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Temperance and labor are
the two best physicians of
man.' Rousseau.
WALL STREET -AND THE WEST
- -HE WEST hai but acant sympa-
Ittay with the troubles, real or
Imaginary, of Wall street. The
whole country and the western
tates In particular hare been
swindled and milked and bled by
Wall street ever since the war at
- least, and are getting Into a position
to tell Wall street to go to Harlem
' with Its fits, and not bother the rest
of the country,
The west Is still paying enormous
tribute to Wall street in railroad
arcings, Insurance premiums, and
loan commissions but Is no longer
so dependent upon the high finan
ciers of that financial sewer as It
has been. The west will have to
continue to pour a flood of gold into
Wall street, but the flow will de
crease, and there will be enough left
In the country to prevent It from
going Into a panic every time Wall
street Is seized with a monetary chill.
In fact, the country Is well pleased to
see Wall street In a fit that It cannot
communicate to the rest of the coun
try. The people of the west have
ceased to become Involuntary vie-1
,tlms to the financial piracy that con
stitutes business In Wall street, to
'the extent of going crazy "an4 shriek
ing "panic" In unison with Its finan
cial brigands.
..Stocks have been going down. It
Is a good thing. It shows health,
not disease, strength, not weakness.
It shows more, honesty and common
sense. Stocks are not property. In
Wall street they are only gamblers'
"chips." The overcapitalization of
railroads and other stocks has been
a drain on the country, a curse to
- It, a gigantic swindle or the people.
If Roosevelt's prosecution of crimi
nal combinations has caused this
overflow of water, he has done the
country the greatest service of his
life. Now, If a man wants to buy
stocks, he can get somewhere near
bis money's worth. Heretofore he
was buying largely water. As the
Philadelphia North American says,
'It was a world-wide water debauch.
Financial katzenjammer has pre
vailed In every nation. In this coun
try, cursing Roosevelt and the sup
porters of his policy has been as sane
a proceeding as damning a doctor J
who purges a drunkard's sickened
system back to health. There was
no human means to avert the pay
Went of the bitter reckoning. No
country can whistle away a burden
of criminal Inflation, crazed specula
tlon and fictitious standards of value
. such as was heaped higher and hie
er upon the United States by the
law-defying masters of the stock
market and their dupes. That the
load has been cast off with no crash
of bankruptcies, and no Impairment
of prosperous activity in agriculture.
commerce and manufactures. Is such
a present blessing and a guarantee
of future benefits as could not have
been hoped for by the most opti
mistic."
We don't think bottom has been
reached yet, nor that Roosevelt did
Jt all; but we are getting down to
ward a firm basis, and the presi
dent has no doubt helped a good
deal. The thing for the country to
rejoice In and congratulate itself
I- 11 A. TIf.ll . , .
upuu in mat. wan street wunin four
ders have been ponotured and tat
water has run out, and the bladder
blowers have fallen with a dall thud.
The country has not lost, bat traUy
gained.
HOW ABOUT THE MILK?
the evolution of tha highest type of
long-wool! breeds. The wool grows
KccTr ar.d finer. The same condi
tio! r-rcvluce animals of Immense
Kite, .tightening Its value for the
vi Rxperts say, no spot on the
fVN can surpass, and few, If any
final, western Oregon In nroducing
COTTEL, a mernbw ot t1 fclsfcest possible type of the long-
council, has expressed tfc fTrr
Ion that a large proportift ?
the milk sold In this city
Impure, and that this bad mi:k
causes a good many deaths annually.
especially of children. The Journal
has repeatedly alluded to the Impor
tance and necessity of pure milk
giving the reasons therefor, which
to all intelligent people should be
apparent, and therefore scarcely
need restatement. In large eastern
cities the problem of obtaining pure
milk Is a very difficult one, and
some of them are preparing to steril
ise all milk sold as the only way to
secure milk not inreotea witn ais
ease germs. Here the problem
should not be so hard. We are a
Comparatively small city yet, and an
exceptionally healthy city. We can
watch our milk supply at much less
cost. If not more surely, than ca,n be
done in New York or Chicago. And
the sooner we begin to make sure,
constantly, in a systematic way, that
none but absolutely pure milk la
sold, the easier the task will be, and
the better off the city will be.
Dr. Cottel, both as physician and
councilman. Is a man whose opinion
and warning are entitled to consid
eration. He presumably knows
what he Is talking about, and It Is
an exceedingly important mattPr.
