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. - r- ; -i r- : ; : . . ' 1 1 THE JOURNAL 'a - tK&BPSNDCNT KEWSPAPKB. 0. S. ' !.. .Pobllabar HMhhea w twilnf ; toadirV rar Sor Bnniliis, St Tb Mml BulW fag, rift aad Tamblll ttr ta, Porluad. Or. a - m. . . lmiMim mt Portland. Of- trtMabsloa umik the saU aaeoa4Uaa attar. i'l TELEPBOKS MAIN T1TJ. amber. Xll the aixrUr tbt 4prtmDt ros waat rOBWOH .APTISIlSINa EKPEESENTATIT1 ynm.w)rk Hulldln. 825 Fifth nD. New . Tork; TrtbQM Building. Chlcato. ' Eahwrlptloti Tkbi br mail ? eddrais Is tk L'tUtad Stitaa. Cn(U or Itaxteo. DAILY. - . Qm ffr,'...... W.oo JL " "0' M SUITDAT. - Oot vmi II SO I On month. I -IB ' DAILY AN'D 8DNDAT. On ye........T.aO Om month To educate the heart, one ' must be willing to go out of ' himself and to come Into lov " lng - contact with others. James Freeman Clarke. TIT w 'misses the main point. JTH DUB defetence to 8tate Senator Hedges' legal learn ing, It seems to us that In his argument In faTor of the legality of the Mtlwaukie dub and : of the power of the Mllwaukle coun cil to license gambling, he has over looked or argued clear around the main, vital proposition, namely: that no special law can authorise the com mission of a crime per se, a thing that on general principles the courts have held to be against public policy Senator Hedges argues that he legis lature, by a special law enacted In 1905, granted the Mllwaukle council power to "license, .tax, regulate and restrain all offensive trades and oc cupations, and to license the differ en t branches of business or profes slons which In their Judgment should be licensed.". But this cannot be construed as a leglslatire permit to ! the council to license robbery, or arson. 'or' adultery, or any other crime; only "'offensive trades' and occupations," which we suppose will - be construed to mean liquor selling, ' , slaughtering of animals for meat, etc. Gambling is not a trade or occupation recognised by the law, . It Is an outlawed business, the same as! burglary," according fo a recent decision of the supreme court. Besides.' the Mllwaukle council .- never ' licensed the Mllwaukle club. The council itself recognised the fact f that It had no power to license this , outlawed occupation, The council simply permitted it to do Its unlaw ful business, and took a certain amount as a penalty for the club's violation of the law. No legislative act can be construed to give author ity to. license a clearly unlawful thing; and if 'it attempted to do so the htw would be held to be in viola tion of the constitution. This subject has been pretty well threshed out in the courts, and the recent decisions, as we understand - them, are against Attorney Hedges' posiiton. Some years ago his argu ment might have had some weight, 'but we think it has little now. o, as far as a possible exhaustion And this W not be the only (lis- T 'A.. "P-iij he coal supply of , the world is covery of great importance rendered l-clr rom xnc -CCOpie i So of the concerned, every Doay snouia join the I possible or hastened because of tnlsi jiovr 0 pjght Forest Fires uon t w orry ciuo. wnat people I gift of Mr. Rockefeller's, which gave Waldport, Or, Aug. i. To. the Editor have to worry about is not ihe sup-1 Investigators and experlmentors the of Th Journal I am now 71 years olv of coal in existence, hti hnw tnlmo'an. with whit. t pir tn the, hnut 1L Not being able to do manual labor and carried to', consumers', when I benefaction as this, we feel tempted, led to set down from mr experience, a Deeded and at a reasonable price. ' I when anyone asks us where and how few directions, which I believe. If closely A BRIEF STATEMENT. 1 R. PITTOCK'S and Mr. Lead- better's morning paper refers to The Journal as "Mr. Ladd's paper." The Journal is not Rockefeller got the money, to look the other way. The old man has some real good streaks in him. followed, would do much toward pre venting foreet fires. I .have. lived all my life On the frontier and have aided In extinguishing- a great many fires. The old adaga a stitch in time eaves nine is not more applicable to anything than to ' foreet Area There are two things that are necessary, knowledge and energy. As soon as a firs' is die- Ex-Mayor Schmltx is the case of a man who could not stand prefer ment and nrosoerltv. and who was ashamed of Mr. Ladd'i relationship not Btr0ng enough for the large place covered no time should be lost. ' It is to or connection with this news- i ,, t, m aa tw Impossible to do anything in the heat V VV VVV1 r ua aw fc - . ... . . . I oi oajr ana especially lr tna wjna is was not a Denericiary or tne wnoie- b,owln but pr,paration. can be made. The best time to fight fire Is aa coon paper, but as Mr. pittocK's and his son-in-law's newspaper sees fit to reiterate In print a false statement It Is probably meet and proper for the public to know the truth. Mr. In all there is $120,000 of stock took a trl to Euroe on B cale of in The