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,". Bpurn not at seeming error,
but dig below Its surface for
the truth: and beware of
teeming truths, that grow on
- 4-thft roots of -error. M. Top
per.
BONUSES FOR FACTORIES.
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E CANNOT agree with the
rlews expressed by the Al
bany Democrat In the fol
lowing utterance:
"The Democrat Is opposed to the
bonus system, and does not belter
it Is right on principle. There la
no more occasion for glrlng one
thing a bonus than another. Every
. thing should stand on its own base.
The new physician Is entitled to a
bonus just as much as the tew fur
nlture factory If he brings business
to a town."
W think .the Democrat li mis
taken in this, or at least that there
may be exceptions to its rule. Its
own comparison is against its rea
soning, for a new physician brings
no new business, except to the ex
tent of his purchases, while a new
factory may employ dozens, and
After a while be the means of sup
: porting hundreds of new people who
add to the town's population and
bdslness. Besides, one successful!
factory In a place Induces others to
locate there, and the employment of
a large 'number of people lb them
builds up the city and Is an advan
tage to the whole surrounding com
munity. So there are cases, we
think, when it would be wise, and
an excellent investment, for a town
to offer a bonus, in a site or In stock
subscriptions, to a new manufac
turing enterprise.
Albany, for Instance, is excellently
situated to be the home of a big
sawmill, large fruit canneries, a
inilk condensery and several manu
facturing plants. It would well pay
the people of that city and of the
adjacent part of Linn county to give
a large sum In cash or its equiva
lent in the . aggregate to get these
things started there. Half a dozen
such establishments would soon dou
ble, perhaps treble, the city's popu
lation; rear estate values would go
up; farmers around would have a
better home market; electric lines
would be built in a word, these
factories would be the prolific seeds
of large and continuous development.
continued exodus shows that a large solute power over the railroads
proportion of ambitious, aspiring When they announce a regulation
Irish people, though fervently lov-1 there is no cry ef "confiscation"; the
lng the "owld sod," are not con- railroads simply comply, as they
tent to remain in their native land, know they must, and of course they
It may be that home conditions are treated fairly. But they are not
are not altogether responsible for allowed to make an arbitrary raise
this, however; for the Celtic spirit rates- n fct the Canadian rail
Is adventurous, and the Celtic dis- roads cooperate with the commis
position yields readily to the lure B,on to run their roads in the peo-
nf hrnad and tomntlm fnrelirn fields. P' interest. The commission is
It is well for other nations, espe- ,ven almost unlimited authority
dally for America, that the Irish are the law specifying many details, and
thus disposed to try their fortunes u can flx absolute maximum or min
far from their native heath. This imum rates. From Its decision there
country is Incalculably richer for can De no appeal, unless the com
the Irish who have come hither, mission itself grants an appeal, ex-
from the first till now, and become c,,pt on questions of Jurisdiction, or
so lsreo and Influential a nart of to the governor-in-council. This
the American neonle. board of commissioners has, In
short, absolute control over all mat
WHEN FAIRS ARE HELD. lcrs Pertaining to tne construction
operation and maintenance of rail
T IS a good sign for Oregon that wayB( an(j( n comparison, the pow-
the late fair at Salem Is every- eri 0f tna interstate commerce corn-
where acknowledged to have mission seem dwarfed almost to In-
been "the best in the history significance
or ine state, a rair is a civimer. n i. vrv .virtonf that th nnwr.
Ir. Is a powerful adjunct of progress, granted to our Interstate commerce
It Is effective in awakening lnspira- commission fall far short of what Is
tlon for producing superior things, needed. If a railroad, or several sup
The true secret of advancement Is posedly competitive railroads, can
comparison by which one product, I thus arbitrarily raise rates on the
one article or one method Is shown lumber product of an Immense re-
to be better than others. If there gion like the Pacific northwest, to
had been h comparison, and no the Injury of tens of thousands of
corresponding Incentive to discover people. Mr. Bryan's prediction Is
and utilise something better, we being verified so far; regulation is
would still be living in caves and mostly a failure, little more than a
eating nuts and raw flesh In the farce.
primitive wilderness. A sure means w
of development is to inspire rivalry, since It seems to be almost unan
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and that Is what the competitive ex- imously agreed that the proposed
nlblts at the state fair or any other plan of reorganization of the failed
fair do. This is universally recog- bank is the best thing to be done,
nized. and Is in fact the reason for everybody able to help the scheme
state fairs, expositions and other along should do so, in his own in
places where there are competitive terest and that of hundreds of
displays. In the older eastern others, and of the city itself.
states It Is so well understood, that
me annual rairs are a standard ad- it might be well to change the
Junct of state life, with universal name of Bull Run water to some-
attendance, and a wide appreciation thing more artistic or euphonious;
of their value to the commonwealth, but that the water will remain the
For these and many other obvious same, the best city water in the
reasons, the results at Salem are country, Is something to remember
gratifying and should be made the with satisfaction.
basis for future Improvement, with
a determination tnat each year's The Seattle Times has an edi-
falr shall continue to be "the best torjal entitled, "Ships That Pass In
In the history of the state," The the Night." Judging from the in
same observations apply with equal creasing commerce of Portland, as
force to the district fair in progress compared with Puget sound ports,
this week at Pendleton.
