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'"wsM9.BH - r- -r. ; r - . : -,i - i THE JOURNAL AM IXDHPSItDSNT NBW8PAPEE. O. S. Jirkwn.. PublUW JTnblUVM trnrf- artirtnf (rrtt tnwlir) aaa1 ' wmj pucaay BJorD1tl, St TM Joonu nana isf, Sift u4 Kanhlll streets, PorltaaA, Or. Bnttrod at the Mat off! ca it Portland. Or., for tnnimlwioB Unuk tha nail M aacond-claas Miter. t TEUCPHONS ml TITi. ATI ' 4twrtBati reached by thla a-mber. TU tb etwratat the department jroa want. not take after Daniel Webster, who on one occasion proposed toy pa the national debt out of hla pocket.. Nine hundred' millions Is quite a rood deal of money, bnt not much for this country. It Is less than the debt of British Australia, with a population of less than 8,000,000. Porerty- strlcken but sans soucl Spain owes and refutation to the lowlands. The forests of the western slopes, the Cascades, and the Coast range are a primal factor In that splendid hu midity that Is the llfeblood of west ern Oregon and the best asset In Its enormous possibilities. . Fortunately, In Oregon nature has wonderfully provided for reproduc- ' , Hymnfl td Kno V la tb Vol On year...v Ont year.. Om year. . .$8,00 I Om STIlfDAT. ,. tlBO I Ob ronoth.. DAILT AND SONDAT. ...... ST.ftO On swath.. .. .SO .$ .SB .1 .SB 12,000,000,000, and France owes tlon of the disappearing forests. The though largely to her own people Douglas fir, If glten the slightest it. -..... Sir AAA AAA AAA I nnMAM.. I4a i - . a -a. M tk rOEEIOK ADTKETISIMO BKPHHJKNTATITS ouuriuuua iuui vi fo.vu v,vwv,v V V. wiuiuV, IB quic lO Bian lur Tmi.twi.HH.un.1. awi.i Aa-nu-uaiiw aimct. Great Britain, with only half our young growth as the veteran tree .5i5a7SttaSw5 SSeasST" 1"" population and more expense, owes felled. Unlike some of the eastern 'smL: ... . ... '. M.000,000,000. Japan owes more and middle west states, this spirit canaa mwm tnan si.000,000,000 ana Russia a or reproaucuon is a characteristic I'AluX . M . ... . . . Bim larger amount. Ana an inese I inrougnoui me iuresis 01 urogou nations and others keep adding to and It places the problem of forest their national debts, never expecting, conservation within the easy pru never intending to pay; leaving gen- dence of man a task of minimised eratlons unborn "to the last syllable effort. The growth is swift, and the of recorded time In interest-paying ultimate result sure. On the areas bondage," while In a score of years (of the Coast range that were flre- or less the United States can pay off! swept SO or 60 years ago, in spite Its entire debt it it chooses and not of the difficulties that fire denuda feel It But this is not likely to be I tlon always Imposes, new forests are done, as a national debt Is a fine fast appearing, some of them already thing for a certain class of financiers, m tne stage or mercnantaoie timber, To conserve these Oregon forests a duty of weighty responsibility rests upon the people and their govern- a beacon light upon the heights over-1 United) States senators, as a Union looking the path ojf progress, that I Democrat, and , was one of Lincoln's a . m a ii.. i W x A - M I A M A aia- '.' - a. ' a 1IKawW I fin aft AitM ll 4tl A tAiieA a I ' -1 . " J , - -. .....v w..- iarun Blnkart V (Ellanburg. Qer wnicn name, tnen, would better gross. . ne was a man of great talent, I many. April JJ, I5l-0eambr f. in) serve as an Incentive and an insplra-land a natural leader of men. Though! WM pastor of his' native town almost tlon to the youth of Chicago? he might have won fame and ! for .ff. "J" M ai Bot v tune as a lawrer. he referred t r- Thii'.J 11 5? v r - m- - I - w paw I11ID Ul I OH WIU1 t.t .Miirrn. wnirn.ni.im main a farmer. Ma died In lsR. ii" " f-.' rvlee Jn tlmea of xna iLfluniam wuvfimnini. ana iamin mad a him beloved ms last aays naving oeen clouded oyil"v uu,a "'Tnie hymn prob- IT"" .""T umn inn iim or un AS crnon f 6ir Tod ay "And The" Social Conscience, By .Heair F. Cop V) U yon win b tru t0 th, best of yourself, living up to your nature, standing boldly by the truth of your word and satisfied therewith, then yon will be a happy man. Marcus Aurellus. WHY WE DRIFT TOWARD AB STINENCE, SOME RAILROAD FIGURES. T T IIE 107 edition of Moody's ment. Fire is the