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i2 v THE JOURNAL ought by the gangster, and Its de-too. The Siberian railroad is being railroad men's point of view, and hereafter In Ban , Francisco, fenee, regardless of party and re-1 double-tracked ' from. Moscow to then wijl do good rather than harm?) a happy circumstance. " What am tyDirsNonrr vawarAria. I garaiess or con, dsi me snDDoietn I Vladivostok, thousands 01 mnei . I nf the naonle. ' liliAvliif what ninniinmt nwnnmhlD n a na n"" " - - I ' " mrw mfi saadn 41 Meantime, STVfiaamh& IoZkI 'mub. J announced his candidacy for senator, I Africa la employing many thousands . . . lM . , ttm. 4 tr-aralialoa Uiroivb the sialls aa eacoea-elaas , with a defense of the nrlmarv law I of men. South America Is doing a including statement No. 1 as his I rood dMl of railroad building. And In 'conclusion the Oaiette says; Deeper eearohed sod triad,' that period 1 beginning with the opening- of the pres- i nt year, though one el storm, will prob- I ably In the outcome be deemed a clarlfr- Ins tempest In Its development of the railroad commissions. They are now L FINED THE LIMIT. OOK OUT for a big advance In the price of kerosene, and of all other necessaries . that Standard Oil to any consider- TELKPHONB MAIH TITS. ' AB Drtmnt iMcbfd by this tmubm. tVU tlx open tor tlx (Wurtrent yoe waat. rOtllON J.VIBTIBIN0 RKPBS8EKTAT1TS rMla-BMi)Bla BpwUl Adwti.ln Brawwlrk BaUdltu, Mo Fifth iTaaa. Maw Ymk; THbOM Building. Chlraf. ' Sabwrlpttoa Ttrau by nail ia tha CaltaS SUtw, Cvti i DAILY. ' Oat Mar SO.fxi I On awnta. BUNDAt. Oaa yar tZCO J On month. DAILY AND SUNDAY. On yr tT.M I Ona moath., n.r.mnnnf t v- I ..--. nt .11 kinds bodies In transition and lt rests partly T 1 r. . : T, " : - . " with them, partly with the public and able extent controls. Judge Keane- be outside the eonsnlracy. In which I are demand Ins a full complement of I . UK t'Amt ,! . V "UUV I j HIW S ejlll Venaar W WVIVtUltm respect fie can go before the voters laborers. Never before was tnere with clean hands. What do the so lond and world-wide a call for - other candidates propose to do? Are I men who work with their hands they ont of the conspiracy, or do to aay iMna r Mulco. they plead guilty? It is a question they will have to answer. They cannot arold it ....$ .so ....a M ELECTION OF SENATORS. PORTLAND, SEATTLE AND ALASKA. Nor knowest thon what ar gument thy life to thy neigh bor's creed hath lent. Emerson. I THE JOURNAL has no desire to say unkind things about the A far-famed city of Seattle, pre-1 rajlroad problem. Two or three years Saw Mftnntatn T.an.ta haa ftnat whether the transition shall be .upwards J or downward, and whether the person- OM,"u-ru lu "m"' '."v,w, allty of the pollUoal officeholders shall I for many proved Tlolatlons of law. or shall not fire way to' character and But the government hasn't the training. Without these last, railroad money yet. Higher courts are to law may be piled on law sad powers be ... . . .. amplified or restricted, but all In rain. ""Bru lrvm lOTenuneni Toward that higher ideal of state com- has a long road to trarel yet to get missions better qualified than now, It I It, OTen if Judge Landls' Judgment A .1 r . I;" be ttrmed. which is to say .the railroad oroblem. Two or thrae, raara doubtful. And OTen if the COr ferting always to praise when occasion to do so presents It It- N THE COURSE of a recent edi torial attack on the direct pri mary law the Oregonlan said: Since the legislature is to elect to the own papers and prominent men ac- of the last half year. senate the man who may get the plu rality of the popular rote, eren though hence perhaps earlier there will be poration finally nas to pay this sharper light on the subject after we amount, it Will do SO out of money -'.;': Hymns to Know ; Comfort. By William Cullen Bryant - (William Cullen Bryant, Cummington, Massachusetts. . 