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TLc Play
Thare were two things that made the
performance of "In the Bishop's Car
riage" last night at the Helllg theatre
worth while It Is an laiferesting play.
"yellow" though It la. and Jessie Busley
Is an Interesting women.
Channlng Pollock and Miriam Mich-
aelson did not oonatruct a probable play.
QUESTIONS WHICH WILL SOON
DEMAND ANSWER :
To the Editor of tbe Journal: 8 till
the cry goes up, from Maine to Los An
gelea, what Is the destined future of
our parties? Will Roosevelt aocept a
' I Iht.J fra..M Will T....M K 49 Wl.
thai, At not .. -hi-nnlnln an nrdlnarv !" i in
tory In an extraordinary way. It must of Polk and Who Is HughesT The great
be admitted that if the whole a tory had arona is filled with presidential gladla-
-TwUpt-w'Su ior' d 0,000.000 people iook down
universally condemned ae either untrue from the American Coliseum, watohing
or not the kind of reading that nlcf he conteet. What do the vestal virgins
newapapers should furnlah the family. say? When one or more of the gludla-
11 la tne Story or a woman orougni up I ivia am urvwnvu mm irui aginm
In the slums, taught to Kteal aa other I their fate, the moat intereeted specta
chlldren are taught to write, a woman tors cry, "Receive the steel, receive the
wuuvv naiuri rvf in uiuBa ubti im i v . ,
lined by a qulxotlo devotion for her pal I Along this line, with your pardon, I
and Dartner In thleverv Tom Dorgan. would discuss our present great masls-
Her devotion to this man and, of It rate. What are hla vital llmltatlonsT
course, her aood looks and her ununually I I Here seems only ono at nroaent. and
quirk Intelligence attract the attention that Is the third term "bogie," aiaorae
of AVIlllam latlmer a young criminal calllt. '
I lawyer of wealth and philanthropic ten-I une or our respected senators has
rtlPnclea, and it la a little hard to oe- I rilled tne mouths of many with a newly
neve DUt tney realty ao iney amcuaa i cornea pnrase, second elective term.
sociology ana pnuosopny. I i-ie is apparently striving to make n
For Nance, vou see. la In her way. I tench or it. Hv this nhrmi nr at.
very much of a philosopher. She loved tempting to gloss over a dangerous
to talk about the "darkness" of her life truth, why dangerous T Whatever gov-
and to reason out with the young law- cms the mind of a people directs them
yer why she should remain In that dark- along tnctr future course. This Is true
iienn. Ana lie. at nrai rrom an enureu I whether inn nrinnmm rut writton m ih.
41slnterentlng point of view, urges her I constitutions of stutes, statutes or
to make the most of her unusual mind I unwritten, as In this case, yet biasing
and to take advantage of an offer made I and throbbing through the very souls
oy a iriena oi unrafri 10 ici nor n; inn nnturea or a people.
herself In vaudeville she thinks and a long aa we remember Wanhlnaton
Latimer thinks that she will make an l ws shall remember this unwritten nrln-
actresa. t .1 dple. this extra-conatltutlonal dictum.
Dnrsan. the Partner of the girl. I I murie In th rirhtonn. i,Hni t
caught attempting to rob the Latimer nation's founders It Is useless to gain-
uvunauu in, iimiiimniiioiii Bi.. ... vv ly tl, necessary purpose, neitner can
her orjuort unity to leave her old Hie that he irmH fnnii.hn... ,mk .n
and attempt to win fortune on the stage. prsi(erita and people from Washing
She does win It, or is on a fair way to ton., day untll our hav acknowledged
ao bo wnen uoriin emu pes anu
cuu
res
hi
ba
Lati
liable lesson from every psge of their .
history. The whole American common
wealth have been Instilled with this
vital lesson and all the reasons for Its
Smalf Change
Better keen watch of the milk rou
buy. .
The harvest moon can well afford to
get' full this year.
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Some family skeletons need dark.
steel-cell closets.
Oregon can be
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mans
the best fruit
I ua i trlta nr n n a In m, .il..l ..
