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I of THE JOURNAL : .s All IJCDIPIKDBIfT HBWSrAPI. ft Jarfteos. . .PnblUhar Pahllihad Trr Malgt (tiNDt Beada?) aa4 . . aaai SaaSar BnrnlB, at The J normal Bi , log. gift aa XaahlU t Tb Jooraal Bulld- trMU. Parltaaa, or. ' Rater at tb poetoffloe at Portland, Or., for tranaaitaalaa Jknca Um alalia M aamod-claaa SMita. - TELEPHONE MAIN TITS. . Atl ' eaaartaeata faaehed bf this aamhea, a the deeartnaat os wast. roUION JJTIRTIBINO BKFKESSNTATIVI TrUad-BDjanla Special ASrartlitna- Agency, " , Braaawtrk Bolldlaff. 25 firth iTtnna, Maw tarkt Triba.De BaUdlng, Cblraso. . abaerlptlaa Tarma by nail ta any ad&raaa ta taa Ualtaa" Sutra, Canada ar Maxiee. DAILT. Oaa yta 18.00 I On. moat M SHNDAT. Cat year fa. BO I On montb .S M DAILT AND SUNDAI. On r T.BO I On noatb M , Two excesses; exclud Ma son, admit onlr r&soa ' PascaI. LEND A HELPINO HAND. a. ' t - t M . uuuciwuuni concern ior ui mtnri business. nia neonia ut alio u a mrt mirnr. . M . . . I I " " ' -V nome leitpnone compsny. ; Ha1 ths wllllnj to pAy the Increased rates If a court the proposition thAt a man market for securities remained good necessary to the companies success conrlcted of malfeasance in office In the east, the bank", would have though they Are not willing to pAy And sentenced to the penttentlAry, mane an immense profit, as It stood dividends on two thirds water In and duly removed from off ice,, still to reaaie a large sum on the stock their stock but the people are not holds the office, is Absurd. Schmlti which went as bonus. ,Tbe bonds willing to see these corporations has not even any technical legal wisre taken below par, and resold at holding up the people's business be- legs to stand on par. The water, representing the cause in their obstinacy and greed stock, attained a value According to they will not pay docent, living tne earnings of the telephone com- wages to their employes. DANCING ON THE PUBLIC STOMACH It's Amusing for Strikers and Corporations Hard on the Public you nave any By Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1907, by American-Journal examiner.) The telegraph strike Illustrates the THE Oregon Trust 8c, Savings company's bank" had a greAt opportunity to build up a vast business And had made a fine ., start in that direction. But there was ,no one in the directorate that thor . oughly understood, banking and it . a I went lame in consequence, and the re- pany. No bank should attemot under writing on such a large scale, any way. It was for transactions similar In every respect that brought down the censure of the nation upon the life insurance companies. They used the money belonging to the policy holders to finance railroad and other schemes of Morgan, Harriman and others. The Oregon Trust and Sav ings bank used the funds of depos itors for similar purposes. This may be high finance, but it is not banking. As it is, the telephone bonds may and probably will prove good assets. iht attempt of the president, vice president and directors of the closed bank to make the cashier, who is out of town and cannot defend himself, the scape-goat of the failure adds no credit to their conduct and does not relieve them of any responsibility. It is absurd to say that the cashier of any bank would be permitted to put half ult may be a burden to a large num ber of people. ' Ma at m - I MiAeU J Ml . ! 7 r 1 1 , cu .uc5U ,ro.m knowledge and sanction of the direc "SUMMER CHARMS HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has an eldtorlal on "Chicago's Summer Charms," which it proceeds to mention and dilate upon. We do not doubt. Indeed know, that the big windy and hog-sticking city is not without summer charms. There are mornings and evenings, and occa sionally other portions of days there that are not only tolerable but de lightful, and this can be said of al most any American city. But there are other things to be remembered the humidity and heat-laden atmos phere some days; the dust-cloud rais ing gales sweeping from off the lake, the extremes of temperature, that make life unpleasant If not risky. And then, as compared with the summer charms of Portland, what would Chicago give for our hills, the physical features of our City park, At last Uncle John D. Rockefeller stupidity of our present system of to. has Joined the croakers. He is en-1 dustrlal monopoly. couraain a Danift. In whlrh fc. In management of telegraphs B.Aat a, V. ..t. a. 4..S trta a A JVM aakWAa1 !. AV . -I Uf lilfOTJ fdrilCal 1 J LCI CSJ IlUa J7 ITWl uu,e, ia, wnouni oi th ppjso.OOO.OOO of them, that fine. But A COUntry-Wlde panlo Second, telegraph operators. Is a big thing to pull off these days, thousands of them. xnira, owners or the telegraph com many t a . . . . i paniea. i ne inaustrious lasuera oi uv car oeorovary m Biaie KOOt tared stock on which tba oubllo must