THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
PORTLAND, TUESDAY t EVENING,
SEPTEMBER 1 17, ! 1907. V
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'rOBEION JDVKKT1SINO REPRE8ENTATI VB
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York; Tribune Building. Chicago.
and else up Just what tbla Chines j cheaper more people could met land,
"awakening" la who will aecora-1 MoreoTer, with a far larger propor
pllnb It, and how, and for what pur- j tlon of the people on land and pro
poses we have little definite, post-' duclng necessaries therefrom, taxes
tire Information. It la a nebulous, 1 could be In a great measure gradu
uncertaln, elusive, contradictory : ally shifted to land, or to land val-
proposltlon.
China Is an especially peculiar pa-
uea, resulting In a far more equit
able and economical system of taxa
tion. The vast number of Chinese ' t,on- Bu tn' '"t would not be a
nbacrtptloa Tcrma br mall to any addraaa
, s la Ualta Blair. Canada or Maaloo.
DAILY.
He r IS On Una nonth I M
SUNDAY.
Da 7r 12.50 Oua month I .
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
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Conduct hath the loudest
tongue. William Cowper.
WHY NOT A PARCELS POST?
S THE JOURNAL has occasion
ally pointed out. the United
States, while potentially supe-
i MOT to all othnp cmintrlfa la
In tome respects behind somo oth
ers, and It should not despise to look
abroad and learn. One of these re
spects Is In the matter of a parcels
post. We have bo far failed to pro
rjde Ourselves with this great mod
em convenience because four or five)
express companies, allied with other
monopolies and trusts, have controlled
congress, which has obeyed their dlc
; tates and neglected the people's ln
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-.' '.The, postmaster-generals for years
tvave advocated a parcels post. Meyer
.wants It, and before him Blssell and
. iWanamaker and Vilas and other
. postmaster-generals wanted It. But
' old Senator Tom Piatt and the gang
of congressional grafters with which
lie was allied have always defeated
, Here are a few Incidents show
Ins; the advantage of a parcels post.
SThe charges on a three-pound pack
age sent from an American to an
people are not homogeneous except
lu adherence to old customs and
antipathy to the western world's
ideas of progress. True, there Is Jrlty of people.
manifestly a progressive element in
some If not all cities and provinces,
such as has not been beard of till
recntly, but we have not read any
whore yet just what this element
proposes to accomplish, nor how Its
ends could be accomplished.
Vet we doubt not that there Is a
sort of an indefinable and unrlaasl
flable "awakening" in China, nor
that the posHlble results of it may
be of great Interest and consequence
In the world before many years. If
all China could be united under one
masterful, progressive leader; if
China, with its 400,000,000 people
and its Illimitable natural resources,
should within a generation become
a great naval and military nation, as
Japan has become, only five or ten
times as great; if China then should
become aggressive and seek to even
up for. all the insults and affronts
and robberies of which she has been
the victim then Indeed China might
make it very Interesting for Europe
necessary consequence; the direct
consequences would be wholly and
clearly beneficial to the great ma-
Small. Cbange
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The New York Times prints as
obscurely as possible the following
communication:
To the Editor. A friend In Cincin
nati sent ma a Jar of perhaps five
pound of apple butter. The express
age waa one dollar. I could have
bought the same product here In New
York for about 45 oent ao In my heart
I probably a wore at the express com
pany. But that I wat wrong; in think
ing they bled nie Is proved by the
annual report of the Wells-Fargo com
pany, showing; that their net earnings
for the year were but 14,313,904, or
only 63.92 per cent on the $8,000,000
capital atock, and an Increase of but
$1,248,942 ovtr last year. It Is no won
der, In view of this showing, that Presi
dent Dudley Evans "sounds a note of
alarm" and nervounly remarks that "a
compliance with the many rulings and
requirement of the Interstate com
merce commlsaKai subjects us to con
tinued additional labor and exponas."
Uosh! What will happen If thla poor
company ever has to be content with
net earnings of 10 per cent?
