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TRADE OF CANADA.
.fJR CURIOUS leading statesmen
are supposed to desire to in
crease our foreign trade and
to work therefor. At least
there Is a good deal of talk of that
kind, and attention is chiefly di
rected to Asia and Europe, as great
Betdr-for -the -increase f -er- ler-
eign trade. This is well enough, but
what we hare never been able to
understand is why the right and
natural kind of efforts are not made
to Increase our trade with South
America, where we have but com
paratlvely little, and why we per
ulst In making a commercial enemy
of Canada, which In spite of this
policy Is even now our third best
customer though It will not be
, when Canada's retaliatory policy Is
put fully Into operation.
...Jt Is all right to look forward to
larger trade with the Asiatics, but
we should not. forget that in spite
of our enmitous treatment of Can
ada, the six million people of that
country buy more than twice as
. ' much from us as the whole 800,000,-
000 people of Asia. We are sup
posed fairly to sit up nights devls
- lng' ways and meana to sell more
American products to Asia, yet we
lose no opportunity that we can in
vent to annoy and antagonize the
Canadians, who under free trade or
liberal, fair reciprocity would buy
more from us, principally of manu
factures, In one year than all Asia
would buy in three or four years.
Then It is to be considered that
neighbors' trade is more valuable
than that Of people a lung distance
off, and this Is especially the case
when the neighbors are of our own
race while the distant customers are
racially antagonistic to us.
Omitting raw cotton, Canada's
trade with the United States, under
fatuous conditions of commercial
hostility, Is next to that of Great
Britain. With reasonable reciproc
ity Canada in a few years would
outclass the mother country. In the
past 10 years Canada's total for
eign trade has Increased from $257,
168,862 to $612,652,107, or 133 per
cent, a trade of over $100 for every
man, woman and child in the domin
ion. Considered per ""'capita, Can
ada's foreign trade is greater than
ours in the proportion of eight to
three. And yet our great protec
tion and standpat statesmen do
everything they can, apparently, to
decrease and end trade between the
United States and Canada.
Under sensible tariff legislation
our future trade with Canada would
become worth all the rest of our
foreign trade put together, greater
in actual volume, and more profita
ble per ton. Right at our very
doors, . for a distance of thousands
of miles, lies our very best market,
and yet the tremendous brains of
our statesmen are laboring to see
how they can keep intact and even
raise the commercial barrier be
tween these two neighbors, where
there should be none.
uf and bringing about changes in
those delightful, dear old conditions?
How much better we could doze the
time away If they would remain
elsewhere. It is too late now, we
fear, to pet back Holladay's old horse
cars on First street. Tls pity; they
belong with the game era as the
fire bell.
It Is not a matter of the first con
sequence, to be sure, nor even of the
second class; yet the fire bell Is or
ought to bo needless, and it Is a
positive Injury fn the attention It at
tiacts from thousands who every
time It rings are Interrupted by it.
We are informed that no large,
proRresslvo rlty rings a fire bell In
the public oar any more, and we sup
poso all of thorn have had their pio
neers and have their old residents.
Dy tho way, how it must have
wrenched the hearts and wrung
tears from the eyes of the old In
habitants when the cow bells were
banished from the streets of Port
land. We suppose the flies of the
dally paper of that era would dis
close a pica for the continued free
dom of the city for the belled cows.
Cow bells are certainly quite as mu
sical and even more sentimentally
reminiscent than the fire bell. Can't
you get them backT
The plea for the Are bell savors
of second childhood. If it can be
ehewit) if there Is any fact r argu
ment to show, that the fire bell Is
necessary, keep it clanging to the
dally distraction of 200,000 people.
If not, take it away to some quiet
spot, not to be rung, but to be wept
over and mourned as the last re
sounding relic of those good old
days when a mule worked a ferry
boat across the Willamette and the
groundhog dug his hole unscared in
the Plttock block.
NOT A TEST OF PATRIOTISM.
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THE PLEA FOR THE FIRE BELL
SOME VENERABLE, citizens of
Portland desire the Are bell to
be retained, and to clang out
noisily and distractlngly every
time there Is an alarm of Are, a
thousand times a year or so, because
"those of us who have lived here a
long time like to hear the clang of
the Are bell." This may be true of
a few "mossbacks," but we think
not of the progressive element
among the older Inhabitants. Be
cause some of the old Inhabitants
heard the bell In their youth. It
Should clang on forever, Is the moss
back argumont. Then why not mud
streets, with stumps in them, and
old ramshackle, moss-oovered build
ings? Aren't they also "to mem
ory dear"? Newcomers, we are
told,4TOTist get used, to the fire bell.