greatest menace Manual, regarded as by far the and danger of fire Is heightened by most accurate and complete the reckless carelessness of logging handwork of the corporation enterprise. The practice of leaving HE SITUATION with respect to the liquor traffic in. this coun- aspect There never were so "atlstlcs of the eountry, recently is- immense quantities of debris after many evidences of a widespread In- aued kows that the total capitallia- the logs have been removed from the clinatlon for bettered conditions. If l,on ot team railroads, public utlli- tree Is a peril to the forests that will the inoTement liasbwiilOTrtotonn; ties,-Industrials-end mining enter- have to be eliminated. The destruo- ' Its sympathisers cannot be other than I Prl,e" " f. 000,000, 000, of which uve wastefulness and unrestrained gratified at Its present celerity of $83,600,000,000 belong to the United prodigality of commercial operations motion. From Maine to Oregon and Btatea, the balance to Canada and win have to be directed with a view from the lakes to the gulf an ad- Mexico. These figures do not In- of reproduction. Salutary measures, vance toward closed conditions Is on. elude the "close corporations," which covering these and other costly prao- - Cities of every degree are narrowing I would bring the total up to 140,000,- tices, together with a wide education the i weekday privileges of saloons, 000,000 or more, about twice the of tne people as to the enormous 1m and ranging themselves on the sldetotal given by the government cen- portance of our forests as conserva ' of Sunday closing. Where license Is "ns bureau. tors ot moisture, and through that In vorue the figure IS everywhere The railroad mileage In the United conservation the mainstay of our ' being raised,' and added restrictions t States 88 per cent of that on this boundless crop possibilities, will ultl applied. In three fourths of the continent Is over 222,000, the num.- mately save us the horrid spectacle states there Is an Increasing number ber of companies 1,419, the capital of a treeless Oregon. ot counties under local prohibition, tock $5,280,000,000, the bonded and In many the closed counties are debt" $8,628,500,009 total railroad far in the majority. A sample Is securities about $14,000,000,000. Of Mississippi, where 15 years ago there this 98 per cent was issued by rail were but two dry counties, while roads Included In great 'systems. ' now but a few remain wet There are 674 "Independent" rail- An even more striking sign of the roads, operating over 25,588 miles. PULLMAN AND GEORGE. fHE NAME of a public school in Chicago has been changed from Henry George to George H. Pullman, one of the board re- trend of the time Is the action of big with capital stock of $526,58,000, marking that the latter name was corporation, railroad' and other- and bonds of 447,202,000 a total aesired because it would be a per 11 wise, that have issued orders that of less than $1,000,000,000. The 67 petual Incentive and Inspiration to 'men who use Intoxicants shall not be "systems" operate or control 688 the pupils. retained In their employ. The enor- subsidiary or Jointly controlled lines, Henry George and George H. Pull- mous influence exerted by such ac- with 196,425 miles of road and man were both noted and in their tlon from such a source Is probably a stocks and bonds amounting to $12,- ways eminently successful men I primal factor id the prevailing move-1 931.154,000. Thus about 90 per though those ways lay as far apart '" ment The million and a half em- cent of the railroads of the country as the earth's poles, and their goals ployes on the railroads alone, sud-j are operated by the 67 systems, and were as different as an art gallery denlr made abstainers, thoush a the capitalisation Is In about the is from a stable. Both were useful great Influence, Is small compared I same proportion. I men. also in far different ways, and ' to the immensely greater moral in- These figures are so stupendous the majority might decide that Pull tfluences exerted by these drastic cor- that they cannot be readily compre- man was the more useful. Possessed juration orders. ' As those who ex- hended, but they show one thing of a new practical