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Education Is a life-work
and not a matter to be crowd
ed Into a few early yean.
Tonrgoe.
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HE DALLES hat 29 saloon.
while Salem has only about half
at many, obnerves the States
man. Besides, Salem has some
where about twice the population of
The Dalles, making the number of sa
loons per capita something like four
times In one town what it Is In the
other. Which Is the better off? Or
Is there no appreciable difference on
this account? The Dalles gets more
revenue; hat Salem less crime and
expense, or anything else to show to
offset the lack of revenue? It would
teem that people In and around 8a-
lem must spend less money for wet
goods than those In and around The
Dallet, but perhaps the latter have
more money to spend, and so, as a
whole, don't miss what Is squan
dered. Then there Is Albany with about
as many people as The Dalles, and a
far greater population In the sur
rounding country, that for a year has
had no saloon at all. The revenue
formerly derived from saloons has
to be raised In other ways. Yet
Albany does not appear to be suf
fering from poverty or business
paralysis. It appears, on the con
. trary, to be waking up to greater
activity and enterprise than ever be
fore. We mention these three towns as
typical; others could as well be se-
i lected. The Interesting question Is
Which town la better off, the one
with many saloons, the one with
I few, or the one with none? So far
for all, would be a safe and aane
meant for tariff adjustment, and one
that would bring to the American
people a fruitage of blessings beyond
belief.
If the Democratic party seeks an
issue, here is one on which to go
Into next year's battle, thrice armed
because armed with Justice, wisdom
and sanity.
THEY WANT PROTECTION.
A'
as an answer from experience is con
cerned, more time is required. But
it may at least be said that those
who predicted that prohibition would
kill a town were mistaken. Corval
lis, as well as Albany, is proof of
that.
A GENUINE AND VITAL ISSUE
W
HY, ON most subjects, a
great people will be ex
tremely discriminating, but
on a certain other subject be
oonsplcnously gullible, is difficult to
understand. Here are the American
people, sound and sane to the core
on everything else, but duped and
wlndJed relentlessly by the tariff.
For years they have submitted un
oomplainingly to a condition that is
their undoing. The tariff as in vogue
In this country Is the most uncon
scionable graft known to any age. It
Is not protective, but graft, pursued
and practiced as a fine art. It has
built up a great. Irresistible machine
for plucking the public on manifold
pretenses a machine by which
predatory wealth is amassed by the
few and the masses kept compara
tively poor. It is a most extraordinary
spectacle for the people to vote over
and over again for the plutocrats,
and not for themselves, the more so
because in doing it they contribute
to the impoverishment not only of
themselves, but of their children.
The reflection makes interesting a
dispatch from New York, hinting
that the next congress will be asked
to create a commission with powers
and character like the interstate
commerce commission whose purpose
6hall be to adjust the tariff, Just as
the Interstate commission adjusts
the railroads. The plan is perhaps
too meritorious for its consummation
to be early expected. The battering
rams and other destructive enginery
: of billions of aggregated wealth will
be hurled against it. Every diaboli--.
cal implement available to predatory
, plutocrats wHl be loosed for Its do
; mo!ishment, and Its enactment by
; congress can hardly be hoped for.
" ' Yet it is a plan of notable excel
lence. Politicians, men actively In
' politics, should not revise the tariff.
4 Tbey wonl4 cevise- not for the public
weal, .bat foi the effect on their po
- - litical fortunes, and, as It has always
..been, it would be a revision that
; would ttoC; Revise.;, ( Nor should re-
vision be entrusted to the foes, nor
. to ths friends of the trusts. A great,
4lgnlf!ed,S'rthoritatfT. wise and
non-partisan tribunal, bating special
" jprlrjlege, -ad eekjng equal. Justice
GANG of well known horse
thieves In Clackatilla. Crooker,
Bakiam, Lanerow'and other
counties are going to appeal to
the several sheriffs, county and cir
cuit Judges, legislators and the gov
ernor to protect them against threat
ened or rumored assaults upon their
nclent and dishonorable preroga-
ves and business. They have very
arge and important Interests at
stake. They steal not only horses,
but sometimes cattle, and Incident-1
lly they might occasionally shoot,
nee they cannot well steal, lead,
carry and drive them away, a lot
f sheep. They have been In this
business a long time. They employ
quite a large number of men to
whom, being duly sensible of the
dignity of American industry, they
desire to pay good wages. They ex
pect the authorities will consider all
this and see to it that the oppressive
and vicious laws are not enforced
against them, and it is expected that
all the sheriffs, Judges, legislators
and the governor will listen defer-)
entlally to their plea and withhold
any adverse action.