Journal company, I7Z.50Q or expenge whlch a rlcn man could which Is owned and held by Mr. C. bear, and he has consistently re- 1 PLENTY OF COAL. SEVERAL PREDICTIONS have been made during recent years that the world's supply of coal would not last long, and only ' a year ago that great pessimistic developer, Mr. J. J. Hill, asserted positively that the coal supply of this nation and of the world had become an appreciable, measurable quantity that could not long endure. Now , ' comes the United States government, "through its geological surveying bu reau. that has made extended inves- ' ' ligations, and announces that there - Is enough coal "in sight" to keep -the world warm and Industrial " ' wheels, revolving for 200 years to come. This is not a very long period, ' ' in the life of a planet, or even of a nation, but this assurance is suffi cient to relieve the world, or that ' ; part of it that can procure the coal known to be in existence, from the ' shivers for several generations to come. ' New methods of mining have made it possible to mine more coal, even if no new supplies had been dlscov ' red, and besides that, new and large . discoveries are frequently being 1 made. There Is officially said to be - - 2,200,000,000,000 tons scientifically . in Sight, and long before that gives out the probability Is that as great ; an amount will have been discov ered. . Besides, other materials will corns Into use for fuel. There may be "still.greater discoveries of petro- leum, so that this substance will be used much more than It is; and as Secretary , Wilson has . suggested, al cohol,'" manufactured from potatoes, . niay bo much, used for' fnel in the future;X.PW"'.:'.fH'l dl8i trlcui. Then we ire only, beginning to undprstand' and ; use! the "subtle, . mll-porvading force ofvelectricity, that may in the near future largely take the place cf fuel for hratlng as well pa tor power purposes. , 4 aIa rraftlnr rnlnir nn in most m- , ;t t, . after daylight at possible. For a UttJe pnaiicauy disputed oy uim personal nr of a few acree three or four men are expenditures. His salary a. mayor KWwitSaV ft Uy'o'f was t&OO a month, but according to I the land and who has good iudarment. Ladd has held from the starting of tne San chronicle he lived MU ine journal jiu.uuu m us sioca, on at tne apparent rate of f 1,000 a Wve?ytnr "to(S ' tfau CHe shoullbe which he draws an annual dividend, month, .he built a fine house and followed by a aecond man who should the same as other stockholders. frnih it in . rn.Hr fMnn h. U'S ,rA'Jr i.r " "2i " - , Binau tuna. i. Iiv UBIIL IUI uv minuvvm rrora large logs and the sap will pre vent them from catching Are. He should be followed by a third man with a good iron-toothed rake who snouia rake oat all the leaves and sticks from two to three feet wide, remembering to always rake toward the fire. - A fourth man should follow these Ith a llahted torch and should fire the leaves and trash that has been. raked up, making a fire about every 20 feet along the trail and as this will not take all his time he can patrol the trail al ready ngnted ana see mat no nre crosses to the opposite side. This firs will soon meet the first fire and burn Itself out. It Is best to have a few buckets of water scattered along the trail to put out any fires that might leap across. All dead trees should be left outside of the fire line If possible. But if they are inside tney should be quite a dis tance inside aa the fire is likely to run up on tnem end ourn for several days. Greater difficulty arises from nying pieces 01 rotton wood or Dara that the wind carries into the green timber from tall trees burning, than from any other cause. If a little fir ilN JULES VERNE'S DAY A Dream Today Common Sense and Almost Reality seuer 8. Jackson, publisher of The Journal, fuged whe ,n offke to furnlsh any and the balance. 147,500. is neia oy statement to the assessor, as required i& prominent Dusiness men in ron- law Under sucn circumstances land, including Mr. Ladd. Pittock's and bis son-in-law's paper knows this, and yet it prefers to misrepre sent and create a contrary impression in hopes of arousing prejudice for a selfish and dishonest purpose. But in spite of all Mr. Pittock's and his son-in-law's newspapers have been capable of doing to injure and keep down The Journal, It has risen to be a success, both as a newspaper and a paying enterprise, supported by the people of the Oregon country, because they believe In its good in tent and purpose. And It shall con tinue to serve them. Schmlts cannot reasonably expect people tt believe him innocent. ' By Arthur Brisbane. 