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THE JOURNAL
V.AaT WDKPKNDINT HIWflPAPKaC
- f . Jackeoa.
.PuMlnhar
PaMlebad every eventna eeat Sanaa?)
met ftncdar tnnrDtnf, at Tha Joaroal Bi
ulld
tea, ruu aad YaBihUl streets, Poeluoa. Or.
' later at Ttaa pnetomea at Portland. Or., for
traoamtaaloa toranca the aU aa aaeond-eUM
altar. - . i . - , ,-. . , i
TELETHONS) MAIN TIT.
; ' Alt eepartmeots reached br ttiia sambar.
TU the operator tha eeeartaeat yoe Waal.
rOBHOH ADTT&TISINO BEPaBSKNTATIVX
Tiland-Bentamln Boatful 'AAvartlalBS Aseney,
praaawVk Buildfns. 225 Fifth avenue, Maw
- er: . Trltmea BUMlng. Chicago.
Sabeertpttoa Terns by Ball to any addraaa
n Ua Halted Statee, Canada or Wax loo.
DAILT.
Ona year, $8.00 f Ona moata........! .80
SI'NDA T.
Oa yar........tl.60 I Ona montti .. M
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Ona year ST.60 ) Ona month. I M
LET. THE LANDS BE FOR-
. FEITED. '
: " a WRITER In the Albany Demo-
I ! crat la picturesque,'; He In
' JtJL ' tut the so-called land
; grant belong of right to the
f , Southern Pacific, and that the cor-
; poratlon should not forfeit It It It
a rare and , radiant I claim, to come
from a private citizen, 1n- Tie w of
, the solemn pledge made to congress
when the -land was granted. That
pledge guaranteed' that the corpora
tion would sell the land to actual
settler at $2.50. per acre.' It was
- a contract as solemn and sacred as
contracts' 'can 'ever be. "But it has
tjeen rlelated in hundreds, perhaps
- thousands, ' of Instances by the cor
poratlon. The lands hare been sold,
not at $1.60 per acre,. but as high
as $10 and upwards per acre; That
. was a violation of contract that, if
committed by a private cltlsen,
would" hare resulted In forfeiture
. long ago. For violations" far less
; Important citicens of Oregon are pay
ing heavy fines and serving sentences
behind prison bars. '
Infinitely, greater in willful de
fiance of the pledge, however, 3,000,'
000 acres of these lands have been! ways. In. any event
-- withdrawn from the market, and are Why should a Republican polltl
held not for $2.50 per acre, but for clan or editor say to the people
, $50 or" $100 per acre. It is a viola- "You can have the man you want
..- tlon, not only of a specific contract, for senator providing you choose one
' but a trampling under foot of the of my party; but If you take a no
law of the land. It .Js an object les- tlon that you want a man of the
i. son In land piracy and freebooting, other party you can't have him!
the effect of which is demoralizing But why not? Who is greater than
to law and corruptive of citizenship. I the people? Who shall dictate to
' It stands to those who observe it as them? Who shall deny them?
a magnificent reward for Infidelity statement No. 1 is the vital ker
' to a trust and disloyalty to honor. Jnel of the whole primary election
If, " by Any hocus pocus, legislation law, so far as the election of United
, has been so manipulated that the states senator is concerned. No
courts in the end irill confer" this man of either party ought to be sent
magnificent heritage of land upon to the legislature who will not sub
those who are gobbling it up by fal- scribe to that statement unqualified
' sity to pledges publicly made, a by and sincerely. All it means is
crime, will have - been committed The people shall rule. Not to sub
against society by setting a corpora-1 acrlbe to 'it means: I am bigger
tlon, in its privileges above the peo- than the people.
pie, above the law, and above every
A'
whether lumber combines' prices are
not also too high..' Between , them
and the railroads, it will soon be
Impossible for. anybody but a rich
man to build anything bigger than
-..i-i ' . t ... -
m cmcaen coop. A , ; i . r .... , ; .
LifiT THS . PEOPLE RULE.
.. '
N ESTEEMED Republican con
temporary at endletoa ire
Iterates with much , apparent
emphasis and warmth that if
candidates for the legislature do not
subscribe to Statement No. 1 there
need be and will be no prolonged
contest la the legislature; the mem
bers of the majority party will elect
that party's candidate at the polls
the preceding June, whether he was
the choice of the majority of the
people or not. If he should be de
feated by the candidate of the party
that elected only a minority of the
legislature, the majority of that body
would elect him nevertheless.
' But what sort of a people's choice
would that be? A party at primaries
chooses one out of several candi
dates as its nominee for senator.
He goes before the people and Is
beaten In the popular election, and
yet In spite of this positive, emphatic,
conspicuous rejection of him by the
people, he should, must and wcftild
be elected, says ex-Governor Geer.
And this Is his idea of carrying out
the will of the people.
