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You can no more filter your
mind Into purity than you can
compress It Into calmneBi
you must keep It pure If yon
would have It pure; and
throw no Btones Into It, If you
would have It quiet. Ruskin.
work the Pacific northwest, and
specially Portland, have had no
small share.
The campaign for open or canal
ised rivers and Improved harbors baa
so far been successful almost beyond
expectation, but It la only begun,
and rnuet be kept up persistently
until every available waterway In
the country can be utilised for the
transportation of products. For
every million dollars spent on the
Panama canal, or on tbe army and
navy, the government ought to spend
a million on Inland waterways.
allowing them to be operated by pri
vate companies for the benefit of
the country, whereat here consolida
tions are effected to crush competi
tion and establish monopolies for
the purpose of making hundreds of
millions of profits out of the peoplo
for the benefit of a few.
EMIGRATION OF SWEDES.
PLATT'S GREAT SERVICE.
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SOMEBODY BLUNDERED.
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(HAT there was mismanagement
or misunderstanding on board
the Columbia or San Pedro,
probably according to all ac
counts the former, seems pretty cer
tain. Just what It was or whose
fault it was is not yet clear, and
may never become clear. The ship
was somehow fatally misguided,
more probably by a wrong execution
of as order than by a wrong order.
Captain Doran was on the bridge
from the first, and so cool-headed,
experienced and courageous a master
cannot be supposed, except upon ex
plicit proof, to have given a wrong
order. He proved not only his cour
age and devotion to duty but his
heroism by going down with his ship
rather than seeking safety for him-
self, and it would be unjust to his
memory to suspect him of having
been careless or confused, except
upon positive proof. More likely the
man at the wheel or the signal
sounder made the blunder, but even
this can scarcely be positively as
serted as yet. After the crash had
come, the general testimony is that
all hands did their duty bravely and
Intelligently, but the fatal mischief
had been done because "somebody
blundered." The very collision Itself
involves thla fact.
REJOICINO AMIDST GRIEF.
i
T MIGHT have been worse,"
may bring no consolation to
some who are under affliction
on account of the Columbia
catastrophe, but on the whole the
statement Is peculiarly true In this
Instance. While the loss of life was
heavy and deplorable, an unusual
number, considering the circum
stances, were saved. Tbe coming of
th Elder was a godsend that
cheated death of many lives. The
officers and crews of both the Co
lumbia and San Pedro, after the
catastrophe had happened, seem to
have done all that men could do to
save the Imperilled people, who in
many cases helped one another. It
la sow pretty well settled that only
10 or 11 miqutes elapsed from the
time the collision occurred till the
Columbia disappeared, not giving
sufficient time to lower all the life
boats and rafts, and a large propor
tion of the people had to take their
chances by jumping. It was a little
after midnight, when most of them
were aBleep, lessening their chances
of escape. Under all these circum
stances it Is remarkable and gratify
ing that so many were saved. So,
while there are sorrow and suffering
In many hearts for the lost, with
which everybody sympathizes, there
Is rejoicing also that so many, imme
diately face to face with sudden
death, are spared to tell the tale.
HQ Washington Post says that
Senator Piatt has rendered his
party, If not his country, great
service. If by helping consid
erably to make his party a partner
and ally and agent of the trusts, the
"Interests," the plundering combines
and corporations, instead of an in
strument for giving the people a
good, honest, righteous government
and a square deal, be a "great serv
ice," then Senator Piatt Is entitled
to the Post's encomium. He was a
man of influence for many years,
because he stood high with all these
"Interests" and was one of their
chief tools for robbing the people,
and because he was unscrupulous,
unprincipled, corrupt and a cor
rupter, and without a spark or atom
of patriotism. He was less influen
tial and evil than Quay only because
he was not nearly so able a man
as Quay.
If it be meant that Piatt, In con
nection with Quay, rendered the Re
publican party a great service by
forcing the nomination of Roosevelt
for vice-president In 1800, Piatt is
entitled to no credit for that, for he
did not foresee or expect Roosevelt's
elevation to the presidency, but only
sought to get him out of New York
politics and shelve him as much as
possible. And whether the Republi
can party is glad or sorry on account
of the accidental or providential rise
of Roosevelt Is a doubtful question,
one upon which the party leaders
are divided.
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MEXICAN RAILWAYS MERGED.
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NEED OF
INLAND
WAYS.
WATER-
THE New York Tribune In a re
cent editorial said: "The rail
roads appear to be unable to
handle expeditiously the enor
mous freight of the country and
everybody Is turn'ng his attention
to natural and to artificial water
ways as a means of relief.
