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scope who Is caught In a fit
of passion. Lavater.
1DUR WASTED OPPORTUNITIES
fa Ton puttin bit thieve , la Jail.
They will not be contend with In
definite reasoning In favor of fovern-
mental regulation of railroads; they
want a man who will declare flatly
and nneQuivoeally that tha railroads
are, or of right should be, and must
be treated, as public and not private
concerns; that the people already
haTe an absolute right to do with
them whatever they please, within
the bounda of reason and Justice.
This sort of a platform would not
suit a great many Republicans, In
cluding most of the leaders. But
any other kind of a platform will
not suit millions of the rank and file
of Republicans. The latter want a
candidate who dares speak out posi
tively and specifically. Generalities
and rhetoric about prosperity and
national greatness and spread-eagle
flapdoodle won't do. The times are
such, and are going to be such, that
candidates for president must de
clare themselTes unequivocally and
courageously on these questions.
more free franchises. Hasn't the
city gone to the limit in pursuing
this policy? Then as to prices for
heat, there ought to be some provi
sion by which they could be regu
lated hereafter if It were found that
the company was charging too much.
As it will haTe a monopoly, it Is
essential that the city retain tne
power to regulate the price of heat
sold, so that It will be fair to both
the company and Its patrons.
Apparently the enterprise Is a very
good one, and deserves encourage
ment, but that is no raaon for grant
ing a franchise without safeguarding
it much better than was done in this
case. This franchise ought to be
abrogated and a substitute discussed.
y f Small CLangv
finest summer climate In tha country,
Car and fuel shortage items will soon
om gut,
A boy never baa ambition to beoome
vica-presiaent.
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Chancellor Day la writing a book
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T 13 a concern of The Journal to
get Oregon lans to comprehend
Oregon. When they grasp ade
quate conception of the state's
real worth, the foundation will be
laid for a state growth. We live In the
midst of possibilities of which we
have little realization. The proof is
recorded in letters of fire in the
statement that already eight carloads
of tinned strawberries have been im
ported into tha state. That Importa
tion by a state that can grow the
best strawberries in the known world
Is another case of the ship's crew
perishing from thirst on the bosom
of the Amason river. Why dldnt
we grow and pack those berries at
home, keeping at home the money
spent for them?
We shipped this season 1,000 tons
of small fruits to Washington can
neries to be packed. We shipped
there because Washington bad can
neries to take care of our fruit, and
Orgon had not. Why?
Of the fruits so shipped, 400.000
pounds were Willamette valley cher
ries, known to be tha finest in the
world. What a reflection that a sec
tion so fertile In fruitage should not
have the facilities for packing, espe
cially when the sale of such fruit
; under an Oregon instead of a Wash
ington label would have been inval
table advertising for the state! Why
was it so? California exported in
106 6,000 cars of tinned fruits.
Oregon exported 60 cars. California
Cherries this season brought growers
. T to 9 cents a pound. Oregon, cher
ries brought 4. The logic of the
figures cannot be misunderstood.
Callfornlans know and utilize the
possibilities of their state; Oregon
lans do not comprehend Oregon. In
producing small fruits, the Immense
region west of the Cascade range and
extending from the California to the
Washington line, is an Eden. The
soft with each returning season gives
up Its magnificent fruitage, but man
falls to save, market and profit from
It. What a real ray of encourage
ment Is the plan of the Southern
Pacific by low rates and otherwise
to ' foster and encourage canneries
for packing Oregon fruits in Oregon,
and marketing them as Oregon prod
ucts! How promising a field when
xpert testimony Is that Oregon cher
ries can be profitably packed at 8
cents to the grower, while Oregon
growers this season got bat 41
The Des Moines Register and
Leader, the leading Republican paper
of Iowa, says: "There needs to be
a shaking up in congress. It has
not bean for years a vital part or
the administration. During the en
tire Roosevelt term It has been as
dead as a piece of punk. Instead
IT'S NICE TO BE LEGALIZED of being the body that represents the
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CANDIDATE TAFT.