His recommendation that a special
milk Inspector be appointed, pro
vided a competent and faithful one
can be found, is a good one. Com
missioner Bailey does what he can,
but he Is a state officer, and cannot
give this matter the attention It de
mands. Neither can the city health
officers. Milk Is something that
needs constant and especial watch
ng. What Is the cost of this service
compared with the death of several
hundred children annually? Let us
see to it that our milk is pure.
twWI biwds. Here, nature, cli
mate and foods present the exact
conditions required In the Industry.
The region should supply all the
fancy sheep for replenishing these
ranges. The way to do It, is to pro
duce the Immense number of stan
dard bred animals required, which
farmers probably do as they
learn that the prices are almost
double ordinary block figures, and
the market practically Inexhaustible
UNDERGROUND WIRES.
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CHARTER AND FRANCHISE.
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months has pulled off two panics
and the country has only smiled and
sneered at the sufferer. No doubt
Wall street is rather sick. It ought
to be, Its sickness will do It good.
The sicker It Is the better. Only
very severe sickness will reform the
jrotten thing probably not that. But
the country doesn't care very much,
ior it has In a great measure cut
; loose from Wall street, become In
dependent of It. The west refuses i
' , to get sick any more when and be
cause Wall street does. In fact, the
west feels' better on account of Wall
.' street's sickness. The west is glad
' Tto see Che swindlers and destroyers
punished a. .little. What should a
, ' city's or oantry's people care about
the losses of a few gamblers, who
nave peen pocketing winnings ffbm
he pedple ' bu Jut fallen out an d
" exposed their surethjng game? This
HE OPINION of the city attor
ney that the street railway
company may be made to Im
prove the streets according to
ordinance or forfeit its franchise, If
correct, is Important. He holds that
the city can compel the railway com
pany to accept as a part of their
franchises, though not expressed
therein, the provisions of the charter
of 1898 elating to the repair of
streets used by the company. If tho
company will not accept this amend
ment to their franchises, they can
be forfeited, says the city's law offi
cer.
The question has arisen In conse
quence of the long and aggravating
delays .In the Improvement of sev
eral streets which the city desired
to Improve, caused by the failure of
the streetcar company to repair its
portion of the streets as required
by the charter though not by the
terms of the franchises. The opinion
of the city attorney seems to con
form to a common sense view of the
matter, however it might be viewed
by the courts. The people are en
titled to have the streets Improved,
without being subjected to these long
delays by the railway company. It
should be required to do Its part
promptly, or take whatever legal
consequences may be Its due.
Corporations that have been
H ETHER THE time has
come yet to make a move
to put all overhead wires
underground, or whether
Councilman Vaughn's plan la the
best for that purpose, or not, It
scarcely a debatable proposition that
the overhead wires should in the not
distant future be transferred to un
aergrouna conduits, mis win be a
big task, and will necessitate an un
pleasant and Injurious disturbance
of the streets' surface, but we must
have the change made some time,
and It is none too early to be con
sidering it carefully and preparing
for It. Since this Is so, and since
the General Electric company de
sires to dig up the streets to lay Its
heat conduit, It might be well. If,
as claimed, that company's fran
chlse Is forfeitable, to delay that en
terprise until the matter rf a gen
eral transference of wires under
ground Is thoroughly considered. It
Is very Important not only that this
shall be done, but that the streets
be torn up as little and as few times
as possible. Councilman Vaughn's
resolution therefore appears to con
tain a good suggestion.
Senator Foraker says the Repub
licans of the country don't want the
tariff revised. Oh, senator, get
down off that stump and put your
ear to the ground. Quit listening
to the trust megaphones and catch
on to the earth currents. It Is true
that a good many Republicans don't
want a revision of the tariff, and a
good many more don't care a conti
nental about It, but only want to get
on the big side; but out west It is
safe to say that a great majority of
the people, Republicans as well as
others, do want a radical revision of
the tariff.
Letters from the People
Not a Bank Insurance Law,
To the Editor of The Journal tn tho
failure of tho Oregon Trust Barings
bank tho attention of tho people Is
called to the Inadequacy of the state
and national banking laws. Civilisation
n aa irom nme 10 time aaoptea certain
forme of Insurance against losses oaused
by natural elements pr the oarelessnesa
of mankind, thus came fire Insuranoe,
iiie insuranoe. acciaem insuranoe, ma
rine insurance, boiler, plate (lass, em
ployers' liability, railway liability,
burglary and livestock: Insuranoe. all
or wnirn are successes mat no sensible
business person would do without Then
why not compel the banks to Insure
their deposits.
1'he banks of Portland have 1(0.000.-
uuu on aepomi ana me oaiance or me
tale of Oregon has. we will assume,
I20.u00.000 to $40,000,00. We will say
for convenient in figuring a total for
the state of $10,000.000. not one cent
of which Is Insured against the failure
of the banks to pay the depositors.