Tbe indications are that the coun
try has developed to a point where
transportation by canals and canal
ized rivers Is becoming as necessary
' to It as was water transportation be
fore the building of the great ratl
N roads. Public sentiment regarding
.water transportation has undergone
& Striking change."
This change In sentiment Is due in
part t Irresistible natural causes
the wonderful and unprecedented de
Telopment of the country's resources,
5 the Increase of products, and the un-
k exampled activity of all Industries;
but fa. also due, secondarily, to the
recently organized and systematic
- campaign of commercial and other
organisation and the press for Im-
proved rivers and Laxbors. In this
HE Mexican government has for
some time owned a controlling
Interest in Its principal rail
roads, but they are soon to be
consolidated into one great system
under control of the national govern
ment. The new company, the Na
tional Railways of Mexico, Is to in
clude, with the exception of the Te-
bauntepec National and the Vera
Cruz & Pacific which are, however,
also under government control all
the railroads in which the govern
ment has a controlling interest,
amounting to nearly 7,000 miles of
lines. The new company Is to be
capitalized at $230,000,000 of stock
and a maximum of 1417,00,000 in
bonds, $231,000,000 bearing 4 per
cent and $186,00,000 4 per cent in
terest. The total capitalization is
therefore nearly $1,000 per mile.
With the exception of the new Te
huantepec Isthmus road, the Mexican
roads run north and south, and the
two principal ones connect the capi
tal with points In the country.
Up to 1880 the Mexican govern
ment gave no encouragement to
railroad building; politics was too
uncertain. Diaz first became presi
dent in 1877, and tlnce then there
has been a stable government and
security for investments. He brought
order out of chaos, and realized the
efficacy of railroads as a potent
means not only of developing the re
sources of the country, but of help
ing to establish and maintain politi
cal tranquillity. In 1880 a law was
passed granting subsidies to new
railroads, the government to retain
control. In 1903 it was rumored that
the Standard Oil interests, that al
ready owned a large share of the
Mexican Central, were about to ac
quire the National and merge the
two. The government thereupon
bought a controlling interest in the
National itself, and also secured con
T.
HE KINO of Sweden has some
occasion for worrying about
the emigration of his subjects,
and for Inviting them to remnln
at home, nnd wanderers to return.
In the first five years of this cen
tury, while the excess of births over
deaths In Sweden was 277,600, the
loss by emigration was 147,800, and
these were mostly young men and
women, whom a nation can 111 spare.
In 1900 one sixth of all persons born
In Sweden, or both of whose parents
were Swedes, were living in me
United States. There are more
Swedes In Chicago or Minneapolis
than In the majority of Sweden's
arger cities. Complaint la made In
Sweden of lack of laborers and me
chanics, and yet the principal reason
given for emigration Is lack of op
portunities at home. Tbe fact Is that
this great country affords more and
better opportunities, and perhaps
Swedish Industries languish because
bo many people leave that country.
It Is unlikely that the outflow of
people will be greatly checked by
anything the government may do, yet
the Inquiry as a basis for an attempt i
to do this is commendable, tor a
nation's greatest wealth Is In its
growing, prosperous and contented
people.
Letters From tKe People
Practical Application of Ills Faith
Tortland. July SI. To ths Editor of
Th Journal Soma months ago one of
your correspondents, "J. tU," an 4 I ex
hanged notes through your col u tons in
which the question of the Immortality
of the human personality was aon
tidered, and also the other question aa
lo whether that personality, In oaae of
its continued exiatence, eould, from lt
new home in space, man ltseil Known
to those it had laft behind.
"J. H." was a resident of Salem and
I never met him. Evidently, however.
he wit a gentleman of Intelligence and
riindor and fully believed In Immortality
r the human personality, ana mat mis
perHonajlty. separated rrom me Doqy oy
death, could communicate with its
friends and acquaintances here. I took
the plnce of the student and Imply
made Inquiry.
I was shocked to learn a few days
since that soon after hl last note to
Th Journal he had suddenly departed
from this life. In view of thla fact, and
naturally, I could not but wonder aa to
what hla experience had ban In his
new surroundings. I wonderod If he
hd realized his earth life conception
of the future and what It Is to be to
the race. I have only the Kindest re
gard for him and hone he Is even hap
pier than he had anticipated.
And now. as he and I had discussed
these ft rest questions somewhat and
come Into menniy reiauons wi.n re
gard to them, it would be a beautiful
and fitting thing If he could In some
way tell me something about nis new-
made being and wnai tne new nvmu is
like He wan a kind-hearted, generous
minded person while here, and It would
seem reasonable to believe that he would
do so 1 he could. I am sure that If,
In his sudden departure, he left any
word unspoken or any act uncompleted
which word I could speak for him or
which act I could complete I would be
very glad to carry out his purpoae. Can
he serve me from the other side as 1
would gladly serve him from this wide?
