, and prove
, Quit a school of herring appeared la .
Sluslaw bay Sunday; some war -caught .
by hand. - ,-
Tha Grants Pa fruit and vegetKbl
cannery must be built thi season, says
th Courisr.- '. ' " ' .- ,
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No largs amounts ef fish ar expected
to be caught In the wheel near Th
Dalle for over a month yet ,. , 'v j
Condon Time: ' A larg aereag of '
spring sowing la yet to be don. Th
rain of two week ago act things back
but the farmers ar all getting la big
lick and rushing both their plowing
and seeding. . v-. ''''
v :" s " e ' " '' ' ' ' ""
Mitchell Sentltielr Who will bring.
wood to townT There Is a wood famln
here.- Hitch up th team and bring ua
a much ss a tier anyway, and ws wilt -nay
rou are th best man in earth, and
for a fact wlU think o.
Do you want to workt If so com te .
Huptlngton. saya th Herald.- Men
wanted 1 th cry heard from all quar-l .
tere In this city. 'Good wages, good -'
food and good accommodation I th ,
rule at all th different grading camps -
down ths river. ., ,
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The Klamath chamber Of commerce
IS considering means to protect trout -
In-streams that ar being taken for lrrt- -gatlon
purposes. Million of young,
trout; It 1 said, ar sometimes see
dead far up the stream, and larger fish '
are also lost. In th ditches. : .
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Myrtle Point Enterprise: During th ,
last few days the pole that have been ;
headed toward th river and creek Over ''
the shoulders of men, women and chil
dren hsv been numbered by tha hun
dreds, A number of good catch ef
good-slsed fish havs been msde. - - . ;
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Never befor hsv the prospects for '
Condon looked blighter In a buslhes .
way than th present year, say the
Times, Th orop prospects never looked
better snd the farmers never felt bet
ter, in fact every on I enthused with
the splendid outlook not only for crops '.
but ss welt for wool and livestock prtoeat