criticued the states for not having p,&. , . , -' , . . Three sets of people are Interested in or exercising enough "rights," but this strike. There are JO.OOO.soo ln- Hlnr thai rrnf aotinn . xi-v r.. eluded In one class, and those 80,000,- Bince me recent action of North Car- ooo ara abauiutiv innF in .vrv nrhi oiina ana AiaDama, he may think I ana ln verY question. .ff.t. J Th people must own their telegraph Hara ara fm-ta In mnntlnn with thl inere is one good thing about that strike, which Inconveniences every busi- north pole; however long It takes to I man, interferes with the lives of reach It, It can be depended upon to remain right there, ready and waiting to be discovered. George Bernard Shaw recently had a narrow escape from drowning. This will confirm a good many ln the hope that he was born to be hanged. r r. .... yui - 0Ur near forests and mountains, our its assets in a single institution or in I , . , .. . , .. nearness to the sear Millions upon auicu msncutions witnout tne lull millions that great city upon would be Letters from tKe People To Check Land Monopoly. Portland, Aug-. SI. To the Editor of The Journal The dispatch In your issue millions and jeopardises the earning of a living by thousands To begin with, there ara Issued tens or minions of watered telegraph stock; tens of millions of DSDer reDreaantln nomine; dui avarice. II the western union eomoan- wera not compelling the Dubllo to nay interest on tens of millions of watered atock. It could afford to pay Its people well, give good service, refrain from robbing the public, discontinue even its relations with publlo sramblera. and atlll maka plenty of money. ine trouble with tale teleeranh bual nous, as with all other great American monopoliea, la primarily due to the fact that the financial scoundrela behind these big- enterprises are determined that the people shall not only pay for wiiui uiey gtu. DUI Day interest on nn. loia muiiona or watered stock besides. Sel tne locomotive engineer to supply Is looomotlv. v This newspaper supplies Its operators With the typewriting machines at our cost (Theae and other facts we men tion by way of showing that we prac tice what, .we preach.) Tb men demand recognition of their union, but they do not demand the closed shop. That Is to say, they do not seek to compel any operator to Join the union against ois will, nor ao iney De mand that the tympanies shall refrain from employing non-union operators. We do not believe that the demands of the men are unreasonable. We know that with the water out of Its stock the Western Union could grant the de mands, give better service and nay far higher dividends than at oresenL The question is: wtiion is more important weu-paia Small CLange ...A-yw,a), v uood : evsnlns-t , TMil money in ItT . Mavbe a reoaivarahla ' li hatt tv... the mayoralty. " ' " " '' -Property doesn't naoaaaarll because siocks do-. . a a The new oomet la a itnnr.. v.. welcome, all the same. ' A man'a nam has nothing to do with his slse or importance. There's Small. a a Uncle Sam is prepared te carry all telegraphic massage you choose to send at S cents per by mall. A lot of politicians are for the trl. give better service and pay far mary law. all right, as they say, but may aon t aaa wnn rasors. Ex-Secretary Shaw Is optlmlstie abont the financial outlook. His salary IS 176,000 a year, we believe. men with money to spend, able to sup. ort their families decently, or dlvl ends on watered stock Issued fraudu lently and unloaded on innocent Investors? As a matter of fact, telegraph lines and the telephone lines in addition to the postofflos should be owned by the people and managed for the people. There should ba ln every town ana village and city a combination nost- offlce, telegrapn offloe and telephone office. Employes should be well paid. they should have old age oenalona. they should be protected ln their work and compelled to do good work. The present system of employes and ipoiy owners aanciner ud on the publlo stomach, fighting out mono) people in the city and all over the . TfVuch w the e e hev are K'ad t0 Pay fF ttract,.0M' " rt ttnZ iVraSKrTO state, and from many in the east and "ort to be ce su Z for 'he unatUlnabl8 a' oup co1 "d e"uable proposed amendment aSWtu elsewhere, amounting in round num- : i i . , ... temperature, and the elimination of to the constitution eaemptlna-a limited fectlng himself as a telegraph operator. criminal neglect, for it was their con nection with the bank that gave the public confidence in it. It was be cause these men. of well-known amounting ters to' $2,300,000. , It was a fine - showing for so short a time, and the benefits" to. the city and state have . i iiivev a i v. : T , T -7 ""acn " financial strength, were directors and accumulation in a Portland And state officers thlt the inititution h,d iuch Institution. , , rapid