4 ECRBTARY TAFT is to make
speeches during the next month
L In Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri,
Nebraska, Oregon and Wash
lngton. Not only as one of the fore
most men of the country but as one
of the foremost presidential possi
bilities, what he says will be heard
and read with a great deal of inter
est. The American people generally
think rather well of Mr. Taft. He
may not be a very great man, but
he Is a large man, In other respects
than physically. He has filled many
Important positions, performed a
variety of high public services,ind
eeems to have done his duty on all
occasions very well. Ha appears to
be an Incomparably broade and
more patriotic man than Fairbanks
or Foraker, or Cannon or Shaw,
would be far more acceptable as a
candidate than the much abler Penn
sylvania candidate. Knox. Yet next
spring the, rank and file of the Re
publican party, over half the voters,
may conclude that for their purposes
Hughes, though but little tried as
yet, is a preferable man to Taft.
Secretary Taft has a great oppor
tunity in these speeches. The peo
ple are waiting, looking for a man,
the right kind of a man, to succeed
Roosevelt. They want a man cour
ageous enough to declare himself,
" not in terms of glittering generality,
but positively, specifically, on several
questions. Secretary Taft is known
to b la .favor of tariff revision, but
that is-not enough; the people on
both sides of the question want to
know just about how and how much
and vrit what Intended results he
proposes to revise the tariff. They
- will not be satisfied with abstract
HE STEEL TRUST'S last quar
terly net profits were over $4 5,-
600,000. At this rata its prof
its In a year amount to $182,
000,000. The comparatively few
men making this enormous, almost
Inconceivable, profit make it mostly
from Americans and in consequence
of the high duty on their products,
a duty of from 40 per cent up,
enough in all cases to give this trust
and one or two other comparatively
small and tolerated concerns abso
lute control and a monopoly of the
American market. The trust sells
much steel abroad. In competition
with foreign manufacturers, and of
course at a far less price than it
charges American patrons. A rail
that it sells in America for $28, for
Instance, It must and does sell for
$20 or under In Europe, after pay
ing the freight across the Atlantic.
So with bridge and other structural
steel.
It Is an old, oft-told story, but
think of it once more: A law, de
fended and upheld and considered
almost sacred by a great number of
American people because they have
not well understood it gives this
one concern authority and power to
take the greater part of $182,000,000
a year (net profits) from the rest
of the American people, when, for
example, $32,000,000 profits would
be a liberal, if not extravagant,
amount to make. Without any duty
at all these people could still hold
the American market and make
money. This is proved by their sell
ing abroad. So the amount of the
duty is mostly clear, legalized graft,
plunder, robbery. And this Is only
one such monopoly out of scores
existing and operating In the same
way In consequence of the protective
tariff.
And yet the Republican leaders
say they won't touch any part or
Item of the tariff for three years.
And some of them say there is no
occasion to touch it at all. Is it
possible that the people are not only
going to consent to be thus held up
by this monstrous law indefinitely,
but actually to approve of and In
dorse this system of plunder, of "re
ciprocal rapine"? We cannot be
lieve It
popular Impulse It has been the re
actionary and holdback part of the
government." If this be true, or to
a considerable extent true, what hope
would the people have of progres
sive, reformatory legislation If there
were a president who did not swing
the big stick over congressmen a
heads?
course no Carnegie library will
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It Is about time to plan soma Incident
whereby Taft can appear aa a hero on
in lunncoming inp,
a
Farmer Wilson la 70 years young, and
looks and aots aa If he was good for
many good crops yet
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Tha poop 1 could break tha tobacco
trust easily enbuch lat everybody cult
amoawng ana cnewing.
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Only a month of tha vacation season
left, and Co weather yet to aerv as an
excuse ror going out of town.
' Tha bonea of Pocahontas have Ju
been dlacovered. But this Is only one
oi many siceieiona in tne smith ramlly.
Mr. Rockefeller recently advlaed young
men 10 cava money, bui wnat a tne uae
if ther Are liable to be fined millions
or dollars?
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It having been again reported that
Roosevelt won't run. It la In order
for Senator Bourne to Issue another
proclamation.
A PennsylvanlA campmeetlng preach
er wiu pe an utter xanure in mat
D
feaslon. He told an audience that thi
were no female angels.
ro-
ara
Uncle John D., not knowing or caring
any or course takes no Interest In Its
anything about the Standard Oil com
panyt of course takes i
being fined 128,240,000.