Secretary Taft's enthusiastic praise
of thfl Pacific nnrlhwmrt wna tin
fnr nv-hlla An4 If oa V(n.. . n v
- "" jdoubt a sincere, genuine expression
uuuul jiiaua, uiepw two Asiatic na
Oho! the tourists; treat them hospl
tably.
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Taft Is large, but Jn comparison with
ma jraciu) ooaan, now .
Assuming- that soma trusts are good
make trust busting a fare.
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It used to be "Oat licked ytr But
schools are different now.
It Is Said Chinas ir, atiMirlna- (li.
problem: How old la Tsl An 7
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The old Cliff House, recently burned,
had seen many a hot time before,
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Colonel Ooethal sticks a Ions time
at Panama. Mayb his nam helps,
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In every department tha state fair
is "ma 10 oe Digger and better than ever
oeiore.
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Go to the state fair anyway, even If
ii rami wno in Oregon is afraid of a
in u a rainr
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It Is said the new comet Is 10,000,000
mnes in length. That beats Tafta
ooom soma.
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A. Bennett' Optimist prints a column
and a half editorial abdut "Fulton's
DUCCIIHOr.
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From the hobo's point of view the
region or OregtfA consists of the
We have no nersnnnl ,nMn
tha elk hunters, but hope most of the
cjk win gat away
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patronise nome merchants, not mall
order houses. Sending away off for
guoas aoesn t pay.
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At any rate, the New Tork World did
nui kh us inrormatton about that cam
palgn fund from Cortelyou.
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Senator Bourne ran tatl a IHtl an.
cou raged; Chancellor Day has declaimed
against a "second elective term."
AWARDS BEING MADE TO
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JOURNAL CONTESTANTS
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Leading Contestants Have tHe First Call on the Scholar
ships Offered for New Subscriptions Secured to The
JournalOther Awards Announced Tomorrow.
tlons should Join forces, with Japan
as the leader and manager, what
combination of powers could with
stand them?
But these are large "lfs"; such a
development is mere speculation. A
large Improbability to begin with Is
that all China can be brought to act
together, can "awaken" both sim-
Lultaneously and harmoniously. And
internal dissensions and internecine
strife would give European powors
opportunity to defeat the great
dreamed-of movement. China will
of his opinion, and not mere political1
taffy. All keen-sighted, observing
men who visit this region and be
hold Its marvelous resources and
opportunities say something of the
same sort. The boy of today who
lives to be an old man in this region
will see sucn deveJopment as even
the most sanguine of us can scarcely
imagine now.
'Argentine city was 6.30. If sent In all probability change more in
from England the charge would j the next 50 years than she has in the
have been 67 cents. This is one! vast 500. in some w&va: hut to what
extent and in just what directions it
will "awaken" we can do little bet-
WEATHER AND STATE FAIR.
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large reason why England does many
' times the business In South Amer
ica that the United States does. Former than guess
goods costing $9.30 In Minneapolis!
an English merchant paid $14.35 to j
an American express company. He
Will buy no more goods to be sent
ly( express In this country.
The charges of the American ex
press companies are many times
what charges for like service are In
Europe or what they ought to be
, here, 'If the government handled the
business as it does the malls. It ;
,hn rfpn PRtimntAd that a HnmnHi i
nnat M ao,,- (k. !must lU8t tak5 chances and do the
f .aar a vuk w UIU OU V 2 b La 5 PCUV IO
Of this country $280,000,000 a year,
jmoney now going to the express
companies and their parent corpora-
Kick Longworth Is reported to
have said over In Honolulu that his
eminent father-in-law would run for
president again if the people In
sisted on it. Perhaps'the president
would be obliged to Uncle Joe Can
non if he would make a few re
marks about his son-in-law.
oovernor Hughee is also said to be
a buttermilk drinker. He should leave
rairoanii me outtermllk chance,
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r eemre Jarma dooan't want the
Philippines, but she recently showed
that she wanted to be next to shem.
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Why mightn't the Portland senatorial
aspirants draw ntraws to- determine
which one should run against FultonT
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It seems to take Senator Poraker a
long time to find out that he Isn't so
big and important a man as he thought
ho was.