Idea, he built no pect to be employes realize, as they clearly that the railroad business an immense and Important industry, ) (will more and more that the avenues to say nothing now of the other cor- gave employment to a multitude ot of employment are closing to drink-1 porate business of the country has men, accommodated millions by mak " , ers, the moBt powerful of all agencies I reached enormous proportions, and ling traveling more comfortable, and -for promoting abstinence Is set In lit is not strange that It occupies sol by gaining and maintaining a mo motion. - i much of public attention, partlcu- nopoly and overchanging the public V That this phase of the current larly when it Is obvious that within I became a multi-millionaire. His dis ' movement will not only be perma- a tew . years the railroad mileage or I position became tyrannical, he had ?nent, but that it will grow, is made at least the facilities for service no friends, his children were in his certain by the character of the age. should be doubled. estimation so bad that he dlsinher- r We are rushing headlong through f lted them, and he died In the bed of life on the wings of electricity, and, A TREELESS OREGON. old that ne nad made, a dlsap- at best, the Way la full ot peril. pointed and miserable man, leaving . We must have trains that travel a 1 TREELESS Oregon is a spec- his works behind to make mllllon- mile a minute, and autos that move A er that It has become the habit aires of others. In part, his name as swiftly. Every moment of our to see on the horison. It is a furnishes a good, healthful Incentive J time Is mortgaged, and our street- disturbing apparition, for the and inspiration to the young; In part, cars must speed ahead like the rush- loss of the waving forests on the It is warnlngly reprobative. ing winds. We Insist on living two mountain sides and the green groves Henry George was also a poor boy days In one and defy fate In the in the valleys would be a calamity, with an idea, or many ideas, that if effort to obliterate distance. Danger not only in the material way, but in not entirely new were undeveloped - lurks on every side and lmpena the removal of the most notable fac- and had not been well said and made from every avocation. We cannot tor of primeval beauty that is at plain to the common people. Pull ' afford the risk of drunken pilots, once a relief and a delight to the man's main object and lifework was stupefied engineers or sot-brained human eye.,, I to furnish the people something so drivers In handling and guiding the) But the forests of Oregon are not manifestly to their advantage that ' tremendous and dangerous forces we likely to go, never to return. Man by retaining control ot It he could ' ,have harnessed and placed in their Is fast learning, and must learn more, become Immensely wealthy through . hands. Even with the most trusty about conserving and husbanding their tribute. George's object and "'employee, the clearest-headed that those essentials of human life that lifework was to benefit and enrich , can be obtained, the air is thick with nature laid with such prodigal hand the people by causing them to see the death cry of wrecks and the tele- at his door. Science Is proposing, and think of great truths and prin- graph wires reeking with gory de- and civilization disposing. Govern- ciples that they had thought little '" - tails of accidents. The cry every- ments are planning to save what or not at all about before, not ex- Z where is for a reduction of these mammon would destroy, and will pectlng or desiring to gain wealth man-killing accidents, for an arrest- plan more. A wise. Intelligence and for himself. Pullman made millions T Lord amid unfit. rnin nrt..A is Abel thy brotherf" QeA. 1t ST " ' OCIAXi aolflahnaa la tha most sw ious charge against the church of our day. If tha chart be sus tained it simply lndioatas that ' tha church has bacoms subdued to the spirit and subset-riant to the S van aaa A mm .1 ... . - . I BUI VT niu wMAn suirrage movement, mental aberration, but hla fame and I thank.-irin, .arvloa.