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HURRYINQ THE
LINES.
ELECTRIC
Y'
ESTERDAY showed very clear
ly and emphntlcnlly the urgent
need of an electric railroad
from Portland to Salem. Huh-
f. t dreds of peoplo from this city that
desired to attend the stato fair on
Jrtland day could not be carried
' there by the Insufficient and meager
equipment provided by the South
em.Paclflc, and we suppose hundreds
1 Inore along tho route were dlsap
pointed in the same way. The do
rnand for transportation wan very
large, it is true, perhaps larger than
the road could be expected to ac
-- fpmrflrjfe jiillTj but there can be
no good excuse for bo great a short-
. ' rage, for the serious disappointment
ZCPt to great a number of people,
how Is the federal gOTernment to
do what the people generally are
calling on It to do. for example with
respect to interstate commerce, un
less It can assume larger powers?
In tho case of Interstate railroads,
and all corporations doing an inter
state Irislness, the states are power
less, yet wo want these corporations
strHt ly regulated. Only the federal
government can do It.
Jlut whatever the merits of the
nrguments of Judge Parker and
other ant Is, they are Just now whis
pering down the wind." A good deal
dt penrts on who, what kind of a
man. Is president when such a ques
tlon comes up. If greater federal
power had been broached in the
middle or latter part of Cleveland's
last term, the people would have
shouted It down. But Koosevelt
lias run upon different times, and
Is a typo of man whom, so far, the
people Immensely like. They will
give him anything he asks. Any
constitutional amendment he would
propose would overwhelmingly
carry. But an amendment is not
necessary; tho three dopatmonta of
government, cooperative, can Inter
pret the constitution to support
whatever they want to carry out
along this line.
fatalities and injuries were confined the presidency because ha probed
to thorn there would be little or no into and exposed the high financing
complaint; but their frenzy in drlv- of tho Insurance companies. Frank
lug the big machines has many D. Kellogg is showing up the hither-
other victims. The corrective can to bookkeeping of Standard Oil, and
best be applied by sane and mod- so may be heard of in high political
erato autoruoblllsts themselves, who places hereafter.
should unite with tho authorities
in repressing as far as possible the A committee of a Republican club
frenzied recklessness of the auto- ot Portland has adopted a resolu
maniacs.
PEOPLE AND RAILROADS.
A VITALLY URGENT NEED.
A
OAIN THE car shortage pre
vails in tho Pacific northwest,
perhaps to be even worse than
last year. Again the loss from
this cause will be enormous. For
;i But this is really only one large years the roads hereabout nave been
end conspicuous piece of the whole short of locomotives and cars and
retched system of service in this every year the situation has become
state, notwithstanding local officials worse, because the Increase of pro-
;;40 the best they can to make the ductlon has been far greater than
most of the material at hand. They the Increase In the railroads faclll-
are not to blame; it is not their ties for handling the stuff. Rail
. 1 .... A A 1 Jt I I , . .
Altaic vu prunue uu lucrt-Hbeu sup- roaa men Knew about what was
ply of locomotives, and cars. The coming as to Increase of production
people of Oregon not only cannot and demand for transportation facll
'jet their himber, grain and other It les, yet have neglected year after
products moved, and are thus caused year to provide them. They are
1 v , in enormous amount of loss, but I supposed to know their own bus!
:tnej cannot even get transportation I ness selfishly, but even from that
for themselves to go to a fair: and point of view this neglect Is manifest
those who can get transportation are My foolish. Having the road, the
delayed several hours on almost profit per ton or carload Increases
every occasion. If this were only In a greater proportion than the
occasional, even quite frequent, or amount moved. I3ut they had their
by spells for a month or two, we reasons, as we know
;u)-ugui iwu. upon piauaiDie excuses ine excuse ror tne last year or
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wim iTur, oui u nas oecome two nas Deen mat u was difficult to
chronic, the regular, habitual thing, get money and labor. We all know
Tea, hurry up the electric lines, that money is tighter and labor
They will aurely afford some relief, higher than they were some years
and 'relief on the existing lines ago, but Is the transportation busl-
eems almost hopeless. Within the ness of the country to come to a
next two or three weeks. It is prom- standstill, as to volume, on that ac-
lsed, people can go from Portland to count? Freight rates have been ad
'Salem on electric cars, and not very vnnced; there has been some in-
long thereafter from Portland and crease in parts of the country of
Salem and Eugene to other interior equipment, and the railroads are
C
OLLIER'8 WEEKLY says: "The
American people are not In
Inspired with a vindictive de
sire to wreck corporations.
They are only trying to find out
what Is fair."
l ne Atlanta Journal says:
tlon Indorsing President Roosevelt,
It is expected that this action will
cause somewhat of a sensation in the
east.
A Poetess on a Poem.
From th Lo Angclr Examiner.
