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but rolling In wealth. Oklahoma City
iiv.
He that does good for
good's sake seeks neither
praise nor reward, though
sure of both at last. Win.
Perm.
we must work even harder and
more zealously now. Our delegation
in congress Is no larger than it has
been for the past 15 years, and only
one more than it has been for nearly
5 0 years, but Oregon has more peo
ple and wealth, and should and must
use more power at the national cap
ital for the opening of these rivers
at the earliest possible date. And
we think that some large, vigorous,
epochal movement must be taken in
the near future with regard to
needed railroads.
AVhat a state Is here for mil
lions! What resources, advantages,
opportunities- for millions! Many
Indeed, are coming; nay, but few
compared to those who would come
If we had open rivers and more rail
roads. To get these the people of
Oregon, united as one man, should
bend every energy.
VAST IMPORTANCE OF CELILO
CANAL.
S
PEAKING OF the Celilo cana
) project Senator Jonatha
Bourne says: I look upon
.- 'this work as one of the most
Important federal projects on the
Pacific coast." James J. Hill, prob
ably , the greatest authority In the
' ' " world In railroad science and prob
Jems, says It will take an expend!
turo of $1,150,0000,000 before the
railroads can properly handle the
. traffic of this country. The same
- authority, writing to the late rivers
' and harbors congress, declared that
it is Impossible for the railroads of
the Country to handle the traffic and
that it is important "that the water
' ways be developed so as to supple
ment the railroads by carrying the
. heavy freight." The car builders of
the United States confess that tbey
are two years' behind with orders
and clamorous shippers bear test!
tnony to the total inadequacy of the
present car supply. The best ob
- tainable estimates insist that the soil
production of the country is two
fifths short of its ultimate possibll-
- ity and the statement nowhere holds
true with such unquestioned cer
talnty as in the empire drained by
. the Columbia river.
-i The inevitable logic is that it Is
utterly hopeless to expect within a
period of years through the rail
' roads 'such relief from present con-
geBted conditions as' will afford ade
quate movement of traffic and proper
opportunity . for development. In
such an emergency the obvious al
ternative is to turn to some plan
by which a modicum of relief may be
promised. It Is In such a juncture
, . and under such strained and. stren
Dous conditions that the plan for im-
toedlate opening of the Columbia
,:, river is proposed. There the re
moval of a single important obstruc
, tion will open up a waterway that is
- capable of carrying every pound of
' traffic In and out of the northwest
east of the Cascade range, compris-
, leg the principal parts of three great
; states. Onco developed it would
relieve the railroad of an enormous
.volume of local traffic and set free
,i thousands of cars for relief of the
- car stringency. Leaving out of the
question the regulation of rates that
water transportation invariably ex
f crts, the Celilo project assumes an
, Importance extraordinary by reason
of the unusual possibilities acconi
?,5 panying the project and the un-
paralleled revolution in traffic it
Will accomplish.
By reason of the wide extent of
, the region served, the Columbia sys
. tem is the second in importance In
the whole country, being exceeded
y the Mississippi alone, and Senator
Bourne may well say, "I regard this
- "work as one of the most Important
federal projects on the Pacific
coast." It Is :t project of the first
' fiiagnltude and If congress would
'.seek to afford relief to a great re-
; gion let it pla-e the Celilo project
, on a continuing contract so comple
tion may be hastened and the work
be lar more economically accom-
plished. ,
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
F
IRST AND LAST, the people of
this city have thrown aws
millions of dollars, mostly un
der compulsion, always under
deception, for worthless or poo
street paving. This has happened
whatever material was used as
phalt, wood blocks, brick pr wha
not Experience is truly said to be
a costly teacher, but It would seem
that In the matter of street Improve
rnent Portland's tuition to the high
priced old school ma'am should be
about paid.
This city must have a great deal
of street Improvement of one kind
or another done In the near fu
ture, more and more of it, and It Is
of great Importance that It be done
right and at reasonable cost. It Is
freely hinted that there Is a combine
that attempts to limit the supply and
that raises the price of rock suitable
for street surfacing; and the mayor
declares that a good deal of the ma
terial being used will soon disinte
grate into dust and mud.