- fo7 tha daciaril m.thod afth. Wm. ,- ..: or as It is called in Enarland. the services ha rndi-id hla .tat. on. . . " It wu trmi- ... ,ki: ' , T': """" 1 iia into (Mr Knallah by Catherine I " w"" " aom tne "leministe" movement, island country will always shine clearly winkwerth. la Oarmany h ranks next mated by social selflshneas. attractlna as much or more at- brirht on the naa-aa at nMrnn'i hi, to "KM rtsta Bu."1 Now thank we all our Ood icauon iu mat country man in inis. lory. with heart, nd hands, and volcas, Eiisaoetn Kobins, a former actress It Is 'In order, however, for any whom his world joioeV? v of note, who was "until recently an one to suggest other names', But let Who, from our mothers arms,' ignorant opponent of woman suff- the matter be taken up, and . Oregon's wuhounuaas tuV'nF rage." is inclined on examination not niche In the national Temnla of iram nd "U to&ir only to think better of it, but to ad- be duly filled. mlt that it will have to come. She formerly thought, she says In Col- It was a matter of regret to The O. mar this bounteous Qod, Through all our Ufa ba near ua, With ever Joyful hearts And blesaed peace to ohaar us; And keep us in his fraxie, And rulde us whan perplexed. And free us from all ills In this world and tha next. I ller's, that what women needed was Journal that it proved impossible to more education and discipline, rather publish reports by Eugene V. Debs than more liberty, but she has die- of the Haywood trial. Arrangements covered that "the higher discipline for such reports were, made with. Mr. can only come through liberty." To Debs before the trial began and a the common objection that women contract was duly signed, but at the would lose In one way more than last moment he decided not to go to they would gain In another, she says: Boise and sent a substitute. For If I am to Judge by the women I three weeks The Journal published see working to win the suffrage In dally reports by this substitute in England, there Is something clvlllz- the hope that Debs would finally go lng, ennobling, In giving up your life to Boise as advertised; but this he to a treat Lmoersonal oblect. When did not do and th anhaHtnt nnwa ,1 - I Yah m 4ijl Mat w, MrM ouvu mm dmuu uy iu iicn du 11 tugri vi expeciauons IDK io rrom auty. TKnKH tn. .1V nra . V 1 - Vl.t. tk. -.I.. ,., . i . I w .7 , u1Su lu, w un8UJ auKonunuea. Man ara not uplifted without tha conaclenoeT They ar I bettaf than thv earnestness, their forgetfulness of The failure to secure the Debs re-11' oi 1r- . . were, but they ara, utterly wrong and - ., . ' . u.. aa untu may coma to that standard - i.v.i.uuv.1 1 we Know to oe rignc ii you meaaure things by raaterday Sentence Sermons By Henry T. Cope. Vigor depends on virtue. i Blower are poor builders. a Killing hope la moral aulclde. a Bow happiness and reap heaven, a a Bvery man is made up of many man. Yet the correctness with which this aocuaatlon Is made aaalnat tha ehums for failure to enter upon her work of regenerating and teoone true ting society. the fierce invective frealv nmirad on thl Individual or tha oorporatfbn whloh for gain sella out tha Uvea of men and wo men and disregards all human rights, tha popular India-nation aa-aJnat anol.l wrong la the moat promlalng sign of tha time. There la an awakening social con science: M never hafnra man ara 1-aa.lla- ing that the old aueatlon, "Am I my brother's keeperT" must be anawared in a c.ear and active aiTlrmattva. Thar never was a time when there was mora aarlous aearch for tha right way of discharging that responsibility whloh n inuviauai nas coma to zeal rofig uwiuiT ava a, wnoie. It would ba a happy thing If couw srt down at our aaaa and say, all's wall with thla world, thera la no good cauaa xor popular discontent: but it Is a horrible thing whan wa thus sit at ease and speak smooth words while things ara far from rlcht. whan imiii is thwarted by greed and the lives of children ara devoured by tha moloob of mammon, when the do war ot waalth ta do wrong Is coupled with tha Inability, of poverty to do right. it la a atuntad lntallant that aava conditions ara no worae in our day than they used to be. These things cannot be measured by former conditions; they muat bo measures by tha present day themselves, lends them a dignity that ports, though unavoidable, was nat- made my answer to the London