7 ( The young German emperor" rets peevish sometimes. It is said, and wants a real war. Jle feels that a man with the blood of Frederick the Great in his veins ought to be thrashing some body, and colored rentlemen in Africa or occasional SoclaL pemocrats nearer home are not enough. The news from Berlin tells us that the kaiser Is deeply Interested in air ships fighting airships of course. He Is also interested in the suggestions that these airships could be used to conquer or devastate Oreat Britain. The emperor's mother was the sister of the English king, hut somehow that doesn't seem to make any difference. The em peror apparently thinks that to thrash hie old uncle and keep the fight in the family would be rather desirable ana patriotic. What interests us Is the suggestion that war balloons might enable the em peror to conquer the Bngllsh and make that protecting channel that the Eng lish have talked ao much about a fool ish story of long ago. If we had heard this talk about, con quering England in a balloon a few years ago we should have thought about Jules Verne and paid as further attention. But the fiction of Jules Verne's day la today's reality. The airship with Its load of dynamite or some higher explosive would very soon make that narrow English chan nel as ridiculous as the famous little moat around Croker's house at Wantage. For a Ions time the man who had a moat or an open ditch around his house zeit rre from attack. Today such a ditch only' brings mosquitoes .and ma laria; it does no good. V The English still Imagine that the alien Between them and tne conunepi is very Imcortant. But Its importance boominr also. is diminishing, and soon that aitcn win be nothing more than any other little moat, Just a humorous reminder of the Past,. , " A . . ,r ' Napoleon stood on the edge of . the English ditch for a very long time, try ing pome scheme to get his sailing ves sels across the water. If he could have 4 Small Change . Well. Madame AuauatL thtm i - . : m . a ; VardamaS can stay undm- -.-J and bars.'V ,. , , . v. ' -r v.- r e .1 ,."', -., Oortelyon a good, oanabla cUrV-Ll. - a . -4- business The suicide seems - ", -;,V'; got a few tens of thousands of men across that ditch, only a few miles wide, he could have closed up - the Eketbook that was hiring men to fight 1 on the continent, and perhaps made 1 self the worla's real ruler. . But ha couldn't get his aallma- vessels across. and. Instead of his conquering England, mngiaaa locxea mm up .on a luue is land, and that waa the end of It. ' Even the great Napoleon, always look ins; into the future, could little imaalne that the day would come when . the Prussian king whose ancestors he de snlsed so thoroushly would be talking of sending to England a flock of bal loons. His mind couldn't grasp that when he wanted to cross the English long editorial In an exchange. Yes, 11 channel that Napoleon refused to give """ " sooui rignu Fulton a chance to explain thoroughly I his steamship idea. - 1 1 Dr. Hlndhede of Denmark avKrs oinuv uwio via mil nw nsunimp I I rial jv cenia will Duy luxurious una rmuMu iiuuii, mnu my soon u. in 1 jpui moii people are not hindheaded. Wanted, by hop growers, a few lu. guaranteed hop bulls. , ' lOvarvbculv lias his -trtAla"-K v people have so many as Caleb Powers, t " - ' f. e : e 1-." :, .., Perhaps the farmers might set a. more men by. offering champagne to harvest hnnAm " wa nnna pain win lira turn Hnii.M un arminil tha nnrfh nnla wall annnwk stay a gooa wnue. , . a Marion councy prune grower com mitted suicide the other day. Too full of, prunes perhaps. , , . 1 e-" ', ,.. :. The Swiss have had their independ-. ence for SIS years. That's the advan tage of being small. '. e .. e . '-. n'acatton top Short" is the title of a fighting, a thing of the past. re, , tne balloon The aub- marine makes it unsa also. The world moves. And the only fool ish man Is he who says that anything is impossible. What a man can Imagine, he can do. Therefore, let your Imagina tion work; don't be afraid to dream; ou may be at leaat a prophet, one of hose advanced thinkers whose dreams of today are the facts and the prosperity or a taier aay. Any one of a hundred other Re publicans might have beaten Gov ernor Chamberlain either time he was elected, declares the Oregonlau. Well, that Is rather a hard slam on Mr. Furnish and ProfeBaor Withy- combe. In the latter case at least It Is not true, because it was prin cipally Chamberlain's record that re-1 is discovered across the fire line and no. waier convenient, 11 can De exiin- IRRIGATION IN THE WILLAM ETTE VALLEY. elected him. But the Oregonlan evi dently wants to upset the primary law as to state officers also, as well as with regard to United States sena tors. The party that does It will i upset Itself. "A LREADY," says the Corval- lls Republican, there Is a I Portland cannot afford to be slow any more. It is important to be great difference observable sure, but one need not always be in the two fields of corn snail-slow in order to be sure and alfalfa undergoing the expert- enough. If we are going to have ment of irrigation out at the O. A. C. those Improvements, to pay for, which the bonds were voted, it Is time to get a move on. There seems no need of waiting month after month . io ascertain