Now It is the business of the
council and other city authorities to
look sharply and comprehensively
Into this business. Rather than
pay an exorbitant price for suitable
rock, the city should buy its own
rock. And the utmost care should
be taken that only fit materials are
used. Somebody that can be trusted
ought to know what such materials
are, after all these years of costly
experimentation.
This street business Is one of Im
mense importance. Hundreds of
miles of streets must be Improved,
and there should be diligent, system
atic effort to have this work carried
on much faster than It has been done
heretofore. For this purpose more
money must be provided next year.
And contractors and property owners
muBt be impressed with the neces-
ity of going forward with this work
on a larger scale. But along with
this the problem of good material
at reasonable prices must be kept in
view.
We Ought to be ready to graduate
from the school of experience by
this time. If not, let us Import a
high-salaried guardian and give him
full authority to make streets for us.
OKLAHOMA COMES IN.
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OREGON'S GREAT NEEDS.
ITH Open rivers and more
railroads, how Oregon
J 'wojild grow! With the Co
lumbia and WfMarnette
rivers fully open and free arid with
. the thousand miles or so of addi
tional railroads that Oregon ought
to have had by this time, we would
see people coming here and becom
ing investors and producers not bv
- hundreds, but by thousands, not by
thousands, but by tens of thousands.
J f these things could bo done within
the next three years, within six
years Oregon would 'have 1.500,000
people and Portland 350,000 per
haps In each case more,
' We canit, afford to wait. and let
thing drift along as tboy are bean
doing for the past 25 years. Some
good work has been'done, we admit,
-fcy former congressmen and
ITH reluctance, according to
reports, the president has
decided to let Oklahoma
in. He saw that he had
no good ground except a purely
partisan one for rejecting the new
state constitution, and to his credit
he refused to yield to partisan pres
sure,, as a weaker and less conscien
tious man would have done. So
Oklahoma will come in, and in some
respects it has more claims for state
hood than any territory ever ad
mitted.
It has been 11 years since the
last state, Utah, was admitted. Only
two territories contiguous to the Pa
clfic coast, Arizona and New Mexico,
remain. These, united' or sepa
rately, will be. admitted in a few
years, and probably Alaska also,
and then the complement of Btara
will be full.
The recent history of Oklahoma
reads like a romance. Eighteen
years ago a few thousand Indians,
and associated mixed-bloods, were
its only Inhabitants. All the west
ern part of the territory was a hunt
ing ground. The government bought
from them 3,000,000 acres, and in
April, 1889, it was thrown open to
settlement. One spring morning it
was an unpeopled plain. That night
it was the home of 50,000 people.
In one day Guthrie Increased its
population from nobody to 15,000,
the greatest percentage of Increase
on record.
The soil is rich for wheat, cot
ton and other products. Barring
an occasional cyclone, the climate Is
fair. The population has grown to
1,800.000, and is composed of as
intelligent and progressive a lot of
people as comprise any American
commonwealth. Less than five ner
has over 30,000 Inhabitants. There
are over 600 banks. The territory
U many times over better off as to
railroads than Oregon. Oklahoma
has a population even times greater
than the most populous territory
ever admitted before. And Its ad
mission has been delayed for i
dozen years solely on account of
partisan politics, because its people
refused to become Republican an
Instance of the gross and out
rageous injustice of partisan poli
tics.
The constitution has been de
nounced as radical, but it Is Just
about what the misgoverned people
of other states are striving, for the
most part vainly, to get In the form
of statutes. The Jim Crow car pro
vision, on the president's objection,
was eliminated. Some other "radi
cal" clauses were stricken out to
please the administration. The peo
ple down there know about what
they want none In the country
know better and notwithstanding
Secretary Taft's pica for the dofeat
of the constitution, It was adopted
by a vote of about three to one.
The president is to be congratu
lated on letting in this splendid new
state, one of the brightest stars in
the galaxy of the union, and Okla
homa is to be congratulated on
coming In with probably, for these
times, as Mr. Bryan has said, the
best constitution of any state In the
union.
now up to that official to apologiie
for his unwarranted action, and ac
knowledge that he was prompted by
malicious enmity to Oregon. Be
sides, lie ought to pay 'damages to
the shipper.