11H. New Tork city, H7t, Journalist, newspaper editor, au thor and poet of nature, wrote several hymns which are found In our hymnals Bryant was a member of the Unitarian ohurch, and be made the force of his religious faith, and hi ah moral living felt everywhere. ThU hymn, eapsclally appropriate to times of sorrow. Is usu ally suns; to the tune Bradbury:) D"! not that they are blest alone, rv-dy" Peaceful tenor keep; 7" err" wn jovee our race has shown T ' we eyes that weep. Th5"?1. ? smiles shall fill asmln Aoe Jiaspat overflow with tears. And weary hours of woe and pain , Are promises of happier years. O, there are days of sunny rest ALSv5ry nd troubled night! An way bide, an evening guest; But Joy shall come with aarlv HW Deain 10 aee ciaa.r wiiflr neiow ini wii-i . .1 . t. self, as often happens; but when Its terlng foam of the railroad legislation .. a ITOm ln peopl on onnt And thou who o'er thy friend's low bier WILL DISTRICT ATTORNEY HEDGES ACT? W HEN THE LAW Is openly flouted and defied, as is done dally by the gamblers of the notorious Mllwaukle Club, decent cltlsens rise in indignant ' protest and demand that the law snail be enforced. The official to , whom the public looks first to put . a stop to such violations of law is tbVsherlff. In the present Instance ., It seems that there is little to expect from Sheriff Seattle, who has openly owed his intention to let the gam blers alone. He gives the paltry . excuse that the suppression of the Mllwaukle club is a matter which pertains only to the people of that town, and he does not propose to "interfere." It Is the weak evasion of a man who shirks bis plain duty. be may be a Democrat and the legisla ture Republican, or vtoe versa, why shouldn't the electoral colleges of the several states cast their votes for and eleot to the presidency the man who mr s-et a plurality of the votes of the of its legalised power as a monopoly n m . . . ... cuse and warn Seattle business men With the letter of these last re- " m' retrain rrom rebates, but it against their methods, an outside marks we have no fault to find, but 18 not restrained from raising prices paper cannot be blamed for noticing even our brief summary and frag- 10 n' ngurea 11 sees nt to set. the complaints made. These are men tar y Quotations, Including "ma-1 Bryan says that checking and con' principally in regard to the Seattle nla of railroad legislation," "farcical trolling a corporation having a mo methods of handling the Alaska functions," "demagoglsm," "radical nopoly of a great necessity is not people of the United states, whether the trade. Representative Humphrey evolution," etc., show that the Rail- sufficient; the monopoly or trust candidate may be a member of one party frankly told the Seattle business men road Oazette is still floundering must be absolutely crushed, do or another? rantlv that AlaaVana nnltn nN arnnnt nn tha thanrv that rallrnaria strovad. Whether ha la rle-ht ahrmr There Is no good reason why this ajlT were convinced that they were are Drlvate rather than nubile con- this or not. it Is apparent that fines should not be the case, except that Dejng robbed by the Seattle mer- cerns. That theory must be aban- only add to the oppression of the a different system was devised and cnantg and transportation companies, doned by anybody who hereafter dis- people, as long as the monopoly ob It would be difficult It not impossi- and . Dort0n of the Seattle Dress mmm nndrtandin-iv th m,tinn I tains. . A. .v ... V. - .VI. ' . ........ .1 " ' " I . . . .. Die 10 cuaugo w. cm v,u ""' acknowledges that this is true, ana of the relations of railroads to the uranapa Rockefeller was espe is so as to president is no reason warns these greedy people that public Railroads are necessarily in cially merry yesterday while playing why the system of elective senators Alaska business men will not in- their very nature public highways, golf. He Joked with glib Jocundity, should not be changed so that they definitely stand for such practices. jUBt as wagon roads are. The gov- and was as happy as a boy turned will be elected by popular vote. The TinHr ia nnnroii ernment. that Is. the neonle. alwavs loose from school. PhllosODhilln'g Ai aL . SI AS A I rienl mw, A wt Awae) Uat 1m ar.Ua wVat. ATI hffl nlaT YiA Si 11 Tla mBrla SB mis. as represenunir me Aiasaa senunjoni " -" " I ' " " The onlr worth fcih iivi t. ... wnen It reports wnat It calls a num- oor uecisiuns 01 mo couria, ius wm um i io um uyinr which puia mi soui on lop, I . . . . . . . I . . 1 . 