Or, which amounts to muci the
same thing:
The officers and leading spirits of
the American Protective Tariff
league, fearing that some little half
way reciprocity arrangement may be
made with Germany, and that some
where, somehow, a stone might be
knocked off the protective tariff wall,
are preparing to' make appeals to
the president, cabinet officers and
leading members of congress, pro
testing against any such action.
These men and those for whom they
speak and act have been robbing the
American people so long, in clear
violation of the foundation principle
of the republic, "Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none," that
they have the assurance to appeal to
the authorities to protect them
henceforth as heretofore in these
robberies.
ter accommodated, and Ufa mora
safe. Influences are afoot for more
terminal facilities of multiplied
capacity and convenience, whereby a
chief factor in the car shortage will
be eliminated. Greater, perhaps,
than all, however, the railroads have
already made appropriations for
longer and more numerous sidings,
to the end that overtaxed tracks and
overcongested traffic may have room
for overflow, and long trains facili
ties for passing.
Quietly, and without the clash of
cymbals or blare of trumpets, the
commission is accomplishing these
and other reforms. The progress is
slow, which means that it is not rash
but wise. The policy of the commis
sion Is not that of a bull in a china
shop, but of careful, conservative
consideration of all the interests in
volved.
For years Oregon has been help
less In the hands of apostles of high
finance who managed the railroad
concerns from the standpoint of Wall
street. This helplessness was so
complete that there was no legal arm
to be raised In defense of the public,
no means of redress from wrong or
relief from oppression. The railroad
owners were great kings, ruling their
kingdom of Oregon. The public
took what it could get, and had to
lick the hand that cuffed it. But it
is otherwise now, and it Is progress.
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svciicrs i rom tnc Jreoplc
A CONTEMPTIBLE EFFORT.
W
E ARE not informed as to all
the facts in the case in which
Commissioner of Pensions
Warner has brought out the
alleged circumstance that his step
mother has a small fraction, perhaps
one sixteenth, of negro blood in her
veins; but if, as seems to be the case,
he pushed forward this fact to create
prejudice against her, intending to
deprive her of property or rights
which she would otherwise have, he
Is about the smallest and most con
temptible specimen of humanity, so
far as has been discovered, who ever
gained a prominent and Important
office. Warner, apparently to de
prive the woman of her proper share
of her husband's. Warner's father's,
estate, proposes to prove that her
father had a strain of negro blood
and curly black hair, and that some
generations back one of his ances
tors was a negro. This case comes
up in Illinois, and however It may
be in the southern states, we do not
believe any northern state has a law
disinheriting a wife or other natural
heir on account of being a mixed
blood, at least not down to the third
or fourth generation. But even If
such be the law, It does not relieve
this fellow Warner from the obloquy
that attaches to an act of despicable
meanness. He admits that he Is an
enemy of his stepmother and never
spoke to her, but he offers no proof
that she is a bad woman in any way,
only that her father was known as
"Curly Robinson," because his great
grandmother had been a negro or a
mulatto. We think that DeoDle of
all colors would Join in approving
the president if be would kick this
fellow out of office.
A woman who married an Ala
bama man named Birdsong, being
disappointed in him because his con
versation did not correspond with his
name, but on the contrary was as
she alleged Insulting to her, she up
and killed him. A Jury convicted
her of murdor in the seconddegree,
and a court sentenced her to life
or long imprisonment, but the chiv
alrous Governor Vardeman immedi
ately pardoned her. Let Mississippi
husbands take warning; if they don't
speak pleasantly to their wives, the
offended dames may kill them, and
shall go free, while Vardeman Is gov
ernor, by gad, sah.
Two paragraphs in Ex-Governor
Geer's Pendleton Tribune read as
follows: "Of course the Fulton
Cake program (which one of the
Cakes had not been arranged, but It
will be one of them) Includes a dele
gation from Oregon for Fairbanks."
"As arranged, either Harry
or Billy Cake is to be either gov
ernor or congressman. The details
are not quite complete, Ellis not hav
ing yet been satisfactorily located."
From which it may be gathered that
the ex-governor is really sincere as
yet in his support, except in one lm
portant particular, of the primary
nomination law.
How to Check Plumbers' Trait.
Portland. July zf To the Editor of
The Journal Knowing your paper to
b dvotd to th upbuilding of
Portland, I take oocaalon to call
ht attention of your numerous
uci. it, tn pi um Dins monoD-
oply now exlatlng In thla olty. The rea
son of !t existence Is through 'the ap
pointment of a plumbing Inspector, and
the laaulng of llcenaes to all plumbers.