Multnomah county is going to
have, a fair, too, and so show that
Portland Isn't the whole of it, by a
whole lot of good things.
But if Roosevelt runs, Oklahoma
might very likely go for him.
Letters From the People
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THE LAST RECOURSE.
HE Prinevllle Review says:
The city will subscribe $150,
000 to stock In a symllcntp
formed to build an electric line
from some outside Ipolnt either
Detroit or Shaniko that will serve
Prinevllle. the Agency Plains coun-
ry, the Deschutes Irrigation & Power
ompany s segregation, Kramoni and
Bend. So much has been learned
an Interview with some of our
eadlnst citizens; and we want to find
out how much money the outlying
districts, and even other counties, would
be willing to Invest In sticli an enter
prise. In view of Mr. Harrlman's In
difference to our future, the Review
thinks It would be only a measure of
prudence to form such a corporation
ind build our own railroad for the pur
pose of promoting settlement of cen-
ral Oregon. In order to be free from
he dictates of Wall street, instead of
floating bonds, we must raise the funds
within the borders of our own state.
and Incur not more than trifling Indebt
edness.
We expect to hear or read of a
good deal of this kind of talk dur-
ng the next year. Prinevllle is a
comparatively small town, and if It.
can raise $150,000 for a railroad
outlet, how much, under a system
atic, organized plan, could be raised!
In Oregon, In stock, for railroads
that would break the shackles of the
Harriman tyranny?
At least various towns and well
settled adjacent or contiguous dis-
ricts can build or secure the bulld-
ng of electric lines, and these will
elp a good deal. Development talk
Is very well, but in Oregon's predic-
ment under the Harriman regime
Oregon people must make rheir
money talk. A few million dollars
f Oregon money building railroads
ould tnake Harriman "stop, look
and listen."
Novel, at Least.
Portland, Sept. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal In answer to .the challenge
tn yesterduy'a Journal, In regard to the
earth being a shell, the Interior being
peopled and having- sun, moon and stars,
I wiah to nay that Mr. Linn la all wrong
and in opposition I place a theory that
to 'my knowledge has never been written
upon. It Is very absurd to think that
there is a universe within the earth.
1. Because there us not adequate
space.
The slight inclination or me earth
to Its orbit will not permit the sun to
shine in at the alleged holes at the
poles and replenish the mythical In-
erlor sun.
3. Should there be such a sun It
would shed perpetual light on the whole
Interior and why have a moon and
stars? According to scientists perpetual
light would destroy life.
4. It would be contrary to the laws
of planets.
5. That the aurora borealls Is reflec
tion from the Interior sun Is a flimsy
theory. What does it reflect upon? Bet
ter the old theory.
The theory I advance Is that the
known world Is connected to a world
at the north pole and possibly to one
at the south pole, by a neck, as you have
seen potatoes grow. These two or three
worlds may be the equal In size or they
may differ. Astronomers say that the
planets are not nil spherical, but vary
In snape; therefore. It is permissible
that the earth resembles three bulbs,
connected by two neeks. The great dis
tance the sun Is from the known world
makes It possible that the north and
south worlds have the benefit of our
sun, moon and stars. Thus these worlds
have seasons and night and day much
as we have.
Artie explorers seem to agree that
wild fowl are seen flying northward be
yond the realm of man on the known
world. Why is It not possible that
they fly across the neck to the north or
south world? Or that fish find warm
currents that enable them to pass the
Arctics? The north world may be the
larger or there may be no south world
hence the attraction of the magnetic
needle. J. O. JORSTAD.
OUR FUTURES ARE! MOULDED BY
OUR MOTHERS
Professor Emll Reich.
Whether it be true or not, that be
alone is the perfect man who unites In
him both Virile, and feminine traits,' it
is certain that the deep and all prevail
ing Influence of a mother has at all
timee shaped, or helped to shape, the
destinies of ' Individuals.
The Influence of women, which has
always been exceedingly great in all the
spheres of public- or private life. Is
supreme In the home, or at snv rate It
ought' to be. . ,
The entlra matital anil mntlonsl ml.
cninery or women Is very markedly dif
ferent from, that o( men, and It la pre
cisely the peculiar Intellect of women
which, when duly transmitted to a
young men, will enable him to do re
markable - things. .