The Journal la proceeding with tha
awarding of scholarships to Its con
testants who spent July and August
In Increasing ita paid circulation.
The results of the contest and tha
relative order of standing were not ar
rived at until Monday. There Is neces
sarily some delay In negotiating with
the achools for Just such .courses of
study as every contestant calls for.
The Journal exefHses paternal car In
this matter, so far as possible, so that
contestants may receive the schooling
ness college Is to be congratulated upon
receiving a student who has demon
strated sterling qualities and winning
ability. 'She will help4 the school to live
up to lta tradition, "Our reputation Is
In tha aucess of our students."
Banska-walker la Demand.
Opal Calllson of Olex takes prefer
ence over 18 of Tha Journal conteatants
who call for scholarships In the
llehnke-Walker Business college, Port
land. Oregon. Tha four scholarships
arranged for In this school are not as
many as are needed to supply such an
unusual demand. Tha call for Behnke-
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Alice E. Price.
if
;iai ist
Eight dollars a box for a certain
kind of Hood River apples. Let's
see; if an acre of ground has 80
HE WEATHER is necessarily an tree8 innt averaRe "e boxes each,
Important factor in making up I wouia Proauce $3,200 worth of
Portland needa to let the authorities
at Washington know that it is habitu
ally and maliciously lied about by other
coast seaports.
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"Improve the cactus," exclaims the
Baiem Journal. Wouldn't wa he t tor
first Improve the fruit and other good
things we have?
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Of course the Multnomah county fair
r... "? "'ft "uc-cess. wrotner Brown-
nut or ine uresham Herald will make
" o wun ine cneerrul help of many
Herbert T.
Manager
College.
Vance, New
of Holmes
Business
Business
Miss Bessie Oaylord of North Pow- Miss Audrey Russell of Grants Pass
der Takes Contest
Eastern Oregon.
Honors In Who Won First Place In District
. No. 8.
Washington
filed a protest with tha Orernn
growers
the record of success or disap
pointment for the annual state
fair. There is no way for ascertain
ing several months in advance what
any weektf fall weather will be, not
even if there were 100 years' weather
apples. A man would not need
many acres of such an orchard to
make a comfortable living.
COUntv nnlnn
nnvo ri
miiioau i-um mission. wny not file a
few onions In the railroad freight of
fices, to make the tariff-makers weep?
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Detroit News: But, Uncle Joe, when
the Lord told Moses to tell the people
to go forward, he had the fntnn in
terest of the people well guarded. Them
wa no coterie or me Israelites that
was Retting all the manna and making
the cost of living away beyond a rea-
nmiHute iigurv.
best they can In rainy weather if it
comes.
But we hope that even if this
tlons, the railroads. Aren't we fools - Bnouia I'rove a ralI,y week which is
for allowing ourselves to be robbed i as yet by no means certain as
, Of "all this money, especially since many PeoPle as fan do so cOnven
the' railroads won't equip themselves j lently w!u attid the fair Just the
to as to carry our freight? But we Bame as lf the BUn was shining. A
will, go on paying It. because our !BP,r,t of loyalty to this admirable
congressmen choose for reasons of 8tate lnstitutIon ought to prompt
their own to serve the express com- th,a actlon- Besides, the exhibits
panles and the railroads instead of'wl 11 be wel1 worth seeing Just the
toe people. j Bame- '
A parcels post would make free! '
rural mall routes self-sustaining, and
Oregon Sidelights
Houses are scarce In Gold Hill,
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Cars for wheat are scarce already.
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Pendleton Is to have a paper factory.
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Oraln on Crook county dry land Is
turning out well.
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The people of Oklahoma vote on jbeulV fhan eVpSd. MadrM turnKl out
their proposed constitution and
state officers today, but It is sup-
A barn belonging to Uncle Joe
Cannon was struck by lightning the
record to consult, so the managers 1 other day- No- we don t want toi
know what, he said. But no doubt
he will be in favor hereafter of pro
tection against thunder and lightning.
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Harlin Talbert.