It Is not at all TTkely that this
condition would arise. It would only
do so occasionally. If ever. ; But it
It should, why should not the legis
lature obey the people's mandate In
the preceding June election? It the
people want a Republican legislature
and a Democratic senator, or vice
versa, haven't they the right to get
what they want? This editor says
in effect that he wants the people
to have their way providing it Is his
way, or bis party's way. We say.
let the people have their way al
then 'tis sweet to play golf aad talk
to a Sunday school. Tha trouble is
that where one can make the many
millions the .many people who en
able him to Io so have to work too
hard either to follow "butterfly pur
suits" or jprattle to Sunday schools.
Tke Play
WRITE SOME LETTERS.
IT
TOO MUCH INJUNCTION.
A
- s
S GOVERNOR SW ANSON of
Virginia clearly points out
Judge Pritchard's injunction
is arbitrarily revolutionary
consideration of honor that is bind
ing npon the private citizen.
'; These lands should go back to the
people from whence they came. The
' enormous increment in the increased
value of these lands should go share
and share alike to those whose set- if he could thus suspend this state
tlement and development around and law before it could according to its
- about them made that value. So terms be put into effect, he could
bestowed, they would give to Oregon do so with any law, state or na
si common school fund, or a good tional; could simply say that in the
roads fund, or both, that would re- court's opinion the law Is unconstl-
dound to the everlasting glory of tutional, and so a legislature or even
the state, and be a heritage of congress would be powerless to leg-
irrlncely Talue and comfort to Its lsiate at all. Judge Swanson says
people, t i "To acquiesce in the decision of
la federal judge In arresting the
ADVANCE In LUMBER RATES, legislative body of a state in Its
processes of enacting legislation is
nT.r ttmDer destructive of state society and all
ireigm rates irom tne racmc free institutions. This order of
coast will add 10 cents for jadge Prltchard makes the Virginia
" S every ,100 pounds, or $2 per ca8e Droader and far more Important
' ton to the cost of lumber or shingles tnBn any question of passenger
rrom jroruana or rugec souna to i rates."
Minnesota and neighboring states; a. has often been remarked, fed
The millmen say this will be ruinous erftl court, haT9 beea entirely too
t6 them, or at least exceedingly dam- re with injunctions In favor of cor-
aging, and it will also be a heavy porati0ns. It is quite time for the
tat on the consumers of the central constitutionality of a state law to
west, and they are also protesting De considered by the federal courts
against the raise. The local supply when ,t nag been adjudged const!
of lumber in the section of country tutional by the state courts and put
, w."v .v- vcur Mnto efrect. Ana tne tning for a
; is about exhausted, says the Journal corporation to do until this has been
m waiiiy, we souinern mma nave don0 l8 to. obey the law. The pre-
au tne traae mey can nanaie wnn- BmDti0n is that it is a valid law.
K out shipping so far north, and "the The it on?the railroads to
only surplus lumber output 4s in the J Bnow that it is not
- l'aclflc northweBt." The advance in
- the freight rate means an additional
' , cost to consumers of from $2 to
, $3.50 per M, and 16 to 18 cents
L. on every 1,000 shingles.
Mentioning the reasons given by
the railroads for raising the rates,
the Minneapolis paper seems to think
. them' insufficient, but says;
What the public would like to be aat
The Astorian says it is champion
ing not only Astoria, but "the mouth
of the Columbia river." That's all
right, as far as it goes, but The
Journal is championing not; only the
mouth hut the,, whole, river possible
to open lip to navigation, andthe
Willamette river, too. The "mouth"
r isned bont t that there is mistake is, of course, -the mbstt Impftrtaht
and there appear to be no war by Part to , Astoria, and SO it is to all
-OW RATES for tourists or
homeseekers to the Pacific
coast will be in effect for two
months this fall, September and
October, and anything that Oregon
people can do to attract the attention
of eastern people to these rates and
Induce them to come to this state
should be done at once. It has'been
said many times, and Is generally
recognized as a truth, that Oregon's
need above all others Is more peo
ple, more rural producers. With
enough of them, all other needed
things will follow. Oregonlans as
Individuals could do much by per
sonal letters to old neighbors or ac
qualntances, telling them of these
low rates, and of the many advan
tages and opportunities of Oregon,
and suggesting removal to this state,
Each county, ctty or neighborhood
ought also to have an organisation,
a part of "whose work Is to induct
immigration, and to see that home
seeking immigrants are supplied
with what they are seeking on their
arrival. Now Is the time to get
busy, if Oregon is to benefit as much
as it should from these low rates.
The railroads are doing their part
In this respect; it Is up to all Ore
gonlans who are earnestly desirous
of seeing a greater Oregon to do
theirs.
It seems altogether probable that
Representative Wesley L. Jones will
be nominated United States senator
by the people of the state of Wash
ington In the primaries. The people of
Oregon will . cheerfully congratulate
Mr. Jones on his promotion, If he
should be elevated to the senate, yet
would prefer that he should remain
In the house and a member of the
rivers and harbors committee. In
which Influential position he has
been a very good friend of Oregon
In time of need. It would be re
grettable to see Jones' place taken
by Humphrey of Seattle.
