llWlffl OP THE JOUENAIj
' jar-,
fT-TT? TOTT'D AT AT ou hlr onth'nr. "d a Demo-1 so. The rules ought tx g!v due taw direction, tout our hotels room-
j, iiu y v wANi i-i juw erit, yet seear practical results recognition to.the Interests or tne in nouses ana restaurants could do.
mDKPKNDENT . HswtFAPKB. rather than to be spectacular and I many who pass over the bridges, as I even more, by advertising Bull Bun
...pobu.h U,n notoriety. " . . . I well as to those of people who pass water in every possible way. 4V A
Vardaman either Is or poses as under or through them. I quaint character, now deceased, who
His
AS
a a. j .
. Fibllibtd trwr awning (tptliiiJiM ao4
CTVfd iKSirK " unreconstructed fire-eater.
. - ,.,.., " campaign wag baaed, principally on
miNi m u mUi wod-cUM I his demand for the repeal of the
' ' -1 fifteenth amendment to the const!-
, k ' "ITJ; Mmb tutlon--the color amendment. Either
Tu o opmtor tin aprtmnt joe wt he knows that this crusade Is utterly
roaaioi AOTsaxisiNO bepbiskntatiyi useless, or he doesn't, and In lther
Yrwbna -B.nJ.mlr iT"tt$Zi Case ' engaging 1ft It ahOWi his
Bniuwlrk Bulldlnc. S2S Firth run. w i , , .
; lorki mboM Buikiuf. chi to. unfitness for the senate: he la dema
. SvtMfrfptktt Tmtm bf mll to
la lb United State, Cnd or Mule
DAILY.
I Un. month
P'
ddff gogue or Ignoramus, on this ques-
l Oof T
", Ons rtar .
' Om jr. .
lf 1 Om moots..
DAILY AND 8DNDAT.
fT.BO I On. month..
u , 1
tlon. ..'
.1 jk 1 There are points upon which Var-
f daman seems to be a more
.1 m date and progresslre Democrat,
within reasonable lines, than Wil
LAWS AND RAILROADS.
RESIDENT F1NLEY of the
Southern railway. In his recent
speech, alluded to the provision
of the constitution that no per
son should be deprived of his prop
erty without Just compensation or
due process of law, and assumed that
legislation reducing passenger fares
was in violation of this constitutional
used to run a lodging house and
saloon downtown bad this announce
ment In the window of his saloon:
"Best Drink in the House,; Cold
Water." He was honest In this. And
of all drinking water Bull Run
water Is the best, or equal to the
LET US BE THANKFUL FOR THIS
Small CKaotfe
, TLs Pay Has Gone norance Could Successfully Attack
i , , 1 . . Knowledge '. ,''.', , 1 ; '
Br Arthur . Brisbane.
A clerical landsman la the vtit,
well meaning but out of data, has at-
tacksd .DUhUaJibparlM and those that
alve'Thsm to ths people. This wU-
msanlng gentleman says that libraries
are "sinks of corruption.'' And ha adds
most delloiously, -They (tha libraries)
best, anywhere. This fact should be Ipiacs within reach of tha masses tha
Impressed on every visitor to Port-hn'1(Jl teachings of Voltaire and the
lana. I Thi 1utDonltlon of Voltairs and ths
aims novel as dangerous wisiieatuaj
nartnara la flallahtful. It la almost a
The anti-trust ordinance, that itp"y that voltairs could not have lived
... I to hear it. It woum have alven that
Try to put well In practice
what you already know; In so
doing you will, in good time,
discover the hidden - things
which you, now inquire about.
Rembrandt
GOLD AND PRICES.
I
up"t0 provision Judge Pritchard, ot the Beem" Probb, th council will pass, keen-facsd. quiuioal old gentleman; ml
lt' North Carolina federal court, in his ,B " Wwlment. and It cannot be pleurr.e'w., day when the attack upon
lata famous action, seems to have P"y - Preaiciea in advance ; jnr o. ..ru
iiaiuu, out bib nesTopaoDia una n- ken jjje eame view for he said I w l fc 11 wuiD iwa um roui mcanina, lor the mends or nu
reconstructed, .plrit would render th8 klnd of obstruction, should harm- But ,om Inconvenience and I JJ'V1 'o' attack.
him Incapable of real service to his ,.,, . eltt.ana thua to be Ten a"n can well be endured If the aubiio library, the public school or
.. . 1 prevail ana citizens are mus 10 omi . . . -wy agency for distributing- the knowl-
Btate or the country. . ' il-nled the rlrhts rnaranteed them bv 14 W,U MrTe t0 break UP nd Put ont Jas whlcn Providence means ws all
Inf hnslnasa anrh a rnhhar tnmMna I snail nave maaeee ana classes calls
the constitution of the United States, 01 DU,me8B Bucn "nner comoine fortn ;lmpiy a good-natured smile of
.,aiT,. -m th. nnmt las the plumbers trust And there Pty. 'The masses" hava mads up their
then those provisions Of the constl- . A. . . . Imlnda that they are going to know for
,rtTr,x,.; tutlon fDrovldlng that no Derson m' 09 maTa nMn' Da 109 thsmselves they are going to think for
S THE JOURNAL haa more luuon IProviaing mat no Person A, --i, -i-- J themselves, and the refuse to acoept
shall be deprived or property without I . th4 theory that knowledge waa Intended
Am r,ff,Ao.. ia) wnnM hAnmi ,D( without making some effort to tor a few superiors fattanJng upon ths
due process Ot law; would Become " .. masses while keeping thenf ignorant
"!" I niDiio libraries are more numerous
than prison. Public schools are more
numerous than poorhouses. As libra-
TAINTED PLATE MATTER.