He ought to be able to do this tf the
views he expressed In The Journal were
correct, and I assure him that I will
be happy to take his hand In any shape
he may be anie to extend u to me.
STUDENT.
The incident of Vice-President
Fairbanks' detention at Ooble and
eating breakfast with a section boss
has glv(jn the paragraphers through
out the country an opportunity to
display their varied pertness. The
least humorous of these that we have
observed Is the following from the
Louisville Post: "Vice-President
Fairbanks Is described by his press
agents as amusing a gang of section
men out In the west. Maybe they
are so far from civilization that It Is
not hard to make them laugh." Even
a pert paragrapher should have read
and heard enough to know that
Goble, Oregon, Is no farther from
civilization than any village or sta
tion not very far from Louisville.
There is, In fact, no part of Oregon,
however remote from railroads, that
Is half as uncivilized as whole coun
ties of Kentucky.
The total number of immigrants
landed In this country last year was
J, 285, 349, a far larger number than
had arrived In any preceding year.
Yet the cry for help of all kinds, both
male and female, continues una
bated. Nearly all these Immigrants
are industrious people, and must
have filled an enormous industrial
space, and yet more workers of al
most all kinds are needed. It would
be a great gain for the country If
more industrious, well-intentioned
Immigrants could be diverted to the
undeveloped country, and systematic
efforts to do this should be made.
Oregon alone would welcome thou
sands of these foreigners as small
farmers.
troi of the Mexican International and
the Interoceanlc, short but Impor
tant roads, and thus balked the
scheme of the American high finan
ciers, who no doubt Intended to
"water" the roads to the extent of
many millions. But now the gov
ernment will merge its own roads,
not In the Interest of high financiers,
but of the people, the object being
thus stated by Minister of Finance
Limatour: First, to avoid friction
between competing lines; second, to
prevent absorption of the Mexican
Central by one of the great rail
road systems of the United States,
and, third, because of the prospect
of realizing economies through con
solidation. This operation seems and perhaps
la to some extent what the high
financiers have sought to do In this
country, but the difference is that in
Mexico it is done by the government,
whirh absolnteiv controls and nra-
tically owlts the railroads thourh!
Perhaps the most thrilling tale of
the wreck is that told by Mrs. East
man, who with her sister, Miss
Churchley, Jumped Into the sea and
were drawn aboard a life boat.
among many others, only to find
that the boat was fastened by a rope
to the ship, Just about to make Its
plunge to the depths. It was then
"my kingdom" not for a horse, but
for a knlfo, which for some awful
moments, till the very last moment
when It would avail, was not forth
coming, but did come Jn a sailor's
hand In the nick of time. There was
as dramatically tragic a situation as
one can well imagine.
Route of Proposed Auto Boulevard.
Hemlock. Or.. July M To the Editor
of The Journal: The dlecuaalon In the
columns of The Journal of a proposal
to build an automobile boulevard from
Portland to some point on the ocean
beach In Tillamook county la of much
Interest to every citisen of thla oounty.
I believe, however, that thoee promot
ing the laudable enterprise will, upon
more mature Investigation, select the
Sheridan-Tillamook routeaa the moet
Inexpensive and suitable. The Ore
town proposal, as well as tbe Wilson,
will Involve great expense both requir
ing the building of long stretches of
new road through rough and mountain
ous country, and in the former the
beach privilege would be altogether too
limited.
In my opinion the boulevard project
should by all means. Include Tilla
mook cltv. Between Sheridan and that
point there are no serious grades. With
contributions by property owners of
work and money, and financial aid the
county might render, the task might
lie made mucn easier lor ma roruanu
promoters. If the boulevard Is extended
to Tillamook, city, automobiles would
not be confined to one small beach re
sort, but en route, could take In the
seven-mile beach at Sand lake, the fine
Netarfs beach, and continue on to Bay
ocean Park.
Along with the pleasure of bathing,
sniffing the sea breese. watching the
whales and sealiona deeportlng them
selves In the surging waters, Band lake
offers remarkable Inducements In the
way of fish and game sports. To reach
Band lake by way Of Hemlock only
about one and one half miles of new
road would have to be constructed, and
the additional repairs required to the
road from Hemlock would not prove i
heavy burden after the farmers along
tne roan naa renaerea tne aia iney cer
talnly would be inclined to contrlbnt
Let the boulevard be constructed, bi
first let Its course be carefully and
wisely chosen. H. S. T
Horseman Enters Protest.