The same statesmen who are op
posed to any meddling with the rob
ber tariff till after the presidential
election will make the plea then, If
the Republican party should win,
that the people have Indorsed the
tariff and want well enough let
alone. The present, or the first
opportunity, Is always the right time
to do the right thing. The robber
tariff cannot be revised too soon.
"The same newspapers that criti
cised Bryan most, severely for sug
gesting public ownership of railroads
as the only ultimate solution of the
railroad problem are now abusing
him because he says public owner
ship will not be an issue next year.
Whatever he says, even it to ap
prove" what they Just tlld, a lot of
newspapers are "agin" Bryan.
Is anybody doing anything to In
duce the JNortbern .Pacific railroad
to give Portland as good connection
with the Gray's Harbor country as
Seattle and Tacoma have? That Is
a big-business region over there, as
our business men will find out on
their forthcoming trip, even If they
don't stay long.
In portraying the character of Mtdaa,
tha heroine of a tragedy by Eurlpldea,
Mlti Nance ONell le oallad upon for a
khxrof emotional acting that la new to
the modem stage..' with all the ele
ments of reality that are neoMry to
plaoe upon her interpretation the brand
of humae interest ah must at the
sam time retain the elements of myth
ologlcal superstition and custom of very
ancient time.
There are no preoedenta. for no ac
tress of modern time baa undertaken a
revival of one of the old 'Grecian clas
sic. The play, by the way, though ac
credited to Henry Kirk, la practically
an adaptation of the old Greek tragedy
and the mythological tale About wnloh
It waa written. ,
Mia t)' Nell's acting accordingly
establishes not ' only a precedent,
but shows a remarkable concep
tion or the meaning or tni auuior.
There are portions of the play In which
the star has little or no opportunity In
which to display her powers, but In the
great climax or the third act she rifces
unauestlonablr to areater helahte than
in any or tier previous erroria here,
"The Story of the Golden Flooce,"
the new play that Was presented at the
Marquam last night for the tyrst time,
waa written especially for Miss O'NelL
Its author Is Henry Kirk, a student at
the University of California. It la, aa
suggested, largely an adaptation front
the old story of Grecian mythology that
tella of Jason and his search lor the
fleece of aold. v -,.
in many places tne pi y is oriuio.
ougtt in theme and story it adbores
closely to the legend of mythology, if
It ever becomes a really popular play It
la likely that many of the lines, will be
eliminated, and Ht la certain that fre
quent repetitions ana conmani auusions
to mvtnoioBjoai characters win oe
changed materially. There la scarcely
a line without a reference to Zeua,
Aphrodite, or some of the other Greek
divinity with whom the public is not
ordinarily acquainted.
ir tne niav is revisea. it is aiso nxeiy
that the exceaalvely long apeeches of
frequent occurrence will be abbreviated.
The author has alven hi audience
credit for little In the war of under
standing, and several of the actors are
reauired to read lines or almost in
terminate lengtn in explanation oi tne
situation.
As Medea, the heroine Of the play.
Misa O'Nell, according to the belief of
many in the audience, doe the beat
piece of acting of her engagement here.
When she delivers the curse of the
corceress at the end of the third act, she
depicts denunciatory wrath and almost
Ir
in
Greece.
The part of Prince Jason of Thessaly,
ho roes with his hand of Argonauts In
search of the golden fleece, is inter-
ret ed by Mr. rranklyn Underwood. Mr.
Tnderwood. always pollahed and thor
oughly finished In his acting, portrays
the part or tne semi-barnarous prince
Ideally.
Another part that la admirably in
terpreted Is that of King A Is tee of Col
chis by Norval MacGregor. Mr. Mac-
rimordlal Intensity equal to the early
instincts, even oi classical
luman
Greror has not appeared in every bill
produced during tne u isen engagi
but has created a magnificent lmpres.
slon as a character actor whenever he
has appeared.
Misa Francis Biosson. as Frmcess
Purse, alater of Medea. Is always enthu
siastically received, and last night was
no exception. Miss -Woodthorpe alao
appeared to good advantage, having-
more consistent part than any in which
she has yet appeared with the O'Nell
' Letter From tL People
. Reasoning Powers of Animals.
Portland, July M.To the Kdltor of
The JournalIn The Journal1 or we
10th Instant, Investigator" Informs us
TKe Old Family Clock
' , Br John Anderson Jayne.
It is an old clock. Tou can see that
at a tlanoe. It waa made la a time
when men worked for the Joy of work
ing and the satisfaction experienced in I
that -sven tne mgner animais are . -J" .Z . euadruDcd elka.