Kht in ner rooms, i ney are doiii ar- ,.rnm.nt In mnA ri. on.
ted. but Dorgan this time renounces Der. -imOBt ,m.ln,inir t th rti-nTrv
mself and his hopes of her and goes f atnte nnnara n.iH.nt
ck to prison alone, leaving Nance and I ..kr..,. . . . i r i " ' ... .
mer free to marry. . nil hava nairi trthni. n i.i. ....
Miss Busley Is an unusual type of - Bn fl"tn"
Amerlcanactresaor or any kino or bRck than th, pre(ient ex90Utjv. him.tlt
RcirnHi lur iiiaL inaLic . ciio is uuivn
who bespoke the entire question on the
years the American
youth of our lands have drawn this val-
anarematgwehV,e a" woman' "of Tr kTnTao" oo" f im InauVa
a great while a ; woman of her kltid ap. K()r a nundred year8 ")e i
(icnin ii inn .laHi vi in iiivinvuiv, v.
Cosstbly even In art. and makes her way
efore people as a whole know anything
about it. You stand up earnestly to
deny that they have any temperament
at all only to And thm while you are
arguing with yourself about It they
have succeeded that they not only have
temperament but have mastered it,
which la much more Important after all.
Throughout the performance Miss
Busbey's acting was admirable Indeed
It waa fortunate for the reputation of
existence for our political guidance, state Tn the unlon. Why not do Itt
Z.,, n. . i- No. there la no positive evidence that
r moment dlsoense with the nature -",ana J u" "u
2rr.WmilkT Ur V1UU Ur mth Then p.rh.p. Burton thinks hs an"
U io ik. fiotntr "When Orea-on toe win because his first name is Theodore.
Into the coming national Republican
convention, is our slogan of war to be Men are like tnnbrellas; the poorer
"Second elective term?" Will the plain ones are not wantea except in emergen
aniens or Oregon, iemocrsuo an wen cies.
aa Recunllcan. be aatlafled to see this
rirat nltffial nnlanirht mada linnn thla I When the shlD struck the crew net-
oaslu constitutional principle, even I ti rally exclaimed: What's the matter
thotigu .unwritten as it IsT Will we be Tellus.
atlaflait ta nhrnaa a thlnar with a few I
flna-anundlnar wnnta and nnanl cheat I Still the cost Of llylnsr COSS On In
ourselves out -of the substance T creasing. Whiskey has gone up 1 cents
If Mr. Rooseyelt waa right ' seven a gallon,
rears aao. whv la that which . ha aald I ear
then noUTtght nowT I-ie stated then the A vegetarian may be a faddist, but
reasons or his position. They were rea- there are a ioi ot people wniroon i
sons known to the American people laugh st him.
since Washington's retirement. Snd no I -
doubt he advised lengthily with the The average man Isn't going to get
statesmen of bis timei. Mr. Hooseveit oanicKy any more unui ne is pincnea in
new sil this. e knew the American tne nreaaoasKet.
nannla knew 1L Hi knew that In their I
forecasts they would ask this question I But future battles will not be carried
many times. He knew that unless he on altogether in the air; the automo
avowed the matter - ma his positive biles must have a cnance,
Cnd pormanent belief it would tend to 1 -a a
nutnpar him In his patrlotle work aa an w are sure that the king of 81am did
executive. To his honor he has many not jarn , high rolling propensities
uinva rruiiiinmo inia ueuai anu iiBvsr ihn a vnnth rrnna our Jonn Hurra I r.
rjy wnra or aeea maicaiea anytning 1 . ,
PuZi2'?"lTZlrL ' Governor John Johnson has said he I.
of herself 'in taking the opposite Idea ""Vf0,- '
and with a clever phrase go into the wouId rfu,e nomination.
convention! is Mr. rcoosaveu xaiseT '!,. ... i. nAA i. i...
Has he given private Instructions to a . .f,' E' 1 .b0 "a?w..Mnitn
few leaders to work a trick In privacy f,tr4 0,r" '5 VancUnrtW55 Inl t
and seUe the crown to which he dare g- ?tl- ?"a for 8an Franc,8C0 ttn1 one for
not openly ssplreT Will he, through cer- I x
inn lie lie ii mi-ii, worn up n. aiiuuiiun uim , B . m t w .
win rnrce th. cmwn nnnn him aa thmurh The Torrens system seems to M l
fute or tha American neonla had rfe- very good thing, If It were once in oper-
creed TtT APer,t,in People nea atlonbut It . looks as If It would wait
Do we thus know Roosevelt, that
champion of honesty and the "square
deal?'1 What do you think?
A READER.
Florida Woman Praises Portland
Trom the Chicago Dally News.
THE BROWN MEN'S BURDEN.
It may be assumed that they are on
their way to or from this city.
IRELAND'S POPULATION
DECREASING.
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HE REPORT of the Irish regis
trar-general for 1906, recently
issued, shows that the popu
lation of the Emerald Isle
continues steadily to decrease.