Fair Ground, July 23. Ta the Edi
tor of The Journal In the Interest of
the people, the state fair and especially
the horsemen here at the fair grounds
I would like to say through your paper
that an article which appeared In the
Evening Telegram . J2d. headed
"Salem Sunday Races Have Been Called
Off,'- made a mistake In stating that the
hoi sun in training at the ione Oak track
were to furnlHh the attraction, which
might make It appear that the horse.
men here took part In arranging the
racing program billed for here last Bun
day. No: they did not. It was ar
ranged by some men In Salem who are
Interested In good horses and wanted
some matinee races. They said they
got a permit from President Downing
to hold the raoes on Sunday and billed
It, charging 25 cents admission. "Only
a mistake," which might have been
another serious matter to come before
the National Trotting association had
racing program been carried out
Pi
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(or un Inaeoendent
Vl rl y 1 u..H ivaH.MMi in f ha TjiiHdvtlla I fitviA 4M . i a .
a, j j - - -i ausu piMia insanity! m
I Courier-Journal: Fom a Democratic I eamentta appropriation eaaklkus.tl
Tram an Editorial in Hearsta Papers: I member Of congress, who is firmly of
American business men, workers, the opinion tthat tha president "has all r7- ZJ"Lz" A, ? caW
farmer. d citisen. generally, ara M. sj0n,b..n alannln. to ut tha BaDub-r""" " 10 L " P"a-
coming less and less independent, part- Hcan part In a hole."'' we pas his axact Tha tnhaw tr,.. . -4 L.
)y because they have bean showing leas Unguaga, "la order to foroe his own the government la only having plp
independence In their acts a cltlaens nomination." ths editor Of the Courtar- dream.
and voters. journal flea reoeivao: a letter irom j.,,.... ... v. ,.v.
The powerful men that hate Indepen- which we make tha following axtraot: would better namV ha.if th SEES
uini inuuini mna mu;iin -4 ra jour srucia ins oilier oar I '
i . ... afIiiiI and foil irhfc I .Hjin. -dma..i v... Mn t. .. t, I
n"J" " - j.umup wvw ' iva uu t S.11VT un im,. 1.1 . . .
together. man. His gams the last two years has tpinpitiitoTMtn&
.u ... k.A. Mrhtt th. want I . - I. ..... t- i.AW J . - I .ff ... V S
M7 nar mwwm ----- I UDOII lu urvaa uu uufcn urn J uoa). &u Jl Kau- I wiar av UUIU.
thav wanud to crush the independent lie a Roosevelt following strong enough 1 .
citisen and business man and they to hold the two oppoafng party frag- ij la mora blessed to ba oool than to
innuis, awiu nun vu prvoipiiaia) a, una. oe peau i.rui. Baltimore pjun. Borne ar
nfcil.h will nlae atlranrillnaf nnar kAth u.-i. .. v V
have crushed him.
The great inausmai enterprises oi
the country are monoDollaa any lndl
vldual starting out In those lines for
himself Independently would be looked
upon almost as a maniac. He would
have no chance of survival whatever
The, great necaaattlea In Industry, in
The war-whoopers have subsided fat
a whllo. but are no doubt atudylog un
soma other mtechlef.
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An archaeologist has dug un a m
doll over J.OO0 yeara old. He may run
In bla handa and enable blra io shape
things just to suit himself. Thla en
tire Japanese business haa bean .worked
to that and. What ha la after la to gat
Japan Into a hostile attitude. The
naval demonstration In tha Pa-
all department of human effort, have clflo haa no other objeot before it If
1 . . i i ... ... w Vw. - I kv nnnlr At epnnlr he nan a-at an m a nra.
of trust operations. The Independent teat for martial law, you will aoon aae aeroae a Caesar bear yet.
Kan has become more and more feeble, wnm ne wu ou wiui na rscaicurKin i
a haa been mora and more realising newspapers and bucking polloltiana. I "The blonde la passing," obaervea aa
that a rlarkahin la aJinul tha haul ha I Mark my words, Teddy means buslneaa I alleged athnnlnrlat Yaa Kn aha nft..
oan hope for In place of old time lnde- and U out neither for his amusement, turns ln at tha lea cream joints.
penuenco. i aw -iv-mw.. 9 9
To oppoae tna oorporationa and tne vur congressional irieno. wno iei us
la
rorooraffon-ownad naVir.-tha. hia nt. aav la not Benator Tillman nor ChajnD I. i .-.?-r T ' ... " clt"T"
t..T iVniT. V .nfTi-.?- Tn-Vand-n. riirk. rlteL nevertheless verv bub. not mucn iniereBieq :
men. the Independentmen muat unlta aa thav would writ Gentlemen of thla Proeecuuon or the tobaooo truat.