If he means at"",r " , ,i "
Small ' Ckangg
' Will the Koreans be Japan's Boer
m But Haywood won't be elected!-
Biped elka should 'be considerate of
capable of reasoning."
birth I will agree. with him: also will
agree that neither man nor beast Is en
do wed by its maker with reason, hut
both have the capacity. to learn by ex
perience and by the experience of others
and they lay away tha lessons so
learned In the brain or storehouse for
reward.: v.:-..-t'.; ? I. Perhaps the
The oase of solid walnut Is tongudlwae a Bon
and grooved and fitted with the precis
ion of a 'careful workman, , Each oog
and wheal shows the touch of a mas
ter hand, and as it ticks, ticks and
ticks in regular beat apd rhythm it is a
future use. The child having a greater I Joy to the household and a constant re
storehouse and man more years inmtndap of tha faithful man who es-
which together from diverse experiences tabllshed it in hi home. '-
and . oral and written exDerlunces of I nw vaara it stood in the old house
timers musi oe xar superior in toiuuuh i wnere it was nrai piaoea oy me nana
thejury didn't remark! -He
e..e - . ,. ,- v.- ' .
The Xs-lt-hot-endugh-for-youf -people
are becoming discouraged, v . :- .
- i- -'-''v-e..e
And yet Klamath and Lake counties '
haven't so very many voters,,,! v
" - r.:!-:: ,,: k
For quite a long time the emperor
of Korea was also a stand-patter, . ,
' ' '' i ' sv. -.'.'v. . 1.
But would the kloklng Koreans rather
br framing conclusions from that sup-I that is mow still in death, and there nave neen goooiaa up oy nussiar
l than any animal with its limited or I nnuntad tha hours of summer and winter I - ' ' -
nslanlfloant storehouse containing but I with unvaryina fidelity, and watched! ' By the war. speakine? of the weather.
xew experiences. 101 any nunmu una. i me seasons oome ana go, (earing nvivuari isn I it just too loyeiy lor anytningr
animal or Dira wno can am laugm i storm nor smne, saiiaiieo oniy to ao us i , , . . - a
cises reason, zn training or teacning auty. as beoometn one tnat naa great I jt ja supposed that Alabama's twe
an animal you must use reward or pun- responsibilities placed upon It , - - n iinMorawlU also stay In durinS
lahmant tj1tha Ana nnnlrl have any I Yi. ,h allo'nea nf tha nlht.-iln Innel?.! Hwr" " mimt 9if IB uunng
effect on an Idiot or an animal destitute days when the bouse was vacant It kept 1 ,
of reason. . 1 on its constant marcn,, never murmuring
I have been a lover of animals and 1 or renlnlna at belns left alone. Around
bird from boyhood, and from oDserva-1 on m gunday morning, regularly, It has
tlon do nox aouDt tneir aoiiuy io eontinuea to tne next smnaay, content
nn tint all ta tha same extent even I in tin tha will of Its owner, and rive
man makes mistakes when he thinks hi the time of day to all, with a dignity
reasoning sound. I unapproacneoie ana a -courtesy irre-
Take the crow. He eees the farmer Droaohable. It has looked upon sad scenes.
plowing, ana reasons "tnat wunna " in its time, itnas seen tne agea lainar in
V a ;. :,' !' ;
Oregon la In luck In many wara,v
Some state legislatures are In sessioa .
Up to date Brother Geer baa not some
out in favor of Senator Fulton for re
eleotlon. ' '.;
. . .....
The Missouri river Is navigable for
sllcajofW
bulbs will be exposed, and he follows th, hom. brought to his lasf illness, and i,BOo nille. " s ays aaneL feaVy
the plowman. Later he watches for oarrled from the house by mourning minnows. - exonange, es, py,
the sowing and Joyfully calls to his friends. And If It felt sorrow in Us m'nww" V e! .t '
matea , He win pun up m cwru, -1 neart, its measured iica-wrca, uci-wck
sonlng thst corn grows from a grain has not announced to the world its sor
wmcn sucks to tne root wm i row ana aesoiauon oi spirit.
He doesn't pull up the wheat; his ex- ft has looked Into the faces of chll-
perlence has taught him ft doesn't pay. ,jren and with kindly eye and serene has
The boy with a gun soon teacnea mm iu watched them tnrougn tne days or paoy-
mi v.. L ..uikln. M..tMhlln. a run. I 1 I .Jk m n A mMilla mm
The crow or seagull reasons that drop- it haa seen the young boys and girls In I iaia, a4-
ping a ciam win oreaa in anon. nithe nome aa tney nave stooa .waicning
ma hi. ratnar aa ne wouna iu ana man ax-
n from I ci.in.d b them the mystery of time I Immigrants a year, the country Is safe
areater na Ml. II mat noes noi auc- telllna. I rrom race SUICIQO. 1
vaext ha will carry the clam to an un-I i, haa counted the hours that lovers I
uaed wharf or over togs or rocas, anu have Hnaered in tne house or out on tne i --rne roraaer noom nas mien nat.-
tn the end he wins a meal Is not that porch, as they whispered their love. If I say an Ohio paper. But It wasn't big
in, i.i pt that nests on tne arouna
rill trv to decoy you away from her
kv nlavlna crlnnle limping, flut
erlna and trailing a wing on the ground
reasoning that you will
young.
ft ssw ths first pure kiss of a maiden's I enough to make any noise.
her,
lng tnat you win iry m mwh
thus leading you away rrom her
What about the little wren? When
cat comes near her young, almost
ltpa upon the Hps of the strong roan to
whom she had given her love, It never
told the tale, and modeatly kept Its
hand before Its face, when It knew that
tha lovers would be embarrassed did
they know that It was looking and smil
ing upon them.