All nnwcomers to thla city, who dealre
to tngage In the plumbing bualneaa,
have flrat to be examined by the plumb-
inn lnapector, and It la optional with
that official whether they paaa or not.
Thla power ahould be removed from
theao autocrata. and their bualneaa
Hhould be only to aee that all plumbing
waa done according to aanltary lawa,
The Inspector ahould not have the right
to aay who ahould do the work, ao long
aa the work la done according to law,
Doing awjty with the ulumhlnc llcenaa
and making Portland an open town
would bo the moan of breaking p the
monopoly mat now exiata ana whlcn
compHa people to pay 40 per cent.
higher for their plumbing that they
ahould The licensing of olumbera
crraiee ono or tne worat Klnda or mo-
noplli-ii. The large buildings on the
principle street have their work done.
perhaps aa cheaply ns It could be done
any place elwe In tha northwest, aa the
comDlne Knows that 'ahould they ask
an undue amount for this work It would
tie taken out of their hands and given to
eastern competitors. Therefore, they let
tneae people orr reasonably eaay, and
get In their graft on the small houae
holders, who In turn protect themselves
by not having as many conveniences aa
thev would were plumbing done here at
reHHnnaDle prices.
At tho wholesale houses In Chicago,
one can have put In hie home a porce
lain bnth tub. lavatory, closet and ac
cesaorlea finished tn nickel nlate and
with all piping complete, for $60 and
mushed in such a manner that any or
dinary workman can out It together.
Thla material If bought In thla city and
handled by the monopoly would cost
from $200 to $300 and would be no bet
ter material than that furnished by the
micago house.
WOMAN MANTS EQUAL" SAYS JUDGE
Ha Means Equal at a Baatt of Burden to Bt Exploited
The duty of a plumbing Inspector Is
to see that the health of the city Is
protected from diseases which arise
from defective plumbing. Such being
the case It Is his duty to see that all
catch basins on the corners of streets
were properly trapped, but I doubt If
there ia a trap on a single one of them
and the odor which arises from them In
warm weather la almost Intolerable. Un
less traps are put over these basins,
then the sanitary law now existing In
this city Is a mere farce, used simply
for the purpose of creating and main
taining a monopoly and not aa a protec
tion for the publlo against contagious
diseases. This shows gross negligence
on the part of the plumbing Inspector
and the health officer and proves con
clusively that these positions are a
mere sinecure and of no muterlal bene
fit for the public. Were It not for
the remarkable purity of the air In
this city, the majority of the people
would be sickening with typhoid fever.
as there Is no sanitary protection for
them whatever.
THOMAS Qt'INEAN.
By Arthur Brisbane. .
The state of New Tork passed a law
protecting women from night work. The
object of the law waa to prevent work
ing women all night long In factorlea.
Those lntereated took the caae up to
tha court of appeals on the usual
grounda of unconstitutionality. Tha
court of appeala now declares that the
law la unconstitutional.'
What a very sensitive thing a atata
vi naviiunai cunamuiion isi v
Tou can work women all night, ana'
all day. You con work children of any
age, that doesn't hurt the feelings of
the constitution.
You can underpay men, you can run
aweatahops, polaon the food of all the
fteople, you can cheat them In all of
Ife a necessities, that doesn't offend the
constitution.
Uas companies can awlndla the peo
ple, overcharge, kill some and poison
others with bad gas that doesn't of
fend the constitution.
But let the legislature try to limit
the work of children, or protect women
from rapacity, or regulate the extor
tions of the a as trust, and the consti
tution roara and howls with grief most
pitifully.
This court of appeala decision, writ
ten by Judge Uray. Is a fine dhlplav
of the constitution's tender nervous sys
tem.
speaking on behalf of the highly cher
ished constitution of the state of New
York, la ahocked that women ahould
be protected from night work In fac
torlea. He says about woman In hla
learned opinion:
"Considerations of her physical dif
ferences are sentimental and find no
proper place In the discussion of the
constitutionality of the act."
1 hat opinion haa the constitution ns
nterureted by the court of appeals back
of It.
We wonder what this learned Judge
would say If he saw one of his daugh-
ers working In a factory at 2 o clock
n the morning, pernapa a few weeks
before or a few weeks after the birth
of a child!