urallv a dlsanrjolntmnt to man r ou enslave your soul editor's question as easy as it was our readers, for his Impressions of The child of heaven always look. But hTO honorable to the disfranchised sex." the case would have been of rreat "OIB"n,ns or neaven in tne cniia. swnaaras. wumanity never can stand . . I a still. Standards of living and ideals Miss Robins says that In England interest. Whatever may be thought Too many of us are blamlna- fata for i" l".e continually must rise higher. it is not a Question of argument any of his views and of the policies which th frulu4 0 ou far-- juaufy m wureiif tchtt toWh hH more, that it is only a Question of he advocates, it cannot be denied Many people who pray for barrels of 2rcoL-n?nti.lI.-La?t.hK-f,,?or. combating prejudices, and that that he Is a man of great native "P-- thEE"Unt lmprovem9lrt ln tn ,ot of though these will not pass away the aonuy ana a leader who wields a I Tha door of opportunity l. not much l. deblor to ai Thumanlty- he la thVln" people by Whom the prejudices sre Powerful Influence. UM t0 th E0n wn0 u asleep. heritor of ice hlgn privilege of making . . iv . I l"" worm oeuer, rairer, nappier. Most possessed Will, and another genera- It's hard for the pulpit to aea truth of all does thla duty and indebtedness tlon will yield willingly to the move- - last the big Pacific ocean is wnen " Il on tn "'ury. rest upon t nose who profeaa to follow " . a the man of Nasareth, who came into tha ment, for, she says, "everything mln- going to be duly recognized by the It takes mora than ability to knock world to redeem society. The church lsters to it." Quoting the saying navy department. As an English . church to open the doors of para. uh &u2 nb' ?hy.tS?oUonnof that self-control is the highest ex- paper suggests, mis naval movementl " '"v" ?OI""ns ror na perfection. pression of civilization, she says that may be one not so much to Impress cauaa tha'alght ot "SnTthS thin that of "i bearinV the nam. onlr a aana of dntr and a r-ioliit Japan as to furnish foundation for Pleasure. "'P wno cameio save tne woria - i - i .uvuuuii wiin nana ouiairoicnea oof seu-masiery couia Dnng women or I u ariuuui ior aououng our naval inare never yet was a eermon that me wona to save it rrom poverty, v , , tv v v m .trna-fh TTna,.. o,,, r, oould have any force on a head full of to lift It to luxury, and to enable cuuwur w uiun imi u uvuo vyuawk fashion. it to anloy soothing sermons and rich most for this cause to face the mis- ports win welcome the visit of the B - , . " , - ... ... . , I L.,IIUVI.. mv . I .,. u; .uiuuia understanding: ana me niaeous a is- uaiurauiui, i un aro nice lainrs 10 on roax oaoause tnair heart a mr bard comforts that they have been called have ln a harbor where they are safs. L The burdens of earth demand that upon to bear." She acknowledges that the average woman, or a large mip haaa fcat ,(ak S w . MVV . - I vui aaca,a S IJUUI IBIlfJU Willi WrHAl nrn bvoiob nan Dcen no mix- or nAven. as - m M MMM Mlak MaaA. .V ..a. M w I proportion oi iromvu, woum una lu .wuu iur vu- arrost 01 ar- The spirit of brotherhood never n.a. little pleasure in the new power, or ney Oldfleld, who as he says was to hirabaiboards to have its good deeds liberty at first, "but we may believe subject to orders from others and that the women of the future, to the weather gods and was not re- LJVoVe Yo'r y .vCTo uSk'oT brought up in the exercise of public sponsiDie ror the people's disappoint- suffering from loneliness uui7, mmj unu iw utn uui aiono, uvwwiwu wmviaiaea or. BotBa Men think that the ladder to but pleasure as well. For this gen- prosecution appears to have been naven has but three runga, called ,, ... . . . i I a nlo. nf rtatr nTiaaf(niili.. I M' aaiai j aotu inuoma. CIBllUU, AlfiUkAU BUU U1Q PWI 1- - jf.ww fvn; Dcuoabivuaiuiu. flee. But Richard Cobden's great granddaughter will be able in the a It now la perfectly safe to prore your OnnA n.l In l.r.