Crops are very heavy along the line
of the Great Southern.
posed that if the Democrats carry
the territory it will be kept out of
the union.
GRADUATED LAND TAX.
enable the government to extend j
them, to the great enlightenment
and benefit of the country; but no, i
theae corporations must be allowed !
OVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN'S
advocacy at the national irri
gation congress at Sacramento
Of A PrftrillAfpri lnnt tav hod
A. M. mm , ,.i - " una
t Braii un iub people. n would ! ftrniIBPf, nnA hoi ,
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The Opera
Many hopplckers made as high aa ft
a day for a few days.
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One boy made $5 In one day picking
hops near McMlnnvllle.
A Yamhill county yello
iz reel incnes this year.
w twig grew
George Rodman, who farms 900 aores
In Crook county, has built a $2,500 barn.
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Union county has never before been
says the La Grande
t Interesting to know Just how
much of a rake-off a lot of con
gressmen get for defeating a parcels
post year after year, and who they
are.
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comment,
much of it favorable. It is discussed in
some prominent journalistic quarters
as if it were an entirely new proposi
tion; but it is not. No such law is in
force in this country, but one is in
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i ,a .tjamnu, wnere it nag appar-
SEE 11 T f T' ' mUy WOrked very -tisfactorily.
Britain 11 pounds for 2o cents, , Tho Journa, repeatedIy advQ.
France 22 pounds for 25 cents Pated Buch a me haVfl R
Switzerland 11 pounfls for S cents, otner progressIve paperB But
and aa high as 44 pounds for 85 , ,t ls pre8onted at an lmportant na.
wjuio. uiii uusiuuicH seuas a mail- . i
InP hv a (rnvornnp f i
mnrr. nt A IB j! " " "
r , rv.u uu treated wjth more consideration than
Two sensations are always latent In
the theatre goer and lying dormant
ready to be called Into -active eruption
of expression and realization the one
expectation, the other surprise. The i so prosperous,
1 first Is evr hovering over the play- ! Star.
I house waltlne for anything to happen.
i It is gratified lf the company makes j After nine months use of coal oil
I a good showing and wins applause and ' lamps. Grass Valley, will have electrlo
! tf the reverse occurs it settles back ! liishts atraln.
and says. "I told you so." it catches i
; the player folk both coming artd going. I A milk condenser for Newberg ls as
Surpiis,. however, ls permitted of sured quite an Important new Industry
rarer visits. Since there Is but little i for that nice, thriving town.
; new buck of the footlights the failure I a a
of an actor makes only a momentary i Th. i, i i m
throb of sympathy before the patron tho .t weok coming from Z XI
begins to wonder why the box office , P,a 'hi of 1 Harnev rXf.v .nn
took his money. It is only when some " " ,h R,,rn, v. J? r"ey county Boll
Wasco ls the best little town in Ore
gon, does more business, is the home of
more wealthy batchelors and fewer old
maids, says the News.
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A number of Nebraska families ar
rived in Forest Grove last week some!
of them people Who had been in Oreo-nn
i beforehand went back east to stay, but
they need as well as the schooling they
want, to the end that they may be
benefited permanently.
The first three contestants in every
district nave received their awards,
which are announced today. All other
awards will be made In the next three
days and notices will be printed as the
distribution of scholarships proceeds.
Xieadlna- District.
Alice D. Grant of Dallas secures the
scholarship in Dallas college for which
she entered The Journal contest.
The prominence of Alice Grant
Walker scholarships shows that thla
business college ls much sought for by
boys and girls who earn their own tul
tlon. expecting to make their own way
in the world.
Knorray Ooas to X. M. A.
Adam Murray of Dayvllle selects the
scholarship with board In the Hill
Military academy. Portland, Oregon.
The Hill Military academy is the only
strictly military school in the states of
the Pacific northwest. The school has
Its own commodious quarters In a fine
residence district of Portland. The
quality of class work ls equal to that
of any military school In the United
States and the military training ls ex
cellent for the development of growing
boys. Dr. J. W. Hill, the principal and
owner, gives his entire time to fho
management of the school and to look
ing after the health and welfare of the
students.