It haa seen the bride as she came
from her chamber, all robed in the gar-
worda of tha Dreaeher unconsciously
fell Into the beat of the clock and the
any bird will raise a cry of alarm, ohat- ment of purity, and the meaaured
ter and nutter, inning arouna nr u
ground, lighting here and there, chat
tering or scolding to frightenu the cat
away. I doubt very mucn ir tne wren a
reasoning went fr enough to ask aid
or protection of the lady. The lady see
ing the wren's alarm would naturally
look for cause near tne neat.
a. a
If the secretary of agriculture will
take a trip up Into eastern Oregon and
wasnington ne win see a lew wheat.
a . e
Heney did not convict Glass, but aa
long as he can keep Ztmmer In Jail he
will not feel that he has labored la
vain. ,
w
Probably in the estimation
of the
m-citl-
wnnMn't even aav thank you. nor oome etr inrateit It hanaa on tha wall and
as close to me as when agitated by the continues Its work and labor of love,
cat. I Durlnr thaae chanaea It haa been lostled
I could give many cases oi reasoning (n freight cars, carried to the land or
by pets, wnicn to me 11 leaai uamuu-
onstrate the reasoning power of animal
when . inve8tiua-h;l.
'S..."SS."'.? JTH '"rv"-"""'! orealdont the Haywood Jury was com
Hr.i,V;?r:A. U-.more "unde.irabl clU
a she said. "I will. I will." , .
Then came the changes in the history I . , . .
clock. The family was broken up by " " ".iV,n'r'
marrlaa-a mnA hv death, hv tha natural I mv V?
. . . r " . I rt, Ip.rnn that
back.
i have often had slmiisr cases, ana changes of life, and now In a state far I
Tter driving tne cai away me ui removed from the one m wnicn tt was
he would neyer come
company.
rill
be the bill at the Marquam during the
remainder or tne week, including mat
inees Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday.
It was magnificently staged at the pre
mier performance last nlcht and de
lightfully presented. As a play It It
highly ambitious and decidedly preten
tlous on the part of the author. How
ever, the company has succeeded In of
a- a really
certainly as spectacular
If Haywood will follow the dying
lawyer Murphy's advice to be humble
as well as thankful, -and refuse to
go about the country lecturing, he
will prove that his head is level.
Every man who Is dead set against
municipal ownership of street rail
ways finds on examining the public
ownership systems abroad that they
are not satisfactory.' '
which the public can be satisfied as tn
the facts . without aotne Investigation
, ' by an authorised representative of the'
government perhapa the .interstate
commerce commission. .
r Such lnsUnoesiae. this snow clearly
how necessary f it is that the public
have a friend, at court when the great
public-service corporations are . doing
things which affect ao vitally the Int. r
esin of the people. Otherwise, arbl
t r.-t ry action may be taken which may be
unjust end very Injurious to the public.
Yes, the public would like to know
whether the advanced fates are not
unnecessarily high, and then, be
tides that, they would like to know
the Interior,, but so is the 'rest of
the river Important to the whole re
gion as it Is not to Astoria. t '
the great secret of success. Uncle
John D. Rockefeller tells his Sunday
school, "la to get away -from the
butterfly pursuits of life and devote
yourself' to doing good .to those
around you.'iQf course this Is after
you hare made a .hundred millions
or ao oy monopolising sv necessity.
This Date In History.
1619 House of Burgesses, first popu
lar legislative assembly in America, met
at Jamestown, Virginia.'
1718 William i'enn, founder of Penn
sylvania, died. Born October 14, 1644.
1770 continental congress aaoptea
articles of war. .
1780 Co onel Sumter repulsed" by
British at Rocky Mount. South Carolina.
1818 Charles. Duke or Kicnmona. De-
came governor of Canada.
1854 John Sharp wuuama. memner
of congress from Mississippi, born.
1863 uattie or wincnester, Virginia.
1864 Chambersbursr, Pennsylvania,
burned by the confederates. h
186 Isaac Touoey. seoreiary or tne
navy under President Buchanan, died.
Born November 6, 1J96. ; ,'
.187 7 buus oi nevna,
ir8 Prince Karl Otto von Bismarck.
German statesman, died. Born April 1,
1816.
a 901 John Lawrence -Toole, English
actor, died. - '- -
A Whistler Criticism.
The late James McNeil Whistler was
standing bareheaded in a hat shop,. the
clerk, having taken his hat to another
part- or-tne snop ror comparison. - a
man rushed in with his bat in his hand,
and supposing Whistler to be a olerk.
angrily conrromoa mm.
,. flOaamX llM.H' h Said '
WMstler eyed the stranger critically
from head to foot, and then drawled
out: " . 1 .
"Welw neither does your coat What's
more, if you'll, pardon my saying so,
I'll be hanged, if I care much for the
color of your trousers." ."Under 1 the
creedlng Chestnut lYee," la the Auaust
Everybody.
meritorious play, and
a tragedy
has been seen here.