1 M . . . .1 of cases of rank robbery on the part rignt to create, regulate or control nem, ob wouia nave piayea nis dobi nt th "rammiuinn rirr nf Snnt- them. The Deoole slmnlv oermlt to beat him; and this, he remarked, nearmg tne divine cross. tie." It says there may be honest certain men to construct and operate w what men should do in businesi men in the commission business in these highways. The people have beat the other fellow as much aa Seattle, but if so they are "handl- and always had the right to demand possioie; get an you can ana leave capped by the felonious practices of that the railroads be run first snd everybody else as little as possible, principally In the Interest of the He may enlarge on this beautiful people. They have not In many thought In his Sunday school today. cases been so run. The people are We believe Judge Landls did right beginning to Insist that they shall it is not his fault if the corporation ioai ansa ine outer drops like rain. HX?thJ5t brighter, happier sphere s' oiib 10 iny arms again. Sentence Sermons - By Henry T, Cope. Our Uree are the lips of the Most Hi gh. e e so ward wl conscience. e a Tour SUDerioritv daaa,.not AenanA An your pedestal Self la the onlr thine- that raaJW ean break love ties. e a Religion la the touch of the Infinite on all our affaire. An honest mas save narar has trouble finding hearers. It takes mora than soft solder to ea- ment souls together. election of a president by electors does not involve legislative wrangles, hold-ups and scandals In half the states of the union, as election of senators by legislatures do. Up until recently the Oregonlan has advocated the election of senn it takes mora than headacha our set the heart right. to :as ermon or ioday T but Yesterday and Tomorrow, By Henry F. Cope. "Forgetting; the things which fve be hind, and stretching forward to the inings wmcn are Derore. r bio, M.2IJ. HE regret Is vain that looks not to ' reconstruction. The best expres sion of sorrow for yesterday's doing Is service for today's right It is a good thing to look back. only that we may push forward. There la no consolation for the indi vidual, no betterment for society, in the gospel that goes not beyond repentance. There are many who are eating out their own hearts with bitter repentlngs of past follies. The cheer Is driven from every day by the memory of old wrongdoing; they fairly are haunted by a fearsome past. Perhaps, as a plain matter of fact, their sins are not aa gross as tbey seem; Imagination has magnified them. But dwelling on them. ormg over them, they have paralysed heir own possibilities of present Im provement It is true that no man can undo his past It is true, as many knew in bit terness and rjaln of bdItIL that con science and memory constantly pierce the hearts with the thorns that have grown from past sowing. But 1 there folly greater than that of the man' or woman who permits regret for falling rising again t 10 prevent any attemDt at Every day la a uw day. Every life tors bv the direct vote of the people, In this emergency the reoDle of I j v.. 1. ..... n..t n,iK. i ,.v... ,K. . . " tv. " uam " J " V the dishonest ones," whom It further Clackamas county, abandoning the Uahed editorials in favor of this plan. . " ' T " , ' . . " tope of effective action by the sheriff. Wny hM lt novveii 0Ter now? was have turned to the district attorney, al, ,t fomerly ,ald on the subject GUbert E. Hedges, appealing to him in8incere published merely because to enforce the law. The Journal has ,t WM popujr and under the suppo- received assurances that even before sltloa that tne chtnge couid neTer this appeal was uttered, Mr. Hedges b9 md(7 0r lf not what has ln- was preparing to stamp out the gam- naenCed the morning paper to favor tllng at the Mllwaukle elub, and f,fcln, thft .wion of senators out characterizes as "commission cormo rants," and says that "there are so many authenticated Instances of rob bery that lt Is no wonder the pro ducers of perishable products are en- A cross disposition Is no evidence of No great deeds are dona without tha doing or many little details. m m No man increases his own aixwl rann. uuoo oy stealing anouiers. When a man boasta of hla rnnran . a giving 11 aoaeni ireaiment. Society has its temntetlona. but thar miv .a duuudi 10 inose 01 aoiuuae. Preach the oleaaurea of slatv and tma. be. There is no "radical evolution" can recoup this enormous fine, pro- w,u,uiy W1"(ITC pains. about It. We are simply reverting vlding it has to pay lt, from the The heart that feeds on pride must a 1 - . . , n.rtlallv