Senator Foraker has spoken again,
to say that the tariff law should be
let alone, and he suggests to farmers
In particular that they should stand
pat lest a reduction of duties should
result In lower prices for crops. For
aker is surely limping behind the
times; farmers as a rule cannot be
deluded with this claptrap any more.
They are learning that a high tariff
has about as much to do with prices
of crops as with the soil and weather
and other factors of making crops.
The majority of farmers can't be
fooled forever.
Judge Frater of Seattle says he
granted 800 divorces last year, and
90 per cent of them ought not to
have been granted, but all had to
be on account of the liberality and
looseness of the divorce law, and be
cause if he had not granted decrees
other Judges would. There Is urgent
need of a reform here, on the part
of both legislatures and courts. The
number of divorces and the ease with
which they can be procured are a
reproach and a scandal in American
society.
The Journal is in entire sympathy
with Its country exchanges that pro
test against people giving orders for
groceries to outside traveling solici
tors. People ought to patronize local
grocers, but they on the other hand
should strive to deserve their neigh
bors' patronage.
So it was not election of senator by
a direct vote of the people that the
Oregonian wanted; that ' talk all theae
years was mere false pretense.
a
Oovernor Johnson of MInneaota la
one son of Swedish parents who won't
go bark at King Oscar's request; there
is talk of making him a bigger man
than Oscar.
a a
A Chicago man borrowed $80,000 and
made $1,000,000. There's nothing orig
inal about this; Harriman has done the
same on a much larger scale, Just by
the use of rree water.
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By offering beer besides good wages
some Ohio farmers have Induced a few
hobos to work in 'harvest, but it is aafe
to aay that the work done was small In
proportion to the beer consumed.
Oregon Sidelights
No wheat near Athena will yield less
than SO bushels an acre.
Two thousand naif gallon Jars of
fruit have been put up at tha dormi
tory of the Weston normal school.
A Washington county woman has
picked 260 pounds of blackberries and
sold them for $18.40 besides putting up
enough for liberal family use.
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Hasel Dell correspondence of Spring
field News: Jim Law has lost hla two
hound pups. Finder will please leave
them at the bottom of the river and
oblige the neighborhood.
a a
Philomath Review: It Is decidedly
lucrative and pleasurable to get out and
stir up business. Wa don't exactly get
ova. ted, but, by George, we get the
tiade and remarks of good-will without
stint.
There is a fine large brood of apple
tingles on some of the trees In Forest
Grove, says the Times, which are now
too old to kill with any kind of bug de
stroyer that will not kill the trees at
the same time.
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Port Orford Tribune: A great many
strangers have been In town during
the past week and the Knapp hotel
has been literally snowed under by the
summer avalanche, if you can guess the
meaning of such words.
STEAMER BLOCKED iTRAFFIC f lMi
USING BRIDGES AT EARLY HOUR
About U00 of tha people who cross
tha bridges between 7 and S O clock
in tha morning to reach their work In
wast .Portland, were JO minutes lata
this morning, and tha antlra street car
service of east Portland was demoral
ised on account of bridge openings for
a lumber steamer.
Tha Mathilda, a Norwegian ship, that
has been loading for several days at
one of the lumber mills above tha city,
MtartmA In tn nf tha WentWOrth. Pilot
Atkins whistled for the drawbridge af
about 7 o'clock, and it was zo minutes
after 7 before the draw closed. Long
Drooesalons of outarolna I
new wooa, mouni
and incoming
atraat ran on tha Sell wood. .
Scott. Mount Tabor, Oregon City and
Casadero lines were held up, and their
achedules demoralised during tha morn
ing hour when most people are In hasta
to reach their dally work.
Bit 811 wood cars went out on that
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Una before tha first ona ante cityward
after tha' breaking of their Bohedule.
People who waited all along tha Una
thought that aoma dlsastsr must have
occurred. .
' Practically tha antlra rush hour waa
oonsumed by tha Mathilda In pass
ing through tha four bridges that
carry street ear traffic. Tha Morri
son street bridge, over which tba
greatest travel passes, was Jammed
destrtans. whan tha ship got through.
Tha same thing ooourrad at Burneide
and tha steel bridge.