whether the bonds will be valid or not. Find farm. The fields are divided in halves, one half being irrigated regu larly and the other half receiving no water other than natural showers. The irrigated side of the field is growing rapidly and has a fresh, out, and in either event, go ahead healthy appearance, while the other section is making very little prog-l Ex-Senator "Billy" Mason's can ress. The experiment demonstrates I dldacy for the senate is beginning that large dividends are sure for the I to be taken, seriously by some people farmer who will go to the slight ex-1 besides himself. He has challenged pense of preparing his ground for I Senator Hopkins to' submit thel Irrigation." I claims to a popular primary election What the professors of agriculture which Hopkins is too dignified to are doing on the college farm, a do. "Billy" has his faults, but he large proportion of farmers in the might be an improvement on either Willamette valley can do to some of Illinois' present senators, extent that Is, greatly Increase pro duction by irrigation. Water Is plentiful In this part of Oregon. It A 15-year-old Malheur county boy with a gun that of course he flows down from the mountains on I thought unloaded shot his 3-year either side of the valley in a mult!-1 old sister, but by a narrow margin tude of streams, and bubbles up in failed to kill her. But there will innumerable springs. There are com-1 be plenty of children who won't es- paratlvely few farms that cannot be cape bo luckily, as long aa boys are irrigated more or less through the allowed to monkey with guns. dry summer weeks with immense aggregate benefit to the growing Soon the gamblers will have to get 1 crops. out of Astoria also. Only the ocean It Is but recently that irrigation over three marine leagues from In the Willamette valley has been shore, is left them. They are an tried or even thought of. To most incubus on the body politic, that has people 11 seemea naicuious 10 irri- been tolerated long enougn. gate land In a region where so much rain fell. But there is usually quite if any European country is to a long dry spell in the summer, gobble up Morocco, as Japan is tab when, however much rain fell dur- jng Korea, France is best entitled lng the preceding months, irrigation t0 it Most of the development of would be beneficial. The soil Is not northern Africa has been accom- so well adapted to irrigation as the I pushed by the French calcareous surface of eastern Ore gon, yet moderate and timely irrl- Congratulations to Senator Bever gation would be productive of very i(lge and his bride, and hoping he profitable results. wm be too happy to load the maga- The Oregon Agricultural college Is zlnes wltn misinformation for some doing good work In making this months to come. along with other tests. It suggests what to do to Willamette valley There Is only a short time in which farmers so situated as to prom by to write those letters or Bend that the experiment, and shows them how Oregon literature to eastern friends, to do It. Thousands of them will caning their attention to the colonist do well to take the hint and profit rate8 during September and October. by the example. Railroad wrecks In Europe are rare as compared with those In this coun try, but that one yesterday In, Ger many was nearly down to the worst A BLESSED BENEFACTION. I F A little portion of Mr. Rocke feller's wealth which he gave to Amerlcan 8tBndard financethei investigation of cer tain hitherto incurable or usually deadly diseases has resulted, as is reported, in the discovery of a serum that Is a specific for cerebro-spinal meningitis, then there is a big item to pe piacea on tne creati siae 01 It would b,e only fair for some of air. Kockereiiers ledger, m tne. sum-1 tne fashionable and expensive gown There are said to be those who are willing to bet that Senator ' FuTton will not monopolize Secretary Taft on his visit here. gufshed with earth or sand. ane nre line should De selected wltn great care. Roads and creek beds can be used to advantage. Down grade li preferable to an up grade aa fire travels very slowly down hill and very fast up hill. I have known sparks to set a fire but have seen them blown by a light wind across tne line into ary leaves without doing any harm but look out If there Is a dead stump or snag near the nre line. If the fire is extensive It would he better to have four parties operating on the plan given above Just as did th four men. I have known fires to start the second time from pieces of bark that bad blown across the line from tall trees, therefore, it is a good plan to pass over the trail two or three times a day for a few days, especially if it is known there are trees ana logs in tne ourn still afire. work should begin from 100 to 300 feet in advance of the fire and when the first man has completed the circuit he can aasist where- he is most needed. If there are not too many obstacles In the way the rour