Within a decade the population de
clined from 4,542,061 to 4,388,006,
X a loss of 154,055, from which it is
J estimated that approximately 400,
I 000 persons, mostly between 15 and
85 years old, left the land of their
birth during the decade to improve
their condition In foreign lands. For
60 years, ever since the terrible
famine of 1846, the exodus from Ire
land has continued ccabelossly. It
is not now "a million a decade," as
the London Times once Jubilantly
declared, but It is large enough to
more than offset the prolific birth
rate of the Irish people.
The government of Ireland Is less
oppressive, more considerate, and
jUiit than it has been In tirre past,
yet no government of a country can
be Just or right that denies to Its
people ownership of the greater part
of its soil. The land laws formerly
Imposed on Ireland were about as
tinju&t and iniquitous as any ever
fastened upon a people, and Irish
men cannot be blamed for consld-
" prlng the Irish question never set
- tied till it is settled right that is,
until Irishmen can own the soil and
f make and administer their own
r law,- at least totf areat an extent
as Canadians and Australians do.
""' True, within the last 20 years, the
British government': has cooperated
Ita Irish leadera T.to -ameliorate
former conditions teatly; the form
er, tyranny of absentee' landlordism
v no longer oppresses; as it did, and a
. good deal has been done to develop
Ireland's great natural" resources,
Pith sraUfjlcg . results,.' -Yet- th'e
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APAN seems Intent on assuming
a good deal of the burden
which Mr. Kipling a few years
ago laid exclusively on white
men's shoulders. This "burden" in
volves conquest, colonization and
constant readiness on a large scale
for war on land or sea. England
has been the chief burden-bearer.
and in this as In some other respects
Japan is Imitating England.
Physicians of sufficient eminence
to be employed by ex-President
Cleveland disagree, just the same
as lesser lights of the profession.
Doctoring, like lawlng, is largely a
matter of chance.
In a letter to the Chicago Dally News
Mrs. C. M. Thomas of Portland, Oregon,
he company that she was on the stage ralla at everything in that Oregon me-
the greater part Cf the time. Hallett tronoll. I vliltud ihn Rns clir in 190S.
Thompson la not an Ideal Latimer to - ... i,i . .,
say nothing of the fact that his clothes tn8 7T ' th exposition, and spent
leed pressing. Harry ningusn aiso eignt weeas more., iney wore eigm
eaves something to be desired as Tom works nf unlnvmtnt: of nennla arenerv.
Dorgan. George Oastenen la the bishop ,,..ki. . ,h.t
whose carriage gives the drama its fruits, vegetables and all else that
lame and serves to carry the girl into maw a siay a pleasant one. ine more
he Hrst act and out of the last. Erneat r think of It tho more I think that Mrs.
Joy, although his part as a newspaper- Thomas was suffering from "India
man is a Small one, is able to lmperSOIl- I Mnlii" anil Ihul ! unnmh tn make nv
ate a police reporter without exaggera- one at war wtn eVery one else.
ion. a real for which ne deserves con- Althouah I did not meet every one In
ratulatlon. Portland the people I did meet were
Scenieallv the nlay Is as satisfactory M.iriwina vinif oni hnmitahL i n.vr
aa it was last season. There are no Baw Buch healthy-looking people before
demands for a lavish display of stage ln my ilfe. Cne could tell the natives
settings or costumes, although the Ten- 0t the sUte blocks away because of
derloln station might have heen more their beautiful complexions and rosy
faithfully copied, rew Portland play- cheeks
oers are familiars or that n storic spot Mrs Tht,mM ,pcaks of the gates at
owever. so that the omission did not ,. ii.u .in, Mnuri ntia'a
harm. frlonri mnM not iret tn thorn Whila 1
"In the Bishop's Carriage" will con- rTnAn,hr inihini ihimi th
nueall week at the Helllg. with matl- ateB r oniv know that t had a brother
nee baturday. jnose in Portland who there to meet me and I don't remember
haven t Seen It Will find Something t,thir h cnt tn ma nver the ffBtea In
for the mllennlum.
Seattle won't set an appropriation
raallv. hut 1uat wait till the Seattle peo
ple begin to get In their work ln earnest
on these congressional reuows.
Cortelyou won't tell how he spent that
money, and IvOeb won't tell who ordered
the raoktalls: so nasn l uncle jonn ,u.
high precedent for disclosing nothing t
I Un Thnm.. "t vnl. h.,.K.nrf
I li . . -, ' . i . I A. . m - . . v. - n.Alfu nn.ih
IB wviiiiiuic lur h Tirm nern una ddm nut I ir inn lannciB ui ina i aunt iwi m
like th work hetwlll hava tn remain I weat ran set their products off to mar-
untll he haa enough saved up-to gb back ket, they will be perfectly' indifferent
east, and it costs more to travel east to Wall street panics for a year or two
than west." Now, there s where Mrs. to come, at least.