It is aliased by street oar patrons
that tha pilots and captains of tow-
Doats consult omv tneir own prauni
convenience in timing their passage
through tha drawbridges, and that they
wuruiiy select tna two rusn naurs om
tween 7 and a o'clock In tha morning
and between I and o'clock in tha
evening, while to minutes earlier or
later would serve the needs of navi
gation Just as well.
VAUGHN OF FENDER COMMITTEE
URGES USE OF ECLIPSE FENDER
Had an Eclipse fender been attached
to the street car whloh ran down little
Edna Kern at Sunnyalde last Saturday
night, I am confident that tha accident
would have been avoided," said Chair
man Vaughn, of tha council special fen
der committee.
Some time this week, probably Thurs
day. Mr. Vaughn will call a meeting
of the fender committee further to con
sider the fender matter. The other
membera of the committee are Council
man Oeorge Baker and ex-Councilman
R. A. Preston. The number of acci
dents recently has caused the committee
to hasten its efforts to provide better
safety to the public.
Mr. Vaughn, who made a special trip
over the coast on the fender question,
says that the Eclipse appears to be the
best thing yet discovered. Los An
geles had tha unenviable reputation of.
killing mora people by street cars than
any other city of Its slse In the coun
try previous to adopting the Eclipse
model. In talking over the matter with
Mayor Harper that official assured Mr.
Vanhn that alnnA (h. T Jim AnMlli fo rm
were equipped with the Eclipse fender . w,r-.clo.e, corporations, Including all
the fatalities had decreaaed to prac- .wor"?r tnat m- As a conse-
EVERY LABORER
iMniTTU uio umc
Kev. Byan Defines Attitude
of patholic Church To
wards Labor Question.
Speaking in St. Mary's ehuroh, Al
blna, on "The Attitude of tha Catnollo
Church Towards tha Labor Question,"
tha Rev. John A. Ryan, D. IX, deolared
that both laborers and capitalists often,
find fault with tha churoh. Both are
wrong, na said.
"It is not the duty of tha churoh to
formulate and preach a scheme of so
cial Justice in minute details," said tha
speaker, "nor should she have absolutely;
nothing to say In the matter. She pur
sues a middle course, laying down such,
general "prlnclplaa of Justice aa are
necessary to direct both laborers and
employers along the paths of right con
duct. Teaoaers Condemned Abase,
"As early as tha fourth oentury many,
or her great teachera, such as Ambrose,
Basil, Jerome and Chrysostom, con
demned tha abuses of wealth so severely
tnat they have been classed aa soclal
lata by many of tha modern opponents
of private property. All throsgh tha-
nuuuie ages me cnurch taught tSwlpc-
irine or a just or reasonable prlc?
Doth aooda and lahop
ne also encouraged tha guilds, which.
tically nothing compared with what
they were.
The Eclipse fender extends iVi feet
In front of the car. and is provided with
a vulcanised rubber roller some four
Inches In thickness to lessen the Jar
when a person is struck. Immediately
behind tne roller are Iron slata which
are constructed so that they fold up
with the weight of the person. A buf
fer prevents a body from coming In
contact with the car and turns up so
that it securely catchea the person and
prevents him from falling to the tracks.
SPECIFICATIONS APPROVED
FOR JUVENILE WARDS' HOME
The gift of four acres of land In Cen
ter addition for the Juvenile court by
Drs. 8. A. and E. C. Brown on condi
tion that the county build on It a de
tention home for the Juvenile court
wards, offered nearly a year ago. Is
about to become a reality. The county
court has approved specifications for
a detention home to cost about $10,000,
and Instructed the county clerk to ad
vertise for bids for building the home.
The home planned by tne officials win
accommodate about 40 boys and 20 girls.
with a full basement Bids will be
The building will be two stories high
opened in two weeks, and it la expected
that the building will be ready for oc
cupancy before Thanksgiving
The site for the building, donated by
the Drs. Brown, Is In Center addition on
the Montavllla carltne.
COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES
GREAT FIELD FOR YOUNG MEN
'There la a great field for the young
man In Coos and Curry counties," said
George H. Hlmes, curator of the Ore
gon museum, who haa juat returnea
from a 800-mUe wagon trip through tha
two counties in company wun partiea
from the office of the state game war-
den. .