A
la dead letter, as there would be no
than once suggested, newspaper
publishers should be on their
ruard aealnst "tainted news."
T TS annonncinr nothinr new or ant out nnder seductive arjnearancea mens of enforcing them
el r I . i k .A.a m
.An.rihi.t.atinAiiT 4.4 .1... .mntin. A . "Ui now is u to De aeiermiuea
people have not considered un- country publisher who Is thus helped
leas their attention was called to cut down exDensea. A DrlnciDal
,v.i . 1. .... ..... ... 1 nrocess or law. or mat us oroDerty
IO It, tuai mi ni ui..i BDjwi JUBt now Ot we tainiea ' ; . ..... ... 1 I affaire. rAnfl-r tnaa thla alrnlfl.
.money, particularly of gold used for news" bureau is to create public 18 DelnK conriscatea oy a state iawi mlift.rv
s m a 1 ifc . k ... I ir in nnr rna nmvinpfl nr a iRnnrRi
Senator Hale Of Maine, Who has j rlss and schools become mors numerous,
. I prisons, noorhouses and other relica of
that a railroad cornoration haa been Peen ,n congress over SO years, ana the ignorant, brutal, knowledjge-hatin
deorived of nronerty without due for m7 3rear' h" been eman
01 tne senate commiuee on navai 1 wss not aiways
past win aisappear more ana more.
it was not always as it is now. it
sals to
know the truth
to nna tr5 the
nnun auvarnmanr i ...
dlffersnf from thV auItwT.T,
turl WM. k 5!- p.'?:
..... ii w. . A ...t I hue Diow nim . In nlAAa Ik .
vr 1011 it. xiarvey waa hiwuhv; v , wu ago, .
discovering-and announcing the- olrou- . e
latlon of the blood, as OalTleo was de ; "Tha new 'Republican party of fan.
nounced for announcln the circulation forn la" Is spoken of by dibm f
of suns and planets, as Victor Hugo stats. But perhaps It Is only a l
puts It. Toda ws reoognlse In Harvey sheep's skin, . " onljr
the Intelligent Interpreter of ths won- 4 , r . e e 4 1 a, "t
derful' human body, and in QalUso- one A Georgia clergyman say thara m.L
who gorlfled creation by showing to three heavens, v There will K
men ths marvsls of cosmlo power and about J.000 to accommodats all h--.
clearing away, from their minds the ferent ascta. . 7 - th Alt'
limited, trashy, brutallslng belief in a v T S , , 'r -
limited universe, with a tiny planet and ; A lone highwayman Is rohhin
a , wrstchsd. aelflsh humanity for its loada f tourists, iii ihouM k" Jlff:
center. , , . tana punished: wh i: ."""'
Whenever you reaa attacas on puoim tourists' hotel? ' " ruo
hoole.- itbrartsa or iiumaa latelllgepea J J"""T r- , . .
general!
that ws
y, oon t get impatient,
nava raaRhed a nnlnt w
attacks- are amusin only, and no longer
Be alad
oolnt where such
harmful. Remember that in old days
almost every good idea, even when dem
onstrated, was attacked. The Borbonns
we quote Hugo again solemnly pro
hibited ."the healing of disease by the
use of quinine. 'A wicked bark.' "
Everybody knows now that quinine,
denounced as "a wicked bark," is one of
a speoino
i1!. peek-a-boo walsta
thiT r.i'Msipnia minister. Perhaps
that is why so many men act as ?
they wanted to go there!? 11
benefactors.
fighting death and suffering,
man's great
go there.'
- The. Salem Journal
JoaauhSrlim.Pf lroverl,or " with
mo .lnr-t,al, "lfcn wU hold no
m.0,..nltlns-s for a month or two.
As ws have said, no atUck can hurtlbnt ."Z'v'.r. or two.
PubHcIry or the public schooU taking
ducats themselvss and to know. But I . ..Ik.-t ""a Z SL.
suon aiiacita on eaucation ana IW"i' Ri V "t. iy M esM.ngs.
ago, hid iur nnwtu irom raugiuua i ),-..-- ." . -tip 01 ioe tow.v
v.. w ..... Hw w....H.w.,.MK . yjv v w. I . ' V vw. UUI L, II .TIL.