men snouia proceea wltn the nre line at least one iourtn mile per Hour. per hour. DAVID RUBLE. " May lhange Their Minds. Portland, Or., Aug. 6. To the Editor or The Journal To settle an argument will you please Inrorm me whetner a marriage license can be bought, and published, the parties thereto not being obliged to use it 7 The argument arose over the published statement that a couple in Aberdeen got a license with no Intention of using it. If It is true, to fool a community, and wanting to intrude In a decent locality, all you need to do Is to buy a license and get it published and you may, perhaps, pun tne wool over people s eyes. INQUIRER. City. TA man and a woman cannot be com pelled to marry merely because they nave tan en out a license, j Political Demagogues at Work. From the Prairie City Mirror. The political bosses, and demagogues are all at work attempting to aeieat Statement No. 1 of the Direct Primary law, which means defeat or the election of United States Senator by popular vote, or to the same effect as far as the State of Oregon is concerned. Will the voters do the bosses bidding? Or will they come out In their Just right at the next direct primary, by voting against every candidate for the legislature who has not signed Statement No. 1? If every state In the union will adoDt a: system or primary election laws as we have here in Oregon, including Btate- ment No. 1. and enforcing It to the let ter, voting for no candidate who has not signed Statement No. 1, then we have practically the election of United States senators by popular vote. Therefore, the voter will use his prlvlllge. his fran chise, his rlKht of free and untram melled suffrnire. and vote at the direct primary election for such candidates only as have subscribed to Statement No. 1. Unless candidates have sub scribed to Statement No. 1. they need not ask the voter for his support, for it ill be In vain they will not get it The voters are wide awake, and all the talk ana writing aralnst statement no. 1 will fall on barren ground. The polit ical bosses and demagogues are shorn of their, power forever. Lake County Lands. From the Lakevlew Herald. Evidences of the great fertility of the soil in the Goose Lake valley are upon, exhibit in Lakevlew. Samples of bromus grass, white rye. black rye. alfalfa, macaroni wheat, white winter wheal and native rye grass: all of which e-row most luxuriantly and to a great height were bronght in from his ranch hv Robert Nelson, this week. Nature has been very generous to Lake county, and has given it a great depth of the moat marvelously rich soil on earth. In any of the valleys, vegetables, rruit, grain and grasses of all kinds wrow .with little cultivation -and. produce their kind most prollfically. The fruits raised here, cherries,; strawberries, loganber ries, raspberries, plums, peaches, pears and apples, San 'be surpassed no Where nn earth. The grain Is extremely rich in constituents that make fine flour,' feed and malt. The barley raised fn the Goose Lake valley makes malt that is sure us that no finer could possibly be Pv lighted window one night, and landed marie. Alfalfa will grow luxuriantly it a How ta Keen Cool VLcn It a Hot By Charles R. Page. "It Is better to look at common cus toms and vices calmly without either laughing or weeping; since the former Is a cruel pleasure, and the latter Is an endless gtlefi" Reign of Stolos. No use to cry over the fate Of the unfortunates who die dally these hot spells from heat and the heat strokes, They are beyond help and beyond need of sympathy: but we owa something to the living. While the writer In his single thickness of light drapery, and nourished during the heat of the day Dy blackberries and cantaloupe, ana something more substantial before bed time waa reeling at the age of 67 like running a footrace on the sunny aide of tne street, and clipping upstairs two steps at a time, we learn from the papers every day that numerous persons were dying of the heat and innumerable persons were suffering the tortures of the damned, and all this practically from want of a little knowledge and ?ood sense In a matter of drapery and eedlng during a torrid wave. The . law would not permit us to parade the atreets . with an exclusive dress of an umbrella and a pair of san dals, but the merest horse sense ought to indicate the thinnest suit obtainable and the lightest kind of diet for both old and young. In the seclusion of the home one may strip to the buff and have Instant safety and comfort. For the Infant and young child this would always be good prac tice, and in many instances It would mean immunity from harm from other wise fatal heat And, ohl how the baby will laugh and kick out free from its wretched wraps. The average mother. so comfortable In peek-a-boo waist will smother her little babe with many folds or flannel, feed it early and often, and wonder why It cries and dies! Every summer, year In and year out the death