- fln..MH.. c"niy dy giving away your wornout - winters cioibes. coming days to say with the poet; soon be mined, according to reports, To! how deep the corn along the near Scott's Mills, only a few miles such things as love by the divorce rc battlefield.'" from Portland. This if true.will b S;dm"ej,rth,f than b7 tt mny hPPJr irr , , ... a. ila yrrr Imnnrfanf nlara nt imaIa I e a we perceive m ail mis me seal - - ' " , ',,r Tou cannot r-aeh men helpfully so and exuberant faith of a new con- ment- 11 won t be very long now till long as you have a sense of having to ....... . aovral lara-a Oravnn ...t i-m- reach to them Instead of standing right vert, ana mat mis writer minimizes " . by them. wie-htT ohBtania. and oe proaucing we hope and believe. -o " ' I I fy m.j m..i- tm - i vaugutm jLoetr uwn xrap. real and founds prediction on desire; yet It certainly must be true that the labor "With a railroad to Sluslaw and an- rtom Cassell's Magaalna. WI MAM V . . I., . of so large a number of able and "lUOT " "a ""uinS ais- t0 mtik9 Mr 01., loon foolish, unselfish women cannot be ln vain. trlct Eugene will begin to appear on were ones caught ln their own trap, What prevents woman suffrage ln tne maD B" Qolte an important rail- They had determined to try to put a this country, ah probably in Eng- road center. Her people have fine ' JZJ land also, Is that men, the voters, opportunities to boost that fine town greatly daring, imagined he knew noth ing aooui. Accordingly tney looaea up have not been convinced that women "Jong now, generally really want it OREGON'S TWO GREATEST MEN. an article ln an encyclopedia, on some such theme as "Chinese Funeral Cus- An-rhnA who ,ra. M,at lon?- A.V arrangea 10 aiacuss tne j j --o"- viiui- matter at a a inner nartv where Mr. ' lng of the harvest of death, for sur- thoughtful discretion' will Intervene , cease from this dally and hourly in the defense of the forest lands murder by streetcars, mines, rail- Germany has demonstrated how, by fOads, factories and a hundred other the Jpusbandlng of forest growth, de forms of industry, where life is nudation may not only be avoided, Staked on the reliability of employes, but the original wealth of forest be 1 Such Is the demand, and it Is part maintained. The same Is true of va- - explanation of why there Is a widen- rlous other European countries, and Ing drift toward abstinence. our own government with Its forest service has begun a scientific study NATIONAL DEBTS. of the problem. The wastefulness and nrodtealltv that has been charac- INANCIALLY, Uncle Sam Is do- terlstlc of forest enterpriM I tali. - lng Very Well, even if a lot Of conntrv W nat-mltr hvnn1 tha W-1JI tm .. I a.I ... .: " . w ww suing oTw.ioiAuantiCr and will -not long be tot , qrope Hioeuy 10 jraris. mere Is a surplus In the treasury of some $10,000,000, and another Installment of. the national debt Is soon to be redeemed 5 Our nations debt Is now but a bagatelle compared .with our national wealth, and is per capita the smallest by far of amy nation.. The total national Indebtedness Is only a little over 900,OOQ,000. Rockefel ler alone, according to reports of his wealth, could pay It off, but he does erated here. What has come to pass In Michi gan and Wisconsin cannot be per mitied and is not likely' to transpire In Oregon. Here the hope of the great inland empire of eastern Ore gon Is the forests of the Blue moun tains and the eastern slopes of the Cascades, that conserve the moisture of the eastern watersheds and pro mote the undiminished flow ot the mountain streams that give verdure off the world. George taught the world and caused people to see their relations to one another and to great economic principles ln a clearer, truer light. It may be denied that he succeeded, for some of the prin ciples for which he contended, have not been adopted, but the world and especially this country is working around toward their adoption, and his writings have undoubtedly ex erted a powerful Influence upon the economic -and Industrial thought of this 'generation. Here Is, then, the difference: I U' dates for the legislature should not Gla1? tone WM , h the chief guest as subscribe to Statement Number One but when this unusual theme waa Intro- argues that the interests and will of ite. tKJS, JPiiSW'ffS NDER A LAW of congress each political party, that is, a few poll- state Is permitted and re- tlclans and office-holders, are para- quested to place within a "Hall mount to those of the whole