We printed an editorial article de
scribing- room in the Cosmopolitan
maa.lne called "The Wine of Wlsard
ry," by George Sterling. This poem ti
declared by Ambroee Hlerce, and by the
'There Is no doubt in the mind of editor of the Cosmopolitan magaitne, to
, V, . . v. . . , . . . . I l'o ui iintmi uuom over written in
iuudo wuu wibu iu pec uo wuiu luni America. We Drlnted certain extracts
the people of this country have no Iron w notably tu ataruing Unee:
desire to work any hardship on the rh n7"1 v,t"Plr "' ' br
railroads, but wisn to Know exactly muea biooauy against the leprous
what are the facts and then apply aio:
the remedies and reforms according- Ucn,8aUn- -wn'n on hi. braeen seat
" Fondlee a screaming thing his fiends
rir-Ara nnrl thn hr onloll lnn cllnW to
Rrj
this to be true.
ly. have flayed
Such expressions might be multl- We said that this poem, announced
m rr-u a i. ti "the greatest of all, would arouse i
ed. They are undoubtedly true, cus.ion. and tt has arouse di.ru.i
and correct I v ronrint thn nt1. Toda'. wo hear from Klla Wheler Wll
cox about It. She writes In prose and
Verne.
nr -I 1 . m . ,
inu lauiuau pitmiueuis nu oilier oi- elon that Ella Wheeler Wilcox Is In-
rldlcule "The Wtne of Wis
and lta author, "the rrntiul
ineir assumption poet.
.... K ... . .. "no wiupi iu inn r nor
mat. mo people are nostlie to rail- "Enclosed Is my true opinion of the
roads that perform even tolerable lT1?-'. Pr,0o.fre.!il .wl.tft .car my, rare
v and unusual 'epithets. A single letter
service la Insincere. The people in- changed would spoil them and render
slst that the railroads shall render would understand them; and that Is the
nch prvlc and at rooannn hi r.iu unrorKlvahle sin In 'true poetry.
I Thanking you for this privilege to
i no people are quite wining mat ,i'r",l aeep conviction.
.V, II a. .K-ll -i j ..i- .. r.isHA Klir.tl.fcH VVI1X.UA.
iun imiiwui luiii fuuu pruuii, "Note the choice word 'wowed;' I
but thev do nrotest against nnrea- inln.K 11 eJu-l o the damned spot1 of
-, onaaesDoare
SOnable nroflts and against sronilv K1.LA WIIF.FI.ER WTTOTr
and tremendously inlurln,,. lnR,,fft- -.Zl.l" JK. poem' r'Ilyln to th
. . - - - ."I'l. ' ' ' V 111
Maui Th... .,n. ! I Urnnlte Hay. Conn.. Aim ISoT
c,i, iuV, IC Edltor ExamlnVr. Dear Sir. -In re
trying and will keep trying to cor- Plv to '"r request for my opinion of
tmi, n .u... .er,:A'. 'One Poem.' 'The Vine of
t.v. ii vucj iaii in uuf uieuiuu uirj wizardry, permit me to sny:
111 trv nnnlh.r o.H ,lll l. ... .
... j ..v.v.. . , nuu mc; iii ncci n ora inventress, leering
trvlntr avon tn tm loaf .oo.t i rum men
j a, laoi icran ui lxng lines,
government ownership.
We think the 2-cent fare laws
were ill-advised, at least In some In era'1' frm -r,bberln" ot
states, because freight regulation is 1.nr'rnaJ "turns, teetering riink-a-piink
far more Important. But the rail- Trfni l"lrum uPn
reads have made an uncalled for ThIck ""'Hatred, with tiffanys of or.
attacK upon the 2-cent laws, be- An umpire yawping on his self med
KENNETT HARRIS ON THE HEART
LESSNESS OF THE "GENTLE" SEX
.Copyright, 1907, by American-Journal-
tjxaminer.)
"There's all kinds ot dm," said Duck.
"An you take It from ma dat dere
ain't no klne dat don't like to alva a
guy d wolst end' of It Dey'll git
mushy over a pair o kl-yla dat's havln'
de time o' der lives eatln' each udder
up an wondor what de Humane Ber-
clety'a doln', an' de nex' mlnlt dey'll
hunt out de tenderes' place duy la on
youae and Jab It an' chew on It till
you're dead crasy. le more It holts de
more fun It is, for dem, an' d louder
you holler de more dey keep right on
i am i aoin by dls fulry. bhe got
nex' to my blleters an' she's a-rubbln'
t the
wherein colossal vacuums
reel.
I ponder words, on mlrhtv nnthlnra
the
An umpire yawping on hi
cause, If unreasonable, any court Cuddles a large conceit, his friends wll
nf ... .. . . nav.
. v,VVr. ju,,-UiLi,un. on ueing wh!le bierced by ambrosed adderings of
shown that fact, can nullify the law, uht,
as hn- heon rlon In T Ths reed h-b. squattin. at his
. u v w m. v uuoj i r niua. i g, i nil.
In Minnesota, facts coming in lndi- fimllPkmudai,y' WnBt the freckled
Bate that the 2-cont law, instead Mla throes of dlngous danger down the
of threatening bankruptcy to the Unantrdated mytnH nr
x pray tne Muse, to spare that bard her
"ELLA WHEELER WILCOX"
dem an' Mirlnklln' salt on dem de bes'
ho knows how, all right, all right; but
dey're all de same way.
"Las' Sunday was me good day wit'
Ireen. I don't know wediler Its becua
she an' Tony Pachllek la havln' trouble,
but I've got ter de point where I ain't
pertlrkler tin' don't ast no Questions.