ted to exploit and (
for their own protection. oaat of thought refuae to see anything
ir mnwT ha narfaAt w - ... vai.h nut loti wniflii la iiniiur ana ivu in
In thla country that indeDendenoe of I the president. They read history and I both a doctor and a lawyer, but he mar
thought, independence of Intellect, re- oy prorouna aiseimuiaiion oi me nistoriq tun ue aa expensive as tna naaiai
Tha new mayor of Baa Franoiaoe 1
Mrs. Bag
haa riven Syraouea unf
1 XI.. -m. .k. 1 1 l
aueh a trlfUT
ha Independence league has been ware of ambitious man carrying big varsltr liio oon .t WniV
ted andTs being extended all over atlcka. But they fall, wa think, to mark Zg' turn un hli no.. VtSai
United Utatea, In order that men the dletlnotion between paat tlmea and ,urn UD B1" no ,uo1
i rhtnlr Inil.nAnflaHtl. anil -bma -van. fhaaa llm.l Ather fwODlfll And th.
vote independently, may oome ln people of tha United States, the twen- wnat a mean place Portland is, as t
with each other and act to- tieth or tna centuries and lie aarg uia uwunr cum.ie, n is so aiaagreeaDiej
iur one id ear nimseii a way ror a sum
mer "outing."
a
quire an Independent party to give them I bueoaneera of war and a ta tec raft whom
expression. may encounter may ara warnou iv m
me inaependenoe
lar.ea
the
who
to
contact
ret her. I blond v nredeceasors.
The Republican it.a-hlB. and th. I There 1. certainly a deal or airreren
Democratic maahlne sr. slmnlv tha mM I tlallam abroad in tha land. Men who
and controlled tools nf tha mnifarn I ara keen after dollara are not very aen-( Tha tobaeee trust made a s-reat hlnn-
emptlng toada, the great trust. altlve of dootrlnee. There are also der. it anould have named a few brands)
ncil iiiq lima v& lewiulUAlVD BTV lliaua I lUC-U jr a-uu tu-v. ........... . . v m j.rvawviL, v.urivi
p, ttepuDiicana ana Democrats, it aoea ana numane notions staining mrougn you, nonaparia, eio.
not make a bit of difference to the the addled bralna of tha Ignorant and
truat whether you make your croaa In I visionary. But the country la not yet I Brother Tufta la disappointed, but
the Democratic circle or ln the Renubll- rlie for revolution. It la atlll far from I alnca there moat be aaloona tha citr AiA
can circle on the official ballot, you ara rotten. Jefferaon never said a wlaer not relolce at tne prospect of losing that
vuiing iur inn trusts anynow. Wing man ut error is ncuuucaa wuau ut,uvu a year revenue.
wnetner you vote ror tne Democrat trutn la rrea to corneal iu a a
mat trusts ptcaao out or ror tne Ke- wa live in an age oi puDiicny. un rv.lnni TP.itarann njuf. v-,. w.-.
publlcnn that truats picked out makea and apaoe have both bian annihilated t J 01,.1 '"".pr Mn?!
not the leaat difference. The Repub- by modern Invention. Newa fllea from 1- -a.-.'0.hSU,0l .w
cand da t ma, h." . ".Ym. ,n7 tA nnint unon tA; Tn.Unt and "on- Then ws mar expect him to hi
lets than the Democratlo whilst It may be that this gives some Ior Europe ror good.
advantaare to the unscrupulous use or
power, this la not enough to put the I A Syracuse minister Is going to die
miiiH at Ion. or serious disadvantage, burse free soft, cold drinks to his con.
Tha button that Is pressed at Washing-1 gregatlons during the hot weather,
ton to order the arrest of the conspirator which will be easier. If not cheaper, than
Hcan trust
more shameles,
trust candidate, or vice versa, but both
will obey orders, only mora or less
anameiessiy.
The country haa rot to have a naw
party. The independent men who aee la California, or tha auapenalon of the putting more ginger ln hla eermona.
me poasioiiitiea or independent auccaaa newspaper In south Carolina, win quica
becomlng dally fewer have got to unite lr be met by other buttons. We have
to assert and vindicate the rights of
tne individuals that should make up
tne national government.
Does any man who reads this honest
ly believe tha. he haa anything to aay
about the actual government of thla
country, tne selection of oandldatee7
had three presidents assassinated ln a
single generation for nothing what
show or lire wouia a rourin nave wiio
undertook to play DiaaT
Not a bit of It! We have not gone a.
far aa that aulte yet. either In disregard
of law or ln the adulation of heroes.
Is he not told on a certain data that Mr Rnnvlr la not a fool, whilst even
he must vote for thla democrat or thla to ' meditate what our correspondent
Republican, and doesn't he know that lndicatea would prove him a madman,
machine politicians owned by the trusts The Pacific demonstration Is certaln-
have nominated them both? v Ill-timed. It will prove very costly.