Mr. Hlmaa states that everyunng Be
speaks prosperity In the two counties
and It la evident from the amount or
surveying being done that soma great
railroad has been attracted to that re-
flon In an effort to reach the coast,
le says that surveyors, presumably In
the employ of the Southern Pacific, are
working along all of tha available
grades throughout the two counties.
A great deal of Interesting data was
secured on the trio In tha form of old
and valuable flies of early newspapers
In different parts of the country trav
ersed by the party.
An Athena meat market man has
shut up shop because he says he does
not propose to run a meat market In a
community where the taste of the
farmer runs so high that his palate will
' not be tickled by any but the choicest
has j steaks.
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THE HEATING FRANCHISE.
M'
ATOR LANE makes a strong
and apparently a reasonable
argument against allowing the
Portland General Electric
company to go ahead under the fran
chise granted It last December to
supply heat to customers in this city.
That the franchise is legally for
feited there seems to be no room to
doubt. The company was to begin
operations on its plant within six
months, and did not do so. The
time limit has expired against It.
The Question then is: Should Its
franchise be renewed on tha same
terms?
The mayor argue forcibly that it
should not, because the city receives
no compensation therefor; because
while a maximum price for heat Is
flxe4there Is no provision by which
4rthe company, can be prevented from
cnargin&pis maximum price during
the whoff -25 years of the life of the
franchise; and because the plan Is
to tear up the streets again to lay
the pipes, the mayor arguing that
tunnels should be driven and the
surface of the streets let alone. Hence
he wants the franchise formally
abrogated and a new one granted,
if desired, better protecting the
city's and the people's Interests.
Mayor Lane Is right on these prop
ositions. Whether the requirement
as to tunneling would be reasonable
or not we do not know, but every
body does know that "the frequent
and Indeed almoBt constant digging
up of the streets is a great damage
to them and a nuisance. It ought
to be avoided whenever possible.
And If this franchise is to be of
value to the grantee, as of course
it will be, why should not the city
get soma compensation for giving
tle company this valuable privilege?
Certain kinds of crime, as
onen Deen ODservea, run in epi- a Washington county youth went up
riemfra aa la th man in Now York i ,nto 1(16 toP ot a tau tree rter honey
aemics, as is tne case in new yorn and the beea attacked him. He had
city now. Revolting crimes beeet 1 S9Cured himself to the tree by a rope
. ... ..... . . about his waist -and only for this
crimes Of like kind, and In spite of , would have fallen to the ground, a dls-
the efforts of police forces the epl- j unlf "om 40 feet' h wa" " badly
demlc has to run Its course, or at
least cannot be checked all at once.
AT THE STOCK
THEATRES
The New York Herald positively
announces that Cortelyou will he the
Republican candidate for president.
Tkc PI
There was a time when the Herald ence.
ay
There's a rattling good show at the
Marqum this week. It is called "The
L'ndertow," and was given Its first pres
entation last night to a very large audl-
was regarded as an exceptionally
good political guesser. Mr. Bennett
evidently needs to do some firing.
Every day now one or more autos
are smashed by collisions with street
cars, and nobody sheds a tear except
the people who get hurt, or the rela
tives of those that are killed.
The big wheat crop east of the
mountains, the crop elsewhere being
short, ought to be a big advertise
ment for the Pacific northwest and
the boosters ought to make the most
of it.
theories about the -' robber trusts;
they want to know whether Air. TaXtjWe thought, there wwe to fee &o
Mlss Harriman is said to be en
gaged to a young man named
Straight. If he Is like his name, he
Is needed In the Harriman family.
Chancellor Day, we can imagine,
is studying up some language as
lurid as his profession and position
will permit him to put in print.
Emperor William conducted divine
services Sunday, and it was not re
ported that Roosevelt even uttered
an audible amen.
Lafe Pence seems to keep trying
to show that he Is a desirable immigrant.
This Date in History.
1937 Ben Jenson died. Born 1674.
1711 First newspaper printed In Vir
ginia, at Williamsburg.
1788 British - defeated by the In
dians at battle of Bushy Run, in Mich
igan. U70 Germans defeated the French at
the battle of Woerth.