How would he have liked to aee hla
mother, with gray hair, going to her
work at night and staring there long
after oaybreakT Would he have called
any objection to that "sentimental, with
no proper place In the discussion T
lr It would not be 'sentimental to
bject to the mother or the daughter
f Judge Gray working In a factory all
Would Judge Gray refuse to sanction
a taw rorbidding women to act aa oar
keepera? Doea not the law forbid that
nowT Why doea the law prevent ltT
Ia It not because It la thoroughly under-
Horn man reat a mkiii, k.i
are tired. , M1 V"Sd
How mueti will tfc.t i n
hav. coat th. Uxpa'yeV. o hatTP0,
Oyster Bay reporter have apparently
been silenced hv .s..i. U?"
wei
Big
It la rnnrA tfc.t w - .l .
atood that men mav Drooerlv do thlna-s at th. k-.J7 t Dlra aown
that women oughtlnot to do? Would time. ' QUU ,WU
publlo opinion or law approve women .
acting aa policemen and fighting with The average voter cannot h. ...
burglara In the dead of night? ested by a pfea for reifrv?nV hafB-f'
Would even Judge Gray or the state etltutloh preserving tha eon-
oonatltutlon Insist that women should
work In tha atoka hole with men? a aelentlat thinks hnmm ai. w. .
Judge Gray aaya again i hla tender- souls. But he waa nSt aSSfkiJi-
hearted dealre to protect woman in her seat hoge speaking of end-
"rlghta": ' , .
"Woman haa come to Desaess all the n,,ttr t... . t .w.
reaponslbllltiea of the man, and ah. Is l midsummer, where will buttffbi
entitled to be placed on an equality of next wlnterT uer be
a ntiu isiu iiaaaai. 1 aj s
la It not a little etrange that the law I Tt tv.. .ki.. . .1 .
and the judgee that talk about woraan a atoriea toward railroad buildla f5
"equality of right with man" will for- every m le of road in Orn tor
bid her to vote to protect herself, and ' . " ur"on-
' h? "a.m Ume. th" the. '!-- "I-.m hnw t .k h
lure anaii not vote 10 protect nerr j.7 1 r. 1 w
U.1....11.. u. . 1 j I dent to a lot of school chlldran "TVi..'
Judge. Buch aa Mr. Gray of the court a aeaI Dettr learn how to raise spuds.
of appeala la far beyond the conception ...
of the ordinary cltlaen who pays Judgo A blonde female la causing trouble
dray's salary. But perhapa the Judge. ,n th Seattle courta. There la nothing
secure aa he is on the bench, might like strange about thla except that ahe la
to know what the unlearned, ordinary ow.
people think and what they would like ,
to have their conatltutlon and their Would-be United Statea. senators ara
judges permit. paying so much attention to .aposel-
The people believe that it la an out- bla members of the legislature atShey
rageoua thing for any employer, except ued to. ei
In case of absolute public necessity, to
put a woman to work In a factory ill A Seattle woman waa divorced from i
through the long dark houra of the lwJ "usDanas at once, while another
night. mle creature waa waiting to saortflc
The poonle believe that woman, upon hlmaeir,
whom rests the burden, the exhausting t
demands of motherhood, should be pro- The Invention of the typewriter haa
tecleH frnm th. harbor mnr. imhulth. given employment tO 1.01)0 000 woman
ful kinds of labor. ?ot,to "nt'on the Jobs it haa given
The people believe that a man who "" lawyers.
does not realize the rights of woman,
Portland la nicely altuated for beach
visitors; they can run up here easily
and quickly, and rest up and take a
little recreation frequently.
Preparations are already well un
der way for the annual state fair,
which It Is intended to make superior
to- any preceding event of the same
kind. The state fair should be an
nually more and more what Its
name shows that it is Intended to be,
and should receive the cordial coop-
Again the Suffrage Issue.
Baker City, Or.. July 2 To the Ed
itor of The Journal Hear ye; hear ye!
The woman suffragist haa sat at
home In sack cloth and ashes long
enough at last she la going to don war
paint and feathers, get up on her hind
legs as It were, and fight to a finish.
She Is Just going to walk right
straight up to the bold bad man on the
"antl" side and shake her little pink
fist under his nose and simply demand
the ballot and as his hald rises on end,
tie will tremble In his boots and say.
tbkc it; it is yours.
un, it is going to be easy taking
canay rrom an inrant will be nothing
comparea to it.
At least that Is what Ida
Harper says.
Oh, Ida, Ida. what a dear little anar
cnlst you are, to be sure.
lght in case poverty made her helpless.
why is It sentimental In the case of any
woman whose father or son helps to
pay Judge Grays salary?