She's got me settln' up on me hind l?g
beglgn an' when she t'rows any scraps
my way I don't let 'em touch, de floor
so'a I kin sniff at 'em: I ketoh 'em on
cie riy an swaller em down. Bo when
ahe says 'at Coney looks good to her,
I don't lose no time touchln Billy for a
flvo-RDOt an' runhin her to de eanar
plank. Hay. Was aha aweet. An was
ar rK. i wonaer.
"Der was a nice crowd aboard, but
wasn't Intrusted in 'em right den. It'a
us rr a quiet place wit whole yards
atween us an de gay and fought lens
merrymakers. I don't get me chance
er buzz do lohly all de time an der
wus tings J had on me mind 1. wanted
o put her wise to. so de aujlence will
kindly bo excused. We done a lot o'
flutterln' around afore we lit, but finely
gets a couple o chair ut in front
wnere ae graceful prow was a-oleavln
e danoin waters.
I nays. If you hear me make a
olse like a dish tif oatmeal pretty soon.
don't you git scared. It's de way I'm
reenn'. Ain't dls poor! Ter he wit
yoiisp. After all deee long weeks uf
Jeet den Ireen gives me a kick on
a ankla bona an' I looked around an'
wees two skirts oomln' up. Dey waa bot
young an' nelder one was beauterful,
ough dey wasn t so worse as dey
might uf been at dt. We wus right
ere, but dey didn't seem to notice dat.
dey almost walked over us an- hung
over de rail right bnck o' my chair.
th! says one of dem. jest see
dat foam!'
'Ain't It lovely T" says de udder.
"Wen I git on a boat I make fer
l place fnlit t'lng,' says de foist one.
1 alwaya love ter watch de water.'
" '8o do I,' says de udder. 'Ain't tt
grendT
" 'Oncet In a whll you eee folks dat
don't know enough tor go tn when It
rnln." I remarks to Iren. 8he frowns
an' kicks me on de nnkle "gin. So I
clone me face an' don't say what I
was e-goln' to. an dm two keeps
a-hnngtn' over de rail an" pnnatn' re
mark about de water an' de sails an'
de ftnhln' 'ecitrslon boats and de distant
Bhnre Wus I sore?
" 'Ain't It funny how de water's
' Small CLango
OoeaetonaJly a bank caahtsr natds a
guardian.
Wallaian Is saved for awhUa from
getting Into the Andre class.
e
With Abe Ruef actually tn Jail.
Bohmita may feel a littls battsr.
e a
JiL1 u th? tlme of J,,r hsn tha av
srags boy loves his teacher nit
e a
doinT!r.T.OD Yon' of Minnesota
doesnt want to run; ha Is a wise guy,
' e e
Certain corporations hm
prro.r."p,lo,r.t,,'t th 'Wtahinei.t of a
e
Failure to nick nuri ..
fon hops may help the prlca of the
balance soma.
e a
Tha list of automohiu viriin..
rapidly. Ones in a while a rathar
good person, too.
a
Dalaall Is ona of tha "Hn.
tariff'' Whom the KeDUbllran tpu v
poses shall revise it
a
The weather hum hi .. u.. ..
desirable, but the fair I rw-tkr si Hka ak
cess In spite of that
e
Not a WOrd for 1r,n m
Cuba; Oovernor Magoon must bo quits
a successful lld-sltter.
a
Brvan talks a nuui a i k.. i v.
keeps still a few days soma Imaginative
reporter talks for him.
green In ons place an' blue In anuddarf
What makes Itr ona uf dem says iiniiy.
"'I've got a hunch dat part uf It
gits blue beous da udder's so green, I
explains to da soil. . .
I c'd Jeet stay hera all day an' look
at da water,' da uaaer says. ,
"'Aw! come on an' let's more round,
I says to Ireen, glttln' up.
" 'No. leas atav hera.' aha says.
" I've got suthln' I want to ahow
youee,' I say a, ketchln' her by tha arm.
An' si ah got up an' I took her around
to de side or da cabin an' showed her a
Knot in da wood wnac naa Deen psimau
over. Den we prom'naded a while, ma
wit' bot' eyes aklnnad fer a ooay corner.
After a while a fat guy and bis fambly
what wua holdln' down ernoui aixienn
chairs abaft o' da main boom got up
an' drove his bunch, over to hear da
Urn' play. Right dera I got tired an'
o-lve Ireen an Invito to sit down an' let
me aee If her hands wusn't gittln cold.
Jest to ahow that my feet wuan't.
"She didn't fall fer dat, an' o' course
It wus too early in da day. but wa wus
a-glttln' mlddlln' sosherble. an aha
wua tellln' me how few roiaa wua reauy
wise to her kinks an' I don't wonder!
-when who ah'd come along an' drag
out seats but them same two wad Jes
hook.
" 'My! but It's pleasant hare out o'
A at fMln1 aa a v ei A at h 1 rtrt 4 a
"'Ain't tt!' says de udder. 1 fought
It ud blow me overboard.
"T'lnka I, -'I wouldn't have taken no
reake o" glttln' m clo'ea damp if it
had.'
"'Awful freah!' aaye de blond.
"'Ain't you, dough. I saye. wlnkln'
at Ireen.