people, of Fame" ln the national capl- tol the statues of Its two most dls- Harrtman says he did not know he tlnqulshed deceased men, to be de- waa violating any rules of the Tale clded upon as the several states shall Harvard boat race. It is strange decide. Some of the states have al- bow much that most people know ready selected the men to be thus aorne exceedingly smart people don't honored, and others are discussing know, the matter. Among the latter is Washington, and the two men prin- Cannon Balls of Stone. clpally favored by the papers that From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. have takan the matter nn ara Rt vn OItner "ae or w entrance to the n trfi 1 aavlnm rr five r' m VMa.aH. m t MarCUS Whitman. Who was massa- an immen8e stone sphere, mea-urlne cred by Indians at Wallatpu. now about 25 inches in diameter. There la Wallula, ln 1843. and General Isaac ?Jaffortht..tVnswVan,0 Ingalls Stevens, who played a proml- wthr6ldI,arsst P'c of ordnance in the nent and important cart ln the ear- These balls were n Vn fA the fnstfltii. Host-development of the then Ore- SodorTSf d' M gon, particularly that portion of it d.ur,nf a cruise on the frigate Constltu- tlon ln Rnrnnonn nranra A n i..... now the state of Washington. tlon an one of the balls relates that Oregon Is one of the states that ofthrMaXI.. W9 have so far taken no action on this tn realms of possibility that the Turks I ITlflV flAVA lntsnrlA1 tham rn aamra a a subject, and It would be in. order for "hot in a mortar, it is also more than the Pioneer association or the Ore- them Tha" sonarwoidhavS gon Historical society to take it up 6e" bw ntfr?i, , , . ... L.tPmm5dora Elliott presented them ln for discussion and recommendation. 1838, and ever since than thev hav r. We suppose there would be practical ?S.to,8"rstrnc nd W'tined unanimity as to one of these men- they had fathomed the depth of his extraordinary knowledge, and one of tnem challenged him recklessly by say ing: "i suppose Mr. uiadstone, you cannot tnrow any ugnt on this mat ter?" Mr. Gladstone replied ln the mildest way possible, "No, I don't think anything new on the subject has ap peared since the article dealing with it was published ln such-and-such an en cyclopedia," naming the very volume from which the men had extracted their facta The laugh was turned against them, and they never tried again to make a clever man look foolish. Dr. John, McLoughlln. Nd- other name would arise to dispute with his for first place. For the second. Pullman worked primarily for self, the Pendleton Tribune urges the and verily ne bad bis reward; George claims of golonel James W. Nesmith, and we recall no pioneer state- Worked, and through many years in the utmost obscurity and In almost dire poverty, but with sublime faith, for his countrymen, for humanity, to enrich the race. Pullman's name will live long In connection with ac commodations for traveling, but un der the circumstances is revered by nobody; George's name will live as long as English literature endures. builder more deserving, after Mc Loughlln, of the honor. Nesmith , was one of the early pioneers, and served conspicuously and with much valor and usefulness ln the early Indian wars. He was prominent from his arrival ln -the councils of the territory, and ln 1860 as elected one of Oregon's first More Hotels Needed. From tha Pendleton Tribune. And yet Portland la right now at that point where it is naceasanr to in. vest soma of its money, or soma of mat peionging to other people, in a few more hotels. Ti.e occasion - last week was not one out of tha ordinary In tha number of outside people attracted to me. city, ana yet tne noteis were ailed to overflowing and isl tore -were com pelled to scramble .for accommodations wherever they might ba found. Early in me waea people were Doing turned away from the Perkins, tha Imperial and tha Oregon, and though they had been Invited to Portland as tha guests of tha olty, man and their wives, laden with gripsacks and suit cases, were wandering-, about in -search of, soma Dlaea to atav over - nla-ht. Thl ! a common experience in Portland -during recent yeare and preaents a situation that Its enterprising people should' not longer permit