It and that la a very great misfortune. I " ; : , . .
inpae wno are responsioie icr putting i tu . Rovers haa hum.. ..a
religious teaching of whatsver denoml-1 denying things nubllshed aho.Tt tZ
to Keep them clothed with respect. At
tacks upon mental enlightenment, upon
the Intellectual growth by which alone
ths neonle can davalon. ara nowerleaa
to narm eaucation, nut extremely Harm
ful to tha source whence they emanate.
that, nerham
habit. H dan
Ut.
denies that
merely from fores of
ha is or has been
Nailing the Sea Fakers
- m. v.
il s . . a a I X3T VVfJX el Ulltm.
.. . . a i t ii riTit it TiiiTi war. nnr. iniira nuTHr wbi i s " .. a. t
with alti... i. . i... . v- ex parte proceeamg mat a state law - ' . wn w im preaiaent dm in
Btu,i, wv. - hoib ictici kui u ui.u.t ... , .la dav whnn lt m safa to leava tolo rowing ana spends most or nis tints
Mnnlclnal Ownarahfn Pnh- connscates property oy iixing a rate - --- " - ' "on ths. water.) .
Letters from tne People
Lucklmnke the Proper Form
-No city. , remarks ths Los Angeles
Times, can get a polios force composed
?Lm3 sMont KoossveltrJa-
Cob RilS. Governor Huahaa . a. "
Ury Taft. " ""v
. " v. -w, -.. . - w in ffluuiuy-i u "udi omy , -....v.: rrv.. I them the Policies that make for Stories concerning mermaids are an
tlon being caused by the increase in ashing Bureau," a "tainted newa" " vr '""ul'' 4U1B " " tt,. .- ,..-. "y fJ- I have observed several
. i m.. .'.nh, ..n ".lf..,J,: J ter of fact, to be determined by in. peace or war. The army and the navy of tUm on tha .nd itaad f
if v m uou..., w. .. , uaumiwui;, iu rsiucun uiyiiiow ..... .. . v. v da not tIaw war as a dansrer orlcomDlna tneir goiaen locas, as tne taa
' V .1. , ..,..t j al. . . . . I vonHfl-nMon and avldanca. for which I " not view war as a danger ori . h III .m.
mat me uun uinauiui u.uuatui raiannona cnmnanins. ana maritea " 1 ... .. ... . . .. ., i . . "
, v. .v. . ' : . . . . . nnmna n atati. Amirta at l-ast In caiamuy, du. as an opportunity. pioyea warning to swim.
money :js..iae joikubt wm uo iuo "strictly connaentiai" out we re-i ' I n
price t ail ' commodities. In -ten print it from Corner's Weekly never- the fIrst ln8tanc are the PrPer
t 4. ImrnvlA'm atV a! rnlitl.v.i I SKenCT.
i 77 . l I rA w . tueicss. nilABfion of tha reaaonahle- 1 BmH way, perhaps the Council- latest thing in bathing suits.
J. fuoney haa Increased ,50 per cent The bureau haa arranged with the Tae Ouestlon ot tne reasonaDie- J Jl m Clams do not talk. I have personally
J.Ten years agt gold money was alto- mVt'tShiy SfSS fes" ! Ia'c" "f'f111" on;
f gether tOO" Scarce, and Other prop-1 newapapers as may ds aesignateo. com-1 is vo u iuvjuiiou iuwu iuu Biuutcu
J. I sja rilaa 4 SaSlI W4 S as sf SI SlllnW SNA aaS-s-aavil . . . a
I may add
hat their proaress was vary slow, as
their instructors didn't seem to pay
In acting the role of a reformer i T.m? Pfffi
man from the Fourth ward Is seek-
Clackamas, Aug. . To tha Editor of
Ths Journal In your Issue of ths Ird I
Inst, is a short article on the origin of I
tns name jLucxiamuts wnicn attractsa
mv attantlnn in mm. .vt.nt fmin tha I
fact the date (48 years ago, sr 1S69,) of LJ"1 of date; It has held ths popuUtion
ins origin or mat nama la too modern 1 '" l i.oou ior several
erty and commodities were too low;
hence the cry for "free silver, more
Pn the' iffiXerT .Eo'iud c'ommJnfc"!. W much In the future. The people municipal legislation.
with the bureau under no circum- want nothing unreasonable. They
stances taking up the matter with either .. .. ., . . , . ,
the American Press association or the desire the railroads, which they al-
Investlaated 4.E0O clams, steamed and
lng to inject a little comedy into otherwise, and not one of them could
"ujov. m wu.su utter a connected sentence. Clams ars
also lacking In sand, although they llvs
in it. as a rule ciams are gooa citisens,
rarely leaving their homes at night, but
! mnnaT tn' valaa nricAfl Then, in
J Vesponae to this demand, greater ef- 1 mrx lov "rtaln corporationa to run, to
orta were successfully made to dis- tsn?taSL r& wsS Tth's ierv'cJ 8UCCeed and ProPer. 'or onlT tnu8
mnr mora a-nld. Inrnnttnn snnnllAdlls S20 per
--- -- - benefit accrui
.new ' ana improved . processtm ; iur 1 aentation
year SSr paper. TnegTeat can they perform their proper func- millionaires, no city needs a
o? 1nflcts0drguentsprn; lloa ot MrTlnS tho Publlc "ttofao- uent bth more.