growth jn guch a (hort t.me .'iNow, It would almost be a crime If the directors did not know the to Allow the fruits of this great work condition of the bank, they betraved to be dissipated, frittered away in the trust reposed in them. If they endless litigation, entanglements and knew it, they should bend their ef- prostrating humidity. amount of property from taxation is Chicago is the healthiest of very Portland another body of citia.n. hav. large cities, owing largely to its prox- been thinking along similar lines, and lmity to the great lakes, but if It ar now having prepared three amend ments to the constitution providing for: (1) The exemption from taxation of all household furniture and tools of me chanics; (2) the exemption from taxa tion of all residences ln city and coun try. Including outbuildings, farm lmDle- ments, livestock, fences, growing crops on Others the eauallv level nralrle. or garnered grain and orchards: (8) ex- ,. a v v : empting from taxation of manufactu , , i , . . uuiwioiw vj gnu at muo um, 11 pinnia ana DUiraings. uuici ma procrasti- ton to return tne savinnrs of school i ... .. u,. Some of the most eminent attorneys , , am . f - I iALAB U 11 1 B II III 111 T STIlttFIIl IJI illllH I I. n . . . . ' Station. The deooa tors of th a tin. rh Mren unrlrin ..Vl. -,:a .j T I naye-oeen ana are - . . ...s 6"', tt.uuti. u and mniintftlna Aa to atmum Ita had the site of Portland It would be a great deal healthier still and unlikeliness of death is a valuable "summer charm." On one side It has the expanse of Lake Michigan, fortunate institution can be and poor depositors. should be paid in fulL 'If necessary, there should be 1,000 men and women THE PRESIDENT'S ASSURANCE among its 16,000 depositors and the people of Portland and Oregon, who would subscribe to a . million dollar guarantee fund, if so large an amount is necessary, to save; to, these deposit trs their savings and . restore confi speech at HE PRESIDENT'S Provlncetown, effectually disproves the rumot fo,d that he was to yield to the high financiers and cease the prosecution In the State havebeen and are beln, conauitea in tneir preparation and Chicago river is a muddy ditch com- Tax Reform association will probably pared to our "bright and beautiful S VntTe rS'Hti" The aT Willamette." . From any point of tempt of the McMlnnviiie proposed . ,, . ,, amendment to give the poor man a view, Portland for summer charms chance la very commendable, but the encourages land monopoly by enabling without paying any burden of taxation whatever. With the proneneas of asses sors to undervalue idle land, and with me certainty mat land would ba en- , t .. nutrlBanoa Chtt-atrn ahmir on hnr-A Objection to.it as published is that it masBacnuseitS, encourages land monopoly by enabli iracia or land to oe neld out of use The St. Paul' Dispatch says: iir; ; corporate and trust lawbreakers. ot Nebraska ha. pleased the II1CU1WU9 aUU I I .l.n.D... nl.htll. K VI. Jl. wavs which have been hit a bin. hv n MmiKea lnat Pa" or e "world- ---' .e."". vu4B JJJSTjZS JST wld. financial disturbance" was due t,on th the tariff will be a feature I," " .r to "the determination of th. ..v. of no importance in the next cam- Pred? jc: wuuiu cacn suoscriDe ana pay $1,000 into such a fund, all, or none, f rnment to Punlh cert malefac topay in proportion, here would be frB 0f great wea,th'" but he a,d million dollars to strengthen the "7 B"rernmeni woum not waver ln the best he can look forward to in th employ Of the big COmnnl la aa a lumiuiuuj, (ii.iD a weea ior six days ui luiio uuura aacn. ai a ruia. a varv .. , . . ' suticssiui mm expenencea operator can- nui uuyo ior oeiier man flS.sO a week. There are employed ln New Vorlr son operators paid only from 17 to Sis sn per week in branch offices. These are ins young operators. The comnnnv gives its employes no vaoatlon. Old age uuiumantaiijr deprives mem or their worn, ineir prospects are not cheerful It may be worth whlla tn mantlnn ins conaiuons unaer which this nwa. paper employs telegraph operators. we nira our own men, to work on our own wirea. we pay these men when they work at night $36. weekly for six nights of eight hours. When they work in the day time, we pay them $30 weekly for six daya of eight hours. This Is the minimum. Some of our operators are paid more than that For extra time we pay 70 cents an hour at night and 60 cents in the day. Every man has a vacation of two weoxa on run pay eacn year. If this newspaper can afford to nav good men fairly, certainly the great companies and the owners of exagge rated capitalization might pay moder ately well. The Western Union hn amnhninH the fact that It added 10 per cent to owners dancing; up and down their strikes with all their blows land ing on the publlo pate. Is ridiculous. preposterous and unbearable. The people ara