1890 William Kemmler executed at
Auburn, N. T.. first to be legally put
un
in the
ilted
to death y electricity
States.
,1894 Austin Blair, war governor of
Michigan, died. Born February S, 1818.
l895-Twenty-nine persona killed In
trolley car disaster at Bridgeport, Conn.
1902 Outlaw Harry Tracy waa killed
out fiavvaasort, .Washington.
"The Undertow" Is a play of deep
Interest and deals with a subject that
has rarely been Intelligently presented
on the stage. It portrays the life and
experiences of a newspaper reporter
an individual who, as a rule, Is grossly
caricatured by stage representations.
The play deals with the political cor
ruption and graft connected with an
election in a large city. It Is especially
opportune In view of the sensational ex
posures that have been made in the offi
cial life of many of the cities of the
country In recent years, and tells the
graft story In a wonderfully realistic
way. A feature that demands instant
recognition is the personation of the
convicted mayor of Ban Francisco,
"The Undertow" was produced by the
Stoukwell-MacOregor company, which
supported Miss Nance O'Neil during her
engagement here. Eliminating a few
minor faults that usually accompany a
first-night performance, the play waa
admirably produced. The settings were
realistic and unusually good, especially
those of the first act.
The Marquam production differs from
the one In California where, by the
way, the play has had a tremendous
run in failing to introduce a character
corresponding with Aoranam Kuer, the
dethroned boss of the California jme
tropolis. In the Oakland production
the part of John Shanley was made to
represent the "curly boss." Tha part
Is interpreted in tna 40oai
by -Fred C. Hearn but there Is no sug
gestion . of San Francisco a one-time
kin.
The story of 'The Undertow" tells Of
the experiences of Richard Wells, a
somewhat Inebriated reporter, who has
lost his position on "The Globe.' and
organizes a political party, which de
feats at the election the aspirations of
Horace Whltelaw, proprietor of that pa
per, and corrupt political manipulator.
Refusing to abide by the result of
the election the corrupt political man
ager and his heelers proceed to buy the
mayor and a councilman or so, and
,hlUlaw brings every possible Influ
ence to bear upon young Wells. Tha
most powerful Influence Is through a
young woman with whom Wells is in
love. This element, by the way, pro
vides a pretty romance, which runs
through the play.
After various experiences, and ona in
particular In which It appears that
wells has completely lost, he is Anally
vindicated of the charge of treachery
of which he has been accused, and tha
play ends as so many stage stories do.
Ha and tha heroin marry, while tha
mayor and corrupt capitalist make a
sudden trip abroad.
The part of Dick Wells, the hero of
the play, la interpreted by Franklin Un
derwood in a way that would arouse en-
thuaiasm from any audience. Mr. Un
derwood must surely have spent much
"Jim, the Westerner," at the Lyric.
"The Westerner" has achieved an al
most phenomlnal success In eastern cu
ia a r,rt vIvh nrnmlfle of accomplish'
lng the same results In this city. It
waa produced at the Lyric by tha Allen
stock company last night and thoroughly
pleased a large audience.
The name might be misleading to
those who have not seen the play, for
tha reaaon that it Is not a play of the
frontier, but of New York life in which
tha hero is a young western hero. As
a drama of action and human interest
tha play has seldom been excelled and
It is sure to receive generous attention
in this city. , .
ui Varna Felton. the DODular lead-
ins- woman of the company, has ona of
th. ht roles in which she has yet ap
peared and certainly makee the most
of it. It Is a part In which her work
shines conspicuously. Ralph Belmont
also appears to unusually good advan
tage, while f orresi oeaoury aaas great
ly to his already enviable reputation as
a light comedian.
"Jim. the Westerner" will be the bill
at the Lyric during the entire week with
the usual matinees. It will be sure to
please.
Merriment at the Star.
The Star company this week Is of
fering a comedy that provides an abun
dance of laugh for one evening's enter
tainment. ,rA Bachelor's Honeymoon"
is the title of the comedy with which
members of the Star company amused a
large audience last night.
For years it waa one of the most
which he so admirably portrays. His
Interpretation is undoubtedly Just what
the author intended.