. It has long since been ' noticed that
men are far morejlkely to Inherit their
irts or intellect from their mothers,
he Philosopher Schonenhauer even
maintains that this ia th reason whv
women do not care for Intellectual men.
For. be says, since the child la sure to
Inherit Its Intellect from the mother, the
latter Instinctively dona not trouble
about Intellect in man, and only cares
ior suon Doany and other reatures
will be transmitted from the father, and
noi irom me moiner, to the ctina.
Perhaps Schopenhauer waa mistaken.
and It may be commonly observed that
children Inherit more intellectual and
moral features from slde-relutl ves. such
as aunts and uncle, than directly from
me parents. let it cannot oe over
looked that the Influence of the mother
from the first day to the ninth or tenth
year of ono'a life Is Immense,
I he Greeks paid very much attention
o this critical nerlod. and Of manv a
Greek state tlmy had an elaborate eye-
cm of legislation on how to bring up
hlldren. under the mother's Influence
from the first year to the tenth. Now
adays we and our legislation pay much
more attention to education rrom 10 to
20 than from one to ten.
A mother ma v do much to mould the
future of her child by accustoming It to
scrupulous honesty, to decent behavior,
to cleanliness, to moderation In eatlns-
and drinking, and to dutifully perform
ing all thnt he promised or was expected
to. All this, however, she can do only
by loving her home, having few ser
vants, and particularly by helping hen
lon'up "to hla fourteenth year under her
direct superintendence. It -la nm"!
like that who have made many or m
most auccessful men of tne worm.
The period from Our first our
tenth 'year, la In many waye the moat
critical of our life. If the right begin
ning la not made during that time it
wll" be more than difficult to make up
for the loaa incurred ny mucub. m
Subsequent years. .
Our memory. , our Imagination, our
love of work, our health and several
tiiu fiinr. nf kiii.enaa In life depend
on what has been done for us In the
first ten years of our experience. This
again depends almost exclusively on the
action ot tne motner, ana ssa m"
greeable though It s to utter such a
thing, It ia quite true that the aetound
ing number of individual failures, both
In Great Britain and In America. I due
mainly to th neglect of none' education
from ths first vear to the tenth. If or
we must not deceive Ourselvea. while
both Great Britain and the United States
able success, yet taking It individually,
nAn fir ih niirniv civmseu wwwin
countries In Europe euf fera rrom so
great a percentage or wasie ana wwrt-i
as do the United Kingdom and the
iTnitait riiIa. r Rv this is meant not
ontv the appalling number of absolute
aupera in Dom couninrn n.nuu..
s almost Inconceivable how the United
States with a territory and natural
wealth aufflclcnt to maintain three hun
dred to four hundred million peopi,
should have ao many papers In a popu
lation of less than one hundred millions
what Is meant Is chiefly persona who,
without being exactly paupers, have
"mi. m'' at tkelr Uvea. ' The num
ber of auch peraona both In England and
in me Mates ia in me ubivci .'
very much larger than either In France
or In Germany. '
If, now, one tries to go dc io me
tap root of that undeniable evil, one
will find that in the maiorlty of cases
the Derson concerned had been wrongly
prepared for life during hla or her first
ten years, 1. e., by his or her mother.
All this comes Dacs io ine ono ircoi
fundamental truth, namely that there
ia no greater falUcy going than the
legend of the "self-made man." None
of us Is self-made. There never has
heen a Mlf.madn man or woman. We
all need much making at the hands of
various persons and the first of these
persons Is the mother.
Afloat With tKc Czar
On the Side
By Wex Jones
Candidate Fairbanks may be going to
California because the Pacific offers
greater slope than a Yellowstone lake
for pulling out waitresses.
A STnWAY CONSTRUCTION BILL.
Salary for A. Belmont $ 75,000
Subscription by A. Belmont
to A. Belmont's Civic Feder
ation 500
Champagne for A. Belmont's
friends 500
Yacht for A. Belmont 750,000
Automobiles for A. Belmont. 150.000
811k pajamas for A. Belmont. 750
Iog biscuit for A. Belmont's
dogs 800
Gifts to charities by A. Bel
mont 6,000
Christmas presents by A.