Pltf ahnrs- haa been flooded araln thy re la0 disinclined to buck ths I turned they spoke of several s
i-iusDurg nas oeen nooaea again, n har(L They ar- con,,qUanUy better of th, vaJfey aiready known by
r the second time within a few as Dlaln cltlxena than aa football I than Rnallah namea auch'aa Tu
k,Ai- a. I pBLy-ra. - unenaiia, Byeaneoie, tKicareaii;, vai-
Accordlng to reporta of Its I to most people tha word 'lobster" I apooia. Molalla and Clackamas.
for
months,
playera
f ra-1 conveys reproach. As a mattsr of fact
fabrications to use a longer snd pret
tier word and there Is no class of
citizens bstter worthy of Imitation.
Is that old Stark street ferryboat 2
" " V " aa aaw. wwvw - wawa f J I
Ths Republicans of Oklahoma having
nominated a Rough Rider for governor.
,LU v5uppo.r2 tho. President will swing
the big st ck and order his election.
But the Oklahomana ars not easily
scared.
e '
The Seattle Times is becoming away
of that town at X41.SK0 t-
to suit ths older pioneers; and from thaw'oks, during which It must surely have
further fact that such claim ems to I gained SO.000 or 40,000.
bs but a tale of fancy. I was In the
Lueklmuke valley and crossed a stream Sara Bernhardt Is again to be refused
thers by that name as early as 1W1. membership In the Legion of HonorTor
In ths summer of 1848 former imml- something of that sort But she can
grants to this country who had win- refleot that while all ths world knows
fered at and in the vicinity of Oregon her and admirss her genius nobody
nt iuuiim4 fnr Ihunurm Indian 1 . L . .. . T.l1 u'
ponies and rod over ths Willamette I are against her.
prospecting for locations for settle
ment When these claim-hunters re-
spoke or several sections
y otner
'ualatln.
-.treating low-grade ores, and the cost STveaVeVithiS 'Vl t0.nl7'' '!
.of tirnniiMfii' rn ,v nw mni naatauirea no comDoaition. nanera use it i ui mauj muueuu. muuui uiui, tun.
ti o- I where publication of other matter could ,,,.. aitornther to the railroad entirely destroyed? If not, perhaps s may be done when a state asserts
,fallen by over one half. Some are not bs secured. matter anogetner to tne rauroaa - - lta rlg.,nU j am proud to 8hak the
already worrying about 'a glut of This is a neat scheme to arrange men W more, especially as some ow
icu uj uvun vu. - I generally accepiea 1007 aa uutiiimuw
Fakers ' have frecuently accused ths I and la nf Indian oriain. i waa told bv
flounder of being flat As a shameless 1 an early settler on the upper Luckamute
mu ineicunuut perversion or lacts mis I in 1861 tnat tners were yet a
Oregon Sidelights
Roseburg Is enjoying a building boom.
a
And In regard to Lucklatnute ths first wtV ' ?0 I-" '
pronounelatfon of that name I heard "
was Lueklmuke, which name remained ...
In the valley for several years, but Sheep shearing was Just finished la
gradually the perversion to Luckamute viirry county last week,
found general acceptance. "Lucklamute" I a a
being aa arbitrary coinage, received lit
tle or no attention from ths peopla
In mv onlnlon Lueklmuke is the
proper pronunciation , of the name so
generally acceptea xoaay aa tiuciiuauu,
ittold." and wondering some scarcer for a large number of nanerata nrintrO' them seem to have torgotten, ir .uu
I . . . ... . . . I ' w i, ,v. ultwuia aval '
ana aearer material win not nave I an argument aicalnst municinal own luo' "w " and inexcusable perversion of facts thialm issi that there were yet a few Lucka.
" i. a . a a vii. I irir nnn in naa n riTi sb it wnii in nsv ji i m . aa-i - 1 . - . . . . . a
in ha Biihstltnted. or tha number of .Mhin . tfio( primarily ana principally pumic ana " wouia do nwa to . oet. ,1 i iiounaer. mute Indians remaining in mix part mat ns is a
" ' ' - I VtOUlU, UM V. .if , A B 1 1 . . a, . , . . . I VRrT MMman A imA T TIMNW . V. . . n . . H V h(a Dim 1 M nn.