Next In Importance to the hero of
the play in carrying out the plot is the
part of Horace Whltelaw, which is in
terpreted by Edward Emery. Mr. Em
ery is ideally fitted for the part and
gave as finished and artlstio an inter
pretation as is often seen in this city.
Miss Frances Slossen, as Mary Cal
vert, whose Influence docs much, to
ward tho redemption of the reporter,
makes the moBt out of the part and
thorough lv deliarhta tha audience. Leo
Llndhart, a former member of the Baker
company, Is seen to unusually good ad
vantage as the corrupt mayor. His
makeup as the former fiddler or San
Francisco is In Itself a work of art.
Other members of tha company appear
to good advantage, notably Joseph Dai
ley as the traction magnate. Leo Pot
ter, as Reddy Smith, the office boy with
"The Globe' should have sought the
acquaintance of some of the youngsters
who do errands for the local papers be
fore ha attempted the part.
The first act In which the local rooms
of a newspaper office ore In active oper
ation la wonderfully realistio. And
the scene In the gallery of the council
chamber of the city hall is also very
tniA tn life.
"The Undertow" will be the bill at the
Marquam during tna entire week, it
created a nrofound impression last night
and deserves libera auenaance.
A Hint to Dr. Brougher.
From the Salem Journal.
Rev. J. .Whitcomb Brougher. Port
land's spectacular preacher, says he
"Intends to advertise his church Just
as any other business is advertised."
Thia bain tha case wa may now ex-
peot to read In tha Portland papers
such sentences as these:
"Get special rates on baptism.
"Salvation marked down!'r
"Ba aura and take advantage of our
great clearance day for sinners!",
west line or .runerai sermons ever
fiopular offerings of on of America's
eading comedians and has consequently
been seen In nearly every city In thia
country. However, It Is said to be th
first time the play has ever been pro
duced by a stock company.
Earl Dwlre, a member of th Ba
ker Company, appears with tha Star
company as leading man and made a
decidedly favorable impression last
night. Mlaa Claudia Colona, tha new
leading woman of the company, has a
part In which she displays ability of a
high order.
The story of "A Bachelor's Honey
moon" tells of the experiences of a
widower, father of two children, who
marries a stage favorite. The fun of
the play Is largely provided by his
efforts to keep the affair a secret from
his children and from his sister. There
Is an abundance of complicated situa
tions. The play will be the bill at the Star
all week with the usual matinees.
quenoe ot inis teaching and this or
ganization, both the producer and th
consumer of that period obtained a
greater measure of their Just dues than
any other people before or since. This
is the testimony of Protestant his
torians. The 'Industrial revolution.'
which occurred a little more than a
century ago, by separating tha laborer
from th employer. Introduced th mod
ern wag question. To meet the new
problems of Justlc. Pop Leo XIII is
sued in 1891. hla encyclical on the "Con
dition of Labor.' In this document h
declared that no matter what may b
the terms of the labor contract, th
laborer Is robbed if he does not get
sufficient to maintain him in reason
able comfort Hence, the general Cath
olic teaching Is that every worker has a
right to a wage that will be at least
adequate to support himself and hla
family In conditions of decency. Pop
Leo also urged working men to organ
ise, and advocated the adjustment o
disputes by conciliation and arbitration.
Aa Impossible Task.
"Neither Pope Leo nor any other Cath
olic authority says that the worker has
no right to anything more than a mini
mum living wage. To determine pre
cisely how much more any laborer or
any class of laborers ought to have ia
order that all should obtain complete
and exact Justice, is an impossible task.
Neither the laborers themselves nor anr
other class are agreed on the principles
of i-omplntoly Just distribution. Shall
It be nuide according to product or ef
forts or needs or sacrifices or skill? Or
shall all of these be taken into account?
If ao. what relative value shall each of
them have? We might commend th
courage, but not the wisdom or discre
tion of the man who should undertake
to give a corroct answer to those ques
tions. The church, therefore, very
properly refrains from attempting any
ready-made solution of them.