tn firm nrlnrlnloa rwmlTid. C.... rM h. roany ma ocne in US sioroaca. UWTU11US fcU yci BUUIO iOU Wl y .m vv . . ...... y wyiv. UMUUUU VII UifcQj UWU MX luir organization to protect themselves." lng the high financiers of something lnally plundering the people for Under such a state of affair- lt that lwyB w le8al nd moral many years. It has defied laws; lt that it 1. hi. firm purpose to enforce J! J""". " p "Te ileas would seem to be a h.ghly opportune 'acthe bBolute rlht to eonrnpted congress, legislatures. wwWT.". the law without fear or favor. It f 2 ' ,7 Z time for Portland commission and reIate' contro1' take 0Ter' do what" executive, and courts; it has sought this prove, to be the case, he will " nni.t ie other merchants to seek trade in rym incy piw. wi me ,uBlr,. lo aeoaucn ana tester every avenue .... . rr- ... nnh i h rhviTi nt m.Kll. It. -A nave tne neartlest cooperation and tne people can decide not only as to Alaska, evidently tne neia is ripe -- y-. ksslsUnce from this paper, and will ,. A,Amt v ... tn for them up there, if they will Klve How much the 40 state commis- criminal practices have for years deserve the commendation and sup- aEalngt each other but as to which the Alaska merchants a square deal, slons and the Interstate commerce "smelled to heaven." No fine is too Don or every rooa citizen or nis ais- . . v- .v mere is Dientv or evidence mat tne cumuiiniuu u iu uimt mo inn- - -" w,u,"""i ' w i nn n nr liirih ibi lu uts aaidoia suuavui i - i i...... Alaskans are disgusted and indignant roaa Business Dacn 10 us proper uu-.uiaiuS vtuyuo with their treatment by the Seattle basis, a people's rather than a few cormorants," and would eagerly n,gh financiers business, remains to a Hungarian was sentenced to turn to Portland lf tbey could pro- be seen, but the basic nature and three years' Imprisonment for wil- Australia everywhere As conscience becomes atronhlad tha critical lacuiuea orien Deoome active. 9 m There's no advantage in making men Many think they can overcome sin by shooting ffUtterina- ereneralltlea at tha devil. a You might be a walking theoloeical seminary and still be traveling the wrong road. - trict. Mr. f Hedges has the oppor tunity to show his colors, the oppor tunity which every honest and con scientious public official should crave. His duty is plain. To do his duty is comparatively easy. The time to act is now. f,- Wbat do you mean to do, Mr. Hedges? lt Is no election by the people, which Is the thins: so long urged and sought to be accomplished. Ten Thousand Seeds for Experiment Burbank's achlevementa with the daisy are more fascinating than a fairy tale. From England, Japan. Germany, where daisies GREAT DEMAND FOR LABOR. cure supplies here and have assur- principle underlying the whole busi- fully killing his 18-year-old daughter KtVfew.0"d"hun A CCORDINO to a dispatch, Keri- sova, a Hungarian village, la inhabited wholly by women and children and old men, all ance of fair treatment. Seattle has been so sure of a continued monop oly of the Alaska trade that Its ex cessive and downright dishonest greed has made enemies of nearly ness snouid not De lorgotten, Ignored, nor obscured. The people, not the railroads, are It. because she was unhandsome in his These were carefully planted and . . I watched with cloaeat care. Thev wnre ojot. wuri ana jury seem 10 nave I all going to be slain, but out of their arreed that this was a araat an dath wa" A om9 a new i.y, larger, - i mnr nflAiiT rn m rr mmv and tn at CONSPIRATORS AGAINST THE the males able to work having eml- all Alaska business men, who look PEOPLE'S LAW. grated to America. In many other to Portland for relief, and wonder vIllao-Aa and (nwm in Kiironn vounarlwtav Portland merchants dn Tint r. HE JOURNAL has charged that . ,A,..aA r. LnnTiit mnr ootiw tn thir ,.n 4haea 4m aa mam anl aw tmm. 4fmm. I I . vUUDi,. u urp lTbt rnlerf Qf MTeral countrles are They even begin to suspect that Seat- ONE KIND OP HERO. T I T IS Mr. James Brltt, hero. He is worth several columns In the newspapers,, and is in the full glare of the public eye. He has an almost Sufficient provocation on wouia nower In every i climate peren v tttv , . . nlally. The result was his "Shasta" her part. Wbat a slaughter there daisy, one of the most beautiful flowers ever seen or clear brilliant white, great