Yesy If Portland is always going to
be la the backwoods village class.
UjV the .way, why do so many new-
T WOULD have been a graceful
act If Mr. Darrow had stood with
the rest when the orchestra
played "America" In the Spo
kane grill, but he was within his
legal and personal right when he
elected to sit. The display of rude
ness was not by Mr. Darrow, but by
such of those who stood as hissed
Mm for sitting. No regularly con
stituted authority has set It down as
a test of patriotism or loyalty to
country that patriotism shall be
mixed with meals, or that a man
shall hop to his feet like a Jumplng-
Jack every time a national air is
played. That is a matter of taste.
and if Mr. Darrow chose to sit, it
was, as he says, his own business,
and nut the business of auybudy
else.
We have a noble land and an ex
cellent form of government and
should all be loyal and devoted to
both. We should In every way en
courage and teach patriotism of the
genuine brand, but It Is not our duty
to carry it around on a platter or
allude to It with a trumpet. Per
haps as many crimes of cunning are
perpetrated in the name of patriot
ism as in any other way. Many a
so-called patriot who apostrophizes
the flag every time he opens his
mouth would be Arst to hire a sub
stitute to go to the front in his stead
if war broke out. Many an alleged
patriot shouts huzzas to his country
while he has both hands in the
pockets of Uncle Sam. Most of the
lads who went to the firing line and
did the rough fighting when the
Union needed defenders had never
spouted of patriotism, and there are
plenty more of them in case of f u
ture trouble.
They fought and won the good
fight for the land of the free, while
many a dress parade patriot skulked
in the rear or hid In the cellar to
escape the draft. The genuine ar
tlcle of loyalty Is Inherent in mil
lions of Americans, but it usually
sleeps unexplolted until a time of
need, and then it is an unrestrain
able whirlwind, that nothing can
daunt or make afraid. The deacon
that prays the loudest or the grand
stand philanthropist that exploits
his charity Is not always Arst to open
the purse when the widow and or
phan need a mite.
The practice of standing when na
tional airs are played Is a delightful
one, but after all It Is only a copy,
and a copy at that from the effete
monarchies of Europe, where loy
alty to the sovereign had Arst to be
dethroned before constitutional gov
ernment could be enthroned.
to do so, or else it will fall; hence
If these men and others whose Judg
ment is good, are right, depositors
without exception should not fail to
Join In this scheme of reorganization
Consider that liquidation through
a receivership means probably a
dead loss of half the depositors
money over a million dollars. A
receiver, even If he does the best
that a man In that position can do,
cannot wind up the affairs of such
a concern for a long time, probably
several years. Meantime big ex
penses are running constantly
against the depositors' money. Some
debtors of a defunct bank will pay
only on compulsion. Depositors will
remain in the dark as to details. In
a word, as has been said, a wind-up
through a receiver means a loss of a
million dollars, whereas by the plan
proposed most or all this money can
be saved.
This is s big amount. As Mr.
Myers has remarked, it is a larger
sum than was contributed by both
the people of this city and by the
state to the Lewis and Clark fair.
The loss of that much money will
hurt a great many people; they can
not afford to reject any plan by
which they can save it, or a large
portion of it.
But to have this bank drag along
for years in the hands of a receiver
and finally pay only 60 caat on -the
dollar will not only hurt a good
many people considered Individually,
but will hurt the city. It will give
this city a bad name that it could
not afford to have for a million dol
lars. People abroad will not In
quire closely into the astonishingly
bad management of the concern, but
will notice and remember the cen
tral fact that a big bank of Port
land, with thousands of depositors,
failed and could only pay 50 cents
on the dollar.
So the proposed plan should be
entered Into by every depositor who
possibly can do so. In advising this
we necessarily rely on the Judgment
or men familiar with the situation,
but we believe them to be acting
not only Intelligently but disinterestedly.
Letters From tke People
"Satan as Preacher."
Portland, 8ept. 16. To the Editor of
Tho Journal I havo been quite amused
at reading the Idle Mpeculatlons, aa re
ported In The Journal of thli date, of
a minister of thia city who preached
laat Sunday on "Satan aa a Pastor."