"The socialists maintain that all pri
vate ownership of capital, and all rent
taking and interest-taking ought, to be
abolished; but until they can prove that
their scheme would work they cannot
reasonably ask that the church should
declare agalnat tha regime of private,
capital. What the church does teach
Is that, generally speaking, no capital
ist has a right to more than a fair, rata
of interest, which means, tba rate that
prevaila In competitive conditions. If
thia doctrine, the doctrine of a living
wage, the doctrine of labor organisa
tion, and th doctrine of arbitration,
were everrwhere carried into effect, th
laborer would be able to secure substan
tial Justice, the consumer would not be
overcharged, the capitalist would not
accumulate a 'swollen fortuneJV and all
fair-minded persons would cognls
that the attitude of th churrfleproxl
mates social Justice aa cloearfes can
reasonably be expected in sucgia com
plex problem,"
OGLE MOUNTAIN IS
GEEAT IN MINERAL
AT THE VAUDEVILLE
THEATRES
Ibsen in vaudeville Is the latest at
traction in that line and Is being offered
this week at the Qrand. It Is a-sketch
by Ibsen called "Friendship." a satire
on the modern problem Dlav and Is
Interpreted-by David P. Perkins, Henry
A. juappm ana company. rne sKetcn
has been presented in a number of
cities and Is said to have caused some
thing of a sensation.
Undoubtedly many local nersons
were attracted to the Qrand yesterday
by the announcement or tne topune
feature and seemed to be thoroughly
satisfied with the production of
"Friendship.
Th real feature of the Grand's of
fering this week Is Arthur Rlgby, a
black-faced monologulst, who created
something very, much like an ovation
He was repeatedly encored end In re
sponse to eacn provided tne audience
wltn a oit or real run.
Rooinson ana urant aiso provided an
abundance of merriment, while Miss
Sivie Dench gave a very creditable per
formance. There are many other fea
tures on the Orand's bill this week that
deserve the enthusiastic attention that
was given them yesterday.
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AT THE THEATRES
3
"The Undertow" at the Marquam.
Seldom has a first performance
aroused so much enthusiasm in this city
a did the presentation of "The Under
tow" at the Marquam last night. It is
a play dealing with tha experiences of
a newspaper reporter ana wun tne
graft conditions recently exposed in
many cities.
Carmen , to Celebrate Thursday.
There is an almost unlimited number
of features on the program that will be
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must have known many newspaper men dW defy all oompeUtors and beat I olbratlon on that day and are soaking
la order to conceive of the character I h 11" I big preparatlona
Comedy at the Star.
"A Bachelor's Honeymoon," which is
being produced by the stock company
of the Star this week, is direct from
laughland. There is not a quiet nor
tame moment in It. The fun keeps pop-
filng every second and the situations are
mmense. Matinees Thursday, Satur
day and Sunday.
Ibsen In Vaudeville.
It is a surprise to most people to
know that Ibsen, the famous dramatist.
Is author of "Friendship," the playlet
which is the feature of tha current
vaudeville out at the Qrand this week.
The theme deals with the problem play,
but U filled with comedy.
That Ogle mountain will soon be a
familiar word among the mining men
of tha Pacific coast. Is the opinion of
James V. Say re. who has Just returned
from a week's trip to the Ogle moun
tain district.
"A great deal of work ia being dona
all over the Ogle mountain district."
says Mr. Sayre. "There haa been so
little talk about this region that it la
scarcely known outside of Clackamas
county In which It lies. The Ogle Moun
tain Mining company has done mora
development work than any other com
pany, and has completed over 1,200 feet
of tunnel. A 10-atamp mill has been
Installed. This can handle 20 tons of
the free-milling gold or of the dis
trict every day. When I was ther last
week the mill was shut down for a few
days, as the men who had been steadily
at work for several months had asked
permission to go outside.
men are employed at this mlr
the whole year.
"The company has decided
third tunnel, which will tap tne ledge
at 600 reet. This is the most import
ant work decided upon since the mill
was installed. This nroperty Is on Ogle
creek, a tributary of the Molalla river.
"On the Santlam river side of th
divide work Is going on at the Black
Eagle property and electric drills ar
at work In the Lewis and Clark mine.
New prospects are being found every
day.
'We went in from Oregon City,
though the property Is almost east or
Salem, In Clackamas county by & nar
row murgln, and a shorter route Is by
way of Mount Angel. It Is expected
that a wagon road will be made this
season across the divide to Gates on
the Corvallls & Eastern railway, which
Is only 14 miles distant from Ogle
mountain."
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