fools, but they ought to get tired after a while of a sys tem that never considers their rights under any possible circumstances. The strike today is of course1 the only weapon of the employe. He must strike or endure conditions that are dictated solely by selfish personal Interests. None the less, the strike is a barbaric, out-of-date thing. Men should have brains enough to vote for their rights tog-ether Instead of. strik ing separately, making their families suffer and losing; more than half the time. in this strike the operators have a hard up-hill fight, and they know It. n philanthropy, are constantly educating nlngly, wi companies very cun- considerable pretense of telegraph operators free of charge. They maintain free schools ln which any body can learn to be an operator. And of course they do this that they may have a plentiful supply of non-union labor In case of strikes. In addition, they encourage a great manv young people to hope for good positions that mev cannot get. They nroduce an ov- ersupply of very inferior operators; they take young- men and young women away from fields In which they could find occupation and try to keep them on nana as rtossiDie strigeDreaiters an Immoral, selfish and wasteful course. But if Roosevelt does not want to and won't run again, would a Bourne delega tion be a Roosevelt delegation t a a Probably what Oaa Addinka thinka about women in general, and a few whom he married ln particular,, would ' not na zit to print. It la said that John W Oatea baa elded to be an English country gentle-1 men. ' Well, he can go to England and ' live in the country. a a Think wTlat a loss It would be to the country if the Ohio party organlsstlon should be disrupted and little Dick should be retired to private life! The telephone companies probably don't regard the telegraphers' strike pessimistically. But perhaps the tele phone companies' turn may come, a a Try to imagine what distances that comet traversea, and at what speed, and then to realise how Inflnltealmally small a thing this earth Is la the uni verse. a What we would like to know though not suffering for lack of knowledge la whether Uncle Adlal Stevenson or Grandpa Gassawar Davis will be the Democratlo nominee for vice-president. Oregon SideligLtfl hanced in value by reason of Its being the pay of Its operators not long ago. more eaally held out of use than ever If enacted as at present worded, la It not certain that the usefulness of the amendment would be seriously lm- pewfeu. it is luijunsiuio uui iu ub- iz me amendment provided for an lleve this misrepresentation . to be exemption of $2,000, a reasonable sum. willful and malicious. Bryan has " wouia enaD1 raan with a wife and live tuiiuioii iu noia out or use ana this class of prosecutions, thouieh he rePeatedlT stated, recently, in his with no taxes whatever land to the as- OregOn, ... . t M Daner and in interviews that th essed value of $12,000. We have plen- v. the Percft,veB tna they have prompted PaPer Bna m interviews, mat tne ty of encouragement in our present good name of Portland and 2 . T J V. . -1 ii.t message w tne th . contr.ye to b , three issues of the next campaign for the land speculator, without St'" L?f?L ?"n PC; Uuch finaLal s",fe 1 possible " .Id be the tariff, the trusts, and Wo to make genuine a it. ii uiaiiiuuuiia "u . ... ,, . the railroads the thraa hfifne- In. progress aiong me line or taxation, the idid not nrooose to allow her char. rder t0 Credit the policy of the " ,? ' A l fe.,ng .,D 1 W speculator must be given less' en- It does not emphasize so much the fact that It added to the amounts charged to the nubile between verv Imnnn.nt puime an average increase Or about 25 per cent. inasmuch as the amount paid to operators is a relatively small per centage of the amount received by the company It is a little ridiculous to in crease the operators' pay 10 per cent and charge the public an Increase of 25 per cent on gross receipts. A reversal of that would have been nearer to Justice. phases of the one great does nothing of benefit to ft by so hold- different contest of the masses against the l wa" bere aeveral years ago. own evil doings." Many have been misled into be lieving that the president's policy ln this respect should be reversed, but, he says, -."once for all, let me say that as far as I'm concerned, and for the 18 months of my presidency classes, the people against the plunderers. .. " ;; .7 . . government, and thereby secure - evnaniy iinaea logetner ana iorming "uragmenL ramer tnan more. In the sphere of finance or elsewhere. I reversal of that policy, so they may) . A a . .M.r.- t.uv, 1- .i.!. i rujuy unmoiestea me iruus OI tneir y " Na..sa.wr SSS VSS Aaa W1B KJ posal The Journal will subscribe to such a fund, all of which is to be sub scribed or none, the drafts upon which to be borne proportionately 'by each subscriber, and will assist Receiver. Devlin in every way possible to lighten his work and reap the fruits The ' Of ucce,s, because this paper feels ma,n,!Dg' thevre'H be D hange n '..'