slse, the center of pure yellow resting upon slender yet strong stems. Ten thousand seeds required for this one ex periment 7 Yes. and often the ten thou sand become fifty or a hundred or five hundred thousand before he gets what ne wants, it is tnis large dealing that would be if everybody was permitted to kill off all his relatives that did not look good to him. It seems rather a pity that some other mem ber of this family did not take the ton 'to destroy the primary L,fc, mM.nrM nm(W1f them verv tl and Portland r,0ni ar. hr,d,i licked his man. As explained In the notion that this man was too i,iv ?V.dlfhIf it.r.S t J , ZZ ft P1"11 measures, to prevent emigra- together, though this seems absurd, dispatches his achievement was the to live. oKed'omnS methods The iterates, inat it is tne purpose or a tl. Aa fiVB wo., loborlns: men As we hav said a thonnand tfmM administering to his opponent of "a . ten thousand daisy-seeds were only a are going forth from places where more or less, Portland can get a cl08ea rl8&t eye, a gash in the left What a pretty, appropriate play- were grown from these seods,7and it was RAILROAD COMMISSIONS. Is demand. And this demand for man- sary effort to do so. ual labor exists in other parts of the world as well as In America, al though a million and a quarter im migrants last year did not appre ciably lessen lt In this country. A labor expert tells the New Tork Tribune that enough labor at what T HE UAlLiKUAU UAZBTTE, a very fair periodical for one de voted to railroad Interests, has In Its current Issue an inter- be and are candidates who hope to ne considers reasonable wages Is no estlng article on "The Evolution of i a i . . . .....I I get into position to sneak into the longer to be had. Just now some State Railroad Commissions," in United States senate from Oregon great labor-consuming enterprises which, while deprecating moderately by legislative Instead of by the peo are on hand, and when these are "the railroad legislation manla pie's choice. It further charges that done labor may be more plentiful, most of it anti-railroad," and, while there are more than one of these though perhaps greater enterprises assuming that railroads are private candidates who want to skulk their en keep up the demand. The corporations, it argues hopefully that way through and that a community Panama canal requires 30,000 men the outcome of regulative commis-' of interest has led them to plot the and will need 40,000 for several slons will be beneficial, both to the overthrow of the primary law, piece- yearg to come. In Canada railroad railroads its first consideration, of meal at first, but ultimately as a construction on an enormous scale course and to the public. The ten whole, taking their chances with i going on the Canadian govern- dency of the season's lawmaking each other as to the senatorBhip in ment nor any of its provinces not in some states not over yet has the final crisis. It further charges being bottled up by a Harriman. been to make the advisory into the that there Is a feature In this con- xne two principal Canadian roads regulating commission, says the Ga- spiracy in which, at first, advisory want 60,000 laborers now, and there zette, "and the word 'regulating' conventions are to be arranged for, wm be work for thousands In Can- must here be used in a very strong but that they will very speedily be- ada for years. New York Is about sense." Regulation has extended come authoritative, which accom- to spend a Ta8t Bum of money to not only to freight and passenger pUshed, the primary law will become provide an Adirondack water sys- rates, but "to other matters too nu- a hopeless, helpless derelict. Oregon tem, requiring many thousands of merous to cite." In some states Brill KaAAtMA V- j j J , . uuM-nuaeu, ana tne ar- laborers for years. Los Angeles is where, in the Gazette's opinion. .air. oi tne state the plaything of to spend $28,000,000 for Its new political pirates. watflr 8yBtem TneM m OQ,y tw0 In proof, The Journal has cited Instances of many great municipal the late utterances of the Oregonlan, demands for labor. American rail showing covert, but-unequivocal op- roads must spend hundreds of mil position to the law as a whole. It lions in improvement, double track could ahow the utterances, gome ing, etc., if they are to keep up with Bteaimy, some open, or some other the traffic, and there is urgent need drove Nelson to revolver Is, to be sure, especially if permanently fixed, that the experimental . rt- . . I J ... ,. piuiii wire ucnii uy cui 50 wuariun I ne is piaying wuu uib -year-oia sis-1 J gang of politicians, not only to over throw statement No. 1, but to assas- there ,B mtle demand for thelr labor ,arge Bnare of the enormous Alaska cheek, a cut mputh. and a badly bat- thing for a 7-year-old boy a loaded u.f ttheWShaCsu. inate Other Vital features. It hag I. ,... i. . ,...t.