Let the cltlsens of the elate of Ore
Run initiate a bank Insurance law
wher-by the banks will be taxed one
quarter, one half or one three quarters
of 1 iur cent upon the average deposits
for one year. That this tax shall go
Into a fund to be held by the stats
trnasurer to Immediately redeem such
rutin res as the Oregon Trust A Savings
bank and the state (that la the bank
hindrance fund) shall take possession
of the bank's securities and shall dis
pone of them at the best possible price.
Assuming that there In 1 1 00,000,000 on
deposit In the state of Oregon that
m-.niM mean an annual tax from this
source of 2SA,o00,000 at one quarter of
1 per cent l&uo.OOO at one half of 1
source of 1260.000 at one quarter of
1 per cent, which In a few years would
accumulate millions of dollars and make
every bank In tho state perfectly safe.
The results of such a law on tho
banks would cause the people to have
more conlidence and would Increase tne
number and amount of deposits from 25
to 60 per cent over amounts now In the
banks, thus being a srreat blessing to
the banks as well as the people.
The granne and the labor unions
should take this up and "initiate it as
a law. J. C. GILL,
TALES IN TABLOID
Julian Hawthorne Tells iu'Elsrea Hundred Words Mrs. Thurston's
Two Hundred Page Norsl, "Ths Mystics."
The Kincald C.
Pnlem. Or. To the Editor of The
Journal In the matter of the suit
brought against Hon. H. R. Kin-
raid. General Idleman is, quoted In your
Issue of yesterday as saying that the
legislature passed a bill allowing the
retaining ef certain fee. This state
ment la erroneous. The last legislature
tiaxsed an unconstitutional flat salary
bill, but what has that to do with tho
fee.s taken by the defendant during the
years 1696. 1896, 1897 and 1898?
Further, Uenerai idleman states mat
It was claimed In the suit brought
o(rnlnt Hon. F. I. Dunbar that the leg
islature had no authority to grant such
privileges, and that this suit against
Air. iunuar was inrown uui ui uuun.
No such Issue was raised In the case
of Mr. Dunbar, for the very good rea
son. DerhaDS. that the legislature had
enacted no law of that kind. As to the
case against Mr. Dunbar, It was not
thrown out of court. On the contrary.
Mr. Dunbar lost on hie appeal to the
supreme court ana tne case win oe
tried on Its merits before Judge Oallo
way at Salem some time next month.
No attempt Is belnar made to cast as
persions on Mr. Kincald. The consti
tution nrovldes that the secretary of
state shall receive an annual salary of
J 1.600 and no fees or perquisites what
ever for the performance or any auiy
connected with his office. We want to
determine whether the constitution
moans what it says.
Li. n. B MAHUH.
la the sort of story Mrs. Thurston
writes, muoh depends, as regards tbe
fame of the author, upon the particular
plot he or she seleots. Her first novel
had a food one, difficult to rival; her
others seem less fortunate. But at any
rate the last one Is out of the common.
as I shall demonstrate to you
John Henderson has been cheated out
of his inherltanoe a big fortune; he In
herlte. Indeed, tbe disinheritance; forhla
father-began It, and died without effect
ing settlement: and there were the boy
John and his beloved mother left to
fight for their lives as best they might
She swallowed har nrlr1 and wrote to
nr nerrou oromer-in-law, Andrew, wno
dwelt In the northern end of Scotland
ana was mysterious and unsocial.
He frls-ldilv ranlUd that ha would let
John act aa hie secretary at (0 pounds
a year. jonn. rancvins tnis miani ieaa
to something better for Uncle Andrew
was possessed of tha fortune acceDted
the position, and held it for seven vears:
at the end of which hie uncle died. But
iirsi, one or two (hinge had happened.
To begin with, while tramping over
the country. John diaoovared a stone
chapel on the top of the hill, windows
ana aoors closed, and very mysterious.
The same evening he opened a book In
a iacK or scnooi teacners is re
ported In several counties. Crook
county being the latest to make an
appeal for outside teachers. Sala
ries are good up there, and It Is a
growing and prosperous county.
Teachers' wages have been raised in
several if not all counties of Oregon,
but it seems not enough yet. Per
haps it would be well to spread the
fact abroad In the east that Oregon
needs more country school teachers.
The schools must somehow be maintained.
given exceedingly valuable privileges
should be held to a strict compliance
with their agreements, and with the
provisions of the charter, which, as
the city attorney holds, may be
"read Into" all such agreements.
OREGON SHEEP IN DEMAND.
