7.,
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EDITORIAL EiGE
farmers. It 1b certain that quite
large areas of semi-arid land, until
recently considered worthless for
.?uh.'f'fr'.r farming, are now producing con-
THE JOURNAL
' AX INDEPENDENT NEWgP.II'KH
C. S. JACKSON..
JSUS7SSffi? AVSrj"JSS'li.TB? -Werablo and In some Instances
inf. nrt ni i.nhiu nw. i-nina, iftrg. crops, and It Is believed that
Eotrr4 t tbf ixmtofflc t Pordimt, Or., foe I hu rm..UM .,.,. ,..
tr.wo.l..loe thivueh the IB. Ill .. cond-rUM dlcui, ui suiiKuuing
similar, will Insure such crops on
such lands generally. If so. this
method of plowing and planting will
be of vast value to the state
TKLErilOMC MAIN TJTS.
' All dsoarinirnti retifS br thl. nnmbr,
ll tb operator Ihf department yon wunt
roBElON APVKKTIHINO RKPllESKNTATIVIC
Vlwliivl tUnUniln Snn-lil ArtertlUi Afonrr
Hruiwwlrk Hullrilnx :2i Klflh mruur, New
Vort, Trt'Hiiie Bulldln.. l'hl o.
Subscription Trrma by mall to tnr tddrrw
IB UK inltva DiilH. Canada, or Mtir.
DA HA
Om rr tS.m i On month I .AO
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Om r I2.5H i One month 2ft
PAIIV AMI SfNIIAY.
On rear I7.BO i Om month f .95
) permitted to atop, the wheels of about that city, givlnc a ' compra
nefce or to bring injury or possibly I hai .
not b
iyZJrZ of it. present con-
. -!-" V vw s-w I a . . . . ...
politic. The time la past when Irre- Mns, US recent rapid progress ana
sponsible labor leaders, acting for self-1 Its bright prospects. The work
isb motives or for neraonal advance-1 arl lan Hv itnn in it .
ment, can oall a strike connected In any
and proves that the Bulletin Is
A NEGLECTED INDUSTRY.
F
Resolve slowly, act swiftly;
t quiet eye for the quick
hand. M. Tupper.
IMPORTANCE OF OUR RIVERS.
V
REQUENT ARRIVALS of Iowa
and Kansas eggs In Portland
are a slam on the poultry bust
noss in Oregon. That we Im
port eggs Instead of exporting them
is not the fault othe state, but o
Oregonlans. Our poultry business Is
lndlfforently pursued. Western Ore
gon is an Ideal region for the in
dustry. Eastern Oregon Is as well
adapted as Kansas, and Kansas
poultry and Kansas eggs are rolling
info California by the tens of car
loads. Oregon. bT shorter anil
KRT ACCEPTABLE to the
people of Oregon, as well as
to those of the Mississippi KPer freight haul, ought easily to
valley, were the following dlH'"ace Kansas In the California
words of the president at Keokuk: market. We have cheaper land and
As thla country Krows I feel that we nillder climate,
cannot have too many hlfthronds, and 1 he trouble witti us is that we
thai m addition to the Iron highroad, or nave not jearned the poultry bus!
our rallwsv avulrm ne ahnulH nlan mil- .... ' 7
lse the areat river hlhv. which have re"8- VN e aot- Comprehend its
importance, we do not realise that
we are chasing phantoms In the old-
time Idea that only big things are
worthy of our attention. We think
the poultry business little and dls-
aam u, yet tne poultry Industry Is
one of the biggest things In the
country. The poultry and dairy
products of the country for a single
year are $1,125,000,000, of which
Secretary Wilson estimates the poul
try aggregate to be 1500,000,000
me poultry aggregate of Iowa in
the census year eight years ago was
$20,000,000 and Is probably $30.-
000)00 a year now. Thus, the
enormous value of the American hen
as a wealth producer Is manifest.
We boast of our achievements in
Hood River apples, and Justly, too,
yet the "Hood River output last
year was but $480,000. We boast,
Justifiably, f the apple and pear out
put of Rogue river, but it was only
$600,000. Petaluma. California,
alone turned off last year $1,500,000
in poultry products. Poultry farm
ers there maintain as high as 5,000
to 8,000 hens and are getting rich.
The poultry business, like every
thing else, Is a science. The Peta
luma farmers have learned It. More!
Oregonlans should learn and engage
In it. They should know it as Hood
River and Rogue River know the ap
ple business. When they do we
Bhall not long be compelled to Bend
to Iowa and Kansas for eggs the
money that Hood and Rogue River
bring us for apples.