Judge uray says further In hla ad
mirable and learned effort to protect
the constitution:
It Is certainly discriminating agatnat
female cltlxens In denying to them
equal rights with men In the same pur-
ults. "
Is It Indeed? What a very tender-
earted attempt thla Is to protect wom
en In their "rights."
Since when has It been settled that
the law cannot legislate as regards the
pursuits of women or the houra In
which they work?
her moral right to physical protection.
Is a pretty poor example of a humun
being.
The people know that In England and
elsewhere the working of women at
night, working them In he mines, and
compelling their children to work too
young, has resulted In absolute deteri
oration of the Hrltlsh race.
The people know, If Judge Gray In
his wisdom does not, that the woman
who gives her vitality to some factory
machine In the night houra cannot give
that vitality to a child, and the people
know that to deprive a child of its
chance In life tn order to enrich an
employer is a disgrace.
The people believe also that the con
stitution of the state ought to repre
sent them; that It ought to be possible
for the judges to represent them, and
Railroad Item, July 14, 111$: It !
rumored around Sheepskin settlement
that Harrlman la going to build a rail
road through central Oregon.
Mr. Rockefeller la disappointed with
the product of Chicago university, but
If It Is any consolation he can reflect
that Its freak professors have added,
considerably to the gaiety of the coun
try. a
A Seattle poetesa alludes to Mount
Rainier aa a "beauteous maiden," and
calls on her to "wake. Well. Rainier
that it nuirht tn h. tmnnaaihi tn ti. a may be like a Boston .maiden for chllll-
iioob, uui ix ajiv auuuiu wane ina nugnc
be too hot.
woman to a factory at midnight In the
name of the law or the constitution.
The men that want to rob the people
through the gas trust, that want to
work women all night long, that want
to exploit the young lives of children,
ought to be deeply grateful to the con
stitution of the state and to some of
our judges. They ought to get on their
knees every night and pray for both.
Some of tholr fattest profits would bo
gone were It not for that convenient
constitution and those learned Judges.
In whose eyes the spectacle of a tired,
wornout woman, slaving at midnight,
is eminently edifying and constitutional.
Selfishness
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(Cnpjrlfbt, 11)07, by American Journal Eiamtner)
Here Is a delightful little allegory
from the old. old literature of far-off
India I found It In a little compilation
made by Paul Carus, called "Karma."
There wm a terrible robber and ma-
TriLute to Captain Doran
Oregojj. Sidelignta
Carpenters and lumber haulers are)
very busy In Lakevlew.
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A Mill Creek man brought to Tha
Dalles a S4-pound pumpkin.
Thieves atole 88 bottlea of beer and
whlakey from Monument saloons,
a a
Gold Hill la to have' a park and will
I be otherwise Improved and beautified.
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Four crops of alfalfa will be cut from
some fields around Echo and Hermla-ton.
The following commentary upon the
character of Captain Doran and hla he-
rnln flejith l.a contributed hv nna whn
. ... . patch near Milton 100
mat trip rrom tnia port to oan rraji
claco.
"God bless von " the last words of southern Oregon will be light.
rauder, who died and went Into torment the brave Captain Doran of the lost pnces oul or " .
After suffering there for what seemed steamship Columbia
an Interminable time, he began to pray Aa a passenger having had the pleas
ure of several little talks with Captain
Doran on the last trip of the Columbia
down to San Francisco, such words and
manner of farewell do not come as a
surprise to me. In one of these con
versations the talk naturally drifted to
the perils of the sea and the experiences
ter them. The captain
to Buddha to have mercy upon him
Now, It Is the law of Karma that evil
H usted deeds lead to destruction, but good
deeds lead to eternal life. The least
act of goodness bears fruit containing
But tell me, why does anv woman new seeds of goodness, and they grow
want to meaaie with pontics.' Why does t.ntu h .mil r.h it. final narfec
soonsib t i.".r rSS: -h. 7 ,a"a .rhe; tlon. When the Lord heard the cry of of tho.e who m
would 1a hannler nn .lortlon rim, If ah. tha rnhher he aald. "Kandata. did you I made aeveral
From only a part of a blackberry
cratea were
The peach crop In Lane county and
and
A Malheur county couple, on asper
ating, divided their six girl children
equally, each taking three.
a e
The Grande Ronde valley cherry
crop will be good and prlcea high, caus
ing more orchards to be planted.
orntlnn nf nonnle frnm nil nnrta nf of "cufl" words
i r-n, nuc iiiiaKuirs nne wuuta ua nap-
premonitory remarks
could come home tired and cross, her ever perform one kind act? If ao, it which In the light of following eventa
smngs. Tr 'l.theinSal:klrtn?a,rTtlnS "111 "T, "ur" J L.U , I'Vi .h" W" n0t f .h' T
company at the belt line, her face red , s""1-. . D,ul "u "- .i , . "". I "'"' "ui uis muciuiuav tunvKuun, i
and swollen with anger at being pushed it88 tnlB 'nlenBe f"1"""" na"L ulBpTi. though to hear him utter them you
j i .i . . . 1 Itn. onni-ol ( if in r annmi ann niirtrl .n I . . . . . . .