It seems to me that If the gentleman
had prepared himself for the occasion
by a study of the Bible In connection
with his thought, he would have spoken
quite differently. According to the
bcripture. what God requires Is not
works of righteousness, for that Is de
clared to be Impossible with man; but
faith, and faith to be shown by obedi
ence. What Batan desires Is to sup
press ful t h In men and cause dlsobedl
ence. Instead of takln? his muterlal
from the comlo section of the news
papers, as suggested, the Scrlptares
Infer that he would select a text from
the "Word of Ood" and preach thought
fully upon It, but that he would so
Interpret It as to deceive his hearers as
to us meaning, and turn their atten
tion away from the real truth.
He cares not whether people "read
the comic papera or smoke cigars or
neglect the poor," so long as they do
not believe and obey Ood. The vices
naturally follow the disobedience.
When he tempted the Lord Jesus he
quoted Scripture and argued the correct
ness of its application, uiii the Lord
discerned the falsity of the Interpreta
tions br noting that tt aid not harmon
ise with certain other Scriptures.
Matt. 4:1-10. Why need anyone who
believes the Bible go Into speculation
on such a subject? Satan did preach
one sermon that Is recorded. Ood had
Id to Adam. "In the day thou eatest
thereof thou ahall surely die." Gen.
17. It was a uuestlon of obedience.
But Satan said. Ye shnll not surely
die, for God doth know that In the day
ye eat thereof, then ypur eyes shall be
haa been
He, until
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opened, and ye shall be aa Ood's
trom that day to this
he
that
Ezra Meeker of Puyallup, Wash
ington, after a year and some
months' travel with a yoke of oxen,
has reached the great metropolis and
driven up the "great white way,"
perhaps the original calf track of
Poet Sam Walter Foss. It was real
ly, for a man approaching four score
years, a large and rather an ad
mirable undertaking. We hope the
old pioneer will accomplish his ob
ject, will ship Dave and Dandy home
if he can get them through this
year and will return to enjoy some
years yet of life in the far northwest.
preaching and pushing
today all heathens and most Christians
actually believe It; and from thousands
or puipits goes out tne doctrine or the
"lnfmortsnr bt Man." and the old. old
falsehood, "Ye shall not surely die. for
Ood doth know that when you lay your
body down In the grave, your eyes
shall be opened and ye shall be ns
Ood's, possessing a new and higher and
grander 11 fo than before," and at burial
services the grief of the mourners Is
mocked by the assurance that their
loved one Is not dead. And all this
deception Is in tho face of Bible state
ments ort repeated that "The wages
of sin Is death." "The soul that sln
neth It shall die." "Death passed upon
Hll men, for all have sinned." etc., to
gether with numberless pnssages In
plainest language stating that death Is
a cessation of life, that body, mind, af
fections and memory all perish to
gether, and that "the dead know not
anything." Eccl. 9: 6. 8-10, 11:8. 3:18-;!,
Job, 14th chapter, Psalms 146 4, etc.
Sntan does preach continually, but
he goes to the root not the surface, to
the Blblo not the newspapers, for his
material and few modern ministers are
as careful of their thoughts or words.
BIBLE READER.
From ths New York World.
George B. Cortelyou, secretary of th
treasury and chairman of the Repub
llcnn national committee, danouncea
"false and mendacious" the World's aa
count of the collection and expenditure
of the so-called liarrlman contribution
to the Republican campaign fund of
1004.
- Doea Mr. Cortelyou deny that after a
conference between hlmseir, Cornelius
N. Bliss and Benjamin B. Udell Jr., he
nuked Mr. Harriman to raise $200,000
for the Republican campaign fund?
Does Mr. Cortelyou deny that In order
to give Mr. liarrlman aaaurancea that
the administration would not "run
amuck" he arranged for an Interview
between Mr. Rooaevelt and Mr. liarrl
man? Does Mr. Cortelyou deny that the in
terview took place, and that. In Mr.
Roosevelt's own worda in a subsequent
letter to Mr. Harriman, "you and I were
both so engaged Jn the New York po
litlcnl altuutlon that we talked of little
else"?
Doea Mr. CorUlyou deny that Immedi
ately after thla Interview Mr. Harriman
and his associates raised 1260.000, the
principal contributors being Mr. Harri
man, Senator Depew, James Hazen
Hyde, H. McK. Twombly, H. H. Rogers.
William Rockefeller, J. Plerpont Mor
gan, John D. Arehbold, George W. Per
kins and Cornellua N. Bliss?
Does Mr. Cortelyou deny that this
money was turned over to him by Mr.
Bllsa and that eight days berore the
election he gave $00,000 of It to Mr.
Odell to Influence the state election?
Does Mr. Cortelyou deny that the
campulgn was over at that time; that
the money was Intended to corrupt vot
ers, and that Mr. Harriman was able to
boast afterward that with the hel of
this money his friend Odell succeeded In
turning 50.000 votes In New York City
nlone, "making a difference of 100.000
votes in the general reault"?