All things become rusty and corrnnt it la nt a ntera with tha braaa-adoclo
with time, and political partlea and ma- sensationalism of the big stick policy,
chines are not exceptions to this rule. It will probably be brought to strict
The two great political parties of the question by the next congress. If it
United Btatea have fallen under the h.nM ra.nl t in a war. or the annear-
same corrupting influence. The leader ance of war, with Japan. It would prove
in eitner party who professes opposl- an unpopular, not a popular war, and
tlon to trust power is looked unon aa a I hurl Praililanl nnnaevnlt from
Joke, even by the people in his own hta nartaatsj rf ln total disregard of
Party. --.n.fi ttiHnnal Hm 1t Atliini at ni IIH tr I. t
An independent party, an independent ha should attempt to lord it anywhere.
or over anybody, ne would do Drougnt
All Fairbanks did In that waitress
rescuing Incident waa to rubberneck al
tbe dripping creature when sha wasn't
In condition to be stared at. But he
lan't to blame for that; he la only hu
man. a a
People not only are froaen tn the
winter and aoorctwd ln Bummer, but the
other dav a iamlly was carried 100 yards
by a cyclone and thrown agalnat a barb
wire fence. Nice climate.
a a
Prohibition tn Georgia will coat OovV
ernor Hoke Smith K1.000 In decreaaed
rent of a hotel he half owns, which Is
enourh to tempt him to take a few ex
tra drinks before the law goea Into ef
feet.
New York has passed a stringent
campaign expense law, under which
a candidate for governor must not
spend ln his campaign over $8,000,
candidates for congress f 4,000. for
state senator $2,000, for assembly
man $1,000, and bo on. The purpose
of the law Is good, but whether it
will be of material public benefit re
mains to be seen. Something If pos
sible should be done to counteract
the Influence of money ln campaigns
even If used for legitimate purposes,
or to give a 'poor man an equal
chance with a rich man for an office.
the
The horsemen here at the fair ground"
arc busy fitting their horses for the
races, working six days and resting on
the seventh, l hey an know better than
to race on Sunday here and have of
fered to assist the boys who want to
get up matinee races providing they
have it during the week, not on Sun
day, s. F. WILLIAMS.
This Date In History.
1139 Portuguese defeated the Moors
at Ourlqtie.
162f Klrke defeated De Caen near
Mai bale.
1759 Port Niagara surrendered to
the British.
ISO 4 Georges and his fellow con
spirators guillotined at Paris for con
EDlraev against Bonaparte.
1814- Americans defeated at Lundy's
Lane. ,
1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge died.
1848 Arthur J. Balfour, British
statesman, born.
1864 Allied French and English
swjuadron sailed from Honolulu to de
stroy the Russian possessions ln Kam
chft t k&
I860 Duchess of Connaught born.
1868 Territory of Wyoming formed
from Dakota, Utah and Idaho.
1874 Twenty-five, persona killed by
cloudburst at Eureka, Nevada.
1881 Nathan Clifford of Maine, prea
ldent of the electoral commission In
1877, died. Born in New Hampshire,
August 18, 1803.
1S87 John Taylor, the successor of
Brigham Young as president of the
Mormon church, died. Born in England
November 1. 1808.
I8it4 will am B. Maeon defeated in
effort to secure nomination aa Candi
da tJ for United States senator from
Republican convention of Illinois,
"This Is My Birthday."
John Wanamaker. the great Philadel
phia merchant, was born in "the Quaker
City. July 11, 1838. After a few years
A -. V. svs 1 1 4 Taa V. a AhUfnai. an
This Is the most vulnerable feature I payment in a bookstore, where he re-
nf our direct nrlmarv law malnea until isos. wnen ne reanovea to
oi our aireci primary law. i inii.n. .ui. ht rhar n ramainad
In the west hut a year, however, re
turning to Philadelphia 1a 1867 and
starting a small newspaper. Tha paper
gave promise or success, out journalism
was not the path that tha young man
had mapped out for himself. After
working aa a clerk for some time he
went into the clothing business on his
own account and soon won for himself
great popularity and financial success.
Mr. Wanamaker waa one of the first to
establish what la now commonly known
aa a department store Despltvhls vast
business interests he has found time
to oonneot himself Intimately with
prominent movements in the social and
religious worlds. He has been active
also In Republican politics and from
1889 to 1893 he served as noxtmaatar-
general X the United Staias, j
political move, to be made ud of busi
ness men. farmers, mechanics and .11
that believe in the right of the lnde-
penaeni cuiaen to play a part ln the
national government, could combine
witn tneir votes to teach Republican and
uemocrauc macnine politicians, united
under the trust banner, a lesson of
wnicn tney are Daaiy in need.