' . T. .. I Knew mat you were lace to race wun a
your auui irum iui., evy tiuu winy. i brave and true man.
and Jostled around in a crowd of men
tobacco spit and smoke, and all kinds
the state. This will be a very pros
perous year in Oregon, and The Jour
nal hopes to see the state fair next
fall a record-breaking success.
Not out of any individual self-
conceit, but in zealous interest for
the development of the state, The
Journal is pleased to see so manyNjf
the state papers copying its articles
on small farms and other topics re
latlng to agricultural development,
and to read articles of their own
along the same line. If the press
of Oregon will "keep everlastingly
at" this subject, in all its phases,
good results cannot fall to materialize.
py then but she wouldn't. Why, she
would be lots happier at home, rocking
a nine curiy-neaaed baby to sleep,
while she listens attentively tn Mrs.
Jones tell how Jimmy cut his first front
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION
r
HERE IS accumulating evidence
that a railroad commission for
Oregon is wise. Multiplying
incidents contribute to this be
lief. The sanitation at railroad sta
tions, which was wretched, is better
and being constantly bettered. More
locomotives are coming into the state
in response to the commission's de
mand for more trains and better
time. A new train has been put on
in western Oregon to aid passenger
R"hodiiles and the commission's cam
paign in this direction is only begun.
More and better passenger equip
ment Is supplied, and by that token
coaches are less crowded and trav
eling more comfortable. .Better
equipped and more convenient pas
senger stations are being ordered to
the end that th public may be bat-
It is reported that Mr. Harrlman
will make a tour of the Pacific coast
in the near future. Portland people
will be glad to see and talk to him,
even if nothing la gained thereby.
He may have some more promises to
make. Wasn't it about four years
ago that he made some, never yet
fulfilled?
Kanaata . remained anent ror a time Among many of the thlnga he aald
trying to think pf one good deed In his thttt on hls trlps he nev),r 8le t
very selfish, wicked life. Finally he more tnan two hours In the night and
OvlU. WUUC UUIiil t 1 1 1113 X saw O. UlUCl I f Has ha1 Oh oiIHant s Inof
crawling on the ground, and I etepped a 8nlp lt wouii nt be from carelessness
as de so not to crush its life. on hJg part DUt tTOm ,ome unreckoned
very wen, lepuea mo wru, ""'" force. As different sea disasters were
auiuar wn . mentioned he calmly and emphatically
take hold or declared that any captain was a coward
! web Was SO ,,,. nnlt Lot-, hi. .hln until .u.rv
strong that the poor sinner was enabled hsoul waa off It waa hla duty to go
lo CI nil u uui jl wiu uanici, niftiiei auu dOWn at hlB nOSt.
higher. But suddenly he looked below When ajsked if he ever thought, aa all
him and saw a vast throng Of hla fel- ., whn anil nnnn the sen that hla
low sufferers also hanging to the end would come by drowning, he hesl
thread. "How can this thread hold the I. atari thn anmnrtl that h. rilri n.t
weight Of SO many? he thought, ana I Itnnv haH nn ellnu within hima.lf
she haH reached the age when she has straigniway criea out, L,ei go ina wen;
given up all hopes of matrimony and in " mJn t At, "ct J.he eb.,f)r0,
ana n leu oat k iiiiu iieu. uia uiuaioii
tooth, and how poor John Henry had to straightway sent down a spl,
walk the floor all night with him and cobweb and bade Kandata taki
how poor John Hen was so tired, for he lne web and climb up. The we
had worked bo hard all dav electioneer
ing for a friend who didn't get elected.
i nose are tne happy days for
a woman, but unfortunately she
dooBn't know lt. A woman does not be
come a disturbing element until her
children are grown, or, If single, until
The emperor of Korea, in trying
to tell how it happened, wept, which
a hard-hearted and unsympathizing
world 'will say Is proof that it was
hlRh time Japan kicked him down
and out.
a fiplrlt of revenge takes up "woman
suitruge.