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Is all . bat Has Juppened,:gTlie. Wtd'proaiicts are sxtramel. tarorable to
HERE is a bow of promise In a
shipment that left Oregon last
week. It was 4,000 head of
long-wooled bucks, sent from
western Oregon to be placed at the
head of flocks In Wyoming and
Colorado ranges. The transaction is
typical of an Industry that should
become consequential In western
Oregon. The standard of long
wooled sheep, on account of climate
and food conditions, deteriorates on
the ranges of semi-arid states. The
air Is too parched, the feed too dry.
The wool shortens, and the animal
becomes smaller In new generations.
The Kentucky thoroughbred set
adrift on the plains will become a
scrub in a generation or two. 1
provide against deterioration, there
must be importations of standard
bucks.
The condition affords royal op
portunity for western Oregon. Eng
land and Canada have long been
the source of supply from which the
flocks of these ranges have been re
plenished. Neither is capable of
competing with western Oregon In
the business. Here, the humid at
mosphere, even climate and food
No feeling of anger or passion
ought to prompt anyone to unprofit
able action of any kind against the
officers of the suspended bank, be
cause this will injure the depositors
who are naturally and properly
anxious to get their money. The
less friction and antagonism there
are, the greater will be the chance
of depositors being paid In full. The
less he Is handicapped, the easier
can the receiver bring order out of
chaos.
The Hill Roads' Gross Earnings
From the Wall Street Journal.
The gross receipts of the Hill lines In
July Increased more than $2,500,000, ac
cording to the most reliable estimates.
The Northern Pacific showed the great
est Increase, It having been $1,266,481.
Tho liurlington Is next with an Increase
of substantially $1,000,000, while the In
crease on the Great Northern was only
$276,222.
The Increase In the July earnings of
the Great Northern would have been a
great deal more except for the ore strike
In July which tied up ore shipments
from Minnesota. This, however, will
not affect the August earnings except of
courBe favorably as In August and Sep
tember the ore tonnage of July also
will have to be moved together with
what Is ordinarily moved in August and
September.
The Increases for the month of July
of the three Hill lines are estimated as
follows :
Northern Pacific $1,266,481
Burllnsrton (estimated) 1.000.000
Great Northern, Increased 276,222
his uncle's library and read some orphlc
sentences, which he connected with the
chapel, and went back there at night; it
was lighted up, and just then the door
opened and out popped his uncle.
They walked home together, and hlj
uncle let out some Information about
the sect of "The Mystics," where he was
one of the Arch-Mystics, and sat in the
Council of Six. There was a magic
book belonging to the society known as
the Scltsym. and it contained all worth
knowing In tht world. Each of the Six
had It for two months; and at the time
Andrew was dying- It was In his pos
session, and be told John, who was giv
ing him his medicine, to keep his hands
off It till the other Arch-Mystics came
and got It.
John promised to do It; but when, his
uncle having died, he opened the letter
addressed to himself, and found that In
stead of four or ftve hundred thousand
pounds he had been left five hundred
only, with some prudent advice, he was
angry, and determined to burn the pre
cious rook. However, a pregnant sen.
tence that he chanced to see In It, as he
was about to cast it in the flames.
altered his intention; and he decided to
copy It and study the contents; for It
appeared that a master was expected to
come out of the Infinite and take com
mand of everything; and things were so
arranged that there seemed no reason
why John, properly instructed from the
Scltsym, should not pose as the master
himself. Then, having power over all
things, he would have power over the
fortune, which the unfeellnc uncle had
bequeathed to the Mystics.
You are to remember that It was only
filial love which urged him to this ques
tionable practice; he could not bear to
see his mother living In poverty. So he
escaped with his copy of the book, and
fled with her to India, where he studied
the esoteric wisdom for 10 years. The
scene next opens at the headquarters of
the sect In London.
The s see tto, red-handed precursor, or
John the Baptist of the cult has been
foretelling for 16 days that the master
Is coming. And the fateful day has
come, and you might see the faithful
repairing In great nervous stress to the
house In Helller Crescent. Brompton,
where the apparition is to occur. Among
them is a beautiful young widow, 28
years of age. with an oval face and
slight, graceful figure, who always
wears black. She hopes there Is some
thing In it but only half thinks there Is.
Well, after an exhortation from the
precursor the door opens, and In
marches the master himself, tn a long
white robe and sandals. He Is still i
young, tali and strong, with a
handsome, but grave and impressive,
and tie is very aelr-posaessed. H
makes the assembly a speech, naing
by opening the front of his robe and
reveal Ln branded on his breast the
mviMit Mtann That aattiaa It. They
all believe and worship, Including the
almost skeptlo widow, wnose name
Enid Wltcherly. Even the formidable
Horatio BalcCorphew believes; but you
oan see with hair an eye mat ne i
love with Mrs. Wltcherly, and that there
will be trouble further on.