Thomas haa the start er me, for II
naven t any husband. Hut If I were x Minnesota scientist predicts that
fortunate enouch to have a husband. I .. w. .. nt h. .Tt.rminmaii hv
and still more fortunate enough to have thlr,t Not if enough people come to
got to Portland. I should use all the Or0Bon. And are the breweries all to
oratory i possessea. an tne moral h. i,lnnrMsed?
suasion, to keep him there, and If he P uPPre"a7 . ,
decided to leave I think I should use what twa it nroflt a man to make
UIUIB Biiniuuui ciiui la.
more than an evening's amusement in
Miss Busley s performance.
Whatever else can be or may be
done toward getting more railroads
in Oregon, no possible effort should
be spared that will help to open up
the Columbia river at Celllo and
During the fiscal year ending the Wlllamette at Oregon City.
March 31, 1907, Japan's national
At tkc Opera
an arlahlp or whether l new over 10
him or how It waa. but I was so glad
to see him that I don't remember much
about the gates. I know we reached
each other some time and the meeting
paid for all the difficulties.
1kaTe Vi nm a m eo vo the elt rt Weia
In better style and swing than at not Mr. Thomas must have
any first night performance yet given I walked and lived mostly In the su
ln Portland the Callfornians Opera com- burbs. As I remember the streets.
IriOSl or 1 1 1 r III wero imvwi, aim iiiuw
Imanv mill nm hv nnerattna? a tnonOD-
anNo0pW,',n;,shtaVbeutneiVew..n n'evrso" to' V SttTn'J? A
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Oregon Sidelights
Fine celery is raised
county. .
ln Lincoln
Best spples ln 40 different parte of
Since so many sections of Oregon
debt Increased $57,000,000. This
was a year 01 peace, ana .uuu,- cap raise the best apples on earth,
ooo was raised by special taxes in- there ought to be no trouble ln con
tended to prevent any increase of vlnclnK the country that Oregon is
the national debt, rather to reduce the beBt apple Btate ln the Uni0n
it. Hence we see Japan s 4 per cents
laiiinK iaieiy 10 so, ana a compara- The klng cf Siam is scattering
tlvely small loan for Manchurlan mliilon9 on his European jtour, but
railroads could not be negotiated. rhana the Siamese don't dare to
Considering the dimensions and kick about the taxes.
destructiveness of the war with
Russia, Japan's debt does not seem These recent September days and
staggering. It is only a little over evenings would also take first pre-
$6,000,000,000, or about half our miums at a world's weather exhl
debt at the close of the civil war,
and about the size of the Indemnity
that France paid with comparative
ease after the Franco-Prussian war.
But the standard of values Is far
lower in Japan now than it was in
France 35 years ago or in the United
States 42 years ago. The debt per
capita ln Japan Is about $22.50,
which is much less than it was in
the United States in 1865, but the
earning capacity of a Japanese at
home is but a fraction of that of an
American, either a generation ago
or now.
Japan Ib far from bankrupt, and
will doubtless pay her debt, or
enough to bring her bonds up to par
or above, but she Is ln no financial
condition to engage in a big, pro
longed war, and will not be for
years to come. She will have to
spend a great deal of money on
Korea, Formosa and Manchuria be
fore they will bring in returns that
will be profitable.
MORE PIONEERS NEEDED. H
T
HE SUGGESTION made by The
Journal that the consent of
the interstate commerce com
mission should be had before
a railroad could raise a rate, as it is
proposed to do. with regard to lum
ber, is In accordance with" the Can
adian law, which gives the railroad
commission of the Dominion 'far
greater powers than our boasted rate
law gives our Interstate commerce
commission. , Canada has a commis
sion of three members, appointed
for life, and who have almost ab-
bition.
Vollva denounces Parhamlsm, but
Parhamlsm Is a logical sequence or
offshoot of Dowlelsm or Volivalsm
pany opened It. week's presentation of w nS more numeroua
'TBtlnll..'1 . V. A VfnmnaM A 1 n M . I .. , . . I A IT I . I
i ii 1 1 1 1 . i tx i. win luniuaiu viiiit io i tnan in any ovner cny. vny irw i-moa
nieht. The CallfOmlan comDanv belne- can afford to pave all their streets at
a young organization, has at different th?.83"1.1'!",
times shown here and there an unllm
bered Joint or two, but last night Ilvd in . very good part of the city
things were different "Fatlnltaa" any- and had a very comfortable eight-room
way is a compilation of song having a house with a good yard, and paid 1 a
awing and momentum of Its own. It month
therefore is an especially good vehicle Mrg' Thomas says one has to pay
for a showing. one-B own water tax. Well, people ln
Last night the Callfornians made the Places have to pay their own water
showing. From the time the curtain We "re paving right now $45 a
went up on the opening scene, the sing- month for a nine-room house and pay $1
ers picked up the swing of th opera un- a month water tax besides, and our
i.i i. ju.t. b.c.j . house Is only ln a rair location , mkj.
the past graduates below took up the UUM Thomas thinks the gas In Port
rhythm with tapping feet and nodding land jB high at 95 cents a thousand
heads. When a chorus sings with a
swing like that there can be no halts
er stumDies.