,
All Peoples Are Brave,
from the Philadelphia Press.
One fire-eating admiral of Japan U
quoted as saying that half tha craws of
tha American navy would desert rather
than fight.
If by any remote chance there ahould
be a war the United States could wish
ror no better luck than that the Japan-
to a round turn, hurried before a lu
nacy commission and taken away to a
sanitarium, whilst ths neopla Would pro
ceed to the nomination and election of
a successor.
Let us not forget that Ood atlll reigns
and that the government ana oonstitu
tton are yet Intact
The National Hero.
From the Detroit Free Press.
O'er the waters cornea a cry.
Comes a piercing anout ior aia.
"Help me! Help! O me! O my!
I am sinking!' cans a main.
Cornea a lustier about to those
Real, on tha ahadv Dler:
Who will save this maiden fair."
Little dreaming help la near.
Oregon Sidelights
A Gilliam county man can make 109
per cent profit on 14 mule colts.
A Gilliam oounty t-year-old
weighed 1,130 pounds.
halfe
ese fleet ahould ba put under tha com- Bhorewarda runs a lengthy man,
mand of an officer holding such views.
One of ths surest ways to get thrashed
i. to oegm a oame witn a raise esti
mate of tha enemy's strength and personnel.
Bqt Japan would not make any such
blunder, no matter how an ardent ad
miral may talk tn advance. Men of the
Very thla and apara of frame:
T will save her If I can.
Charlie Fairbanks Is my nsrne.
Stralght he Plunged Into tbe deep,
Heedless of his suit of tweed;
With a true and luaty aweep.
Swam to her la time or neaa,
a?tf. S2 Camber deftly
Immortal victory at the Sea of Jama
was won not because the Japs were an
braver than the Russians, but because
they possessed more skill and better
ships.
History has shown'that when It enmaa
to fighting all people are about equally
courageous. Battle fields all over tha
wunu nave proved mis to
ror any one nation to
army or the navy of
made up of cowards la
absurdity that could end In nothing but
a, bwui aiB-Bier.
Held her with his trusty right;
For tha . second time she'd aunk
'Neath the billows, out of alght,
Who are you?" the people cried.
As from out the deep they came;
Then he Icily replied:
"Charlie Fairbanks is my name.
to asaume that th. For an hour or more he tolled
of 'another li half Working to restore the maid:
li to beln w'th an Heedlesa that hla ault waa spoiled
.n5 i- KSfciJI"..?.. Or hla glasses were mislaid.
Petering Oat.
From the New York Evening Post
Our great editorial war with Japan
already shows algna of flagging. The
truth is that our newspaper fighters
never do settle down to the long and
stern realities of war. They are good
only for a "dash." somethlnsr brilliant
but" brief, and they know no method of
winning a victory exceDt what Mr.
Oooley called the "wan blow." And
really, the ways of showing how that
one blow may be delivered are neces
sarily limited. -Only a certain number of
maps can be published giving the dlf-
tereni route oy wnicn wa may "get at
the enemy and crush him. The same
battleship can be pictured, with effect,
not more than 60 times. Bo the Jour
nalistic gaudtum certamtois is bound to
aie out long before hostilities have actn
any reacneo tne sanctum, ir it were
not so we shouW see our able editorial
strategists poring over their geographies
to find out not the shortest route to
tne nnng una. Dut the speediest and
safest one away from it.
Four Bad fmakes.
From tha Bcrap Book.
Snakea are much maflsmar. rraaturaa
although they are. for the most n.rt
of considerable value to man aa they
live umuii entirety on insects and the
smau rooenis tnat are injurious to
crops. Of all the snakes that Inhabit
North America there axe reallv onlv
four that are dangerous. These are
the copperhead, the moccasin, the rat
tlesnake and a little snake of southern
Georgia and Florida known aa the coral
snake. Of course there are a numh.r
of different speclea of the rattler (about
thirty)' but they Inhabit different parts
of the country and ara all to be known
from the fact that they "rattle" whan
approached. All the rest of our snakea
are absolutely harmless and their bite
la to be less feared than that of a
mosquito.
ri'av a harral aha was rolled.
Till she had regained her breath:
She waa dragged. If truth is told
Right from out the Jaws of death.
Then our hero slipped away,
Caring not for sudden fame;
All that he was heard to aay:
"Charlie Fairbanks is my name.
On tha roll of honor place ,
Our vice-president today;
In tha presidential race
Ha la entered now to stay.
Let's forget that ever he
Cocktails served to thirsty men;
Blot It from our memory
Never mention It again.