te endure, , , June. $y Helen Hunt Jackson. A month whose promise and fulfillment blend. And burst ln one I it seems tha earth can . store la all her roomy house no treasure more; Of all her wealth no farthing have to spena On fruit, when ones thla stintless flowering end. And yet no tiniest flower shall fall Derore It hath made ready at Its hidden core Its tithe of seed, which we may count and tend Till harvest. Joy of blossomed love, for thee Beams it no fairer thing can yet have No room Is left for deener oat.t Watch well if seeds grow strong, to scatter free Germs for thy future summers on tha earth. A Joy whloh Is but Joy soon oomes to earth. furnlsiiifla-s? The deadlv heresv la thla living for ourselves, this selfishness that puts to sleep the social conscience. Neither the church nor the individual can live ln "a little garden walled around." We steadily are tempted to shield ourselves from the loathsome sights of poverty and the heavy drafts on our sympathies made by suffering. Walled ln by respectability wa hope to escape responsibUIty. Yet at tha last wa shall but hear the words, like a wither ing whirlwind. "Inasmuch as ye did It not to one of the least of these." Nor Is that all; every time wa re fuse to giv ourselva aoasa of oar thought and energy, our sympathy and love to others, we out off that much of our own lives. The narrow, dwarfed soul is the one that is ever turned In on Itself and never reaching out to others. He who lives to self-satisfaction is dead already; only he who lives to serve humanity la alive and lives more and more forever. An Inspiring Telegram. From the Ladles' Horns Journal. On the first day that a young man be gan his duties as reporter on a popular paper a reiort cam a from a nai.hv town that there was a terrible fire rag- . , wuwr vi u paper imme diately eent the new reporter to the place, and, upon arriving there, he found that the fireman were unable to sot wmuui or me nre, so ne sent this talegrajR - to tha editor: "Fire still raging. What shall I do?" tha editor .nougat a minute, ana tnen sent back this message: "Find out where the fire Is the hottest and Jump In." Tit for Tat. .!T0ISltn Ba Francisco Argonaut, Mr. Wood, a Cherryvale man, fond of P1?1" i0"1?"- mt 'l"d Stone and Mane Henry to Billy. Louisville Courier - Journal: Mr. Bryan is good enough sententlously to observe .n this week's Commoner: "Henry Watterson says hla candidate wears a mustache. Hist! Have you no ticed Marse Henry's facial adornment? Ulliy boy. dear, vour "Marse Henrv" Is not ln the running. He has a mus tachebut. alas it is gray. Bo was his coat thouah that was a lons verv long time ago and, meanwhile, he falls io nil any 01 tha requirements; was not regulation Democrat in 18: still glories ln his shame- lives on the south, not on the north, side of the Ohio, eto.. etc., etc. But all the same, dear Billy boy, ne nurses a sneaking kindness to ward you. as the savlnar hath it. and ad. mires your Darts of sneech lmmenaalv. and, if he ever wrote a cross word about Fou, he takes It back and apologises, n case you insist on making the race next year ha will go with you even If you go to that very hot place with a very abort name. But why ahould atthe- of ua take any risks, dear Billy boy. Blllyr The' Apple Trade. From the New York Evening Post 'In this entire country," said a fruit man today, "there are Just two car loads of apples left In the hands of the. joDbers. Tney will be disposed of bv tne ena or this week, and than th apples ln tne United States will the retail stores. Since tha laat annla crop was harvestdS the working men of this country have had three successive increases In salary, followlnr tha win advance for mill hands In Connecticut. As a rule factory hands, railroad work ers and miners have received, all told, 30 per cent more than in the previous 12 months. These ara tha oeonla whn make the market for the country's sta ple products. They don't save their oney.. If they earn more they eat more. In the present year they have simpiy empuea me apple barrels an over the country. Tha apple la tha most wholesome and most' popular of fruits,- ' In hard times It Is a luxury. 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