If the World's account be "false and
mendacious," confirmed as It 1b in part
by Mr. Roosevelt s own letter io pr-
aentatlve Sherman and Mr. Harrlman's
letter to Sidney WebBter, Mr. uorieiyou
can prove euch falsehood and mendacity
by opening the booke of the Republican
national committee. The World chal
lenged him to do it during the 104 cam
paign. It haa challenged him repeat
edly since. He haa alwaye reiuaeu.
Mn,-. ronulniia than theaa contrlDU'
tlona, more ecandaloua even than the
unes to which the money was put, la the
fact that George B. Cortelyou, former
grand Inquisitor of corporatlona, who
knew their secrets,, who solicited this
contribution from Mr. Harriman, who
arranged the Interview with the presi
dent, who brought tainted money up to
the very floors or tne w im
should now be secretary of the treasury
of the United States and In a position
n oiv or withhold financial favors
f rts yi that ITIAfi and Interests who con
trlbuted or rgfused to contribute to the
campaign rund wiucn ne rann.nu.
Mr. Cortelyou should resign. In any
ni,.r riviiiioii country he would be
fnfi.aA mil r t nfflrA
Tunfv an Knurl ish chancellor of the
exchequer holding office in any ob'net
after euch a Beriea oi expoauica "
which haa pursued Mr. Cortelyou since
i,. in 1,4 sm his duties as secretary or
commerce to fry the fat from the cor
porations hla department had run power
to Investigate! Fancy a French mlnla-
ter of finance impuaenuy wihh
athr thn storm that would there fol
low such revelations as ineeei
Not only Should Mr. coririyou m
-i k,i Mr HAnauvelt owes 11 lO mm
..Tr'tn inaia't on at least one act of
.lAn.m.nt hv comDelllng the Repub'
llcan national committee to return to
Edward H. Harriman tne anu.uuu mm
went Into the Republican campaign
xhaata and nresumHbly came out or tne
pockets Of the stocanoiarra ui iu uuivu
Paclnc Railroad company.
MrWalter H. Moore seems to
have erred very greatly In trusting
too much to his cashier in the mat
ter of making loans, but he has done
all that anybody could ask a man to
do to repair this error of Judgment
or lack of care. He has voluntarily
turned over about 1250,000 worth of
property to the receiver, retaining
nothing, which Is very conclusive
proof of his honesty of purpose and
thorough integrity.
THE REORGANIZATION PLAN.
At Seattle five Hindoos were fined
$25 each for being drunk and disor
derly in a saloon. And yet there are
people who say that they are not
like or as good as white folks. By
the way, wouldn't light-skinned men
guilty of the same offense have been
let off with fines of $2 or 5?
But what difference does It make
to the depositors lJJ,the money loaned
to Lowlt was given up as lost last
June?
Threatening Panic.
From m Commoner.
Whenever the people show any dis
position to stop tne extortion practiced
by the trusts the trust magnates
threaten to bring a panio If they are
disturbed. They learned it form the
tariff barons who have for a gen
eration warded off tariff reform by
the threat of a panic.
Now come the manipulators of our
great railroad systems and threaten panic
if things are lntereferd with. The trust
magnates, the tariff barons and the
railroad magnates have their hands in
the pockets of the people and they de
mand that the,y shall be permitted to
continue tnelr Exploitation of the public
as the price at which they will allow
the people to enjoy prosperity.
Have we reached tne point where all
legislation must await the consent of
the beneficiaries or prlvlledge and
favoritism? Is this the condition to
which the Republicans have brought
the country? The sooner reform comes
the easier It will be accomplished
the longer It Is delayed the more rad
ical the change.
Bridge Badly in Need of Repairs.
Portland, Sept. 20. To the Editor of
the Journal The Journal Is always
very active In promoting any object that
is for the good of the city, and It de
serves much credit for the stand taken
In regard to Sunday closing, the sup
pression of gambling and cleaning up
the city. There is a little matter In
our neighborhood on the east side which
I wish to bring to your attention, hop
ing that you may be able to stir up
the board of public works to do some
thing regarding it.