Now wa receive a shock: for the Pre
cursor and the master have a dialogue to
themselves In the very next cnapter,
from which It appears that the master
is none other than John Henderson,
back from Jndla. primed with the
Bnltavm n nA tha nramiraor la Terence
JUomlnlck Pevereaux, his bosom friend
and ally; and they are going to fool.
or bilk, the Mystics, and st away,
when the time comes, with the coffer of
fjkn& all would have gone right had It
not been for the widow. She Is inter
ested In the master, and has long pri
vate conferences with him; and, to tell
the truth, he falls In love with her and
commits the indiscretion of calling on
her in her flat, for no better reason
than that she had not been to consult
with him for a whole week. But. really,
he is uneasy In his conscience; for
fhmiirh he does not mind robbing the
Mystics, who have received goods stolen
from him. he cannot endure to act a
false part before Enid; and he Inconti
nently tells her his whole story.
She Is greatly put out, and goes so
far as to call him a thief, and to refuse
away, and she has hardly wiped her
eyes when In bursts Horatio Bale-Cor-phew,
the rival, and shouts out that he
and the rest of the six have been spying
on the master for a week, and have
found out his secret; and they are go
Ina to denounce hrVn at that nlght'i
meeting, and perhaps the enraged
brethren will kill him.
Hereupon Enid finds out tnat sne
loves the master, and hates Bale-Cor-phew;
and she sets to work to warn the
rormer or tno pern in siore ior mm.
But everything goes contrary, and the
meeting begins with the master unin
formed of his coming exrosure.
A man like that, however, Is not to
be easljy trapped; and he starts out
with the purpose, soon made manifest,
of exposing himself. Are you getting
excited? So was everybody else at the
meeting, except the master, who was
keeping his hand. But finally Bale
Oorphew could stand It no longer, and
he Jumps up and begins his denuncia
tion; only by that time the master had
won the favor of the audience, and they
will not listen to his enemy.
The meeting breaks up In a row, In
the midst of which Enid faints; and
when she comes to herself the master
Is beside her alive and well, and the
Mystics have gone home. The master
Is sad. but still self-possessed. "Where
are you going?" Enid Inquires. "To
India to tell my poor mother I have
failed," he replies. "It will be a hard
task making her understand," he adds.
Then says Enid, tenderly and nobly:
"Let me go with you; I can explain It
better than you. because we both love,"
This Is not, yon see, a real occult
story after all. because the Mystics were
dupes ana there was no real master.
But It has an atmosphere or occultism,
which is as good or better; and It Is
told with commendable brevity In less
than 200 pages, sparsely printed on very
thick paper witn illustrations. rou
may Know the dook oy tne Droan rea
band slanting across the back cover.
and by the hieroglyphics at the tops of
the pages. Whether you will remember
it as easily as you recognise It Is an
other question.
JULIAN HAWTHORNS.
The Mystics," by Katherlne Ceoll
Thurston. . Harper & Brothers, New
York.
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Small CLangc
Wall street's wolf ery scares
wvai no ivniir.
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If you are really hungry,
taste pretty good. .
Some chauffeurs seem to be tryln
to travel as fst as that oomet
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Tha president Intimates that the bear
stock speculators are similar to nature
fakors.
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Even If Piers. Morgan should say the
times were bad, we wouldn't believe it
out west.
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Great gun I what a lot of money
that young Krupp heir will have when"
he grows up.
John D. says he Is hauling a cart In
which the pcocle ride, but the fare is
pretty high.
Butter Isn't really a necessity; If
one goes without it for a few weeks he
doesn't miss it.
The Hague conference attracts nearly
as much of the world's attention as a
village dog fight.
The trusts nretend that it is tha
country that Roosevelt la busting; but
the people know better.
Peekaboo waists and net stooklnca
must oe unDOituiar witn
where mosquitoes are thick.
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Men are punished for desert! n a- thai
wives, but ft seems to be considered all
right for w(pes to desert their husbands.
A lot of people who never thoueht
so before are Inclined to favor govern
ment ownership of the telegraph lines.
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Everybody agrees that the P. 8. Tel
ephone company could easily take the
premlum--for the worst service In Port
land on earth.
How much authority has a hired bank
cashier over hundreds of thousands of
deposits? Apparently a good deal more.
In some cases, than he ought to have.
Conservative banking and promotion
or speculation cannot be done at onoe
by any concern.