"Dere waa nuttln' to It I stood fer
It aa long aa I could an' then seeln' dey
was settled fer keeps, I made Ireen
come wit' me to de upper deck. Der
wus mora room dere. anyway, an after
a while I found a place der wuan't
nuttln but a few colls o' xop around.
It looked good to me an w went Inter
nesslnn agln, an' give you tree guesses
who It wua broke up de meetln. Sure,
Mike. Dev didn't know de view wus
so pufflckly lovely as It wua up dere.
Fine business! An' so nice and aulet.
'I don't Ilk to be around where d ban's
playln": do youee, Mag?'
"TJat'a a pointer fer us, Ireen,' I
says. 7ess go hoar de band.
i 'fry I Ji 1 icr 1 1 in ' 1 ' wncrn wru pi I u i , . "'V11" lull.
behlnt de funnel, an' den to de cabin, an f,eant 1,alm. f"at ha has the late
all de time. It 1e tiappena dat way. a'?aJ.a Blavataky'e soul. It must bo
Dey didn't see us. Hedn't noticed we "vuuio.um wnng.
wus dere. Pen back to da bow uf de I
boat an' right dere I pulls up two more uovernor Folk may never baooma
chatre. president, but If he can take Gumshoe
rouse is lonesome.- i says to opm ownm u piaoe in tn sanata. that
Ret rle-M down an ait acquainted.' I will be a gain for Missouri and the
save. we sin t goin 10 nou your iei- ""iu r
In's by walkln' awav from vonse die I
time How's de rent uf de Buttinski I A Baltimore man's last testament waa
fambly? Have a stick o' arum on me.' I aa follows: "This Is my will. I leave
is n taiK n to ua. maerr says ae cvcryunng to my w re. whit woman
oionne, gtvin me ae notion counter i mwycr couia nave made a will
rront. I "not as inai r
HnlrTrarail dmia-h 'Aw Mink
on aha mnvm T)era' anmirirlar ronnie I in the scandarri Oil nvitlMtiiM, in
worse'n wat dey ts back In the stern I New York the Waters-Pierce company
sldn we're a-drorln' up to de pier ' I ' frequently mentioned. Perhaps If
''An' dfit'a what wa wua fl I Senator BalleV -wnra rallAH aa a n.f,
wouldn't dut Jar youae! But dafa how he might admit that ha had heard of V
oev ail is I auwii a concern.
It la aa well that Tom Law ann la aaw-
ng nothing just nnw ahnut nnnn.,
body would believe him. '
a a
A magazine writer says girls do not
aat enouan. Dnee ha mnnnM k a
all their eating In company?
a a
AS mOSt DeOrtla dnn't Irnnw K . -
of . t-ha now senator from Arkansas la
not Jefferaon Davis, but Jeffriea Davla.
a a
Tart, will agree that ha will ha a nnat.
poner tn oae reapeet, If he oan will
postpone Bryan'a election eight years.
a a
Tew people want to dispute Mra.
ovc ani
J Marriage
railroads it takes but a very little
thing to Incite them to yell "ruin"
will Increase their revenues. Re
ports show that in May and June
of this year, under the new rates
the total passenger earnings of the
roads in Minnesota have increased
by 16.5 per cent over the earnings
potnta. - The people must help them- making a great deal of money, of fr the corre8Pon,lln months of last
selves; evidently Harriman doesn't net profits, of dividends; why can-
mean, to help them.
MORE FEDERAL POWER.
-wa-waaai 1 VTN TV ""I TT aT f! rrl a .rstrr
7 J iJMOiAJJ'a mighty men as Harriman and Hill?
. .... -uaUKeu u Boou aeai in Mr. Harrima,n takes frequent occa-
:jmt vii cuuuuy aince me ieaorai Blon to boftRr nf thft t..a .
constitution was adopted. On ,ias donei of the hundrpds nf m
tne wnoie, it nas proved to be HonB he has anent on western
ranaratlv anfflrlnnt fnr iY mwinrr ... '
. .v,v -"j """"(. and. saylnir nothlne about aomo rf somo confidpnr- .,
j , n ' . . . i " I . " -j icgai lam
vuu-,. uCCUd, ouu vwubu noi bo u hl3 methods, he has a right to boast, """oatens confiscation or not. Mean
nas been interpreted to suit the time A man of his creat tninf nm,r,t. whlle' the New Have" railroad has an
and occasion, and SO has done very lnir to nf a Ptnln . ""uneed a flat 2-cent rate throughou
wpH Th a n,,,ln, f fa I . r. . . " UH enl,re yslm and many western
.uc.a. a peiS atimiratlon. H s nower swm roads are nron.irlno- n or,,
i Jl.il ,u.j . . , o ..-... uiai nuiuu
uuniramauiiKuiHueu irom state pow- godlike. And yet he asks us to be- Rrd even whpr the law does not com
ers, or mose retained by the peo-Heve that vear after vear ha prl tr,em to " BO 11 mfly be that the
pie." has come up on frequent, oc-Lot nmvM inpnmM. o. (Jsouth' wlllfh h,,s carr,0li on a
i:ii..-i n- i-niiimign ior rate reduction
an any other part of the coun
not some of these millions be used
for more locomotives and carB?