The married woman doea not take any
interest in pontics until she haa passed
the age of cards, dancing and such
pleasures cnurcn work la too alow and
the W. C. T. U. Is too tame, so she
rushes madly around and finds several
women, dissatisfied like herself, and
tries to get Into politics and she talks
of voting and making laws and "govern
ing nerseir.
Why. I would not be afraid to warar
that aha does not govern her own
children I will wager that when she
tells Tommy to carrv In an armful of
wood, that lommy winks the other eve
and goes out and climbs over the back
fence and after waltlner half an hour
ne sneaKs out and gets the wood her-
seir, wnne sne is thinking she Is a poor,
aown-iroaaen creature what can't vote
nor have no rights nor nothln'.
I saw seven little boya on the street
tne otner aay, not one waa over ten
years old, all were smoking cigarettes
except two and one of these was pour-
in
of Self was still upon Kandata. He
did not know the miraculous power of
an unselfish desire to rise upward. 'It
Is thin like a cobweb, and yet lt will
carry millions of people. The more
who climb the easier win De tne errorts
of all. But as soon as In a heart the
thought arises. "This is mine: let no
one else partake of lt," the thread
breaks, and he falls back Into the old
selfhood, and selfhood Is hell.
Hell la only selfishness and egotism.
Every time you allow an envious or
selfish thought to dominate you, every
time vou begrudge another the chance
to rise, you are endangering your own
happiness and lessening your own se
curity. We are all hanging upon the
spider's thread. Dook up and climb, and
sav. "God. strengthen those below."
x. . - ... .. . .
There is room ior an to enmo to
heaven.
concerning lt. but this he did know.
however his end befell, hla final grave
would be the ocean.
This Date In History.
1214 French defeated the Germans
tobacco out of a little Back Into the t Bouvlnea.
Fairbanks was near by when a
waitress was pulled out of a pond;
Bryan helped a damsel out of a
wrecked automobile; It's up to Taft
and the rest to do a chivalrous stunt.
fir
outstretched hand of the other one. 1 648 Cromwell vlctorloua at Oalns
T wnnriAPAfl what kind .nf mnth,a tha I bOrOU tth.
had. 167S Turenne killed at Sassbach.
T intinm, thnnirh th. .f I 1889 Battle of Kllllecrankle.
itlffrfltr. maatlnr talLrlntr till tn... 1694 Rank of England chartered.
black in the face about "the wrongs. 1794 Fall of Robespierre and end of
lnsulta and humiliation that has been the reign of terror.
thrust upon them, because thev want a 1799 Ferdinand IV of Naples re
volt in their nwn Bnvprnmenl ' Tho I stored.
I ifioa Rflttl nf Ta.la.vera.
Wtlv thPTA WPIA fvn II t Mo. hatvci 1830 Parla declared In a state of
were well-dressed. Those boys will be 18S6 Atlantic telegrapn cable com-
The presidential booms seem to
have all gone off on a summer vaca
tion.
The Only Cure.
From the Indianapolis News.
President Woodrow Wilson Is right
One trust-maker or stock-waterer In the
penitentiary would accomplish more to
break up trust rascality and stock Job
bery than a thousand fines. Condemning
a system whili! nv all of the acta of so
cial life and public expression, vou
commend those that profit by the sys
tem In the exploitation of their fellow
ottUens will never accomplish, much.
men some day and thev will vote and
help, make laws and possibly some of
them will be bad enough to be members
of congress. Whose fault will It be If
they make dishonest and corrupt men?
Let the women put the "ginger" Ida
Husted Harper talks about, into the
government of her own home and twenty-five
years from now we will have
better men.
In governing the bova of tnrfsv.
woman Is governing the men of tha
future. "ROBAY."
No Admission Charge.
Portland, July 25. To the Editor of
The Journal A local paper of recent
date published an editorial stating that
letters had been received' complaining
of an admission fee being charged to
enter Council Crest. Thla Is denied by
the management of the Council Crist
Amusement company, which has author
ised me to make known to the public
that Council Creat is free dally until
7:80 p. m., after, which a charge of 10
cents will be made at the entrance gate
for an open-air exhibition of moving
pictures and Illustrated aongs. .
Jl. DUCHAMP.
tiletetl
1888 Princess Louise of Wales mar
ried to the Duke of Fife.
1S94 War declared between japan
and China.
1901 New battleship Maine launched
at Philadelphia.
Tell the Awful Truth, William.
Nearly Saved by Mr. Fairbanks.
(A New and Popular Topical Song, New
Knjoying immense vogue in Wash
ington and Indianapolis )
I'm the girl waa nearly saved by Mr.
f airoanKS
When I fell Into the lake at Yellowstone.