There Is an old wooden bridge across
the gulch on Eighth street near Divi
sion street and it is In an inexcusably
poor condition. Every portion of the
aecK ana rrame work snows decay. The
floor has been covered with patches,
and there are several small holes in
it now. At times holes large enough
to cause a serious injury to an un
familiar person crossing it at night
have been left without repair for
months. The bridge Is not well lighted,
especially at the south end. where It
is in the worst condition. The gulch has
been partly filled with slabs and saw
dust from the Inman-Poulsen mills, and
water is standing quite deep In It. It
Is nearly thirty feet to the water. On
the east side of tho bridge at the south
end for" a distance of 25 or 30 feet the
rail Is loose, without support, and is
leaning outward at a sharp angle. Any
one accidentally falling against or
walking into it, which could easily oc
cur at night, would be precipitated In
to the water 30 feet below. There are
many nice homes south of the bridge
and considerable travel across It.
Is It right for a city as prosperous
and wealthy as the city of Portland
to permit a constant menace to the
public safety to remain unattended to,
when It might be repaired for a small
sum? I say It Is a reproach and dis
honor to the city. The residents in
this district pay their share of taxes,
and while they do not expect a new
bridtr to be put in at present, they
believe It is only their Just due to have
this one repaired and kept In a safe
condition.
This is not the only bridge or side
walk in the city that needs repairs.
Will the Journal kindly mention the
matter when occasion offers, or If there
Is Bpace, please print thla letter? The
bridge should be repaired Immediately.
HENRY BLOOD.
This Date In History.
1327 Edward II of England murdered
In Berkeley castle.
1745 Battle of Pre'stonpans between
the royal troops and the Jacobites.
1776 The First Trinity qhurch. New
YorK. destroyed ry rire. Bunt in 1698.
1S21 Central American states de
clared their Independence.
1832 Sir Walter Scott, novelist, died.
Born August 15, 1771.
1841 Hallway opened between London
and Brighton.
1863 General Bragg began the alege
of Chattanooga.
1896- Peary Arctic relief expedition
left St. John's, New Foundland, on re
turn home.
1898 French minister of war ordered
the prosecution of Colonel Plcquart, In
connection wun tne JJreyrus case.
1899- Anti-trust conference at
cago ended.
Chi-
U'Ren for Senator.
A Novel Dot,
T.
HE PLAN of reorganization of
the Oregon Trust & Savings
bank, ns recommended by E.
W. Haines and Jefferson Myers,
appears to be a good one, and the
only practical way to save the de
positors from losing half their money
or thereabouts. The plan Is de
tailed in The Journal's local news
columns, and it seems to us that it
will be greatly to the interest of all
depositors to fall In with It. It will
Ftmrs persist 1b breaking la upon be necessary for all or most of them
A rather new yet showy war to work
a large coin dot Is to begin at the out
side with an outlining stitch and follow
the circle round and round Into the cen
ter.
This development of the dot haB a
bettor effect where colors' are used In
stead of white.
Another though scarcely so good
treatment is tw mst a very iinm chain
stitch on the circumference, filling the
corners with solid French knots.
Some people insist on outlining the
satin stitch dot when finished. This
gives the best result when the outline
is In a darker shade.
Against the Law.
It Is always a mlsdeameanor to cross
the tracks at the railway station In
Europe, or to ride on the cars with
out a ticket. For tne latter offense the
senaltt is heavt, , ,
From the Pilot Rock Record.
In the whirligig of Oregon politics
there is nothing more natural than the
nomination of the Oregon City states
man, W. S. U'Ren, under the present
primary law of this state. He and
Bourne could work together lnahar
mony, as neither belong to any political
party and are past masters In sounding
their own praises. They know better
than any other two men in this state
how to appeal with force to the igno
rance of the proletariat. With four or
five candidates in the field U'Ren can
easily win out at the primaries. Men
like Cake, Fulton and others who ex
pect the intelligent vote of the state
will not harp on statement No. 1, since
they very well know no Republican leg
islature would elect a Democrat, no mat
ter how many votes he received for senator.
Repudiated Interviews.
From the Wall Street Journal.
No newspaper and no active, energetic
newspaper man has ev.er yet escaped
the hardship, of the repudiated Inter
view. Some' of our public men are
sometimes not above denying Interviews
when they find that what they have
said has not had the desired effect
upon tho country.
To have an announcement spread all
over the country that an interview had
been repudiated, when in fact the man
who gave tho Interview had not actual
ly repudiated it, la an added hardship
to a newspaper. The World, therefore.
Is to congratulated upon having ob
tained an absolute repudiation of a press
despatch declaring that John D. Rocke
feller had repudiated hla interview with
The Woridv That Rockefeller Interview
sew stands. . I
Banking Your Time
By John Anderson Jayne.
One of the boys In the office came
around the other day with the question:
Say, what do you think of such and
such a bank?" giving lta name and location.