At him never let us hurl
Burning brands of eoorn or ahame;
Bpeak of one who saved a girl,
Charlie Fairbanks Is his name.
Twentv-seven combined harvester
have been sold at Condon thla aummer.
a
The La Grand Meat eompany sent
5,000 pounds of tallow to Portland m
ona shipment.
a a
Ten strawberries raised ln tha foota
hills of Umatilla county filled an ordln
ary etrawberry box.
a
A man on the mountain near Weaton,
at an outlay of lit. sold $400 worth of
strawberries from two acres.
a
The Stayton woolen mill la running
wtth 30 hands, and will have twice thai
many aa soon as the knitting ma
chinery la Installed.
a a
At the late term of oourt In Wallowa
county, fines for gambling and selling
liquor amounted to $1,250. Two drug
gists were fined $410 each.
a
Ray Gibson and Lulu May Whlta
were married at the Cove last week, anil
a few minutes after the ceremony tit
groom, a youth under age. disappeared
and has not returned, evidently intend
ing to desert tha girl.
a
Sherman oounty farmers may con
clude to retnln Rainmaker Hatfield per
manently. They will robably pay him
all of the pledged $1,500. although, tech
nically, ne nas enrnea only a email part
of It, aaya the Wasco Newa
a
Nearly every dairyman In Tillamook
county have been receiving thla season
83 to $5 cents per pound for butter
fat, or from $10 to $14 per cow -pe
month. A large number of dairymen
will mate, on tneir dairy herds, iron
$80 to over $iuu per cow this year.
A Myrtle creek man naa an sarr sow
and some shoats that give promise of
Decomn famous circus animals in tna
course of time. While as yet they can
not play baseball nor stand on their
heads, they have learned the stunt of
milking an old cow slick and clean.
In the Suburbs.
He stood In the middle of the
lide-
Mlgb-t Have Happened Here.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
commerce commission told in New York
the other day a Kranch railway atory.
"A traffic manager." he said, "came
to the iiresldwnt of tha line and ex
claimed disconsolately:
."'We ara having no end of trouble
with the public, sir, about those old
dark blue cars. Everybody says they
bump so frightfully ln comparison with
tna naw ugnt Diue ones, wnicn. oi
oourse, run very smooth.'
" 'Humph, said the president, "wa
must attend to this matter at once.
Have all tha old car oalntad llcht blue
laUffiadUteJ-vr
Stock to His Price,
From Paclflo Outlook.
One of tha real estate dealers of Los
Angelas showed tha effects of tha dull
season, with its unusually warm
weather last weak when a possible pur
chaser interviewed him.
"What's the prtca of lot S ln your
new subdivision on Prosperity
Heights." waa the rjuery as the posai-
uio purcnaiier stuaiea one or tna real
estate man's optimistic maps.
"The price is $4,000," was tha an
awer. - Tha questioner went on studying tha
map without making any comment.
The price la $4,000," repeated tha
real estate man, "but Juat to be doing
something I'll sell for $800."
And the deal waa dalv chronicled ln
the Sunday editions of all tha Log An
gelas newspapers.
walk and rudely Impeded the commuters
aa they hustled for the morning train.
He wore no hat or shoes. He spoke to
no one, and, though ha waa a well
known sight ln the neighborhood, no
one ever questioned him about his birth,
parentage, mlaslon or business. No one
interfered with him. Be waa allowed
to atroll up and down and have pretty
much his own way. Sometimes he Joined
the little children In thelr play, much
to their disgust
Ha waa apparently of good breeding.
and it was the general opinion that he
had oome down in the world. Ha waa
...M.-t 1 vr a t-at-talar frtr ha haA navAr
been known to touch intoxicating liquor.
though his hunger had been tested ana
fironounoed prodigious. It was common,
y reported that he was devoted to
literature, for he would absolutely de
vour any paper or magazine that came
his way. Theatrloal, too, for bill posters
were a aengnt to mm.
He waa an absolute lanamarn. v"-
plte hla age, for he had a grayish
beard, ho was of a pugnaoloua character
and had been engaged In many a fracas,
which, strango to aay, the police merely
vlnVail at.
He was everyone's favorite, and yeti
ha was allowed to rooi away nis time in
idleness and frivolity. Tou would have
thought soma kind philanthropist would
have taken him in hand, did you not
recognise in tms queer specimen oniy
a goat!
1 1 11111 . aaaiaa1SB-i . . It
Taffy for PorUand-
From the Dayton Optimist
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metropolis of the Paclflo coast, greet
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toward tha development of the state.
Tour advertising agenta are bringing
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and prosper. Tou deserve your success
and you are going after it In a more
progressive manner than any city on
the ooaat. Tou deserve tha cooperation
of every ooaaia unity in ths Uia, ,
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