If the Iowa and Kansas poultry-
men will come to Oregon and en
gage In the business here, they will
find a better opening, a better mar
ket, a better climate and cheaper
land on which to operate and grow
rich by growing for Oregon, Wash
ington. Alaska and California con-'
Burners what Oregon farmers are
falling to produce.
been given us by nature. From a va
flety of causes these highway have In
many parts of the country born almost
. abandoned. This li not healthy. Our
people, and especially the reprosenta-
' fives of the people In the national con-
'; greas, should give their most careful at
... tentlon to this subject. We should be
' . prepared to put the nation collectively
, back of the movement to Improve them
. for the nation's use. Exactly as It in
for the interest of all the country that
' but great harbors should be fitted to
, receive in safety the largest vpkspIs of
the merchant-fleets of the world, so by
deepening and otherwise our rivers
should be fitted to bear their part In the
movement of our merchandise.
, v-. It is of great value to the people
of Oregon that there Is a president
, at this time who so well understands
- thla subject, and who takes this
: view of the situation. His power is
great, and much can be accom
plished before he goes out of of
fice on March 4, 1909. By that time,
we hope, the country will be thor
oughly committed to the policy of
liberal appropriations for the im
provement of all rivers and harbors
. that can be utilized in the trans
. portation of our rapidly growing
traffic and in the building up of our
commerce.
The need of river Improvement in
particular Is great, urgent, pressing,
and constantly becoming more so.
The railroads have demonstrated
their utter inability to meet traffic
; - requirements, and with every ef-
fort they could possibly put forth for
. some years to come they could not
- catch up with the demand. But
. , hey are not making any great or
; concerted effort to do this, but
rather, in some cases, seem to be!
trying to prevent further develop-
- ment of the country.
f4' Open rivers will not hurt the rail-
toads, will rather benefit them, as a
;.; lew shrewd railroad men see, for the
very reason stated, that do all they
possibly can the railroads and new
ones that can be built cannot over
take the country's production and
, traffic. Open rivers would further
Increase production, so that with
very jjpssibly navigable stream
Utilized the railroads, even those
contiguous to these streams, would
have all the business they could do,
and they would have the. most
profitable part of the business pas
senger traffic and lighter and higher
Class freight.
With the president on the side of
Improved rivers; with the influential
Inland waterways commission active
ly at work; with an insistent, rea
eonable demand going up from all
the commercial organizations of the
country, the prospects are bright at
last for a large, continuous ener
getic and liberal movement for the
Improvement of the country's rivers,
one of the chief of which is the Co
lumbia, and rtf
- " i"iiui ionic
the Willamette.
dearee with nn nr nn, mi I. tin utilities
It now seem conclusively eettled that Powerful factor in the gratifying
the pubilo win not permit it. The progress Saa Frrnclsco. desolte its
i - -
..pinion of the maaaea la a1 power to be calamities, is making.
iiinuueu wnn. ana inai power nasj jusi
been displayed In connection with the
atrike of the telegrapher. J Now even the Republican news-
As far as this view goes it Is ex- papers are beginning to become rest
tremely ono-slded, and It Is a very Mve and petulant over th uncon
narrow view at that. We are not lacwnaDie exactions or tne paper
aware that the strike failed as com- trust, and to demand that the tariff
pletely as is assumed. -To know b reformed in this particular, for
tnat we must ascertain that the tne,r benefit. This Is rather a good
telegraph companies are again do- B'&n; if the paper trust be deprived
Ing a full volume of business, and ot il tariff pap, a dangerous breach
that they are not paying higher wI11 D made in the robber tariff
wages than when the strike occurred. waU. nd it will begin to crumble in
Nor Is the assumption correct that other spots. Perhaps, faithful O. O
public sentiment forced a failure of p- brethren, you would better grin
the strike. On the contrary, the!"11" bear it.
facts developed were such that the
public was generally In sympathy I According to the Buffalo Timet,
with the strikers, because though nne New York state Republican oen-
the companies were paying dividends tr' committee will not adopt a reso-
on very heavily watered stock the lutlon Indorsing Governor Hughes
operators' pay was manifestly too for. president, which besides being
small, and they were overworked. agreeable to the committee is In ac-
But the blindness of this Indus- cordance with the wish of the gov-
rlal trusts' organ is. shown in Its rnor
failure to see the natural and logi
cal outcome of all the train of dire iae Journal is quite In sym-
evlls that It portrays as the conBe- Pathy With Mr. Denton In hta
PRODIGIOUS INCREASE IN VALUE
OF THIS YEAR'S CROPS
V' '-.' Small Ck
Prom Oranga Judd Farmer.