Knowing the bank to be a good one.
the reply waa made to that effect, and
the question aaked of the boy: "Why
do you ask?"
"Oh." he said. "I have lust started an
account there and I wanted to know If
It was all right."
That s Young America for you, up-to-
date, down-to-the-mlnute, rlght-on-the-
spot, with eyes turned to the future.
Starting a bank account on a small In
come that wouian i Keep you, Mr. jvian,
In shoe leather or neckties. That boy
Is going to have the best time In his
life watching his pennies grow Into
nickels, nickels Into dimes and dimes
into dollars. It will be a proud moment
when he can say to the cashier of that
bank: "i,ook here, I've a hundred dol
lars to mv credit; where do you advise
me to invest It so that I can get a little
more than your 4 per cent?"
And It doesn't take very much Imagi
nation to look down the years and see
that boy, If he continues honest and
just and square and generous, standing
before a lot of young men who look up
to him as the ''Old Man" and hearing
him telling of the first money he ever
earned In his life. He will have for
gotten asking the question about the
security of the bank, but he never will
forget the time he put his first dollar
Into the bank and how proud he waa in
the possession of the bank book.
We are hearing and reading much
nowadays about small savings being the
basis of great fortunes. Small savings,
carefully husbanded, wisely Invested,
lead to big things ofttlmes.
Now, what Is true of pennies, dimes
and -dollars Is true of jblnutea, hours
and days. 9
Time carefuHy saved, wisely Invested,
leads to tremendous results in one's
life.
Fifteen minutes every day, banked In
the Bank of Self-Improvement, means
the accumulation of a fund of vital
knowledge that Is going to stand you in
good stead in the years to come.
About 16 months ago, perhaps lessv
a bright young fellow, with passably
fair tenor voice, came to the conclusion
that he could make something out of
his musical instincts. He had a family,
wife and two children. Not a big sal
ary by any means, and time pretty
well taken up. But he was determined
to sine. This is what he has done:
Tnsten.iT of taking his lunch downtow
and fooling the noon hour away he ha
walked home to lunch. It takes him 1
in 12 minutes to make the walk. Al
lowing 25 minutes for the walking
backward and forward, this gives him
SR minutes at home. When he get
home, the first thing he does is to go
to the piano, run over his scales and
sing the exercises ana lessons mai mi
inatniftor has given him for. 16 min
utes. Then he eats his lunch and goes
hack to work.
Three things have resulted because
Ktematlc. practice:
First He is In better health because
of his daily exercise.
Second He has saved money by eat
lng at home, for he hasn't wasted any
in foolishness down town while waiting
for the clock to show his noon nour
passed.
Third His voice has cleared up to a
remarkable degree, and Just the other
day he was offered the precentorshlp
of a choir In the big popular religious
movement that will make its Influence
felt as the days go by.
Banking his minutes in the Bank of
Self-Improvement, ne is winning out.
When you think of the minutes you
hnv wasted. It must make you feel
nnvnrtv atrleken and poor. Why not be
gin today, saving your time, husband
ing It for the long days of illness, con
valescence, accident or old age that
come at some time or other to most
nfnnlp 1n life.
TTa who naves his money for stormy
days ts prudent; he who saves his time
nnd fert his brain Is wise.
Prudence and wisdom are twin sis
ters, going hand in hand, leading those
who follow them to security, happiness
and peace.
All Natur Fakes.
From the Indianapolis News.
After a careful and Impartial con
siitemtion of all the evidence bear
lng on the subject, the Investigating
committee reports that notwithstand
ing their long life and apparent respect
ability, the following are unuuuum
edly nature fakes:
The bull in the china shop.
The wolf at the door.
The fly In the ointment.
The dog in the manger.
The fish out of water.
The bee In the bonnet.
The flea in the ear.
The rat that was smelled.
The chorus girl's lobster.
Pigs in clover.
Horse and hof se.
Time files.
The welsh rabbit.
The man on a lark.
After Some New Ones
By Wex Jones,
It Is really time for the president to
get after the novelists. It
does a great deal of harm to get an im
pression from books that human life
is something different rrom wnat n
really Is Springfield Republican.
Arethusa's heart beat like a startled
bird, and Bhe dropped her eyes to the
floor. The room swam around her and
Harold's voice came from miles away.
From "Harold's Wooing."
(A thoroughly mendavlous and mis
leading plSce of writing. It Is Impos
sible for the regular or even the hur
ried pulsations of tne human heart to
ouumhln i he wins- motions of a bird.