. . ....... . i . .. i ureaon 10 oner a minion aonara i r -. .---: v. i '"
grains m ine aonar mcreasea. me who would naturally think. it an un- n"1' la,-v "" Jw . . . , . r 1 1 .H. 1 , no,1 "uil". ?? wnaie, rect,.and I firmly believe it is, it is an
it. . t , . . . . . . . ... . I TIT T Mnvnttv .oa.nrMMnt UUUUI W BJUUI QUI nBITimaU lO I " uo uuiu nail a Blur,
cause.oi me nigu ratea oi juieresi, biased or untainted opinion; There m" " ' " v ' v..n . .. ..., ground. If turned on
The Gardiner Oasetts has another
editress, Martha Howard.
a e
J" rumore,!l tnat Catholic church
will bs built In Jefferson.
a
Can't Korea's ex-emperor understand
roouycoaaisT
th fallinr nrlees of securities, higher a s. a of a southern road, recently pre- D,ma "rougn central uregon
prices for commodities and higher against public ownership of some "ented the railroads' side of the case
wages. Is the depreciating dollar, and "public utilities," but in many cases frcibly thus:
not, says Collier's Weekly. "Man, there are stronger arguments to be tlt,
Roosevelt, or any other incident of j made in favor of such ownership, sestion; demands from ths shippers that
tJie paSSlnj? aOlir. JJUt wnateVCr lliay I hii thaaA tho, mriiifnffnrsr nf nlaf a I nnr.u tn anhrmmiM tnrrMa In nrices
be the cause., the fact, for people fltnff will never .end out for poM- .
or rixea incomes, saiarieo rout, ana eation. This "bureau," its manager e?rortatea.e- to improve
those who live on coupons, la far Bays himself in his "confidential" let- has begun to die. There is no time or
from aeTAAahla. It means vrv aim. ... ,.a v point when It can be said to be perfect
ilcib, kh uieiuum iui vaio jyu. juw) i jjor j, there any limit as xar as numan
ply that a $2,000 Income will now 0f combating municipal ownership foresight can distinguish, to the busi
' .-.- imaa , . . .. .. ness. The country is growing absp-
uw a. M;.mm j.,vv luwmq WMreTer an agitation in mat airec-1 lutely raster tnan ever oerore. wun
went ten years ago. This Is the tlon mav eron o,.t rt chars-- smeh f.-?iL1?0 i'- p.?PuJft"
. ' . , 1 . i I " w -i million now wiMiva dui.ub
secret in . the fall of consols, the private corporation patronizing u tivity.Tha-srsat and ever-present need
demand for higher wagea every- 2o a. year and pays the newspapers quirements. How can capital be ob
A-Ldvln' Along!
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Soms folks they keep huntln' for sor
row; They sigh If they're right or they're
wrong:
But this day'i as good as tomorrow.
So jest keep a-llvln' along.
I jest keen a livln' along.
1 1 jest keep a-slngln' a song,
mere s no use to sign
While ths sun's In the sky: '
So I jest keep a-llvln' along.
When the Lord made the World was I
in it
To give him directions T He knowed
I wouldn't know how to begin it
Bein nothln' but dust by the road. ;
edae
is loftier than a salmon, which is caught
wun expensive roas, iinei ana lues,
Jonah must have been a nature faksr.
No whale that I have seen haa had ac
commodation for even a transient guest,
much less for one residing several days.
Furthermore the quarters In even the
bl fir treat whales would bs exceedingly
conrinea, ana witnout electric lignts,
which ars only to bs found In electric
eeis, wouia ds almost useless. Jonah
as a whale, I rect, and I firmly believe it is, lt is an J Butte Falla in Jaekam mm. - v..
.abf?oVu6ndher I t7lT " ' 4tT '
. "rr Viii... - t.i- .k. I Tns Knternrlse ernmuir anM ikaa
uwris n. mwn aa turn muu. w. kuTi.k n . , - , . . r. - -" -
origin of Oregon namea in Ths Journal I " " ast montn.
or August 7, is correct in nia ciaim uj. i - -
ths orlain of the name Willamette. . Strawberries are still being brous-ht
waiiametta Demg rYrwo oy " uu mo niuuniajna.
eign or visiting Indians, and possibly
Dy early trappers nere, waa ncmyuja uj
later trappers, adventurers and early
missionaries to this coast as the proper
nronunciatlon of that name. Conse-
a a
A man near Weston sold over 700
worth of berries from three acrss.
a
Is almost aa unqualified as Dr. Long or , tha name Wallamette found us . ZJl?n?Tf? J??C.K?. .0I . onions per
tjnaries o. D. Kobsrts. l..TnV m.f hitor at anv earlv date. ?V 7i-""' l" were raisea near walla
Only to be corrected at a later date by
an avct of our territorial legislature.
Icebergs are rarely found on the
equator. The equator itself is a fake.
There is no such line. If the equator
existea it wouia trip up every snip
panning irom norm 10 aoutn.
oea serpents ars zaaes.
a
But! And the word Willamette m "wi! JM
i. mntiinj ona more latter I nuc",".DeVy,n n?W. The. berrlei are
Big orops of
tnia
re
n . -r , . i . ,t u. ,
where. This 1. the reason that gilt- printing the "tainted" stuff nothln 1,1 Z And Tcan't Tay the LoTd'SW l.
tvi. I prrpnt throus-h earnlnasT
yFOA udius turn i.uii tj '1V lh,. a aMa
euge , uunus seiuns to yieiu to du year.
per cent, and favorite stocks selling should print a note at the head of taxes, more salaries, more wages
to yield from to 7 per cent are still each article containing the warning: $&&ITl&J0l
not, strictly speaking, cheap.' " "Tainted News" with the above
quoted sentence. Then readers
would not be deceived.