"Fatlnltza Is a pretty opera and a
tuneful one else the old Bostonians
would never have carried it in their reD
ertolre untll It became so fixed ln tne
hearts of the opera-loving people. In
its presentation last night, the Call
rornians took none or tne lustre rrom
feet. I thought it was cneap. Decauoe
ours was $1.50 a thousand.
called "the land of flowers." but when ruI m
1 had heen ln Portland a week or two
and had aeen her wonderful roses, not
only growing in the front yards, but in
the back yards and out ln the streets, ln
the boulevards, big rosea, little roses
and all colors, the air sweet with their
fragrance, and sweet peas climbing all
over every fence and gate and up the
alHoa nt ha ma anil ilnrai tnan T
thought that surely Florida haa taken Oregon
Und ' Canyonvllle Echo: Everyone Is busy.
I never liked summer because of the prosperous ana nappy.
hAat hilt tup lvht Inn uaolra whila T I
was there the weather waa ideal! no I A Klamath Falls man has saved
rain: Just one tiny shower and still the IJ.O0O in nve years working for wages.
air did not seem to be dry. the moisture and will now buy a home.
from the ocean and the mountaihs
tempering the heat. I have always Tne Herald thinks It very fine for
thought the larger fruit grew the Albany to have a third bank. Yes, If
V.U010C. .1 1.11U i.in.1. 11 woo iuvk "' it aets some canneries, mi us, laciunwo,
1TC"i,itaJte,Mi,'.bUKth:?re WaS frult of etc.. along with It.
mi ivj 11110 hiiii in nuuiiuimw giinii J I g
large, uui iubmuus ann eweei. . . etrat
I wonder If Mrs Thomas was ever The Btayton cheese factory won first
up on Council Crest? If she ever was Pflse at the state lair ror " -and
looked off at the panorama that Py ot cheese, The factory had on dls-
. . . . Z .... . I I .. . aVAaa K A UDlATlAfl
was perore her now could she think M
lead pencils? I shail never forget the
aay 1 went to the coast. The fog is
sometimes too thick to see Mount Hooa,
but on that day, as I sat on the deck
of the boat and saw Mount Hood,
Mount Adams and Mount Tacoma, I
thought I hnd never seen anything more
Deautuui. ine air was rree rrom log,
nnnil Rnnda vallev 'raises Just as
rnnii and manv aDDles on $300 and
1400 an acre land as Hood River on
11,000 an acre land, says me ua. uranao
star. . .
Miss Olive Conlee. after receiving
the sky blue and the snowv tons of the her commission as postmaster at Can
mountains glistened ln the sunlight un- yon City, resigned, and has gone to
til I thought there never was a prettier Ontario to teach school, being offered
picture, rortiandites love Mount Hood:
everything Is named after it, but I
don't blame them.
ELIZABETH LOWER.
Jacksonville, Florida.
On tne EJge of tne Arctic
But when Hindus and Japanese
get into a fight, might it not be well
to let them fight It out to a finish?
There are hundreds more school
children than ere expected. So It
will be again next year.
The people of Oregon, all pulling
together, can work wonders.
Letters From tLe People
Invoke the Demurrage Law.
McCoy, Or., Sept. 21. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been reading
a great deal obout complaints of ship
pers failing to fecure cars. This seems
to me to be a waste of energy and 1
cannot understand why someone does
not act on Commissioner Lane's sug
gestion and commence action for dam
ages caused by failure of the railroad
company to furnish cars. The valley
shippers are considering suoh action.
SHIPPER.
Biggest and Best.
Louisville, Ky., Bept. 17. To the
Editor of The Journal The Louisville
free public library has received a copy
of the Oregon Journal's fifth anniver
sary number. This paper was forward
ed to the library by Miss Amle B
Brunn of the Portland public library,
formerly connected with the Louisville
free public, library, to whom we have
mailed our card of thanks. We con
gratulate you. This Is the biggest and
best thing in the way of a newspaper
that has reached us. I
GEO. T. SETTLE,
Head of Order and Accession De
partment. That dressmaker who wants to do
away with feminine curves presumably
has a shape that wouldn't prompt a!
male sosm. '
By Wer Jones.