"Can't get money and men," they
say. Can this be believed of such
year, when the rate was three cents
Only three roads out of 10 have
suffered a decrease. This Indicates
an Immense increase of patronage,
which, of course, involves some in
crease in operating emenses. f!nm.
menting on this state of facts Col
lier's says:
When all the various factors are
known nnd enn be properly balanced it
will bo possible for a court to say with
caslons for discussion, and has again, haul off the products of sparsely set- by law th
ana is always semea in the end In tied Oregon!
accordance with the country's needs, Mr. Hill sometimes talks as if he
and the exigencies of the occasion, were about broke, too, but his divl-
as viewed br the leaders of the po- (,n(ie talk loudly. Iron lands that
litical party in power. That Is, the he picked up for a song he has leased
federal government, under the con- for a billion, and yet the people who
etltutlon, has whatever powers the have developed tho country that he
people's lawmakers, legislative, ju- opened up must shut down their
diclal and administrative, In power mills and perhaps leave their grain
at tho time, choose to give it. So to be covered with winter snows.
K win be now. ine dominant rul- Yet Mr. Hill Is spending millions,
log or law making elements desire of which we people of Oregon are
the federal government to exercise very glad, In building a road into
directly and through legislation, Portland, and Mr. Harriman is
somewhat larger powers than it has spending millions In building a road
done hitherto, and this will be
brought about, unless the people
make a great and "paramount" Is
sue out of the matter and very
plainly decide and declare that they
do not wish this to happen. Rnt
this they ore not going to do.
Judge Parker, Representative Mc
Call, and nome other prominent men,
Republicans as well as .. Democrats,
express grave forebodlng3 on ac
count of this demand for enlarged
powers, and the trend of high offi
cialdom In that direction. They
. think the constitutionals being frac
tured, and that the country Is drift
ing into such a system of centralized
power that the states will be shorn
of nearly all power and become mere
. provinces or territories. We do
2t.T that ; there Js no ground for
- these expressions.' ThTa Iportraiture
of the situation, present and pros
' Uectlye, Is not wholly ..Imaginary.
' yet these . objectow probably flew
" the case too narrowly I . They do not
1 tuff Ictently appreheudVthe trejnen-
hwi Jadustrjal commercial
. 4tagil tttTtAti,:ttk$a jpiace. Ani
into Seattle; millions and tens of
millions seem to come easily enough
to these giants when they really
want them, and men enough, too
but when It comes to more trans
portation facilities for the roads al
ready built they'seem to be almost
as powerless as the hobos that ride
the blind platforms or the brake
beams. Why talk or write? What do
these men care? What's the use?
Won't we have to put up with what
we can get, and why make any com
plaint about It? No! We must talk,
and write, and read, and agitate
try, may prove to be the only section
In which such reductions will turn out
to be Impracticable.
If the railroad managers would
quit this absurd policy and practice
of crying "hostility" and "confisca
tion" and "bankruptcy" and "ruin'
every time the people try to ascer
tain what Is right and reasonable
regarding railroad service, and would
In practice as well as in theory ac
knowledge that this service Is a
public and not a private business,
one which the people have a right
to know all about and reasonably
to regulate and control, and would
strive their utmost to serve the peo
pie and stop their "hostility" that
way, they would get along a good
deal more smoothly, and In these
very good times could make a great
deal of money without any kick on
the part of the people whatever.
Since Mr. Samuel O. Blythe of
Washington came back, on request,
and gave Portland a very neat write
up in the Saturday Evening Post,
wo will forgive his erapfbyers for
not knowing until Informed that
Gov. Chamberlain's Wise View.
From the Seattle Poet-Intelligencer.
In hia efforts to secure the annual
meeting of the National Irrigation con
gress ror (Seattle in 1909, Oovernor
Uiamberlaln of Oregon Is aaauming a
j i vi"-iu auiiuue, ana ne naa
given expression to sentiments which
should actuate every public man, and
o.c. uiiiacii, on tne facino coast.
uuvornur namDeriam Bays "Seattle de
serves the honor, crowds and publicity'
the city will enjoy during the expos!
lion, and besides he believes "Portland
ana uregon are largely Indebted toJ
peaiua ror tne influence Seattle
brought to bear in getting conventions"
for Portland durlna- tha r
v in tk itur.
Of course that is the graceful view
ior mo governor to tjik nf ih matt.-
Seattle will claim no special considera
tion, however, because of any assist
ance it may have rendered Portland
during that city's interprlslng efforts
io appropriately celebrate tho work of
the plonoors. Thin cltv wmiM rfr
ciseiy ine same thing again. It is good
to know that Oregon a governor, and the
people of Oregon, reciprocate the feel
ing. After all. there Isn't anything but an
artificial line between Washington and
Oregon, or between any of the states
of this section. Tho people are pretty
much the Game. They are all good
Americans, and are all seeking to make
of thin section an empire that will as
tonish the world.
But they can achlev this noble aim
only by pulling together and feeling
Just as Governor, Chamberlain feels
toward Seattle and Seattle's enterprise.
The Pacific northwest, which InrYmioa
everything from Alaska down the line,
can declare enormous dividends on
that kind of feeling, because this sec
tion, with everybody actuated bv t,at
spirit, can get and do whatever it
wishes.