. " I thA nwlf.a. o V .a . Jill that the name of Oregon and the standing of Oregon people is jeopard bed if extraordinary and sacrificial fcffort is not forthcoming in this con bection at this time. i In short, this is no time for post Snortems, or, tears, or regrets, charg Ing others with the blame, casting in . ginuations or making accusations, but sv time to lend a helping hand for self and native land and thus lift a griev r Ous burden that lies in the hearts of thousands affected by this institu lion's embarrassment A little of the right kind of such jwork at this time will bear fruit of the most blessed nature, while show ing to the world that Oregon does fly with her own wings, THE BANK FAILURE. w"lHE closing of the doors of the I Oregon Trust and Savings bank X has served to call public atten tion to the splendid condition fcf other Portland banks. These insti tutions were never so strong as at present and are in excellent shape for any development of the financial Srorld. As a matter of fact, no banks in any city of the country are as sound financially as those of Portland. Few banks have as large cash balances on hand and none have been governed in a safer and more conservative way. Caution and conservatism have always governed Portland financiers and the city has a national reputation on these lines.: .,(. " ' Portland is the financial center of the northwest Portland money has financed most of the enterprises, in the larger cities as well ss the coun try. Never was the northwest so prosperous as now, and Its prosperity Is reflected .in Portland banks. JTbe Oregon Trust '' and Savings tank was forced to close its doors teams it alternated tfl jflai tho fit the policy we have steadily pursued, or let-up ln the efforts to secure honest observance of the law, for I regard this contest as one to deter mine who shall rule this free coun try." This assurance is only what the country had reason to expect, yet Its expression was timely, and will set to rest rumors on which the big plunderers and lawbreakers were evi dently building hopes. The presl dent will carry on the good work and all the panics that the big ras cals can breed will do the country no great and permanent harm. The person who suggested that the number of suicides ln Portland recently were due to the weather must have been trying to find the most unlikely and contrary reason he could possibly imagine. If a lot of people would kill themselves on account of the recent weather in Portland, there would be need ofj an anti-suicide society in heaven. THE MISTREATED STRIKERS S OME PAPERS are criticising the telegraphers for striking before presenting a list of their griev ances and waiting to see how their employers would regard It. But they knew their employers too well to place any reliance upon this meth od. Only a few months ago the tele graph companies raised rates to patrons from 20 to 60 per cent!, and announced a raise of 10 per cent ln wages to employes. But the telegra phers say that the companies Imme diately began to regrade operators, so that ln effect wages were not raised as promised. The public was paying Its 20 to 50 per cent more for service, all right, but by underhanded trickery the operators were ln many If not all cases being defrauded of their little 10 per cent increase, and that when they well deserved It, and even more. ' The government ought to step ln and. Influence these public-service corporations to pay their employes the wages and grant the hours asked. The demands are reasonable and right It doesn't take, aa expert to that. These corporations, now combined into a trust, are doing a quasi-public service.?.. Their business is Ui i?eojil' feuiaVMs, U IWflrn-; A lawyer for Mrs. Eddy's son claimed to the court that Christian Science was not a religion. But the Judge very pertinently asked: "How do you know?" What is religion to one is foolishness to another. The lawyer's standard of religion or reli gious interpretation through litera ture might indicate insanity in him to Mrs. Eddy and her friends. and will be here several agea hence. It can't run away, and If it could his paper title would not atop it. A dog-in-the-manger, the idle land monopolist is a burden and a stumbling block to labor and capital, which can only combine for production upon land. The amendment drafted by the emi nent jurist of McMlnnviiie should read "Personal property and improvements upon land to the value of $2,000 (or whatever sum is decided unon). which is exempt from taxation." This would aid the working farmer and home owner to shift the burden of taxation upon other shoulders more able to afford the luxuries offered bv extravacant lea-la latures, and at the same time not make the burden lighter, but heavier upon the man who blocks the wheels of in dustry and progress by holding land out of use. The term "real ana personal property," used in tha MpMinn villa n m m a, f I. ... eaMly amended to "Dersonal nronertv would the crops be benefited bv tha use nu imuruvomenia UDOn lana." and at watar Th.v Ann' h. .1 would make a great difference in IU , Z, . 