rate of Infants and young cnuaren in hot weatner is a veritable "slaughter of the Innocents." We note that from one third to one half of the deaths, week by week, are of children under five. In-an entire torrid" week It will reach nearly the latter figure nn der one year. And all for want of knowledge on the part of parents and attendants or tne essential importance of keeping cool by the only possible means, namely, dressing or undressing and feeding according to the weather. If this advice were universally ap led deaths or even discomfort from leat would be very rare Indeed, and the death rate among infants and young cnuaren wouia not rise witn tne mercury. A Cry of the Times. From the New York Times. It Isn't the war talk that frets me. The times 1 am reading the news: It lent' the weather that gets ma Into such a state of the blues: It isn't the trusts they're a bubble And not worth a tear of my grief; ' I'll tell you the cause of my trouble: xney ve noostea toe price or my Deer. It Isn't the tariff that worries. It len t the state of the crops: It isn't the stock market flurries What odds if price rises or drops" The S ummcr Girl It Isn't the peach crop that galls me, It len t just piam discontent I'll tell you the woe that befalls me: The landlord is raising my rent It Isn't that I am a kicker. 11 isn 1 1 in out or a ;or, It isn't a craving for liquor. It isn't for praise of tne m It isn't I'm given to yearning my For clothes of fine linen and silk. The secret of all my heart-burning: They've increased the price of milk. It Isn't because I'm not wealthy, It isn't because of my work; It isn't because I'm not healthy. It isn't because I would shirk; It isn't because I'm not getting ui meae woriaiy gooas a Dig slice; The reason of all of this fretting: Tney ve doubled tne price of my ice. It isn't 9. panic Impending, ' 11 isn't some grief tnat is past; It Isn't a fear of the ending 1 or gooa times so good tney won't last: It isn't the break of some bubble, aiy worrv s or sometning rar worse I'll tell vou the source of mv trouble: rne times are too good for my purse: Got Bumped. From Young's Magazine. "Even self confidence will ret bumped," reflected Adele Ritchie, the bright particular star in "Fascinating uiora." ''Whereby hangs a story. "A man came shooting from a bright By Beatrice Fairfax. The summer Is in its glory, and so Is the summer girl. You see her everywhere, dainty and sweet as a tone. On the boats. In the parks, on the beach; the whola country is abloom with Its loveliest flower, the summer girl. And, girls, just because this la the season when you are atyour sweetest and prettiest, I want you to realise the fact that all your pretttness and sweet ness will be lost unless you remem ber to be good aad modest as well as pretty and sweet. Be out of doors as much as you can; have a good time and frolic to your hearts' content but don't let the good time degenerate into rowdyism. In having a good time it is not nec essary to laugh and talk at the top of your lungs. Nor Is it necessary to stare boldly at every stranger whose eye you happen to catch. If girls only knew how plain and or dinary and unattractive they look when they get that bold look upon their faces they would avoid it very carefully Do not be tempted under any cir cumstances to drink an intoxicant when you are enjoying an outing at any of th resorts. Even a glass of beer affects a yeung girl's manner and makes her reckless. There are many delicious non-intoxicants, and that is all you need, no matter how tired or thirsty you may be. Above all, don't indulge in love-making for the benefit of the public The Seople will either laugh at it or look isgusted, and surely you do not care to have either indulged in at your ex pense. if you go to Coney Island with a man friend be content to enlov the sights, uon t sit about with your head on nis snouiaer ana his arms about you. That is vulgar, and no modest, well behaved girl would think of permitting Going to Coney on the boat it is al most impossible to avoid the spoon ing young people who take up most of the room. You may think some of these Ideas prudish, girls, but I know that in your heart of hearts every girl of you wants to be a lady. To be a lady you must behave as one, and- ladles do not make themselves conspicuous by undignified behavior. Many of you ,are obliged to work; aon t spoil your outing by-staying out so late- that you will be good for noth ing tne next day. it is better to go often and get home in decent time. And in any case it looks bad to see a young girl out late unless her mother ur junior is witn ner. that he has never been nominated tar- any office by Democrats. Aad the 1 Democrats are thankful that with all their mistakes they cannot be charged witn tne extreme louy 01 ever nominat ing a man lllra Vtlrm The Klamath Falls Morning Express prints at the bead of its editorial col umns: "Our Ticket for 10I: For pres ident. W. J. Bryan; for