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Going the rounds: A man went Into
a drug store and Inquired the price of
sulphur. 'Ten cents a pound," said
the druggist. "Ain't that a little steep,"
asked the would-be customer. "I can
get It of Montgomery Ward A Co. for
7 cents." "You can get It in h 1 for
nothing and save the freight." replied
the angry druggist.
Oregon Sidelights
The Coburg glsss factory has started
up.
Eugene Is
lithlc.
ictually paving with bltu-
HoD-plcklnr has begun in Lane and
Linn counties.
Huckelherrles are very plentiful
eastern Oregon mountains.
In
The president has given the al
leged nature fakers another blowing
up, accusing various of them of
imagining and inventing a great
many of the descriptions and Inci
dents they have published as facts.
But the wonder is how the president
so positively knows everything about
wild animals. He certainly has
Total Increase $2,642,703
The August Increases promise to
amount to a round $3,000,000 as while
the earnings of the Northern Pacific
and the Burlington are showing up as
well as In July those of the Great
Northern show much heavier Increases
The Northern I'arlflc Is getting to be
a favorite in wall street circles as
compared with the Great Northern. The
present selling prices or tne stock are
commented upon almost dally In Wall
ctreet circles nnd the prospects are
usually considered exceptionally bright
and the market price of the stock very
low.
One reason why the Northern Pacific
may be considered more of a favorite
than Great Northern is the fact that
about two thirds of its lines are lo
cated, west of the Missouri river, while
about" two thirds of the lines of the
Great Northern are located east of the
Missouri river. The country west of
the Missouri Is showing a development
that Is quite phenomenal, while the
country east of the Missouri Is show
lng a more moderate development and
It Is for this reason that the Northern
Pacific has been showing" -'eater in
creases in Its gross receipts for some
timo past than the Great Northern has
and this situation is probably likely to
continue for some time to come.
Charles W. Fulton.
Charles W. Fulton, United States sen
ator from Oregon, was born August 24.
1S53, at Lima, Ohio. At an early age
he removed with his parents to the mid
dle west and his education was received
In ochnols in Iowa and Nebraska, in
both of which states ha resided for a
time. He studied law at Pawnee City,
Nebraska, and was admitted to the har
in 1876. Soon after he went to Oregon.
For a time he taught echool before be-
never personally Studied them as nt Astoria. He entered public life as a
much as some of the alleged nature
fakers have.
It Is true that as to Home Inves
tors the bank failure will have little
or no bad effect, but It will have
a temporary injurious Influence
abroad. The Important thing, then,
is for everybody concerned-and all
good citizens are concerned to some
extent to help in whatever, way he
can to bring about a full payment
of the bank's obligations as soon as
possible. Then the word that can
be sent out will be reassuring.
state senatar, serving In that capacity
from 1878 to 1902. In the meantime he
had won fame as a lawyer and appeared
as chief counsel in many important
cases In the northwest. Four years ago
he was elected to the United States
senate after a long and hard-fought contest.
It Is said- to be Secretary Root's
policy to 'enforce the law against
corporations that break it, but not
to punish. Individuals directly. If
this theory "la te be adopted, out
burglars and J footpads should form
a corporation, which might befined
If proven guilty, but the individual
robbers would be Immune. 1
This Date in History-
1760 Letlzla Bonaparte, mother of
Napoleon, born at Ajacclo, Corsica.
1784 First mall coach In England left
London for Bristol.
1814 Washington. D. C, attacked and
taken by tho British.
1835 The Earl of Oosford sworn In
as governor of Canada.
1837 Don Carlos defeated the royal
tronn near Herrera.
1 860 Prince of Wales opened the
Victoria railway bridge at Montreal.
1875 Captain Webb, on a second trial,
swam across the English channel.
1884 French force bombarded Foo
chow, China.
183 Destructive storm along the
Atlantic coast of North America.
1906 President Roosevelt ordered a
simplified form of spelling In the gov
ernment printing office.
Their Solution,
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Tompkins and his wife always get
along splendidly. They do Just as they
please.' " .
"How fortunate! How do you ac
count, for ttf .
"To jr don't lire fogstnsB,1-
Dinkelspiel, on the Rebate
Question
By Qeorge V. Hobart.
(Copyright, 1807, br American-Journal Examiner)
Home, Now.
Meln Lleber Son Looey: Ve haf ra
ce! fed your letter from Erie, Pennsyl
vania, und your mother und me vas glat
to hear dot pltzness continuations to be
full rait spondullx on der road.
I notice vot you say In your letter,
Looey, abould der vave of lnwesttgatlon
lng vlch Is now sveeplng ofer dis fair
land and cofering mit eel-grass und con
fusion efery rebate dot dares to put Its
nose ouidslde a railroad ofuce.