Belmont to A. Belmont's
children 5,000
Sundries for A. Belmont 1,500,000
Building A. Belmont's subway
for A. Belmont 35,000,000
Bostln is sinking Into the sea. There
will be a scurrying among the mer
maids, who don't care for either beans
or culture.
The Pendleton Tribune, whose
editor is Hon. T. T. Geer, savs that
It "believes in taking a popular vote
for United States senator and at
least requiring the legislature to
select that man who has been
chosen by the party that controls
that body." Then Mr. Geer does not
believe in the election of senators
by the people. The same people
that choose a legislature of one
party might possibly, on some occa
sion, for reasons that seemed good
to them, choose a senator of another
party. But Mr. Geer would not al
low them to do this. The Journal
believes in obeying the people fully.
What sort of a new system of
municipal legislation Is this that a
mau may violate an ordinance until
his case is passed upon by the su
preme court? Or if this is not a
piece of policy, but an exception,
why the exception? Is one man or
firm to have privileges, prohibited
by ordinance, not to re granted to
anybody else? And on what ground
is such action to be defended?
The trick attempted to be played
on Mayor Lane Is one of the most
curious and mysterious episodes ' of
local criminal annals. It could only
have been planned and carried out
by a foolish, if not an actually in
sane person, as tne mayor has no
sensible enemies who would sup
pose that the apparent object could
be attained.
THE DICTIONARY OK MISINFORMA
TION. BOAT. MOTOR An uncomfortable
little craft which takes you to sea at 15
miles an hour and then breaks down.
BOAT, SAIL, A mysterious craft
which possesses the power of becoming
becalmed off tshore In any kind of
weather.
FANCY The poet's friend when he
can't think of anything to write about.
J.et the winded Fancy roam.
Topics never grow at home.
Here we are on India's strand,
Don't the tigers beat the band!
Or on Africa tawny breast,
Watching dragons on their nest.
Switching then to old Jrsaaaa,
Sultans carrying on like mad.
Youngsters getting writer's cramp
From rubbing on a magic lamp;
Piles of gold and pecks of pearls,
Slaves, and spices, silks and girls.
Cheese it, then, and off we go
Where the hooded glaciers flow;
Camping In a crystal cavern.
Bowsing In the Ice King's tavern.
While outside the Northern Lights
Gleam across the frozen jaights.
Then, with Charon at the helm,
Kerry it to Pluto's realm,
Where we see the poet's shades
Swinging picks or shoving spades,
Paving, all the swinking crew,
For the work they didn't do
When they had a chance on earth.
Fancy loses all her mirth,
Loses all desire to roam,
And, dejected, hobbles home.
John Beets.
FINK. a. Flossy, knobby.
') (Ironical) Blooming awful.
The w-water's f-f-flne. Trembling
Ba t her.
(2) Young man who has Just fallen
in a mud puddle: "Well, I guess that's
fine."
FINE, s. A theoretical Sum of money
theoretically paid by a corporation theo
retically punished for a practical of
fense. v
INK A liquid which causes a letter
writer trouble If It gets It on his hands
and more trouble if it get In his letter.
Every time I think
I cuss the nam? of Ink.
I wrote a. girl a screed
In ink and my heart's bleed,
Told her I'd end my life
Unless she'd be my wife,
Oh, who Invented Ink!
Yes. married what d'ye think. A
benedict's plaint.
INSTALU-MRNT, MONTHLY -A pay
ment that seems to come around every
week.
By Wex Jones.
Getting tired of the palace. Things
no longer safe. Too little starch In my
new steel shirt when It came home
from the laundry this week; suspect
the laundress la allied with the plotters.
Much better aboard the roval vacht.
No ship can come close to us without
being seen by the crew and the Nihil
ists will drown In water Just like any
other person.
When the negtne room crew were
getting ready to sail the coal exploded.
Find dynamite substituted In all the
bunkers. Got some real coal aboard
and sailed this morning.