senator, George EL Chamberlain; for governor, Harry Lane." It is suspected that the Express Is a Democrat e e "I would throw away a biscuit any time for a kiss," says a Chicago preach er. Hut we should think It would de pend a little on the quality of each article and the condition of a man's stomach. There are times and clrcum stanoes when a man might be deemed wise to throw away even pie for a kiss. A Chicago scientist declares that he has developed a lot of bugs that are "wonderfully fond of music." If thee bugs could be properly distributed la bouses where noises cauea music are made for hours at a time, he will be hailed aa a public benefactor that Is, if the bugs are duly disagreeable, Oregon SiddigKta Considerable building is going on la Lakevlew. a Haines people will rebuild the Radium Springs sanitarium. A "hermit kingdom" Is aa Impossi bility these times. e Foraker stands pat, but the country, nor even Ohio, won't stand Foraker. A half section Of land near Milton yielded 85 bushels of wheat an acre, e 1 HO irUUUlQ IB 11111 111"". ifw)..v " get Important offices have been railroad attorneys, , . A Douglas county hog was "handed" a large number of quills by a porcupine, an uncommon animal there. Thomas Gerber, only 14 years old, Is th Western Union telegraph operator at Albany, having worked at other points for two years. A JlOOu JvlVPr man liaa inrwnvwi nu apple-picking car. or wheelbarrow, to take the place of atepladdera, and it la said to be a great improvement. The vicinity of Union, saya the Re publican, appear to be the home of a gang of organised horsethleves. The work of stealing horses has been going on for many months. Out on the "desert" flat east of Haines, where only two yeara ago the sole vegetation consisted Of sagebrush, now may be found a farm of 1.400 acres, 900 of which will produce 16,000 bushels of grain. , There is a buggy erase In northern I know you are thinklna- to vnur- Grant county, over a scare haying been selves, "Oh, dear. Miss Fairfax is fuss mg a lot over a few trifles." But, dear little girls, it Is only because I want to save you from regret that I urge ypu to remember all these things. The very best thing about you is your purity and sweetness. Try to be have in such a way -that no blot may fall on either. lah- The Meaning of Music. Music Is called the universal ,, . wens a. 1 oaiiu xivuvw fw v" f ,fJ.tJhi6nr tru.lln trading considerable attention, says the in ft J 2?J?- a C0IPr l8try- Vale Orlano. Two townships of land have been located by different parties sold by outside parties, and IS passing through Monument In a string, says the Enterprise, which criticises .buyers for not patronising local aeaiers. a Condon Times: Cow items are get ting old, but what was our astonish- ment when the news came to the office on Saturday that the editor's own cow was caught in the act of eating up a garden and collared by the marshal, The oil wells at Sand Hollow are at- lng to say. always remember that h speaking a primitive s language that frames vaguely a sentiment, or a mood. or a tangled fabric of sentiments and moods. The best definition I ever huM n music." says Rupert Huehea in th August Delineator, "Is that of Talne. Music Is a cry,' and to mv thinklna-. at least the best music is that in Which, to the last degree, each note represents an outcry. But then a cry uwj uicau bu uiuvu ur so utile: In the vicinity of the wells to be bored Kv th. nnrnnrnMrtn Dna hnnrirnrt tnnav rt rna a 4skrrAA nf riulnr Ann Athaf. materials have arrived. The boy with a gun has bem heard from again, this time In Malheur county, where a 3-year-old girl was shot by her brother. - She was playing In. bed when her ls-year-oia Drotner picaea up a rule and In fun snapped it at her. not think "Th anirit nf hrnrvUn. ,,,.1- . v. lng It was loaded. The bullet struck found in the story of RSbeM&h n the child in the thigh, but fortunately and his cherished friend, Frau Voigt. tile woun(1 wa not fatal- V mary of his accounts with the world The report is that in consequence of this benefaction Dr. Flexner, ; who has been conducting investigations along this line for a long time, has found an absolute cure fof this hith erto almost invariably -deadly dis ease. The recent epidemic in Port land, though of comparatively small proportions, is sufficiently (in mind here yet to suggest an approximate appreciation at the great value to the human race of this dlscoyery. builders Smearer. to go bail for "Jack the How's your Standard Oil stock? Don't get panicky; Uncle John can raise the price. ..," . 1'. V'-ifc. l But Foraker dan point to the pres ident himself as an Illustrious standpatter- so far. Governor Hughes says he does not want to be president, . Is this man tro tng to Jura out ou: greatest fioUUilaaX rivn hut half a chance., an very fine erops of it are grown. in . Warner, Goose Lake, ana jnewsucn. vaueys,J , ; - ' This Date In History. - 1007 First settlers from England landed in Maine. -.