Girls cannot, without the use of pincers,
drop their eyes to the floor. Buch a
fall would spoil a perfectly good eye.
Rooms cannot swim. Man's voice can
not be heard for miles, even if a mega
phone be used, and, to say the least, tt
seems Improbable that a young man
would take a megaphone along to pro
pose to his sweetneart. T. R.)
Her heart was broken. Arthur had
drilled a hole through one of her bis
cuits, Btuck In a handle and was using
It as a hammer. With one of her
huckleberry pies he had mended the
kitchen Btove. The concrete sidewalk
had been repaired with a plate of her
corned-beef hash. fine burst into a
flood of tears. From "Wedded and
Parted."
(An unqualified fabrication. Hearta
may be torn but not broken. You can
not "break" a bowl of mush. The story
Is written by one who haa not even ele
mentary knowledge of the subject. It
is Impossible to drill a hole In amateur
biscuits and amateur hash couldn't be
rolled flat enough for a sidewalk. Fur
ther, a woman cannot burst into a flood
of tears. She might and often does
burst Into a room, but never into a flood
of teais. T. R.)
Small Cbange
It is always the married person whe
finds an affinity,
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Why did Cashier Morris or the pres
ident and directors 'Lowlt?
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At least the general publie is shed
ding no tears over lilbblns.
What! Races a success and ne pool
Belling? Some people can't understand
Tet It is quite probable that Ralsull
la giving Cafd Maclean the time of his
life.
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Paul Morton thinks everything looks
roseate. Let's see; Is his salary $76,000
a year?
' a a
On his return from abroad Senator
Depew said but who cares what tha
old grafter said?
It is reported that Saratoga ia dull
and declining. People becoming tired
of Saratoga chips?
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Kvery year ought to Bhow an imnrove-
ment in Bchool work, but not in more
and higher studies.
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Since the wind waa blowing ao hard
from the north, why didn't Wellman trr
(or the south polef
An Indiana man waited S6 years to
marry, and so will have but a compara
tively short time to repent.
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An author of iorn books in the Port
land public library Is named Lie. But
he properly wrote only fiction.
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It Is not reported that the Wall street
stock market waa affected any by Un-
Ds
)andy
cle Exra Meeker driving Dan and
up Broadway
If Senator Fulton can make a record
In the matters of the Celilo canal and
the Oregon City locks well, it won't
tturt him ana,
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Now the days and nights are auo-
poaed to be equal, but for a good many
people the days seem several times
longer than the nights.
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The trouble with theoaonhy Is that
one haa to know so much of what he
can't know anything about that he has
to give u up or go crasy.
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Hello, Salem I How did Portland show
up? But not bo well, by hundreds, as
It would if we had an up-to-date rail
road between the two cities.
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If Sportsmen would go out after
wolves, cougars and euch varmints.
rather than elk or deer, they could have
sport and do a lot of good at t tame
lime.
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But how are would-be delegates who
want to stand well with Taft, on the
theory that he will be the next presi
dent, going to follow Senator Bourne
in hla third-term crusade?
Dequlnce rode like a demon. Hedges
flew beneath him. The air whistled
about his ears. The gallant horse un
der him responded nobly to his urging
and cleared the 18-foot fence like an
arrow from a bow. Dequlnce's heart
sank Into his boots he was too late.
From "A Dash Acroaa Country."
(Unqualified and deliberate faking.
No man can ride like a demon; demons
do not ride. Hedges do not fly. If
they did mey would fly over a rider
not beneath him. The air does not
whlstlo; we whistle an air. A horse
could not clear a fence like an arrow
from a bow as an arrow has no legs.
Certainly Uequlnce s heart could not
have sunk Into his boots unless
took his ioet out to provide room, and
even then it could sink Into only one
Doot. i. n.)
Her glance swept the room. From
"The Older Set."
(A short and ugly name befits this
typical instance of faking. No one has
an eye like a carpet-sweeper. T. R.)
To Taft, Circumnavigator, &c.
Oood-bye. Bill, take keer o' yerself.
For nobody knows Just what
May happen to you
Before you are through
With your clrcumnavigant trot.
Good-bye, Bill, take keer o' yerself:
There's storms on the raging main
That swallow the ships
In their Neptune nips,
And don't even leave a remain.
Good-bye, Bill, take keer o' yerself;
If there's any sand banks that you
fear
While sailing in the wet,
Tou must'nt forget
There's Fairbanks more dangerous
here.
Good-bye, Bill, take keer o' yerself;
If you're hit by a tropical blow
And pushed to the rocks.