Oi T) T) "11 I 1 telephone glrli
n the ijounding Jjiliows (Jor.bldden to n
But no law can pre
The telephone girls In some cities are
ease to Tiumber."
la fr
ihlng
' - - . -1 - ii " rib aiiawercKl
into my apartments aboard the TiumDer within five mtnutea.
ill nvuni iia rrnm aau
lng "thank you," and wishing to add
"dear ' when wa are answered and get
Oregon Sidelight.
By Wei Jones.
Got
Motormanla this evening. Didn't like
the wall paper very much, but I must
put up with it for the time, I auppese
Unih illa.nnrtUt. In t . M
Windows: not a thin. In aht hf ,h.L.' Dafi" ! t0 h OW
side of a shed. Made a protaat to the
janitor, and ne glibly explained that to- Klamath Talla' high school ooena.1
morrow It would ha rilfrarant 'Ha nvi Li,k i. , ..ti- " cnol openeU
iuvi tw an vAuouaiit marine view i
A yearling bear was killed In an orch-
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(Copyright, 1907, by Amerlcan-JoornaJ-
Examlner.)
Ood made love, and man made mar
riage. Marriage properly conducted Is tho
best thing man haa done for the earth.
It is the anteroom to paradise.
From where I am sitting today I look
on the roofs of five homes wherein mar
rlesre has Droven a beautiful success.
In four of these homes there are whan wa aat tn ti, mnmm
charming children who love and honor tached to my apartments la vaxaUoualy ard near SummervlTle
their parents, and who are a pride to 8maJi and i only get two of my f umme"
i ham In th other home death took .... i. ,. r 'I
SH-W Kfi.55. torWwhenUPw.hlwoXrnHV:abf.'a
cars into It. Very Inconvenient.
Miss Alice Grant la tha thlnf rul a.
girl to win In a newspaper contest.
4n m.tnr. Ufa IU1U1IICU live UUUIS BJU. HOW irUID my . " Ill UH1H Will
... - - - .. . l s1nlrto-.,tA Y. . . . - I mH.Il U TB.C til ra Ifini PlllB, n . h . 4.1
In all these five homes there IS love, wnmuwa uui inunuiu- - v -uu joi-
. . a . I nriiiB ail wr afua rriirn raaamh a anh iig
rrl. .. U a. ikanla I Othr VAfV f Ml V I
i nere are uimiy buuu mmi i ibbcb, uima . . I tk .i.u n . . -
God In the world todar. nave a rnena in No. 5278 starboard 7 Vf Rina 01 Iru" a-rouna
The majority of marriaff are nappy, aireei loum. iook tne elevator uown mi naa ucin larg-e
. r .. 1 . . 1 ii .. . 1 , ..1 . . .-i,. 1 1 I a tin lit imi wntin
It Is only tne noisy minoruy we near. "'" ii ingiii iu viaii nim, out r B
ri . . H.K.n ...U.. 1. . fm 1 1 11 r a .nil I fminH tha trallav rur, ViaH tnnnul ,n. I
when It is based on false atructurea. It nlng at 11 o'clock. Made a atrong kick 2 " . attandanea at tha Waaton Norman
la purgatory. to the Janitor, and demanded to aee the Br"?! . "YT 100' nd 160 are az
And It la an Immoral atmosphere in superintendent of the building, but Wan Peciea Dy October.
which to bring forth and rear children, told he was on the bridge navlratlna- 1
Such children, born of loveless and the Motormanla. Should think he'd be Since 1861 Frlti Benaer haa been a
uiauuiumik iimciiio, id ki wwu b i..iui-i iir i H r ai ipnnmr in tna v ihm nf tan. aiinaonnar in -rna I la 1 1 I .m i ni . ...i
books written down aa illegitimate. ftnts. for many yeara everv fic,rrt. ha tT..
tZw Imraa j-tnlar nan AVCIISfl r I T"t ft I lit . m . a.. a . . I . f . "
,;",";".'..r.'.:,.;tii' v. a rooF. ioaay- .Mucn rren one 10 to get hie
aru auwu SB a a .---r - -'v-. i mi. r nil viii m IT lrnriHH O T ina nrlOB Tt I .
that mhtk ann hnm nf r n unwoddd I a i i.f.. l. a . - , I
"' .V . . .n, t,.r,.v:; i;m ,u,w " lHu" leiescopo, ai- Salem Stateaman: Will tha Pnrtl..
who loved not wisely but too well" and building rrnt l J,rnal P1" no,e that otul Pving
who died wnen ner cnna waa an in- i,.i t. i. ,n.. I " P" u,"aru on -ouri street in ea-
'5.t . , K1 Utreeta on tne lower East Side. Street oelnnln on Monday next, the JJd.