7 . .. . 11 effectiveness. There la no rlouht th ar talking aout and a visit to the the two sets of workers could get to- farm of George R. Bagley would con- gemer ana wun a enort, comprehensive vinco inem mat mere is a possibility ana canny aavocaiea amendment carry I 01 learning a imng- or two from a law The demands of the men are as fol lows: An Increase in pay of 16 per cent This would not bring the wages of the highest grade operators up to $6 per day. Hiquai pay ror equal work by women, At present women are paid less than men, even when they do work as hard ana aa wen. rrne errort to put them on an equal footing with the men is most commenaaDie. This newspaper auiung nS luga-uaaa operators ln New York City employs a woman operator, as good as any ln the country, and, of course, she is paid the same as the men. If this strike should result ln fairer treatment of women, that would reconcile the public much to inconven ience. . Tha operators demand also that the company shall supply them with the typewriting machines on which to write their messages. Speed and the inter est of the compan use typewriters. iy compel the men to It Is preposterous to make men on small Day buv and main tain expensive machines aa well corn- Over ln Europe there la a peace con gress where a lot of wise men are talking about ending or avoiding the was between nations that break out rarfely. It is about tlma for a peace congress at home, to avoid the strike wars, the foolish fights in Industry mm ieaa 10 noining, mat unsettle dusi ness, Interfere with men earning a liv ing, inconvenience the entire publlo and then ln a short time begin all over again. The worst of It Is that on both sides the men fight blindly, ignorant of each other's characters. Both sides believe that they are doing right. The work ers feel that they are not fairly treat ed, that promises made to them are not kept. The head officials of the big corpor ations do not own them. They sin cerely believe that they are working nonesuy on oenair or mose wnom they represent. And they are full of com plaint against operators on the ground that they do not live up to their bar gain. The operators are accused of making promises and breaking them. But this newspaper, which has an agreement with its operators, pays them fairly, and haa their nrnmtaa, tn continue work has no complaint to make of the men's unwillingness to keep an agreement The fact la that a few hla man Kn issued the watered stcek milk the na tional monopolies. They take out tens of millions for their private purse. Then they sell the watered stock to Investors. And these Innocent inves tors and the employes are put ln the position of fighting each other after the milk has been taken out of the cocoanut by the big rascals that do the watering of the stocks. When will the people of the United States have braina enough to stop these stupid fights, interfering with the publlo comfort and publlo pros perity? When will they have the brains to own tbeir monopolies? This strike ougnt to teacn mem to Degin the work by taking over the telegraph, lines, to be run ln connection with the postof flce at once. Oold Beach feel sure of a railroad, a a Falls City has a fin new hospital, a a Many hopplckers are wanted up the valley. a a The fruit yield will be greater than ever ln Lincoln county. a a More Indications of coal have been found ln Lincoln county. ' a A large wheat field near H annnap yielded (0 bushels an acre. a a Great numbers of fine melons ar be ing shipped from The Dalles. a a All the houses at" Junction City are occupied, and more ara needed. a A 75-acre wheat field south of Athena yielded 68 bushels an acre, a Klamath people are overflowing with desire to do honor to Mr. Harriman, a a There are only about 80 carpenters ln Eugene, while there Is work for 100. La Grande haa than ever, before at th: bigger wood supply .is time of year. A orank resigned as president of the Pendleton Boosters' club, but It at once Geared Itself. a a The $500,000 meat paoklng plant for Klamath Falls Is only a hot air proposi tion, says the Express. . a a People ln ln the country southeast of Albany are experiencing- great annoy ance as well as loss from coyotes, a a Coyotes are becoming a destructive pest in portions of Lane county, where they kill many sheep, besides fowls. a a A packing house, a bank, a new drug am re, a new narness snop, a phone line and five