Mr. Kirk was extremely fortunate in
having the play accepted by the man
ftgers of Miss O'Nell. There Is probably
not another actress tn America so re
markably well suited to the part of the
sorceress princess or coicnis aa sne.
There waa a iare audience to witness
this Initial performance last night It
win be sure to De or ansorDina interest
ror tne rest or tne weeg.
We Never Miss Them.
In "Some Americans Abroad," In the
Aurust Everybody's. Booth Tarklngton
says of a certain class of Americans to
be met with In Europe:
"The latter class appears to be in
creasing- very rapidly; the class of the
alienated, of those who say: ' 'Shawly
you never intend returning to the states
to live! It's all very well to run back
for a few weeks now and then to see
one's friends but living there T Oh.
quite impossible!
"Perhapa this seems exaggerated.
Perhaps it may be thought founded not
on reality but upon a comic weekly. On
the contrary, talk of the kind is ex
ceedingly common In the American col
onie on the continent, and the people
wno eay sucn tnings are inose wno
usually manage to mention, in the
course of any conversation you may
have with them that 'dear Countess
Blank was saying to them 'only yes
terday and also that 'Lora Featherson-
haugh,' etc.
"Such. people see not only too much
but too little in the life over here,'
wnicn lire means to mem a reauy in
teresting and thrilling struggle for
what they believe to be 'position' and
'social recognition.' However, their
'climbing upward through the contl
nental 'foreign colonies' and out Into
native continental society Is more pic
turesnue than most climbing at home.
because upon the continent It is more
visible and conspicuous. The rungs of
tne laaaer are snarpiy aennea. And.
of course, a climbing American finds
his task much easier in a Euronean
city man ne wouia nna u in nis own
home town, since (so far aa orlain s-oeal
all American look alike to most of the
worldly people or Europe and are
'taken ud' for what they are worth
and not seldom taken in for all they
are worm.
Speech.
A Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Talk happiness. The world is sad
enousrn
Without your woe. No path la wholly
rough.
Look for the places that are smooth and
clear.
And speak of them to rest the weary
ear
Of earth; so hurt by one continuous
strain T
Of mortal discontent and grief and
pain. -
Talk faith. The world I better off
. without
Tour uttered ignorance and morbid
doubt
If you have faith In God, or man, or
self,
Slav so: If not push back upon the shelf
Of silence all your thoughts till faith
shall come.
No
TSee here," toe said, "this hat doesn't
one will grieve because your lips
are dumb.
Talk health. The dreary, never end
ing tale
Of mortal maladies la worn and stale:
Tou cannot charm or Interest or please
By harping on that minor chord, dis
ease. Say you are well, or all is well with
you, . ':
And God shall hear your words and
make, them true.:
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The Seeds Were There.
From the London Mall.
Parmer Nubbins (shouting across the
perpetual Ice and snow, then taken to
the land of springs, where the birds and
riowers bloom forever and lor aye.
Now It Is on the walls of a simple
home reminding the dear ones of the
times that shall be no more, of the ne
cessity or using tne present wisely ana
well snd Indicating in Ha ranld move-
of government the people are poorly rep- ment that new times are coming, and
resented. The few dominate the many. ;;,"thrul,"0'r 'his life
The rich rule and oppress the poor and it ia friend, a brother, a husband, a
tha iwmnl dara not say. "We have a wife, a son and a daughter. Without It,
.i. fnr mi,- wl. I the home would seem a barren place and
congress that Is sealous for our wel I 9tna , ot w,t lt on th, wall lt
fare." And while our president Is try- c.iia to recollection the memory of
Would Abolish Congress.
Clackamas, Or, July 14. -To the Edi
tor of The Journal In our present form
Mr. Rockefeller advise men to bur
land and nlay golf. If he will send us
a block of Standard Oil stock we will,
buy land. .
People don't care o much about a
hom team being beaten in the end as
for It getting so far behind early in
the season that thy can take no more
Interest In it
Oregon Sidelights
Work has
creamery.
begun on the Dallas
lng to do hi duty in on place, thieve happy day, and with th Insistence of I ''r neat fall.
Polk county will have an Industrial
are breaking through and stealing In
other places. And why? Because, in
part we lack laws to restrain the greed
of gain. While this representative
form of government Is In - force the
manipulation of gold will turn the elec
tion In th direction of a greater cen
tralisation of power from which other
oppresion will grow still more grlev
iou to bear.
Tet there 1 a higher plane of democ
racy within the reach of men, a politi
cal nin. that looks more directly to
strict justice between man and man. But
to reacn tnis plane we rauii sees, me
Initiative and referendum more. Olve
the initiative and referendum as broad
a foundation as Is possible to stand on
oday. and teach the people to look
an old friend Inspires, helps to cheer.
It has made for Itself a place In the
hearts of the family, and with Its con
tinued fidelity continuing through the
? 'ears goes steadily forward, making tn
ife of the possessor sweeter and "hap.
pier, because of Its betng.