1 IIO Kill in HiaAiiiK 1 1 i a . mvi viui j I .1 i,nlnnlll.lkl. . . ,, . 1 I . I
..!.., ,, , UII.U10U1..UII, auu U.11111.IU. AH . . ...
ihr .i. 1,.. nn Vi.i,t i ,. usual, not a policeman n a ght. Town A person to De anot Dy a com-
She feela aho has no right In tho ,, Dftd)y runflUhough the freet clean. panion out hunting up in Lana county
WOriQ. I ino- rlaMPtmanr iaptalnlir ta ..-b. I WlB IT! 19tak An for nflAn flnmA Jk
She talka about a 'horrible atlgma" "IZ'i-l"". A." ... ""i "..""t"'. thesn huntina rA" r..',"
nn hr llfn I .iicn.n a luiii kiil, xreiij i UaVbC. wuau una lanrj Jt
"K l..'"t:v " """' cars and caba on street outside. Stalled a
All this la very morbid and very fool- Ior ? rninutea. weed more mounted Upon exhibition In Lakevlew thera
lsh. l-"t'? , ""u7 1',,J a.ra great rea apples grown In that
Since the great cause fathered her . iouay. isireei oeing city, smootn and without a blemlah.
and permlted her to be. ahe has a right rn upIn fro,nl or,my apartment to lay that measuro 13 inches in oircum-
to live, and she has tno opportunity to i;J" ,B ,, .x. " ouuum mreoca, ana weign 14 ounces.
s
This Dat In History.
1066 Norwegians defeated th v.nir.
llsh at Kulford.
1196 Richard I defeated tha Frnnrh
at tho battla of Gisors.
14 IS Owen Qlendower. the Welsh nn.
triot, died at Monnlngton.
169 King Williams War rnriari hv
the treaty of Ryswlck.
140 Clmrli'H VI. Emperor of r:ai.
many, died at Vienna.
1(77 Urltlsh defeated the Americana
at Paoli, I'enn.
1803 Robert Emmet. Irish natrnlt
hanged for treason. Born 1780.
18o4 Allies defeated thn Ilimalnn. ot
the battlo of Alma.
1S57 Delhi captured by the British.
1860 Tho American imir nf th
Prince of Wales began at Detroit.
iosi unester A. Arthur took the oath
as successor to President Garfield.
ishs Spanish forces beiran the bvac.
uatlon of I'orto Rloo.
1900 Oeneral John A trucinm..,!
died. Born 1812.
(
Oold Beach Globe: While henw rain.
fell In the Willamette valley last week,
with cloudbursta and ruinous hnif
storms in some sections of eastern Ore
gon and Washington, vet the coast
country had fine weather without a
drop of rain or aemblance of hall.
a
Linn county farmers are up to snuff
make herself a blessing to the world. tneyn pile tne taxes on my property
Blnce her mother carried love in ner I ... . ...
henrt fnr tha Anrthlv father however I 1-iOng USt Of articles Tor Sale Or Ex
unworthy he proved himself to be this change" in the Morning Motormanlan
girl is more divinely generated than today. Exchanged a packet of anti-
many children born of wealthy and aria- I aeasica powoers ror a motor bicycle
tocratlc parents, where hatred, disgust vVent around the five-mile course In
and discord dominate, the home. rour ana one-tiair minutes, only knock
Hurt no- his lifetime nnd for veara aft- ing over three pedestrians. Wn
erward Christ was regarded bv many I chased by cops, but shook them a mile
oeonle as thn "lllearltlmate" child of i.ii I from Starboard street and srnt hna.
mother Mary. i tafe. Don't want to appear before the In the use of their rural telephone ayt-
Kimooso he had become morbid and I oean in tne night court he Is hard nn I tern, savs the Ileralrl Th tnau
miseranie ana peneven no naa no rignx senrcners. aaobtea a fire slarnal r no- anil tha nthaa
on earth. What a message of love and Played a game of billiards today and day when a farmer's house rano-ht nn
..1 ..... . K ....1l R,.,1 V. . ... ml... ymA I . V. J I . . , . , I fl ... , . o -
J i"' lu V .. '"'7""" biiiih cuiuiifu, wnen lame shook lira mo aiarm was given. Prompt re
Pnonle of today believe that Christ and spoiled mv nnsltlnn .Tanitnr mnt. ar.nnaa nf iiK,n,. .. L
V.A a 1. K.. that V.. I . Jt r IjtL i.L . . . I . do T mo IIUUIH
.1 i r. v biiiiir ajiuneritsn Room "snip naa ana contents.
( 1,1. Inn, I .... . J nn,ll. V. . . . 1 1 .. J ,, tr.1 . . . . . . . I
in mn in.ni. iiiLniuduuii, niii iivLiiius uui iuiihu. w nut was ne taiKing aoout7
the divine was expressed In him. and Awakened this mnrnlna- h,, nH..
ne waa iruiy mo Don u. uuu, ui street peaaiers. f ound we er In New
mum liiuHiiiouu nun i umi. icaviiig h i orK nay. Met rrlends on pier and
trail of llirht and love wherever he lnnned hnmmlncr "a t.ico rir, ,.-,.
jiasBcu. . . wave, a Home on the Rollinir Deen!
A 1 1 tinman neinirfl ara nn t nn T name l r -i i , i - r
Portland was on the map. 'Having
nnd protest, and demand, and work. 1 loarncd th,s thev seera to' appreclat
We must get electric lines. We must
Ket the rivers opened. And we may
have to undertake state railroad
building. We cannot Bit supinely
inactive and become burled in our
own rotting products.
this city quite well.