Remember there's Knox
Over here that will treat you quite so.
Good-bye, Bill, take keer ' yerself,
And when you have passed safely
through
The guns of Japan,
Remember, old man,
The Cannon that's loaded for you.
Good-bye, Bill, take keer o' yerself:
As you re going the globe-trotting
pace,
Tou mustn't forget,
While dangers beset,
Tou're a mighty long ways from
base.
W. J. Lampton.
Cruelty to the Horse.
From the Gresham Herald.
Tho writer recently saw a fine look
ing girl riding a bob-tailed horse. Any
thing funny about that? No. But if
you Were the horse, and had aa many
flies boring their rroboscls into your
hide as that horse had. you would wish
that your tall was a little longer. The
example set waa bad. No boy or girl
with aufucient self-respect, will beoome
a party to cruelty to animals, and that
is precisely wnat mey are aoing wnen
they Invest their money Jn stock, of any
kind that has been unnecessarily dis
figured and positively Injured. When
It is kftown that the cutting off of
horses tails depreciates . their value. I For Knox ' . . . . , . . . ; . . , .. t , . . . .v. . . . 14
mere win ne less or it aone, jt should tor f air oanKs .f,.. ..
he forbidden bz law. . . . Iffer foraker
Secretary Taft's Apology.
From the New York Press (Rep.)
As political food to be digested by the
American people. Secretary Taft's much
heralded Ohio speech proved to be the
tninnest pap. on sucn a diet tney would
starve to death. As a debate between
himself (apparently taking it for
granted that President Roosevelt is to
make him the Republican candidate lor
president) and Mr. William Jennings
Bryan (obviously Judged by him to be
the Democratic standard bearer as a
foregone conclusion) the address Is an
apology. Mr. Taft apologizes for be
lieving so much as he does; he apolo-
izes for not believing more. He would
e radical without doing any ofi the
things that can be done only by radical
ism. He would be conservative, hop
ing to do what must be done to satisfy
the determined public, but what never
can be done by conservatism.
Moosup Reports for Hughes.
From the Hartford Times.
The first Connecticut vote for Hughes
comes from Moosup in the good old Re
publican town of Plalnfleld. The
French club in that village held a meet
ing, discussed the next oiesidentlal
campaign and then voted: '
t or nugnes 4 b
Oregon Sidelights
Many hop fields were not picked,
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A packing plant Is a new industry for
Tillamook.
a a
The product of the Corvallla crune
drier waa over 100,000 pounds.
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An Albany man claims to have made
a very rich gold discovery near Gates.
m m
A Morrow county boy only IS years
old stole a horse worth I10Q and sold It
for 110.
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A Juniper, Umatilla county, farmer Is
Just finishing the harvesting of 1,900
acres of wheat.
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Much Linn county straw Instead of
being destroyed aa formerly, la baled
and sold to the Lebanon paper mill.
Because Corvallls Is dry, a man haa
rented a house there for three years
and come with his family to send his
young folks to college.
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Tillamook Herald: My! but how Til
lamook is growing! The same glad note
of progress new homes being built, i
new people coming from all sections.
A great number of Clackamas county
people are Interested in the Multnomah
county fair, says the Estacada News,
for Gresham Is "Just over the line" in
Multnomah.
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Bakei City is on the eve of an on
ward movement in growth and busi
ness. It will have 20,000 population
Inside of the next three years, claims
the Democrat.
The state game warden can find all
the evidence he want to convict vio
lators of the law prohibiting tho killing
of elk if he will send a deputy to Elk
City, says the Corvallls Times.
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La Grande Star: The little railroad
out of Union took In last year a little
more than $6,000 from all sources and
on that made a profit of over $2,000.
Who was it that said a railroad had to
be a trunk line before It would pay
Interest on tho investment?
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The Woodburn leaflets, 6,000 of whloh
were recently circulated by the Wood
burn Commercial club, are already tak
ing effect, says the Independent. Parties
have come here on the strength of these
leaflets and purchased nronertv. and
many others are coming.
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Correspondence of Woodburn Tnrf.
pendent: Hubbard is In need of a
butcher shon. harness shon ttnuhnn anrt
bank. Any of the above Tines cpuld do
a good business. The country around
here will support all of the above In
good shape.
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More fruit has been ahinnait nut nt
Albany this summer to outside points
than ever before and next year the out
put of apples. Dears, cherries nrunea
and other kinds of fruits raised sov
abundantly hereabouts will be even
greater, says the Herald. But Albany
ought to have a cannery to "do up" the
fruit at home.
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