- t i i, m v. .v. . tared nose." HA "drove Nelson to n.nln- 4. tn K. l n , narmannntlv fixed, that tha emurlmpntjil . . , . . I t(J yil-UCD niivio buuiv ,o m &i cabvi I iiauv IL 11. ir ill yub 1UUU IU. llvco- gang is plotting, not only to throw the election of senator back Into the legislature, but to restore the con vention system and resurrect boss rule and machine politics. It charges further that one reason for this conspiracy is that there will may make new beginnings. All else la lost when hope is lost; the llghvfades from the eyes and the soul seelethio erlh within the man when he ceuv O oeiieve that ha can make vat nn more beginning. Ueaven rejoices when WS WSSD Over our own wandarln. but greater far is the joy when we arise and set our faces toward home again. In the race nt Ufa manv thlnra mav bring a man down, but he alone Is re sponsible for It If he Is both down and out. we, the competitors, mav be ever ready to cry "Failure." but somehow we know that eternal Justice will pro nounce no verdict, till tha aouraa ha done, and eternal love ever Is yearning to see each fallen upon hla feet and press- uii lurmru in iu.race. In the school nf life wa may learn in forget the difficulties of the tasks onoe set before us, and even the disgrace when we failed at them in the joy of the strength that ail the struarfe of meat. lng and mastering these tasks has given. How foolish would he be who should refuse to tackle the larger problems of life because the little old slate on which he worked hla sums in school is blurred iMtear marks. and Nelson tottered about helpless- ter. iy. amea, in the August Circle. TTn In Malfionr mnrttv 1 i Brltt crossed his left to the boy shot and killed the little girl. F.u80!"? tP m9A X V. A V-v Vla .fV A k 4V-B.3 , , . . i uu fcMW a w j aiaa 11 "' uu ""u uuv u" ,,BU, w wmcn is tne usual result nnaer SUCH fornU WM attended by many hard ex nose, a leu nooa to tne mourn, ne circumstances. This Is only one more periences. He was very poor, and was uppercut and smashed" wlfh both tragedy added to thousands due to obliged to take any work that came to v,--. .v. y.ia -a . 't ,... . hand. He cleaned out chicken-coops. uaiiuo nm.i, mo uiwu dvuhou ii um m aeatn-aeaiing revolver. AS a helped in market-gardens, got an oaa Nelson's face, and the crowd sent role It is an unfit thing for fatmji up a roar of delight that shook the men, yet it is frequently left lying tna tramP ' 'or work until finally he incandescents. The narrative ends around loose, and loaded, for little hla owk account. Then he was on his with the Inspiring statement that children to kill one another with. "Nelson went to his corner vomiting. and Brltt was given the decision.' Such is the conspicuous service to his country that gives Mr. Brltt an Idol's place in the public eye, col- Republican newspapers, to which a grapevine community of interests ca be traced. And there is other proof, proof bo clear that lt is over whelming. " It means that unless the plans of the gang are broken up, next year's political battle in Oregon will not be one of politics, but of politicians and organized rlngsters against the people, a battle in which the over throw of the primary law! will be of tens of thousands of miles of new roads. The railroad officers say that they cannot get enough labor, and if they mean that they cannot get enough to do what ought to be done they are right. But they can get enough to do a great deal more than they are doing. Mr. HIlf finds men to rush his North Bank road right along. But there are big railroad con struction jobs la other countries. powers of the commissions were al ready "so extensive as to be almost farcical, they have been still further overlooked with functions." In some states express business, warehousing, telephones