I vas glat to see It. Looey, because
mebbe it is dot some day dose vlch t'lnk
dey own der earf vlil vake up und not
be so comtenptous mit delr contempo-rlums.
I t'lnk it is a goot idea, Looey, aoi aer
Standard Oils und der Ufa Insurances
und der delicatessen trusts vas kept
busy rushing from der lawyer's office
to der courtroom, und all der Chon D.
Rockyfellows of high finance vas vlsh
Ing dey vas born mltould der figure of
speech.
Der eggserclse keeps dem In better
healt' financially, because uddervlse dey
all lead such a sedimentary life.
But I t Ink also on der udder nana
dot your Uncle Adolf Truckenmuller,
vlch lives In Schneidervllle, up near der
basement of der Catskllls mountains, has
mlirnlfled der matter ven he sends to
your mother der letter vlch I lnclosure
Your uncle apologetics for der style of
his letter by saying dot ne vas ouia
trout-fishing und fell in der brook, vlch
angered him so dot he rushed home und
dropped Into poetry.
iJis is nis lener. ljooey:
VOT YOU T'INKST
"Der neoDles here in Schneidervllle
dey know yust vot vas right; day's up
to date mit eferyding, intelligent una
bright. Und ven a public sorfant hold
ing orrice gets too gay, aey Know aui
it vas time to kick, und to each udder
say:
"I t'lnk he ought to be lnwestiga-
tioned."
Postmaster Bauer of Schneidervllle
ha lien! riot office lonsr. and many yars
has past vareln he doen'd dit nuddlngs
wrong. But yesterday I noticed he vas
reading ach! so hard und ven I got
up close he blushed und dropped a pos
tal card.
I t'lnk ho ought to De mvesiiga-
tloned. . . , .
Der teacher of der public school In
Schneidervllle vas Miss Augusta Rosle
Kfhmtrit nnrt she vas sveet enough to
kiss till she vent on a wislt to der city
recently und brought home talk vlch
dis is ft, "Dot cuts no Ice mit me."
I t'lnk she ought to be inwestlga-
tloned.
Gui Pfeffer las been keeper of der
nonnd of Schneidervllle for many years.
und veil ve know his place vas hard to
fill. But yust a week ago or so he
found a oow astray und peoples say
since den dot he has beefsteaks efory
day. 1
1 t'lnk he ought to be inwestiga
tloned. . ,
Dare's Herman Schools, a member of
der church clnce yust a boy, vlch says
he finds der Sunday school his only
pride und choy. Last veek he goes und
svaps his horse, und, py Chove! if ne
Bin t aneau eigni. aunara un ins reuuu
tlon as a saint.
I t'lnk he ought to be lnwestlga
tloned. Olt Dr. Muller vas der pride of
Schneidervllle for years. Hi superin
tends affairs for all dat leaves dis wale
of tears. But lately e got all stlcked
up und uses foreign terms, und now he
says dot measles dey vas caused by
leedle eherms.
I t'lnk he ought to be Inwestlga-tloned.
Good Bargains for Wise
Women
Newport and vicinity becomes a more
popular resort every summer.
Papers of central and southeastern
Oregon build several big railroads every
week.
Copyright 1907, by American-Journal
Examiner.
There are many merchants wondering
now how they can get rid of the things
left over before the season of autumn
selling shall commence.
There are bargains in the stores, and
wise women can comUlne profit and
amusement by travelling around the
stores at 'this time.
Oo in the morning, when It Is cool
Read beforehand In this newspaper
which you can -et as you leave your
house what tne merchants oner, men
do your selecting.
The foolish man jokes about the bar
gain counter. The wiser women crowd
around the bargain counter.
This Is the season when bargains are
ripest, because merchants have got to
sell. They need the room. Their profit
has been made on goods sold at full
prices earlier in the season, and in
many cases they are actually only too
glad to take now less than they paid for
merchandise.
It Is Idiocy to suppose that the bar
gain counter represents the result of
fioor Iy paid work or -..at It represents
nferfor -oods.
The bargain counter represents some
times the effort of one merchant to
eclipse another. Advertising costs a
great deal and some merchants put part
or their advertising allowance into sel
ling below cost. The woman who gets
the bargain advertises the store.
Sometimes at this season especially
tne Dargain counter represents mis
takes of buyers" for the big stores.
They overdid the buying, took In more
than the public could absorb and now
the counters must be cleared to make
room for other things.
Some merchants Just now make a
specialty of furniture. They are all
paying rent all paying wages In good
times as well as bad, and they must do
something to keep money coming in.