AGAIN THE REVOLVER.
r
rWO MORE victims of the deadly
revolver. - A wife, murdered by
her husband, who Immediately
' - became a suicide. The salesman
who sold Liebe the rev6lver was not
at all surprised when he heard what
had happened, he expected some
thing of the kind from the man's
actions, and yet sold him the das
- tardly weapon. The salesman is
... perhaps not greatly to blame, for if
lie had not sold the murdering thing
- somebody else would; but society is
to blame for permitting the indls-
. criminate sale of revolvers, that are
,', used almost invariably for criminal
or mischievous purposes. If this
man in his desperate mood could not
- have procured a revolver, his angry
, fit would probably have passed off,
and he and his wife might be alive
today, and their relatives and friends
.would not be bowed down in sorrow
over the tragedy. The revolver
ought to be very nearly outlawed,
WILLIAMS AND VARDAMAN,
REPRESENTATIVE John Sharp
Williams has won over Gov
ernor Vardaman in the Missis-
' , sippl senatorial contest by a
, small margin; but, except In the
fase of the death or resignation of
Senator . Money, Williams will not
- take his seat till March 4, 1911, so
that he can serve another full term
yet in the lower house before enter
ing the senate. -
In many respects Williams is a
rreferable man to Vardaman. Wil
liams Is a trained parliamentarian, a
vc.l-educ&ted man, a legislator of
lng experience, and not an extrem
ist. He is moderate 'and practical
la Ms views, a debater with few
. MiiicrJors and will take an' Influen
tial place in the senate as soon as
j twc:-.;j a member., He Is thor;
BRIDGE TRAFFIC.
T
for more
made
more
facilities and absolute safety, and on
thn nthar demands for lower rates.
which mean diminished earnings; in one
direction or tr.e otner tnere must ne
disappointment.
The people don't ask for lower
rates unless the railroads can give
lower rates and at the same time
wrong;
I never win sign
While he's runnln' ths sky;
I jest keep a-llvln' along.
I'm thankful for sun and for showers;
The Lord makes the winter an' May;
An' he'd hide all the graves with his
flowers
If folks didn't weed 'em awayl
So I jest keen a-llvln' along,
Still thankful for sunlight and. song;
I Know, wnen irs snowin,'
God s roaes are growl n ,
a
a A4 a . I . u . .. -txrlllan.Atf a Tn mv nnln.
- I i. nriii.M.i. I . nkMm 4tiMAIfla hlA . anfl I Wneat. OatS. nnl on and nnfaMA. In
From ths Pendleton East Oregonlan. I"'! , i ieaed ti Tsea the next section this year. The bay cfon la
Because Miiwaukie, or., permitted a ?w.,on lealslature change tha name of ported to be short.
nmuuni ciur w wnouot m ni aen ,..- nr,(ti river, the Willamette, to
na.JV&J'OT ,L-t f" Lln" entity farmer
fiflnwfi .aVTn'te IndlanP name Wlllameth-greenwater eel wg a little wheat from CauaK
its life blood. Now that ths club Ms "Xtr-
clnand Milwaiikla la thraatanad lh I 1"
slow death, she claims. I many years
re-
the New Abundant V il. LZT -T-Tl
In "the Information sought to be g lven it in December and It yielded 60 bushels
lany years ago on the origin of -the an acre.
If thers waa nothlna at MllwauVIa to nsme "wauametta-- pji .
luatlfv the town excentlna- thi T aim. 1 Judge peaay, juage inornwu buu vuy- uniwga amaiaaw ror councilman
! feu" g ycluD? fwn'peopleP woep't.n.'toe rn?T AttI'..aS5ttnt SUC I'-UffirSn,?tSf1 "WP n
lived solely for the Miiwaukie gambling of tns name u'l'"u",u uu'l' ""portant.
club it was builded upon sand.
HE OFT-REPEATED complaints do all these things that the public 80 1 iest keep a-llvln' along!
demands of them and prosper. Full, Daniel O. Oilman's Birthday,
proppt, efficient, safe service is the Dr. Daniel Colt Oilman, one of Am-
of people who have to cross the
river on the bridges 'at certain
hours of the day are still made.
and are even becoming more fre
quent and vigorous than for some
weeks past. Instances of unneces
sarily long delays of trans-river traf
fic by open draws are asserted to be
numerous.
It is the old story of too many
vessels passing through the draws
just at the hours when the traffic
across the bridges is greatest, and
especially in the morning when thou
sands of east side people are on their
way to their work on this side the
river. Not only do the river vessels
time their arrivals and departures
so as to Interfere with bridge pas
sengers as much as possible as it
seems, but it is. yet complained that
in many cases draws are swung open
much Booner than necessary, and
kept open too long at a stretch; In
a word, that the steamers are habit
ually and persistently favored at the
expense, in a needless degree,' of
people crossing the bridges that the
accommodation Is all on one side.