And when one thinks of the dear faces
that have looked Into its face, the tears
come to the eyes, and tha clock seems to
soften its tone and wniaper, uone, gone
but not lost, but not lost" In times of
temptation lt says, "Be true, be true.
In times of doubt and difficulty lt whls
ners. "Trust on. trust on!" In times
when the heart beats with the toy of
lire it iainy sings, ana join in tne joy
heart heat elnglng, "Enjoy, enloy."
so the old family cioca meet lire at
more directly to themselves for pollt- every turn and ound It at every cor
leal, aortal and moral redemption,
Yet to give broader foundation for
referendum work, a work eadly needed
to aacure to ua our lnanenaDie uoa
given rights, we must needs perhaps
make a change In our constitutions,
both state and national
This change should do away with our
national congress a it sianoa toaay,
and instead a council or is commission-
ere should be chosen throughout tne
United States according to population
of the whole people and to serve four
years each.
Thle council should not have power
to pass laws of direct application except
in time or war, dui ramer to suDmit
bill for referendum to be voted on by
the people, either for adoption or re
jection, every two years.
This change should also do away
with out state legislatures and instead
thereof a council of nine commissioners
be chosen every four years according
to the population or the whole state.
and whose duty it should also be to
submit bills for referendum to be voted
on, either for adoption or rejection,
every two years, but to exerclae no law
making power except in caaes or great
emergency,
ner. a blessing, a benediction and a Joy
forever. And today In the shadow of
the old ciock we sit ana rejoice mat it
is ours today, and our children's tomor
row.
a e
A McMlnnvllle man shows 110 cher
ries on a limb six Inches long.
a
Oood veaetablee are raised on dry
land without Irrigation near Halnee.
a a
It haa been demonstrated that al
falfa doee well In the Nehajem valley.
a
The new Klamath Falls mill will
make one hundred barrels of flour a
day. ,
Now tha Stateaman say Salem is go
ing to begin to pave Auguat 1. We'll
ee. .
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There Is fine grape land near The
Dalles. One man ha a aplendld vine
yard of J 2 acre.
Tha VaJa Oasatte thinks th hot
springs there could be utilised for val
uable business purposes. :
TLc Diary of a Candidate The captain of the Salvation Artnj
skipped away without order of leave.
By Wex Jones.
Monday Had a lot of hay thrown in
barn this morning, as I expect a Kansas
The' deposits of the McMlnnvllle Na
tional bank, Hon. Lee Laughlln, ores!-
degelation tomorrow. It musses up the "Ajrf . ln
was a,, vui . .iiwuiu ii,..g w..,
the delegation. Trying to think up a
new drink; buttermilk sounds too molly
eoddllsh perhaps lemonade might do.
Tuesday Great hit with the hay.
Delegation evidently much pleased.
Told them It waa lucky they didn't come
tomorrow, a then I will be thinning
turnips.
wennesaay 'inis nay misiness is
very fatiguing, hardly worth the votes
It may ret. Sent the children out today
for a aall on the battleshlo Oklahoma.
Must have the navy Increased, as there
eucn lurin ui Kuvcmineiii wouiu uuiu I nr. hinl nnmh hattlaahlna tn an
tne power more oirecuy in uie nanas oi around. Besides, they might come in
the people, ,a sadly needed condition to- handy against Japan lfmy friends
aay, ana mew jponueiana, moae wno -aren't uslns; them. Saved a bullfroic
cry, "Stand pat our party Is the only from drowning this evening by catching
power that can aave the country today'' ,t before it could get Into the water,
will have to take back eat. to which Thursday Drank three glasses of ice
SJWV U1VJ JJ puuutu V TJ LdTJIX
long- ago.
Vast Cathedral of the Forests.
Portland, July 25. To the Editor of
The Journal Should not an Inscrip
tion, "Dedicated to the great Creator
who planted these trees," be placed over
.,be5rrr?1?Ra,tes cream soda this morning. It evidently
WM. PHILLIPS. mBdt a hl a, r ,aw three girls and a
possible voter arinxing tne same tmng
after I left Have cut out the hay
Dusmess, as it is too sirenuoua zor tn
slight Impression It makes.
Friday Tried to show a delegation
of nature - writer how the birds at
Ovster Bay know me. Greatly eha-
" grined after declaring that certain
w uiM.tvn uwr iraaiui imv iu or-1 note was the sonar or tne cnewink to
estry building? Should not the For- find that it was a tiddledywlnk. For
.try building be fitted and furnished M&g 4ffieWtSS a"
as the city's cathedral of th forests,
wherein to hold devout service of wor
ship each aabbath afternoon 7 Should
not a beautiful organ with chime form
part, of th -back ground and a large
platform Immediately in front and
flanking the aides of the organ be fitted
with seat for a. forest choir? Should
not prominent preacher visiting Port
land be Invited to preach on the Sunday
pussywillow, but again none of
visitors could tell the difference.
the
Saturday Ordered the battleshin
snuadron to the Pacific. Too much fuss
kicked up by them here. Would order
the army to auam. only I need some
one to look after the social end of the
White House affair. Several states
show an Inclination to buck acalnst
the federal power, so I must: put my
foot down on them. States, are all right
in their way; but I am a federal official,
a
Three little Umatilla county children,
the oldest a boy of 7, the youngest a
e-irl. mounted an old horse and ran
away from home on account of alleged
mistreatment and were discovered
with some difficulty.
a a
A cherry tree belonging to 8; E.