There are real chances now tne wise
woman will seise them, Instead of wait
ing until the time when everybody tries
to buy at once.
Don't despise ihe bargain counter. It
Is the best friend of the careful, eco
nomical woman. Don't buy when you
don't need, that is foolish.
Don't wait to buy until late In the
day when the young women behind the
counters are tired. Oo early. keecffl,
read what the various merchants say
nco ii you cannot maxe one nousehold
dollar work as hard aa a dollar and
liny cenis,
But don't buy what vou don't need.
The Tourist.
The hop erop will be big wherever
the vines were tended; but the price
oh, my!
Rattlesnakes are numerous around
Madras. Miss Ethel Kidder killed a
large one.
There Is not a vacant house in
Brownsville, and several families want
houses there.
a a
Charles Nlckell has sold out his news
paper business in Medford. He has
Been In the newspaper business In Jaok-
son county since la7i.
A Cooullle man, says the Sentinel,
raises the choicest beef on the best
range In the state without feeding, the
cattle thriving on nature's pastures the
year round.
A large hlckorynut tree In Forest
Grove has partially broken down from
the weight of nuts with which It la
literally loaded. This was one of the
finest ornamental trees In the city.
s
Coyotes were never before so numer
ous In Morrow county; frequently they
come Into town and rob henroosts, and
chasing them with fast-running dogs Is
becoming a popular sport among a num
ber of Heppner people.
Much difficulty Is being experienced
this year by the farmers In securing
their grain threshed than ever before,
the Albany Herald Is Informed. Grain
raisers have combined and are using tho
cooperative system in harvesting their
grain, and Individual owners of ma
chines find It unprofitable to operato .
them.
a
Nine English walnut trees on a Yam
hill county farm, 80 years old, though
from nuts of one tree, produce nuts of
all sixes, various qualities and other
differing characteristics. One tree
grows choice nuts with shells like the
Santa Barbara sort shell: another has
shells almost as hard as those of the
hickory nut.
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Few people in northern Grant
not seen the woman with the.
wagon, who for some time
been visiting the ranches wlthaSrer little
load of merchandise, says the Long
Creek Ranger. Her name la Mrs. Rock
well. She has three very Intelligent
dogs trained to draw a light express
wagon, and she Is very fond of them,
and contended with her outdoor. Inde
pendent life.
a
A Shedd farmer, with SI acres, In the
past nine months has received $801
cash for his milk from 12 cows. $43.80
for veal nnd $189.22 for hogs, making
a total of $836.02. His expenses were
$464. Besides this he has 30 tons of
hay. 12 acres of oats and eight acres of
corn for the silo. Nine cows are to
come fresh about October 1, meaning
more veal. When he started seven
heifers were with their first calves.
You se It, Looey, how your uncle Is
affect at loned, so don't be surprlsaled
If some of dese days you hear dot your
old father und mother, vas up for crosa
eggsamlnatlon because ve gafe der cook
a rebate so she vould stay mit ua anud
der veelC rmutt
- H Fr. Gsorgs .V. Hobart,
From the Denver ReDublloan
Who fills the summer time with gleeT
x ne lounsi.
Who peoples trails on land and sear
The tourist.
Who starts, with toothbrush and a comb,
au iiaiy, or iimyue roomer
Who never leaves his kodak home?
The same chap.
Who wears field glasses on his hlpT
The tourist.
Who likes a white suit for a trip'
The tourist.
Who from the sandwich can't be weaned?
Who is a hopeless postcard fiend?
Whos always pretty nearly "cleaned"?
xne luenucai individual.
Who "does" a big town in a day?
The tourist.
Who looks on travel as mere plav?
The tourist. '
Who wanders far afield alone?
Who likes to hear descriptions drone
Through "seeing" spielers megaphone?
The same optimistic explorer.
Outsiders Can't Help.
From the Ladies' World.
The very biggest mistake that mar
ried Persons make is to think that their
friends will help them in their troubles
with each other. The man or woman
w 9 o sjl w jr from home for sym
pathy finds sorrow ad brings back
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"An East Side Bank for East Side
People.'
The Commercial
Savings Bank
KNOTT AITS WIlIilAMS ATB.
The management of this Insti
tution alms to conduct a careful,
conservative, legitimate business
and solicits the accounts of those
who are changing their present
banking relations, or opening new
ones.
If you are not a customer, we
Invite you to become one.
Interest at 4.
naM on all savin rS accounts, frotn 1
$1.00 up, compounded semi-annually.
George W. Bates....... President
J, B. Blrrsl ... .,..,. .Cashier
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