Orand business this, exploring, mayor
the opera's fame, nor did the opera take A .imminent cltlsens at station
away from the pleasing Impression ' M ahout
made ln the past 'by the songsters of to see me off. Made speeches about
the calirornians. planting tne nag on me x-uio, aim -
The work of the different members of ferred to glories of American navy and
and so favorably that It seems useless mercantile marine in iq eu v.u ...n
to make any personal references agalu ner davs. whenever iney were. 1 rc
this week. However. It may be said. ,v.. th. rennrtera termed a
anA triithfullv thnt Harrv Cnahmnn . . .
certainly has a large range and scope to few modest words, but 1 m Diowea 11 1
his characterisation. Last week he was can see what kept, all the other reuows
the Chinese master of a Japanese tea from reacr,Ing the'Pole. It's the easiest
UUBC 11119 WCCIl HO AO 11UHIDU I 1 . 1 - Hnh I rat I K I Pfl .
count and Keneral in command. And he in in London Kinar Ed
makes Just as good a Kussian as ne 0.1a ward congratulated me on my pluck and
a Chinaman. darlna- adding that of all the gallant
Miss Rhoda added new friends to her "ft,"8' ha Tatnrin Atlantic roast he
n. v. .. 1 . i r-io. ijc ti"" .....- - ---
nai u nci yipiuji 111 1 ' J. thoueht Chicago tne gaiianiesi. ne
in the first and third acts. By her t ... hihlv fint trf1 nnti
songa and her personality she won hat Ch)oRgo had long been proud of
auucu incline. r",":"' the deep interest nis majesty ioo in
who sang the part of Lydia ln the sec- ltL welfare
ond act was welcomed back enthuslas- 1 Qreat reception in Stockholm. Com-
ticallv by those who had become her ' t Nansen with wings refer-
irieniis iiurinB 1110 Hint low nt encea to my airship. Replied that all I
me wuiuniijiL j "" wa8 after was the halo or success,
missed, her from the stage during the f8 " , Scandinavian.
week that has just c ooea. miss itnoaa ' vln. thl8 Hammerfest. Men
and Miss AuDert win snare tne prima . - pmrdoved ln erettlns; airship
donna's honors during the current week. ni7y vA Fcuot chSm-
:rr.ta- -ri- k h ; (o.T pagne aooara who wnign 10 cnnsien int.
of his ideas on harem reform. Miss r if' v men aawine: un lumber to
Lucile Saunders as Fatinitza and Vlad- ,1' ,0 IraJriT whei, I return
t.m,r'v lTnTZll Expect to f"ndA7eaJ?Wkot Tit'Si
her voice and with Miss Rhoda was A-V At ik Mnth Pole th nnlv
heard la several charming duets. Richie JjnA KJKlu BbU.
given a chance and improved lt Alto- lu"8- ,,. ot oult. so bttlmv
?ueih,f,V'n."! " VIZ SIS". i on our arrival. Put on heavier under-
Droves that Tom Karl has a slnaintt wear taA- anJ 'oelj"081 uncomforta-
Knv In which he wm notVdfi We It tickles so. Itj seems hard that
Sed3 the'ume6 goi.n f"fl!?PljrhTso,ltbn(tlCkled by
fnitza" will be the bill all during the fl'? tht Have invited
week with the usual matinee. A'"hJP JZlJtthJ? IHaIHa
Jill HiO HALl r CO V" tJ-t J 1 uaau wiuviww
t Via niAW tr hA rpadv
Will Need to Be Careful. Watched the tes-t from a hill near the
Balloon floated ell right ln the
r rum v wuuu 1 11 liiucoiiuciii. 1 : . j)t, ,i,iu eri
went all rluht as a sled hut wouldn't
strong candidate for governor in W V1 LVl ZZJT'S,
lacking ln the exploring spirit, and
threatens to quit ln a body.
Had ta wear a heavy fur overcoat to
day; It is really getting quite unpleas
antly coia.
, Airship In good condltton today. Dis
covered that the gas had escaped on oc
casion 01 former test, oraerea 11 to pe
captured and relmprlsoned.
Frost last night.
Tiresome Job this, exploring. Few
messages from outside world. Lack the
sympathy an explorer must nave.
Bitterly cold weather set In. Natives
say it will grow steadily colder and
colder.
Airship reported all right by crew and
ready to sail.
Left ear frostbitten this morning.
Luckily a little steamer arrives tomor
row. Shall sail for borne and defer ex
pedition until It's warmer.
water.
or a man Dy tne name or i.ane
defeat him at the polls.
rill
In Self-Defense.
From the Indianapolis News.
There should be no great difficulty
In Interesting the various governors in
the errort to secure greater sarety ln
railway travel. So many of them are
chasing their boomietg around the coun
try, you know. - .
The Unworkable Puzzle.