Xllda, Brant to Hra. CMUespie.
Hilda Brant, leader of all contestants
In Multnomah county, receives from
The Journal a purse of $100 and a
scholarship in the Gillesoie Sohool of
ttxpresaion, valued at IZ25.
Miss Brant will continue her course
or study at the Portland High school
and will take up elocution as a side
study. She la Intelligent and persever
ing and will become one. of Mrs. Gil
lespie's star pupils.
This year Mrs. Gillespie ls enlarging
her work and systematizing her school
to meet the requirements of many ad
vanced pupils. She Is one of the beat
and most favorably known of all teach
ers of expression In the Pacific states.
Mrs. Gillespie may be found at 534
Morrison street. Portland, telephone
Pacific 688. and will give contestants
and others Information as to tha hours
for classes and private lessons during
the coming year. Private lessons with
either tha principal or her assistant
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William Russell.
will receive the broadest business train
ing which ls to be had In the northwest.
Hla education as a bookkeeper will be
rounded off with a drill In the latest
methods of banking, qualifying him for
a position as an expert accountant,
which pays a splendid salary. He will
also receive instruction in shorthand
under an expert court reporter, , who
has been recently brought from the east
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in me j in t-o ouBiurBfl i-uucge IU ui-
rect the work of Its shorthand depart
ment. William Russell has distinguished
himself by keeping more votes to hla
credit than any other boy in the con
test. He finished ahead of all the boys
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new lUht springs out Into the theatrical
constellation and shines where not
much mention had before been directed
that it causes the feeling of surprise to
swell and voice Itself. All or which
brings up to the point.
At the Marquum last night there waa
some expectation, but what really made
the audience sit up was the appearance
of two surprises even to those who had
expectations.
Cecolia Uhoda and Zoe Barnntte. these 1 couldn't
were the two surprises. Not that either
or both of them were not exnectnrt to
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IOr a 4-pound package our express i . , , . ,iV I I111 tne roles 111 which they were placed.
, , i" "o icicituu nuuerio, so uovernor miss Jtnoaa naa never heeu
tuiupauies cnarge o cenis. rhw,, a, a .u . .
v..i.,uumiu uiu luo puouc a goou
Postmaster General Meyer is
working for a parcels post of 10
pounds, or if he can get no more,
even 5 pounds, to bogln with. He
Is light; may he succeed better than
his predecessors have done. But we
suppose this is another roform that
will have to be postponed until after j
election. j
CHINA'S "AWAKENING."
A GOOD DEAL ls said about "the
awakening of China." Ever
Since the war between China
and Japan we have read of
signs ' of this "awakening." Even
the Boxer uprisings and the boycoit
were symptoms of It. Sometimes
we read that the old emDresR haa
L . l at dA ' . aa .
-iieTseu awagenea. ana is lenri nc
tha rw nvaltvinn 9 n aa . hm. J Ji
crent, a modernized, progressive
G TA nutaaiini I n . ..I it..
ports indicate that the empress and
the dynasty of which., she Is the
reigning representative are to be
pushed aside and trodden down and
the whole' system of srovernment and
w viimcna lucaa auu laeais or lire
revolntloniied ' by - new blood. So
Uat IMS a-a atmi l i
I service by mentioning it.
The Rt. Paul Pioneer-Press, a very
conservative newspaper, that appar
ently bad never heard of the propo
sition before, says:
On its economic side a good deal
might be paid in favor of Oovernor
Chamberlain's suggestion. If It were
possible to prevent evasion the imposi
tion of a tax growing heavier and
heavier on each additional aero or ten
acres in excess of a reasonable mini
mum would tend to discourage the
holding in an unproductive state of
heard in
Portland until her appearance last nlRht
and therefore no one had formed anv
definite Idea of what she could or
would do. She has sung In good com
pany long before now, but the sweet
ness of her soprano has heretofore been
held somewhut back for the benefit
of others.