and taxation have been added to the regulation of railroads, so that the Gazette thinks the com missions will be inadequate to the performance of their functions. Yet In "the present radicalism," this "radical evolution," involving "a kind of compulsory demagoglsm," the railroad organ finds "an ultimate residuum of good," affording "solid ground for hopefulness." This lies, In a word, In commissioners becom ing specialists, and conservative; that is, that tbey will come to look at the railroad business from the It is reported that the Southern Pacific is to put on another train between Portland and San Francisco to accommodate the increasing traf umns in the newspapers, and a long He, especially the express business. train of admiring followers. How For this, lf lt prove true, The Jour lnsplrlng a scene lt must have been nal hastens to congratulate the peo- when with uppercut and smash with pie and commend the company. The both hands he made the blood spurt latter Is an especial pleasure, since till "the crowd yelled with a roar the occasion to do so occurs so sel- or deiignt tna snook tne mcandes- dom. It would be too much to ex- cents, pect an Increased ocean service for There were big necks and thick some years to come while Schwerin lips in a crowd that found delight hives and holds his Job in such a scene. There were bulldog jaws, low brows and bullet heads. They were beefy faces and stuffed jowls that were in preponderance when the yell of delight went up. Self-indulgence and coarse living were stamped on many a face there, or the sight of spurting blood would not have given such exquisite pleas- 11 ro Tr is not. ao much tha fault nf . v.. v v.....- It waa high time mat Thaw se- iur. cum, uu i wpm uuiwi nia, i . bouquets and missing links of tne red the .ervlcesf another leading This long-continued heated term has been the cause of great suffer ing, says the Indianapolis Star. There is one way for those poor people to avoid suffering so again-rto come to Oregon. Mr. Bross, managing editor of the Star knows this. Tia lawyer for his next trial, aa it waa announced yesterday he had done. A. week or more had passed without his hiring a new lawyer. tenderloin that there is delight in such, and a reason for the Britts and Nelsons. Portland permits no such specta cles. Oregon does not tolerate the humiliation of a prize fight. There Those petrified clams found in are few spots in this union of sover- the Nehalem mountains were rather eien states where such thlnits are too ttxr undergrpund . to have been permitted. With limited exceptions, departed Oregon mossbacks. the civilization of our people is at tuned to the twentieth century. Portland's "heated term" has ao Mayor Taylor says it must be so I far comprised one day. own trreund with a fair start. To out siders he seemed an honest, hard-work ing young fellow, who might make his living, but not much more. Then, all at once, be did sometnmg mat made those who knew about lt look at him. An order came lor zo.ooo young prune trees. Could he fill lt In nine months? He hadn't a prune tree on his place, and how was he going to supply 20,000 In nine months? He got together all the men and boys he could find to plant imonds for him. -They grow rapidly. When they were ready, he had 20,000 pi rune-beds ready for fISem. and in a short time the prunes were budded into the growing almonds, and before the time was up the trees were delivered to the delighted ranchman. And I have seen these 20,000 prune treea. They are growing today, and lt Is really one of the finest orchards in California. George Wharton James, in the August Circle. Wagtail and Baby. Thomas Hardy in the Albany Review. A baby watched a ford, whereto A wagtail came for drinking; A blaring bull went wading through, The wagtail showed no shrinking. A stallion splashed his way across, The birdie nearly sinking; He gave his plumes a twitch and toss, And held his own unblinking. Next saw the baby round the spot A mongrel slowly slinking; The wagtalL gazed, but faltered not In dip and sip and prinking. A perfect gentleman then neared; The wagtail in a winking Rose terrified and disappeared. ! The baby feu a-thinking. wit): And so with our sorrows. Too many are living In the shadow of clouds. Jong passed. Carrying In their hearts the gloom of days gone by. they