On former occasions The Journal,
on investigation, found that there
was good foundation for these corn-
first desideratum; rates are a sub- erica's most famous educators, was
sidiary Question. But let the nail- born July , 1831, at Norwich. Connect!-
A.1. AT. '..111, tVinl.
ruuua . . """" tlon at Yale. After graduating at Tale
confidence, make a complete and ne went abroad to. finish his schooling
honest showing of thelrfelaf fairs, put in the universities of Germany. For
fnA,ra in rfmrm who will reeard "mo was attacne or tne united
foundation was extremely treacherous.
Us tenure hlahlv uncertain and an the
inevitable has come.
It is better for the world that the
arc lights in Milwaukle'a streets bs
exunguisnea perpetually.-tnan that they
should Shins only to light the feet of
tinhorns to and from their robber's
roosts, ti it was gammers' money that
VlafiAV.. M thaaa worthy writers.
lea ?rtttPHir.T.TPB
(Pioneer of "46.)
1 a
Several skate have washed ashore at
Seaside. They are about six feet long,
A Suggestion to The Journal. pguneaoTh VaT other
Burns. Or.. AUa. o. io tne - ,,UUK,7,
Editor Of TBS journal in your
of August 8, you say that
Alaska, IS now a nne b lamping
Issue
Iron tkA alarfrln "nlo" .Vinnli.-. OTOUnd IOT lOCiailBia uo i .i,ihbio, j uiw uiumor Having JOCaiea 1
Mwaukls the sooner the i. So not know anything about Nome, bui pfe on homesteads in one week.
hut off the bet teTfofthe workL V Mtia irTnelfetUnp1aiS &0 " ,Mr Wfl C.r0p: ar6 lar'
Gambllna. snd esoeclallv tramhllna- found, right there is an excellent place
A man living 80 miles south of Burns
says that land Is being rapidly taken
up, one cruiser having located 126 peo-
t, . "unla n one ween. Irnga-
towns, which are maintained solely for V" i-
gambling purposes, are doomed. There S"iH"i-Xi Vnr all 'of the ne
is. no piace in tne new order ror them. "-""
Nobody will ween with Milwaukia that! stamp,
sne is now aoomea to Blow decay.
whenever!
It la tn tia aarlnualv A..tt.i
an anarchist is found, there ii an ex- ge0tiOn of the west raises if,
s cellent placs for all of PPle to ru1e of 8tock as U produced In
; stamp. " In; this .case I , mean the , an r Bfamoua Wallowa vallav." v- l.
States legation at St. Petersburg,
became librarian to Tale univer
snap but as a public trust, and not upon his return to America and held
only authorize but Insist on the full- many important posta at this .nstitu
. ,. . , .t,ttion, where he remained until 1872. In
est publicity, and they Will find that that year he became president of the
university or uaiuorma, was large
ly Instrumental in building up that
institution and making the university
what it is today. In 1875 he was
called to the head of the new Johns
Hopkins university, where he remained
until 1902. Purina ths next few years
it known not the weal anarcnisr, ior
any
od a
M ItlA
(not . Properly) ZV'Jl
I nio v 4 7 4 V Ujnt,lUUs1
.. ......
she built upon the sand, she must n3t mViSS-t-he Instances of fins rt.
railroad running .not as a private Kl " B ,
. .. A became librarian to Tale university civilisation. JlS.i t" wont tn t at la thia: Whv do Some advisers of marr ed woman hair.
anarchist. In such a way that the aver- in which they should chat and be eoci-
age reader is led to believe that they able with the mere male things, a pert
mean one and the same thing? paragrapher cautions them to 'teaks a
You ought to know that their 'mean- minute of it"
togs are exactly opposite. The reading
public, that great mass of unthinking Boston la having Its "old home week."
humanity, has been misled until It when thousands of emigrated Bostoni-
a.t tl avCa.U a.nla.1lait-atj amawthlarn -. I 1 il ansa rafnan 4fn .tal A T a a . a t-
the same class, and worst of all, are to them how wise or lucky they wero
said to be the moulder of 'opinion, and
perhaps that is so. If it is true, then
the newspaper cannot bs too careful in
its use of such tertns as I have men
tioned.
the people will Insist on no unreason
able regulations and pass 'no unrea
sonable laws.
But until this Is done-, and while
railroads are at the mercy ot high-
finance gamblers like Harriman, and
as long as railroad officials take a
"public-be-d d" attitude; the
people Will keep On passing SUChlvovnire of exploration.
Inwa a thov Imairlna nhout. rlfi-ht. 1586 Crtler entered
and they will not have those laws
nullified by federal subordinate
courts.
Iiike a Dry Town.
. From the Corvallls Gazette.
There are those who believe that dry
conditions are a big factor in promoting
tne present, unusual growin or uorvauis.
Whether that Is true or not, the Times
is unaDie to say. it is a ract, however,
that many of those who are coming in
and buying property for permanent
nomes, are open in tneir statements tnat
he acted as president of the Carnegie I they are doing so because the town is
institution at Washington. I dry. A notable Incident is a family that
PORTLAND'S PURE WATER
P
ORTLAND HAS the best water
of any city in the country,
Everybody says so. All visitors
acknowledge this fact. This is
plaints, and it is at least probable I an important fact. It is a very val-
that such is the case now. The liver uable one to Portland. It should
traffic is important, of course, and
must be accommodated, but in doing
so the thousands of people, who cross
the bridges should not be overlooked
nor their interests disregarded.