As we passed the fort a shell blew
away most of our smokestack. The
commandant signalled It was a mis
take; he thought ths cartridge waa
blank. He may be right, but Just aa
a precaution I had him shipped to Si
beria. I,arge steamship rammed us during
the night, but did not damage the
Standart as much aa might have been
expected. Captain explained his eyes
were had and he didn't see us until too
late, but it was strange he happened
to catch us right amidships. Pleasant
sense of security on Hoard a ship, after
the continual perils and alarms of life
in the palace.
A number of seagulls have been hang
ing around the ship all day. Wonder
if they could be spies. Remember one
spy-in the palace who looked like a
potato. Captain suggested the seagulls
might be trained as carrier birds, but
he says the crew Is made up of picked
men. The bunkers were full of prcked
coal, too, but that didn't help any.
Object floating in the water looked
suspiciously like a mine today. Cap
tain said it resmblei a tomato can
more. Sure enough, when we picKen it
up it was a can of tomatoes. Needless
to say, I didn't eat the contents. I'm
too smart a bird to be caught that way.
Thousands of tomato cane all around
ua today. Picked up 1,783, and each
contained tomatoes. Captain explained
some American ship must have been
wrecked here, and I believed him. Just
then we bumped into the 1.784th can,
and zowsky! It was a floating mine.
I ordered the captain to run the Stan
dart ashore and we went full speed on
a submerged reef, where the yacht
stuck hard and fast.
At this moment a submarine boat
began to fire torpedoes at us, evidently!
ignorant we were aground. Three tor
pedoes hit us, but of course we couldn't
sink. Help has been summoned by
wireless, and several battleships are
on their way here. ,
But in the meantime something Is
approaching us through the clouds. It
looks very much like an airship.
Portland Educators
y
Thompaon T. Davis, principal of the
west side high school, was born In east
ern Canada and was educated first In
the public schools, then at Mount Alll
eon university, one of the smaller col
leges of the east. Here he had charge
of the primary department for six years,
if v, -M.T. W
4
Professor Thompson T. Davis.
It has been demonstrated as fully
as Is possible that the Marlon county
peaches shipped over Into Washing
ton and condemned by the horticul
turai commissioner of that state as
being affected "with San. Jose scale
were In fact free from that pest and
cent are illiterate. Ta Indians arn test gisea"8dd"At' all. It; la
As the conservatives feared, the fin
ing of John D. Rockefeller, who says
that in Hiich things he is "a mere child,"
has inflamed the public mind. A Tltts-
ourg man swore out. a warrant for a
2-year-old baby and had It brought Into
court on a chnrge of destroying his
lav n.
Couldn't Understand the Order.
From Young's Magazine.
He was a sad-faced American tourist,
and as he seated himself in a London
restaurant he wae immediately attended
by an obsequious waiter.
"I want two eggs," said the American,
"one fried on one side and one on the
other."
" Ow is that, sir?" asked the astound
ed waiter.
"Two eggs one fried on one side and
one on the other."
"Very well, sir."
That waiter was gone several min
utes and when he returned his face was
a study. . .
Would you please repeat your horder,
sir?"
"I said very distinctly, two eggs one
fried on one side and one on the other. '
Oppressive silence and then a dazed,
"Very well, sir."
This time the waiter was gone -longer
and when he returned he aid anxiously:
"Would it be awsklng too much, sir,
to 'ave you repeat your horder, sir? I
cawn't think I 'ave it right, y'know.'
"Two ee-cs." said the American sadly
and patiently, "one fried on one side and
one on me oiner. .
More oppressive silence and another
fainter, "Very well, sir."
This time he was gone still longer.
When he returned his collar was unbut
toned his hair disheveled and his face
scratched and bleeding. Leaning over
the waiting patron, he wnisperea Be
seechingly: ,
WOU1CI you llllliu Ijiviuu huiicu iicrbd.
Sir : l ve au huihc wuiua win uio wn.
Reduced Efficiency of CaW.
From the Iron Trade Review.
after which he resigned his position and
went to Harvard, taking there his de-
irreen nf P A And M A
Mr. Davis has been In the Portland
high achool for 14 years. This is his
eleventh year as principal. He has been
an American citizen for more than 10
years and ia In full sympathy with
American institutions.