When I gurgjed In the water In a way I
naan t ougnt to
And I screamed out In a loud and
olerclng totie.
Mr. Fairbanks, he waa aittlng on the
piazza,
Reading articles on "How to Grow the
HaTr."
I waa saved from being eaved by Mr.
f BUDanKB
By the fact that Mr. Fairbanks wasn't
there.
I'm the girl waa nearly saved by Mr.
n airoanxs
From the waters of the lev Inland sea.
'Twaa a cruel trick of fate he waa half
an nour sate.
But Mr. Fairbanks nearly rescued me.
Whan you read the advertlaements in
the papers.
Please remember I'm the only one
there Is
Who oan furnish up the pageant for an i
up-to-date press agent.
Provided that he understands hla Mx-
Though It's true that all the wet on Mr.
Fairbanks
Was the perspiration runnlna- down
his face.
He's not less a hero, la he. If he hap
pens to d Dusy
Saving all the nation at some other
place i
I'm the girl was nearly saved by Mr.
fairDanka,
Had it only happened he waa there to
see,
Sufficient stock, over $88,000, haa
been subscribed to Insure the construc
tion of a condensed milk factory at Albany.
It Is a lucky thing for the side
streets of Burns that a few Piute In
dians get hold of a little fire water
now and then, aaya the News.
To repair hla broken wagon a Linn
county man cut and used a long piece
of telephone wire along the highway,
saying afterward that he did not know!
lt waa wrong.
a
The Wedderbum Radium (monthly)
for July says: "Sheep shearing begins
on the 16th at the Hume ranch. Four
clipping machines have been Installed
and will be driven by a gasoline en
gine." a
A man near Echo haa threahed a
field of barley of 160 acrea from which
he will receive from 60 to 70 buahela
to the acre. Wheat la rnnnlnv frnm
25 to 40 bUShela to th. irra ar,7l ,nma
Is making more.
a m
Condon Times: The strav cow la
respector of persons. One of these in
fernal nuisances ate un th. nditm-'a
garden on Monday night. The labor at
mourns rone into a wnrthi... k....
in nn uuur. iei us nope tne stuff dls
agrceu wnn nor.
9 m
i nere are men todav In th. rtnit)
ui r-uoi kock, worm rrom 150,000 to
$100,000 worklnar in the h.v flM h..
cause they cannot find help, aays tha
Record, while able-bodied men walk the
streets pf every town in the country
that could not aret trnat.ri at nn. a h.
stores for $5 worth of merchandise.
TTVnm th. rhlrartl Trlhnn.
It Is William Allen White, author of ui tne thing tnat was the worst waa
"An Eaat Side Bank for East Side
People."
"What'a the Matter with Kansas." who
broadly insinuates that he has heard
President Roosevelt use stronger lan
guage than "By George!" IT the presl
dent, under great provocation, some
times exclaims 'Dog-on lt!" Mr. White
ought to come squarely out and say ao.
Crossing the Herring Pond.
The liner wag rolling frightfully.
"Jack," moaned the pale green bwt
stilt lovely girl, "promise me that you
will send my remains to the old home
for burial."
He promised, and the motion grew
gradually worse.
"Jack, ' she moaned again.
'.'Well, dear?"
"Tou needn't bother about mr -ra-
malna. There won't be any." J
that others saw me first
So he only almost nearly rescued me,
Stuart Mac Lean.
Some little while ago a popular writer
visited a jail In order to take notes for
a magazine article on prison life. On
returning home he described the hor
rors he had aeen, and hla description
made a deep impression on the mind of
hia little daughter Mary, The writer
and his offspring, a week later, were
In a train together, which stopped at a
station near a' gloomy building. A man
asked: "What place la that?" "The
county Jail," another answered, prompt
ly. Whereupon Mary embarrassml her
father, and aroused the suspicion of the
other occupants of the carriage, by ask
ing n isuo, aanii voice: ie tnat tne
jau
you were in. father?"
BANKING DAY
Every person who earns
money should have a regular
banking day. On thla day
they should not fail to deposit
a certain proportion of their
earnings.
In our savings department
hundreds of people carry ac
counts and deposit their sav
ings regularly.
We Invite accounts of $1.00
and up, on which we pay 4 par
cent interest Wouldn't you
like to establish a banking
day? ,
Call and see us.
r.T,7
THE COMMERCIAL
C a tflllo nimM
jAVmlij HA Nit
aCVOTT-JUrO WXXJUASU atYB.
George W. Bates. President
J. S. Birrel..... .Cashier
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