- - j47 -Irish defeated at Dungan hill. 1690 Limerick besieged by William 1827 George Canning, famous Brit ish statesman and orator, died. Born 1770. ' .- , 1881- Louis McLane of Delaware be came secretary of the United States JS43 Natal annexed to the British possessions.,- 1867 Napoleon III. and Empress Eu aenle arrived In England 4o visit Queen Victoria. ?" 1868 Sir Allan Napier MeNabb, Can adian premier, died, Born February 19, , 1 94 The president rormauy recog- th republic or nswan. .1895 Justice Howell" E. Jackson, of nlsd the republic of Hswa the TTnited States supreme court died 1H97 fienor Canovas. prime minister 01 fipaia. Mfiassuuuea fix &a BinarchiBt. crash on the sidewalk. 'It's all rlaht." he said to the crowd tnat had aatherea. as he stiffly rose. That's mv club, the Eieht Precinct. I'm a Smith man, and there's ten Jones men In there. I m going back to them. You stay here and count them as they come out of that window. "He limped back into the club. There waa a great uproar. Then a figure- crasnea through tne winaow, ana struck tne siaewaix .witn a grunt, "'That's one!' said the crowd. " "No." said the figure, rising, TJon't start counting yet It's me again.'" Expediency; - From the Baltimore News "- Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, after a visit to the president at Oyster Bay, an nounces thai there will be no tariff re vision until after the next presidential election. .Then If the Republican party is successful it will be claimed as evi dence that the people do not deslra tar iff revision, but have voted In favor of letting well enough alone. The Repub lican party is In favor of tariff revision when 1 the time for It has arrivM. hut I that time will never come so long as 411 i fan bold on to power. One evening he took her out In a row boat, shipped the oars and sat for. an hour in complete silence. When they landed attain Schumann nraa4 h harfd In farewell and said: " 'We have understood perfectly.' "Ihero is the message of contempla tive music in a nutshell; we have under Stood without words; and with words we could not explain. "Music cannot even hint at a glorious contour or a ripple of music which sculpture can make Immortal; nor sug gest the .color .of a landscape or a worn art's eyes, which painting oan give to posterity; nor spin' out skeins of thoughts well chosen and deftly ar ranged as poetry and prose are wont to do. It cannot with a gesture, grip your heart, or, with a grimace, make you laugh aa drama can. It cannot nar- lndulge in the 1 Dry lumber is worth its weight Mn gold in Joseph: in fact it is i m possible . to purchase any, says the Herald. One of our prominent contractors recently purchased 28,000 feet at the Chesnlmnus about 40 miles away for use In Joseph, We know of seven hew buildings tnat' would be under course of erection today If building material could be secured. "An East Side Bank Side People." for East rate a romance, nor ' whimsies of an essay, the parlotic fire 01 an oration, tne ract-mosaics of a his tory, the massive flights of architect ure. "Music is eternally debarred - from even attempting any of these fields. And yet it finds compensation in being allowed to nestle a little eloser to the heart of things in themselves and emo tions as emotions than any other of the muses that make the world worth Whilo." --. ; . " "" 11 -' 1 ism v Stronger Than Any Party. An examination of press clippings will oonvlnce even the most skeptical that Governor Hughes is a rlan of national importance more important at the pres ent time, niwovor, n tencner or new Dolitical -methods than as a possible presidential candidate. The local press, regardless of party affiliations, is prac tically unanimous that Hughes- is stronger than either party and worthy of the support of the better element in each,.. The outside press seems to think that what ean be done in the empire state oan be done in any state, and Is recommending that ' other . governors adopt the mathods of this new teacher, who has, demonstrated his 'ability to govern py appeal to the people and who s tne eniouniineni 01 inn nest aspira tions Of both parties. James Melvih Lea, In the August Circle, , - The man whose life has been a FAILURE,; Usually attributes: his 'iack of SUCCESS v - BAD LUCK Or else .claims that he never HAD A CHANCE Few lay .the blame whee it really , belongs, upon lack of self-discipline in money matters. A BANK ACCOUNT .Acts as a check on needless ex . pendltures. The desire to stand . well with, the bank keeps you ..'from overdrawing your account. ' The returned checks keep you In ; formed as to where your money has gone. , Your, v "!y - Savings Bank Account . Incites you to greater economy, Commercial itfvinss Ban , XSOTT AJTO . WZUXAJKB ATI. Pays 4 per -cent interest on 8av-", lngs Accounts, compounded semi- ' annually. 1 y . leo. Vf. Bates, president J' Pi Blrrel. ..,.,.,,.,.Ca8h.ler-, mmmm.mmm m.m.m a J : 1. I I K