Toung in Albany Is two feet in - diam
eter, built for women to climb, and
has five varieties of cherries. It keeps
the neighborhood busy eating- them. ,
a a v. ' . .
The dancer, and vet the luck of rldtne-
on a water wagon waa demonstrated la
Cottage Grove, where a boy fell off one
and the wheel ran over both Ms thigh,
but strange to aay ne escaped witn o
severe bruise, ir it naa neen a
wagon he might have been killed.
. . a a
A Marlon county (woman left in her
will $1,000 to the Congregational
church of Salem of which Rev. P. 8.
Knight ha been the minister many
years, and the balanoe of her estate,
which may be - considerable, to Mr."
Knight's other church on Howell Prai
rie, i , - :
Fort Klamath correspondence of
Klamath Fall Express: The two arte
sian wells still flow as freely as when
first struck. If reports materialise
there will be at least 11 more sunk
here this season. Some seem to think
thev will nrov to be white elenhant ,
on their hand, but th people are des
perate, ana win lane me cnance.
AW
nijapr.
they are here in this wonderful bulldlne-1 mA tha in thl Thi
O.olhe i.ore"tfT J' ;,-'J country should be one large state and I
Should not the organist play soft should be its boss. Wish I could get
y.ai.,hv iiiuiuu... Kim f,," ui , sway io snoot a iew aeer.
hymns? Should not rare melody toned
and echoed by the wood fill tne audi-(dent trees? A city' of million will
torlum and worshippers? - Should not I nlvot hereabout and wnrahln homin
talented and renowned Singers . render Should not tha cathedral ba nnen fn
their sweetest song here on the sab- J worship every week day? Should not
patnk aiternoon r onoum not tne usners i Portland realise tnat this cathedral of
w.w youv. ww. ... ' - I viQfiVIl 1UICBM LCI 1J 1IVTQI UD IQUrUUUCVU,
In n maintain Cltrrant ''. Mtla? I ...l.lnlw ma 9K va.aw.rn ... . v. -,
Should not th eloquence of profound these growth of trees are fast dlsap
thlnkers ealm troubled breast and in- I pearlng? -
soire new coneeoratlons. to a Holy life Should not Portland become the a-neat
eacn sapoainT ir
Would not God Mess these eervlces
a-arden fence to his next door neighbor)
-Hey, there! What are you burying
in that hole? Neighbor Oh I'm Jut
held here each aabbath ln His name?
Should not tn pumic spirit or the
city of Portland dedicate the sit and
the building for a perpetual memorial
of the grand old forests? Should not
lovin and intelligent car be taken to
preserve and . maintain this house of
worship for the sake of fenerations yet
to comet .Ana tne lire i me eaince it-
self be thu prolonged far beyond that
tne tree or wnicn it i duiiit . -
Might not this have been the real and
Fenian tine- eoma - of m r&rden Seeds.
Nubbins -Oarden seeds eh? Looks to
mighty ilk one oi my nens. weigh
at a
-Tha
The seeds are in-
final purpose , for which .the Portland
exposition was held and this building
constructed? May - not unborn genera
tion walk around and In thl structure
and sing 4n their tongue the ord. old
hymn and V call their forefathers
bieaaedT
. Should not a nation great and mighty
be proud of a . Rom . City . Beautiful
where in ia a. forestry cathedral of aa-
western metropolis with its cathedral
of the forest?
Should not a great cathedral of atone.
as in older time, be erected to last for
agda? Plenty of stone is waiting; but
nor so wnn in constructing or a Duild
lng Ilk the Forestry building, Man haa
ia subduing all rrowtha In nafcurt
and never again In this present era will
ani
restless man wait for great trees to
grow wild and untrarameled to their
Perfect fullness and beauty, ' Therefore
t is necessary to preserve that which is.
Should ' not minister and public
spirited men write at Holes for the news
papers so a to keep the cathedral idea
promtflent- 'before r Portland people,
traveler and vUrtor? r- r
Should not the whol pre take up
the subleet and enoouraaa and ittmiJ
action? ' ,
Should- not thl BnlMln .an M,a.a
premises be dedicated and be open to all
every week day? -.-..J. M. EDWARDS.
"An East Side Bank for Xaat
Side People."
In Time of Peace
Prepare for War
I A Savings Bank Account
ia equal id a. oaiuesrup in oaaa
of accidents, sickness or hard
tlmi , . : - i . ;
OPEN YOURS NOW
Commercial Savings Bank
CTOCT AJTD WTT.T.TASI1 ATB.
Deposit of 11.00 aad tpr Interest
i ;:. .rt- e per ceni aemt-annuauy,
J George W. Bate. . , president
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