Wherever possible, river craft should
change their, schedules so ad not to
pass through the draws Just during
the rush of traffic on the bridges;
and care, should be taken, while
opening the drawii" fully., in time, not
to open, them until it is time to do
be even more so. It should be an
asset to be exploited, advertised, like
our scenery, our transportation facil
ities, pur climate, our ; resources.
Pure, healthful ; drinking , water
throughout a , town, in, Its hotels,
apartment - houses, and, homes, is
something, not only worth having,
but whose possession and enjoyment
1b worth making as widely known as
possible, Our commercial and boost
ing ' organizations can do much in
This Date In History.
1318-Irish defeated at Athenry.
151 - Magellan started on bis famous
tha St, Law
rence on his second voyage of discovery.
1857 spanisn ana mngnsn aeieatea
recently came from WOodburn, saying
tney lert tnere oecansa it was a wiaa
open town. A man who has as much as
anybody else to do with newly arriving
fieople said this morning that he is cer
aln that dry conditions are bringing
many desirable citisens td this fast
growing town.
the French at St. Quentln.
1640 Arras taken by the French.
1675 Greenwich observatory com
menced.
. The IJneup.
From the Commoner.
The trust Question, the tariff oues
tlon and the railroad question present
the same issue between the general
publlc and the privileged classes. Shall
the government be administered in the
ss guaras. interest of the whole people or in the
admitted to the interest of a few? This is the issue
1882 Glbbetlng-lrons used for the iff ouestion and the railroad question.
last time In Bngland. While pemecrat may differ as to ths
1741 Frederick If took Breslau.
1764 Civil government established in
Quebec. , '
1792 Attack on the Tullerles and
massacre of the Swiss guards.
1KZ1 Missouri
Union.
1SS4 nordnn field Khartoum.
1894 Earthquake shocks felt
Memphis. Tennessee.
. After ' Commencement.
Starting on life's battle
In the month of June.
Grayce is in the parlor
Pounding out a tune.
at
- .Ws gin g life's great warfare,
Doughtiest of girls,
May is In ths hammock
, , Reading tales of earla
Fighting life's hot contest
With a heart of oak.
Bill is on ths golf field. .
Practicing a stroke..
' (Fa is in ths office
' Tolling like a .Turk, . -Ma
is in the kitchen ,
Doing up the work.) (
i-MclAandburg WUsoa la T. Sua.
' - ' -- :
relative Importance of the -trust ques
tion, tne tariir question ana tne rail
road question, 'all must agree that the
party must taae tns siae or tne com
mon people on all three ouestlons.
Let the line be drawn between those
who want to, make this a .government
of tha people, by the people and for the
people and those1 who want it to be a
government of the corporations, by the
corporationa and for the corporations..
i
Slow Process.
From the Chicatto Record-Herald.
. Now1 and then some man succeeds nJ
becoming famous without being mads so
by the president, but it is a slow pro
cess, i, f - . ,,-,V- ,
- f Suspected.' , , ,
From the Lincoln Journal - '
Ths soberest man with a florid com
plexion always gets credit for being a
booser. , ,i (1 - , lr. fa .
I believe the daily paner is a great
educator. - I nave met lawyers, doctors,
greacnersv teacners,. an gooa neopie, wno
onestlv believe that socialists and an
archists are the same; that Is, that they
believe in the same doctrines. Where
did they get the IdeaT Surely not from
the dictionaries. The fact is. they have
fallen into tne namt or tmniting lust i
the way their favorite editor writes,
And they are honest about it., 1 am sure
that what I have said about this is
true. Then this means that the editor
has taken unto nimseii a areat resoonsl.
billty. I believe The Journal alms to do I
the right thing, tne nonest thing, other
wise I would not bs wastinar mv tlma.
But newspapers, also, like readers, may
fall Into a. habit. I do not want von in
get into a na nit or voicing socialists,
anarchists and bomb-throwers together.
I would like for vou to stand out aa one
conspicuous, shining, yet strange ex-f
ample of ..strictly honest journalism.
XVu .vsn.il ulua vwuy wraw lieiu, anQ
at times, nut- you wui
H. A. DIIXARD.
"An
East Side Bank
Side People."
for East
mav be lonesome
pe appreciated.
Summer Vacations.
From .the but in g Magasine,
40 weeks' anticipation.
,10 of bustling preparation,
w 1 to pack and reach the station.
. 1 of final realisation.
iT "r
. :t Ingratitude.. "
' . From the Denver New. - , i
Bernard Shaw .calls .newspaper- re
porters "pests." Had , these "pests"
never stung him , where would Ber
nard bel , . ' t
THE WHEEL Of
FORTUNE
IS REVOLVING DAT BT DAT.
The snlf-reltartt. nrnmaalu in.
dividual will prepare to meet
whatever vicissitudes ths revolu
tions may bring. To do this
there must t bs some definite
SCHEME for getting ahead
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