rob today of its courage and tomorrow of Its glad confidence. Their backs are soon broken who do not know how to drop some burdens. There Is a great difference between the fragrant memory of days that In their passing seemed most bitter, be tween those mists through which loved faces smile out of death's shadows an4 the perpetual shrouding of the life In th carefully preserved palls and trap ping of our woe. So, too, do we lmbitter our present with the cherishing of slights and in justices, malice and enmity, thought or done to ua In days past. Memory and history easily become a chamber of horrors, a pit where dwell only foul and noisome things, and today's pleasure and tomorrow a promise alike are loat In contemplation of yesterday's pain. Ood Is ahead as well as behind. The universe Is not heartless, a pitiless ma chine where past faulta forever preclude the possibility of future perfection. The ever upsprlnglng hope in the human breaat is but the echo of the infinite. wooing us to new endeavors, calling men to arise snd go to their r ather. Tbey go forward who look forward. The beat lives are the Uvea that aeek ever the best. We owe It not only to ourselves that we lie not prone in the dust; we owe it to all others' to begin again. What right have w to block the way of those wbo would press on. witn our prostrate forms, or to cool their ardor with our groaning regrets? The past haa lta lessons; but they only are learning them who are push ing forward. Failures must be as finger posts to future successes. Regretting the past, set lt right as far as you may. then redeem yesterday by right doing today and right determination for to morrow, and you shall find every force of good facing with you and strength ening heart and hand for better things. Don't Shoot, (Oopyrffht. 1907. by Amerion Journal-Eiamlntr)' By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Don't shoot! Consider this one fact. The lack of manhood In the act: How could a creature of your else Taka aim at any bird that files? We are so helpless and so small I The very tiniest boy Is tall Compared with us. Put down your run And seek some manner Kind or run. Don't shoot! Out there in tree and glade. In pretty nests that we have made. Our hungry little blrdllngs wait Ah. think of their unhappy rate If we come not at set of sun, Put down your gun,put down your gun. Don't shoot! But leave us free of wins; To build, and nest, and soar and sing. We ask so little, Just to live And for that privilege we give Our souls in song, till life la done. Put down your gun.put down your gun. Don't shoot! Earth haa enough of Joy, Of space, and food, for bird and boy; Enough for notn or iignt ana sun, Put down your gun.put down your gun. This Date in History. 1701 A general treaty of peaoe made with the Indiana at Montreal. 1759 The fort at Crown Point, New Tork. captured by the French. 1814 The Americans defeated at Fort Mackinaw. 1853 Advertisement dot abolished In the ulted kingdom. ) 1862 President Lincoln called for 100,000 nine-months' men. 1889 Special deliTcery letters distrib uted for the first time in the United States. 1892 Andrew J. Borden and wife murdered at Fall River, Massachusetts. 1901 Invasion of Venezuela by Col ombians successfully repelled. 1 ' " Statistics show that suicide has In creased in Japan at an alarming rate and that within recent years self-murder among women is much more com mon than formerly. In the four yeara from 1898 to 1902. 42,801 men and 26, f women killed themselves, Signor Mosso, the eminent archaeolo gist, has discovered that the women of 4,000 years ago in Myoenae had many fashions that prevail at the present time. They knew what crape trim ming was, . had tartans before the Scotch, understood the mysteries of corsets lacing , in front, short wide sleeves, metal belts, and a style of dress which . an imitative nineteenth oentunr, that considered Itself original, dubbM. "Empire.' , - ' -5- . "An East Side Bank for East Bide People." "Procrastination Is the Thief of Time" And also of money, if you delay opening your Savings Bank Ac count with the COMMERCIAL SAVINGS BANK Pays 4 Interest On all deposits of $1.00 and up, compounded semi-annually. XXOTT AMD WIT.T.TiM ATJk George W. Bates ,. President J. 8. Blrrel ...Cashier rim? .v.. U m tm r II li iiiii a 11 1 1 ssiiai - - --