new houses thus far during 1807, la Myrtle Creek's record. lay Irrigation Is not necessary, nor The board of normal school trus tees seem to be having nearly as hard a time to determine what schools shall be maintained, and what, if any, extinguished, as the legislature and the governor did. It by a three fourths vote. a The committee of the Oregon Tax as sociation thought that a proposition to exempt household furniture and the tools of mechanics from taxation entire ly would be better than limiting its amount, as it appears that the house hold furniture at present assessed Is not ln large figures to any one tax payer, and by exempting the entire item It would relieve and simplify tha as sessment work by that much, while at the same time relieving the home-makers ana Daoy-ieeaers or a grievous bur den. And besides, it would not hurt anybody If several million dollars' worth of household furniture was pur chased throughout the state, because of the exemption from taxation, that other wise would not have been brought ln. . xne committee mougnt an unlimited People ought to have bought their excmptlon. 01 dwellinga and farm lm , , " uusuk men provements and machinery would be ars butter like their fuel, last easier for the making up of assessment year spring. But people of moderate means may have saved considerable by not buying; pretty soon they can't buy, not having the price, and so by going without butter will save Borne money, "Harrlman's movements ln central Oregon are not generally well under stood," says an exchange. We "sup posed they were to prevent any railroad from being built through that region. The Georgia legislature has passed a law which will disfranchise 95 per cent of the negroes. But as not 6 per-cent of the negro voters have been allowed to vote ln that state for years, there seems to be nq ur gent need-of the law. The supreme court of California has promptly decided that Taylor wi gtronglx intimated that Taylor rolls, greatly encourage the migration 10 uregon or me rounaation or all In dustrious callings, the farmer, and the more improvements and implements orougni in ana maae in oregron because of exemption from taxation the better for everybody all around. a a In considering the third proposition It was recognized that Oregon needs manufactories, and that the bigger and thicker the better, and so no limit has been proposed. If some capitalist wants to put up a $10,000 factory ln McMlnn viiie, the people of that beautiful little city would not object If he made it 10 times that amount on account of its being exempt from taxation. If ha aa so, neither the town, couaty or state would ,be injured nor out one cent, for the added land valuea Immariiataiv ing from the increased population would mjui uuii mug up me apparent loss. The grange and the labor organiza tions should get together and put forth some terse, fundamental and effective tax amendment to the constitution as WOUld rellleve tha wnrkara anA hm builders from the unjust burdens now placed on them, and at the same time , 9r " .lnB wo-msn-or-tne-sea, now clutching both labor and capital tight in hla embrace. Land Monopoly, any further grips. FRED C. DENTON. yer. Mr. uagiey, who owns the farm known to Washington county residents as the Dudley MUV farm, has this summer tried what irrigation would do and the result is very Buccessful. Last fall Mr. Bag- ley nau a neiq piougnea ana subsolled and sowed with vetch and in March seeded down with red clover. After the nrst or juiy tne vetch was cut for hay and put ln the barn. - The red clover was then about two Inches high and of rather a delicate nature. The field men maae ready ror the water and on the 15 th day of. July the water was first turned on the field. Exactly one month later lSth of Augustr-the writer o- mis article went in this neld and pulled red clover that measured 23 Inches long and vetch (second cutting; that measured SO inches ln length. The undersigned, who neither asks nor wants pay nor thanks for the writ ing of this article, has written the above hoping thereby to encourage Mr. Bagley in this good work- To the "Know-it-alls" I would say that if, after a visit to this farm, they are not con vinced of the benefits of Irrigation they naa Detter get permission or Mr. Bar ley to let them turn their old cows ln this field, and these same cows would teach them more ln 24 hours than they otherwise could learn ln 40 years. Re spectfully yours, OBSERVER. directory sands of followers Is not very flattering to our supposed enlightenment. Now that Mrs. Eddy has demonstrat ed that she not only Is competent, but Is in astonishing physical health for a woman nearly 90 years old, it would be more ln keeping with American ideas 10 anow ner remaining years to be spent tn peace. This Date ln History. 1138 Scots defeated at the battle of Standard. 