BY CONTRAST.
.- Ever seen a baby laugh?
Dimpling face and sparkling eyes,
Cooing, mooing like a calf.
Comic, inarticulate cries.
Makes you chuckle 'some yourself
With the little Laughing Eyes,
All because the googllng elf
Is so different when she cries!
OrstacuIar, '
. From the New Tor Times. ' 5
The felloe who Is stuck on himself
M stuck on an insurmountable obstacle.
The conclusion is unavoidable that
the railroads are not getting nearly as
f;reat efficiency out of their cars, hav
ng regard to number and carrying ca
pacity, as they did six yeara or 11
years ago. Must the new conditions be
accepted as one which is to remain, or
Is it to prove but temporary? It Is
hard to believe that American railroads
can never do better than get 800 ton
miles per- day of paying freight out of
a car, the equivalent of 10 miles If the
average capacity Is 80 tons, or IS miles
If the average capacity ia 20 tons. If
the cars were worked hut one fourth
the time, i. e.. If they spent 12 hours
idle, six hours moving as empties and
six hours moving with freight, this
would be 10 to 15 miles In six hours,
or 1.7 to 2.5 miles per hourt when ac
tually at profitable work. Making the
comparison in another way. it appears
that if the freight Is moved at the rate
of 10 to 15 miles an hour, then the cars
work an average of but .one hour in 24.
Again, the actual atatlsttca show that
the average length of haul in 1901 wbj
162 miles. At the speeds and loads we
have been considering, this means thnt
on an average a car carries a ioad to'
destination during 13 hours, running
time, but consumes the balance of 1
days la idleness. . v ,
A Land of Large Things.
From the Minneapolis Progress.
The fifth anniversary edition of the
Portland, Oregon, Journal. September
8, waa a mammoth Issue of 160 pages,
profusely illustrated, and teeming with
facts and figures about that wonderful
region, the Pacific northwest, or the
Oregon country with especial attention
to Portland and its surroundings. The
issue Is typical of the new empire that
it represents. It being of large propor
tions, f ruits, forests, agriculture, rish
eries. waterpower. mountains and man
ufacturlng industries are all on a large
scale and tne prospects or development
are all magnificent.
The state of Oregon is credited with a
population of 624,000. It has an area
of 94.660 square miles, or 60,070,000
acres of greatly varied territory. Jt
hns 300,000.000,000 feet of standing t m
ber, and is becoming the great lumber
supply nouse ot me country., fortiana
is a wealthy city with an assessod vn
uatlon of $200,000,000. Like ail of the
north Pacific coast cities, it is rapidly
Increasing In population. With the
exception of tos Angeles. It has a
larger area tnan any other Pacific coast
city. It is the only one having a fresh
water harbor. The great Columbia river
? lives U access to a vast interior terrl
ory of practically unlimited, undevel
oped: natural resources.
This Issue of the Oregon ' Journal,
costing $20,000 to' publish, presents, the
essential facts about this reion in a
readable form and is invaluable to any
one who wants such information. To
the man of ambition and energy, the
greatest opportunities in the world, are
offered by the Oregon country, and the
Oregon Journal s entitled to great
credit for its fine exposition of there
gion's wonderful character and resources.
Small Ckan
Next week Keokuk wljl gurgle.
Bryan is big,- but there are others.
The Columbia sends greeting to the
Mississippi. m m I
Mr. Fox la doing a noble work for
the country.
The Willamette valley needs an eleo-
trio epidemic,
. '
. For sonirt people the silly and hot air
season la never over.
Incidentally, Governors Chamberlain
and Johnson will "shake."
The mayor came nearer being akeered
than he ever was in hla. life before.
9
The only way to get even with the
laundry trust la to wear clothes longer.
How much of a boss or leader Senator
Bourne wll! be. or can be. Is worrying
several ambitious Republicans.
A half-acre near orchard In Yakima
valley yielded S4.4C2.60. This aounda
just like a lot of Oregon Items.
,
According to the Washington report
ers,, the president wanted to veto the
Oklahoma constitution, but daseent.