Last night she stood alone In the
spotlight and demonetrated to Port
land that she had a voice that was
sweet and truo und knew how to use
it and aid It with finished poise and
dramatic Instinct upon the stage. Miss
Ithoda will do and Tom Karl made no
mistake when he brought her out here
to neip mm lure the big bird of fame
onto the standard of the Californlans.
The real surprise, however, wus Miss
Bainette. for she has been with the
Californlans during their stay in Port
land and nas Heretofore caused no par
Newberg has not been denonulatod tn
the usual extent during the hop picking
season this year. Work ls too, plentiful
in town ui iop wages ror men to think
oi going away for work, aays the
urapnic.
large b.ocks of land. But It would also SoT Vos'lTstn.ght.hoT
iorce onto tne market in many states, ever, her rart gave her opportunity for
if the graduated tax became common tne first time and she took good ad-
a large quantity of land. The average vnta5e of 11 '2 sliow not alono. U!at
,.. ... "VB,aee!she as possessed of a good contralto
..x.uc '" wuuiu Buner uniess tho , voice, but of a most delightful stage
natural demand ror land could be stlm
ulated. It is doubtful in the present
relation of the population to the land
whether a law levying a tax serious
enough to accomplish its purpose could
be put into effect without a more or
less violent disturbance of values,
which would affect even small holders
of rural land.
personality. She stepped last night
rrom me ranKs or tne cftoros In the
Californlans' opera company to a place
by the side of the prima donnas.
It might be added incidentally that
the vehicle this week for the Califor
nlans is the quaint and pleasing Jap
anese opera 'Tho Geisha." It does not
make much difference what It Is for
the chance to hear the two surnrises
sing is worm tne price t
de
i and more, but those who
admission
ectde to go
This objection, insofar as it is not riU8t. rot a"sune hat these two are all
' .... ,. ! the attractions ito be seen. It is a pleas-
lancllul, ls really an argument In i ,ne production- beautifully staged and
favor of such a system of taxation.
A great problem of the country is to
bring unpopulated land and landless j
people together. Millions of people;
costumed and sung. It ls full of the
enoris or every player, but It all clus
ters about the Two Surprises.
Two Ages of Men.
From Harper's Weekly.
need land who can't, get It because wh'h'i. i5r,lSB,. !i!ii.i?Bn" llfe
, . , T. . j wnen n is unal4 to understand wo-
It I held too high... If lands became "l"- ?ne before marriage ana the
r - - r .- 4 ether after, . . . ,
The Commercial club of Union has
under way the preparation of a lot of
roiaers nescriptive or Union and tne
Grande Ronde valley that will soon be
ready for distribution. There is scarcely
any, ii any, uener pan or uregon tnan
uiai.
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One John Day valley orohard offers
to sell 10,000 bushels of the very best
apples in the world, free from all In
sects ana pesis, ana another Is offer
ing plums at 5 cents and prunes at 10
cents per gallon, and fine Bartlett pears
at a. cum.
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Burns News: One of tha most jruo
cessful gardeners, fruit and flower cul
tivators in the city ls Grandma Haskell,
84 years of age, whose Industry In her
garden, surrounded by the choice gifts
of nature, keeps her ever young and
guyu naiureu.
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Dallas Is growing more rapidly than
at any time In her past history, says
the Observer. With all this growth and
development It seems a pity that her
principal Industries the aavmllla
should be compelled to close down on
account of a lack of cars to move their
products.
a
A band of wild horses became frls-ht-
ened at a threshing machine near Sum
mer Lake and ran Into a barb wire
fence, with the result that one was
killed outright, four others dlari In
short time from wounds received and
several others were badly , cut and
scratched.
a a
F. H. Hopkina, proprietor of the
Snowy Butte orchard near Central
Point, has closed a deal for his crop
of Winter NelMs pears at a price which
prooamy breaks the record for that
variety pf pears. Mr. Hopkina has 18
acres of Nellis, and tha present crop
brought him. 119,000, or about 11,200
I "aa na am mi in mum trnmitt WwiiiMiMWiiv twaaWW M 1,, 1 Fmirn. mn.ji b
Earl Heckart.
Hilda Brant.