Prom all over the country comes
an Increasing protest against the
criminal recklessness of the auto
tnaniacs. Frequently they are killed
or injured themselYea, and if the
Of course Gus Lowlt is sorry that
tha bank failed. , It was real good
to him. But he win remain cheer
ful; a little matter of $100,000 does
not bother him, especially when ho
can't pay it.
Lawyer Hughes became Governor
of New York and a prominently
mentioned tignr as a candidate for
Federal Regulation of Forest Fires.
From the Boston Kvenlng Transcript.
Forest fires are no reaneetnra
boundaries, but it Is a very rare occur
rence when such a conflagration is rag
ing In three states at once, as is the
rase now in southern Massachusetts
'ho flames whlr-h three days ago burst
nit In the woorls nt Knut Thorn
t'onn., have swept across a corner of
Rhode Island and reached far up Into
Worcester county, Massachusetts, and
were last night giving employment to
all the firn fighters that could be mus-l
terc.i in Button. OxTord, Uxbrldge and
Douglas. The flames are said to have
a five-mile front, and to be rolling on.
The most stalwart asserter of state
rights may yet admit that forest protec
tion and the defense of the community
against woodland fires In circumstances
such as these is a function that he
wouia no onngea ro xro reaerai govern
ment If It would aasume.
Easily Counted.
From Tld-Blta.
Rambling Waggles I was robbed
last night and I reckon about hS ar
ticles were atolen from me. Everything
I had in the world.
Policeman Fifty-three articles.
Rambling- Waggles Yaa; pack of
card aad a ooriuoraw.
upward path to perfection
It requires many lives In many forms
to reach the ultimate goal and become
one with tiod. nut an will attain it In
time.
It makes but little difference, rightly
considered, through what earthly par
ents we reach earth, if we realize our
divine Inheritance and our divine pos
sibilities. Any sort of an, earthly inheritance can
be overcome and lived down, and only
thn individual example of tha aoul re
membered by the world.
It is a wicked waste of time to dwell
on unhappv thoughts about some fan
cied ataln on the ramlly name.
Nothing matters In life but character.
Ana tnar we can nuna as we cnooaa.
The material la within ourselves
Those who were , generated in love
usually possess an abundance of tha
material to begin with If they will use
It for the rinht purposes.
lie whose heart la full of tenderness and
truth.
Who loves mankind more than he loves
himself.
And cannot find room In his heart for
hate.
May be another Christ We all may be
The aaviors of the world If we believe i
In the dlvlnkv which dwells In us
Ana worsnio it, and nail our grosser
selves,
Our tempers, greeds and our unworthy
anus
Upon tho cross. Who glveth love to nil
Paya kindness for unklndness, smiles
for frowns.
And lends new courage to each fainting
iit-m t.
And strengthens hope, and scatters Joy
Hurunu,
He. too, la a redeemer, son of Ood.
In Extenuation.
From the New Tork Commercial.
If the 'Indianapolis cocktails are any
nearer the' genuine "pure food" article
than' the store-made buttermilk of these
degenerate times is hla nhtimh mitta
ougoi to Jet up on Falxbania. '
Trustee JTarahan.
What you'll do with Flan's blow,
Harahan
We are watching, all aglow,
Harahan,
For you know as well aa we
'Twasn't meant at all for thea
But for him who's back of ye.
xiaranan.
'Twaa a little slap In trust.
naranan:
'Twaa another's nasal bust. '
Harahan
Tou but got it on tha snoot
As the proxy substitute
Of the Boss of the Cahoot.
liarahan.
And between us, entre nous,
Harahan,
It la really up to you,
Harahan,
For to pass that blow along.
And to do It good and' atrong
For to keep it would be wrong,
Harahan.
Carl y la Smith.
Evolution of Locomotion.
By L. S. Waterhouse.
Long, long ago, when as a boy
The country I would see.
Pa's ox cart was a thing of joy
' A chariot for me.
When, as a youth, I courting went
-With.- pratty, blaek-eyed May, - -Full
many a happy hour waa spent
Behind Pa's ancient gray.
In later years when. like all men.
I felt ambition steal.
I took an outing nw and then
Upon a monstrous wheel.
Now, as prosperity draws nigh,
with others I am seen
Uke lightning speedin by &V,W
2a my up to daU machinal
Salem Statesman: H. Ft. Th I el sen mtr.
i nanou in me open margei at a gro
cery store a 80-cent basket of Klberta
peaches and took them to the Capital
National bank to display alongside of
tho peaches from the Yakima country,
of the same variety. The Salem peaches
were raised by Mr. Fiala, a couple of
miles below this city, on the Polk
county 'Side. Finer flavored peaces
never grew In any country and bettor
colored peaches no man ever aaw.
-An Bast Side Bank for East Side
People."
CAREFUL LIVING
CAREFUL SAVING
CAREFUL INVESTING
EVENTUALLY RESULT IN
FREEDOM FROM CARE
The
Commercial Savings Bank
KNOTT AXTD IPTT.t.tamts A.VB.
Affords to Its patrons all the
facilities of a thoroughly equipped
bank.
CHECKING ACCOUNTS ANT
0AVINO8 AGGOUNTft -
INTEREST
At per cent on Savin
counts, compounded
ally.
George W Bates.,
-j. a. sirrei. ...,.. ,-4
fr.-