Falls, fairs and still more faira. Good
things, too. They prompt people to be
come more enterpriaing and useful.
But we aunnose chanfflnr the name of
Cow Creek canyon would not make It
any less of a terror to railroad men.
Still another man haa married hla
mother-in-law. Isn't thia a scheme of
widowers to get rid of mother-in-lawa?
Oklahoma cornea In both drv and
Democratic. Thla eeeme father incon
gruous, but aueer things happen In
politics.
Marie Corelll sava she exnecta to
live many more Uvea. It will take sev
eral, we fear, for her to become en-
durables
In announcing his Intention not to
become a candidate. Mr. Jearat act a
very good example to aome other promi
nent men.
An exchange dlscussea "Thoughta
That Pass In the Night." flow to get
In and go to bed without waking her
up, for Instance.
A Boston preacher la Inducing a good
many people to entertain a desire to
go to heaven by asserting that there
will be no automobiles there.
A. Bennett has taken In Henry Cue as
partner In The Dalles Optimist. He la
said tc be a man who in the newspaper
business always knows his cue.
Hetty Green saya "the financial situa
tion Is going to the devil" and that
there will be civil war in consequence.
From which Is Is surmised that aha
must have lost as much as 30 cents.
Oregon Sidelights
Wallowa Is to have a big sawmill.
And again Salem didn't pave as prom
ised. An Albany man has raised some fine
peanuts.
Plenty of pure water is now Medford's
greatest need.
are going into
Our Cities,
From James Bryce's "American Com
monwealth." What Dante said of his own city
may be said of the cities of America;
they are like the sick man who finds
no rest upon his bed. but seeks to ease
his jSain by turning from side to side.
Every now and then the patient finds
some relief in a drastic remedy, euch
as the enactment of a now charter-and
the expulsion at an election of a gang
of knaves. Presently, however, the weak
nolnts of the charter are discovered, the
state legislature again begins to Inter-J
tere by special acts; civic seat grows
cold and allows bad men 16 creep back
into the chief nosts: .federal issues are
allowed to supersede at municipal elec
tions that Which ought to be always
deemed the real lesue the character
and capacity xt the candidates, for of
flea. All thin, ia dlcoiraging. . Yet no
one- who studies the municipal history
of the last decades - will - doubt tbat
thtr.g are better, than they were 25
years ago. t In' , - the
growth of - a stronger sense 'ot elvlc
dutv : i lies the 'Ultimate hone
for the reform-of city royernments.
Many homeseekers
Harney valley.
A 12-acre field near Laldlaw yielded
15 tons of wheat.
Estacada Is proud of lta new waiting
room and its band.
Pheasant hunting Is now a popular
sport in-the valley.
A new fish cannery and Ice plant
has been established near Gardiner.
Albany Democrat: Salmon for din
ner, caught By a woman, a double treat.
On one trip out of Tillamook the
Elmore carried $16,300 worth of cheese.
Without solicitation 36 people sub
scribed to the Albany Democrat last
month.
Judge McFadden of Corvallls har
vested 40,000 pounds of prunes from his
Junction farm.
An Aurora White Strausburg radish
weighed pounds and measured 23
Inches in circumference and 18 inches
in length.
More railroad tickets are soldi to
and from the Hood River station than
any other point on tne u. k. & fi.
road between Portland and Huntington.
says the Glacier.
What is said to he the finest school
building in Benton county outside of
Corvallls, is located In Bellfountaln.
It consists of three rooms w.lth base
ment, and has steam heat, and erery
modern convenience. Its cost was $3,000.
The three ropms are so constructed that
they can be converted into one large as
sembly hail.
Albany Is experiencing a rapid and
steady growth tn population, says the
Herald. Tn the last month over 20 fam
ilies have moved to this city from other
places. Many, of these are people of
means and will add greatly to Albany's
stability. There is hardly a house to
be had in town and few "for rent" signs
are seen. Prosperity im to be seen on
every hand.
Progressive Ways.
From the Washington Star.
In the 'course of time any governor
who cannot develop a presidential boom
within the borders of his own state
must regard his Incumbency as more
or less of a failure.
' 1 " 1,1 T-.
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