From the Houston Post.
A New York special declares Governor
Hughes is a puzzle. It does seem that
he is.determined not to permit the poli
ticians to work him.
Economic View of Posterity.
Knlcker Do you consider, children ex
pensive?
Hocser no: tney nrmg tne ramlly
home from the summer resort to to to
acbool. - ' . , r -
a much higher salary.
a
rrnm ?srt atands of bees a Hermiston
man will harvest about six tons of
honey. It is some of the finest In the
world, and brines on the wholesale
market 12 cents per pound.
Junction City Times: Houses to rent
Makes Plea for Elk
t a. o -t. .u n.i. I are In great demand. Every house ln
Newport, Or.. Sept. 3. To the Editor JA" nitv is occupied hut .still the hunt
of The Journal A number of persons goes on. New families are coming in
are now camped near Table mountain, every day and the demand for houses
Lincoln county, Oregon, wafting for the ' mucn
aw to exp re wnicn protects me k Mmn and Freewater will send out
EJJEE iai! 200 cars of fruit, the average value of
- ' CiiT X ifv.' iVk a car being l&uu. This immense amount
son to kill elk for one month. These 'Jr. rJ 7win inin ihi. iiatHct nt
SSS areheX'2fUhla;nKran;eVKi Sn. S5ST flJKuX rSfi
Ttble'mourftafn. CrV-Appl w.mpand humming and farmers ar, fairly rolling
the headwaters of the Alsea river and WM'1"'
the Ten-Mile. This Is a wild, moun-
talnnna .nnntri' aitanfail aanaclallv aa USCar vannerDiii 01 now. mm raj
a home for elk, deer, bear and other big founi as rich a family as the old com
-. T... hn... modore. He owns a tract of land era
U n . .iV-aS. i th",nii bracing H3 acres, with 91 acres In
studying the trails, habits and location orchard, whjch Includes the famous
of the elk, so they can more easily lo- Boulah land tract, and recently sold
cate and slaughter them before they 5l8,crP of winter Banenf, aPP'es. J
have a chance to scatter ana get away, oemy, iun uuu
This herd of elk. since being protected, per dox or i pounas,
has increased from 18 to 46, and I am
told that only five or six mole elk re-j Great effort Is being; made to secure
minVV' v?.? ?" "?wi.,8UJr lm" a- buyer for the thousands of boxes
aiim lit n itt cjilt: iwuiaivu. 1 , , . , . . -
The last legislatflre passed a law pro- of excellent winter spples that will
tectlns: elk in tins state to iviz. out tne nnnn ha ranilv fnr the market in the
governor, thinking there was a lawcov- John nv vallev in the radius of a few
erlng this matter, vetoed the bill. For miles of this city. The apples are of
one month the elk have no protection. a gooi variety, large, well colored, of
liicao tun. lunn b. jfieai numcumi jui nne navor ana entirely rree rrom worms
Lincoln county, and the citizens of this or disease, says the John Day News,
county do not want them killed.- It but -It is doubtful If It wiU pay to
seems the Order of Elks would do some- plck more than half of them, because
jiiuiciiv me """ iiijiiiaj 1 0f the distance to market.
wnose name mo oruer uears.
The last half of the week the weather
for the state fair could not have been
finer If made to order, belplnf to make
the alr a auccesg, ., ; , -
When these hunters ooen ud on this
band of elk they will be literally shot
to pieces by long-range repeating rifles
ana many 01 mem win wanaer away
ln the woods.
The Question Is. can something be
done to prevent the band from being
slaughtered? Maybe the governor will
act in the matter, as he is a great lover
or the nooie animal.
I am told by old hunters If some one
would take a pack of dogs Into the elk
range snd turn them loose they would i
scatter tho elk so no one could find
them. Each hunter is limited by law
to one elk. but there will be so manyi
hunters at work that it win take the
whole band to to around. The beat
would be for some one who lives near
the hunting-grounds to go , ln at once
ana scatter tne nera.
F. M. CARTER.
This Date in History.
1664 The French W America made I
their first treaty with -the Iroauois In
dians. .
1767 Rev. Aaron .Burr, founder of
Princeton university and father of
Aaron Burr, vice-president of the United
States, died. Born January 4. 1716.
1829 Thirteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States ratified
by a two-thirds vote.
1834 Dom Pedro I. died at Lisbon,
Born October 1J. 178.
1846 Monterey, Mexico, surrendered
to the Americans.. . , . .
1864 Russians closed tha harbor of
Sevastopol by sinking hlp tn the n
trance. -
1SB ."Black Fridav": financial nan In
as result of attempt to corner gold.
1$ S 4 Mormon colony In Wilson coun
ty. Tennessee, ordered by regulators to
leara tha.tat ? ';v;'.;t. . - wJ
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