Alice D. Grant.
throughout the contest has widely ad
vertlsed Dallas college; also the fact
that two other prominent contestants
competed for tnis same sonoiarsnm
Last year two leading contestants con
tended for Dallas college and both in
the end were awarded scholarships In
that scnooi.
Heckart "Also Ban."
Earl Heckart of Corvallis is an "also
ran" for Dallas college. He attained a
high standing and made an honorable
record throughout tne contest.
The Journal has arranged with Presi
dent Mock to admit Heckart. The
young man's services to this newspaper
were sunicient to justiry tne manage
ment to arrange for an additional
scholarshiD. It ls tha Dollcv of Tha
Journal to be liberal and go beyond tne
limits or its original orrer with con
testants who greatly increase the cir
culation.
Will Stndy Xaw and Oratory.
Harlin Talbert of Albany will come
to Portland to study law and to take
training tn elocution and oratory with
Marlon Warde Farnham.
Mrs. Farnham has opened a school
of acting in Portland. She waa for
many years a teacher and entertainer
in San Francisco and the newspapers
of the Bay City on many occasions
have printed praise of her abilities.
Fort!and Businesa College.
Bessie Gaylord of North Powder,
leader of .the eastern Oreron district In
The Journal educational contest and one
of tne most prominent of all contest
ants, cnooses a scholarship m the fort
land Business college. Besides this
scholarship Miss Gaylord receives from
Tha Journal a cash prize of flSO to de
fray her expenses while attending
school. Tha Portland Business college
has many graduates In eastern Tjreaon
and- some of them convinced Bessie
Gaylord that she should study with
jrruiussur Armstrong.
Miss Gaylord was one of tha leaders
in tha Alaska educational . trip feature
ef ,tha .contest.. and the Portland Bus!-
begin September 16. On October
class work will be opened in the school
In which students may attend continu
ous forenoon sessions for five days in
tna week. Lesson periods in vocal oui'
ture, physical culture, literature, reper
tolre. etc.. while destined for those tak
lng the full course, will be so arranged
as to accommodate any who wish to
roilow but one line of study.
Alloa Frio to Kra. Bead.
Alice E. Price of Lents won the lea
sons In singing with Mrs. Walter Reed.
As a singer and teacher of voice no
one in tne jracino states ra better Known
than Mrs. Walter Reed. She has a voice
and stage Dresenca that are ercentlon-
auy pleasing. She has appeared and
her students have snng in every town
in wuion ine journal is reaa.
Highest Boy Contestant,
William Tlta11 tha lil.Vot kn
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contestant in Aluitnoman county, be
sides winning a cash prise, has been
awarded the $100 scholarship in the
Holmes Business college. The. Holmes
Businesa college assures him 'that be
This Date In History.
1630 Boston, formerly Trlmountaln.
Massachusetts, named. t
1762 St. Johns. Newfoundland, ratalc.
en from the French by the British.
1771 Tobias Smollett, English novel
ist, died. Born 1121.
1788 John J. Abert. who devuloned
the topographical bureau of the United
States army, born in Virginia. Died Sep-
icmuer lit, ..-.... .
17 Meeting of ths first parliament
iipper uanaaa. ,
1838 Opening of the London and
Birmingham railway. .
1856 The last national convention of
me wniga met at Baltimore-. ,
1882 Battle of Antietam ended. ' .
1864 General Fremont withdraw as a
candidate for president.. .
in all the districts so far as the number
of votes is concerned.
The distribution of $730 in gold
among the leading contestants will be
made as soon as all scholarships have
been given out. as originally announced
in the "Plan of the Contest."
"An Bast Side Bank for East Sid
People."
Th new Grants Paaa hnv taetcrv la
doing a blf business. , , , , . .
A Bank Account
SAVES MORE THAN MONET!
?
TIME
TROUBLE
ANNOYANCE
Checking Accounts and Savings
Accounts; 4 per cent Interest on
the latter compounded semi-annually.
7The Commercial
..Savings Bank
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George W. Bates....,, President
J., 8.. Eirrel..... ,Cabier
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