164 Charles I set ud hla atandarA ai nuuminam. 1796 The French llahari 1818 The Savannah, the tfrat ataamar to cross the Atlantic was launched. 1849 Surrender at Vanlna tn tha Ana. trians. 1851 America cun won hv Amarlran yacht at Cowes, England. 1873 Cholera anneartuf tn rvilnmhua Ohio. - . . 1890 OenaraJ TtarrmuHa. rliiatama- lean refugee, killed by Guatemalan of ficers on the American steamer Acn- pulco at San Jose. - 1891 Sixty-two nersona tiling h collapse of a building Jn Park Place, New York. 1898 The rehelllnua Xfaf in South Africa submitted to the British. lDuo ratal race rtota in Akron, Ohio. 1903 The Humbert famllv nnnvtftmA of swindling; ln Paris. A Union county man running; a self binder had the lines around him; a horse fell forward and the man was pulled ln front of the machine and killed. a a "Whirlwind Is being sought," says the East oregonlan. Whirlwind Is an Indian, and Is supposed to have stolen a 'horse. And why should a whirlwind want a noraet a a The Gold Beach Oloha aava tha Attnr has purchased a four-acre tract of land, "and will commence immadiatal tn build a home for the Globe as well as ramlly thereon." a a The Jefferson Review reports quite an exoaus or prominent male members of Stayton's society on account of mreatenea prosecutions for their legea treatmei lent of several youna A Morrow county man states that h a? at nrst estimated his wheat crop huu sacKs, put now says he will have 2,000 sacks, and othera alao ara aa-ra. estab- abl'r surprised at the increase ln yield wvci 111a iirai caumaie. a a A Linn county paper tells of a man who "lost on a cheese making process, then bought a band of horses from eastern Oregon and lost heavily Then he run his father's farm, soldi every thing he could, borrowed $400 from his mpther-ln-law, and left for North Yam hilt to see about buying another conv fectlonery store, and has not since been heard from. Besides this he and his wife of 14 months separated several times. And he had melancholy spells." Benefit of Irrigation. Forest Grove, Or., Aug. 15. To the Editor of The Journal Sir: Having lived ln Washington county for a period of six years, I have often heard the old- tlmexs) sax that la tba wuiamstu ya Mrs. Eddy Proves Her Competence. From the New York American. The judicial investigation Into Mrs, Mary Baker Eddy's mental condition has revealed that the head of the Chris tlan Science faith la quite the mental equal or tne examiners; tnat sho knows as much about her financial af- rairs as is necessary ror her to know, and that at 87 she is considerably more vigorous ln mind and body than a numoer or united States senators who are in their seventies. The assertion that Mrs. Eddy, old ana aoaaering, had xaiien into the hands of designing - men and women who Bought to use her for their own our- poses is thus proved to be as baseless a a mi numerous reports or ner aeatn, which were made from time to time by enemies of her religion. . Of whatever faith one may be, the persecution of this aged woman must seem singularly cruel and un-American Religious tolerance has been prao tised in this country from its founda tion it has been a principle which had hitherto been held sacred. . That the first -conspicuous violation of this principle should be an attempt to drive a woman from" a nnaltlnn aha holds by the cheerful sWissa ot thou 1 He Didn't Fit the Water. A Jolly old steamboat captain with more girth than height was asked If uo nau ever oaa any very narrow as. capes. .. J . .r "a iwimuing "once I fell off my boat at the mouth oi sear creex. ana aitnourn I'm an avnat swimmer, I guess I'd be there now if it hadn't been for my crew. You see mo waisr was just aeep enough so s to be over my head when I tried to wade out and Just shallow enough" he gave his body an explanatory pat "so that whenever I tried to swim out I dragged bottom." "Under the Spreading Chest nut Tree," In the August Everybody's. On the Last Day. From the Cleveland Leader. Gabriel I va blown, m v tmnui th... . , , - . . - miow iiuicB auu ouuuu pays any attention tv 11. -Ierafel That's strange. Gabriel Isn't it? Peonla tnat hasty lumn for the curbatona an. v.. look to see which way the auto wentl Harmless. From 1 the Louisville CourierJournaL .v? p Vi1 5' the f wild things, th Teddy Bear, whan attanba FJZ noyed.. rises upon lta hind im mA makes a noise .. like a 'at ,aa.. phones in full cry, yaf u ha. urM bew known to bits, w.v "An East Bide Bank for East Side People." V" " The Commercial Savings Bank aOTOTT AJTD WXUZAK8 ATS. Does a general banking business, and solicits accounts from indi viduals and firms desiring -afe banking connections. Interest at 4 Per Cenl ' ' ' - -J j; Compounded' semi-annually, will be- paid on all .SAVINGS AC COUNTS from $1.00 up. ... i'y, George W. Bates, . ... . ,f resident J 8;' irrel;i;.:V;.x.eaiIer ? A? K. Mi'' .'Hi Tivr