Upward ef 11,000,000,000.000 more
than last year will be the American
farmers' earnlnxs in 1J07. Farm pro
ductions thla year will be about 10 per
cent leas In quantity than In 180$.
which was the bumper aeason. But
the crops of 1907 will fully equal the
average yields for fwe years prior to
last season.
The nrellmlnnrv review of Iha erona
of the yuar. to lie published thla weVk
by Orange ..Judd Farmer, alao emulm-
slies that becauxc of decreased minniltv
and increased price, the leading ataplea
inia aeason jwlll net over 1500.000.000
more to the farmers than last year;
while their totalt valna ma v be almoat
twice aa great.
The farmers' Income for the five veara
ending with 1107 promises to be greater
oy over zu,uuo,(hh.ivu,uuu man during
the five yeara 1 g y :i 7 Inclusive. Aa the
vast Industrial rrorerltv of the Daat It
years haa been based upon the agricul
tural revival which characterised 1893-7,
the Orange Judd Karmer predicts an
even better era of rood times now than
in the recent pact, becauae of these
marveloua gain in agriculture. It
aaya: "The farnv-r waa never in ao
healthy a position a he la today finan
cially, socially, politically, mentally.
?lrltually. The increase in the value
his real estate lias been prodigious.
He owe leaa monev than ever before.
He has greater asset than ever. Again,
the farmer's wanta are greater, lie is
in the market' for more and better
And It Is the roas city nearly ail the
year round, too,
- e e
,w like Ethel Booaevejt; new hear
Pf her dear girl
wow, really, did your eastern fall
Rvarvhuf m u. j
$100,065 u.t" rVTuei '
give: that
Portland Educators
Hugh II. Herdman Jr.. principal of
the East Side High school, is a well'
known educator and writer of Portland
being one of the editorial ataff of the
Pacific Monthly beshles a writer of
uence of a successful strike when a strictures upon the tight checkrein
great public utility is Involved, to-l not n'T torturespme thing, I short stories and other magaslne artl-
wlt. nubile ownnrshln of that ntiittv bat utterly unartlstlc. In addition lcI"
., , I ku. , . . .. Mr. Herdman waa born In Illinois and
It assumes that the private corpora- to being cruelty to animals, its useLr.,,., i.,.
i- .li.. . .. . I. . .... . , .. I " -
uons are wnony rigni ana ine stria- y cu vihd am iu uuununi ugn-lfrom Wabash college In 1896. receiving
Ing operators wholly wrong, and Bess. I the degree of Bachelor of Arta. He re-
that the trouble is settled right ceived a fellowship in English for the
.v , , . VI w . . ITm.,, .. yeara 189(.and 1897 and following that
uenevrr inw niriaers lose ana set- I w uo uiuouih miiui, uuw
tied permanently whenever they going on. Is not a big Job In itself,
as
Indicating
larger Improvements to be made
above and below. The great Colum
bia must and shall be opened up
have failed so completely that they but ,s encouraging
will never strike again. This is a
very shortsighted and superficial
view of the matter. Big dividends
on stock two-thirds water for a few
men combined into a corporation or
a trust and starvation or scant liv
ing wages for overworked employes,
in the operation of a great public
utility, are not a final settlement of
this contention. Such a question is
not settled till it Is settled right, or
a good deal nearer right than this.
A JOB FOR THE JINGOES.
A contemporary is incorrect in
saying that Representative Jones la
"right la line" for chairman of the
rivers and harbors committee; at
least there are several ranking mem
bers of the committee.
T
A SHORTSIGHTED VIEW.
A
A'
DRYLAND FARMING.
CCORDINQ TO the Madras Pio
neer, the government officials
in charge of the Warmsprings
, ( reservation are making ar
I'rangemonts to conduct a dry farm
v , lng experiment station near the
. agency, for the. purpose of making
a thorough test of the various dry
arming methods advocated through
'ou the semi-arid regions of tho
,weBt, and 'to determine the best
irethod of conserving the moisture,
ao Important, to successful farming
In that district, where the rainfall
: is deficient In many years. What is
called the .Campbell system has al
ready been tried" with a considerable
degree of success In that portion of
Crook county and elsewhere, but it
seoma.to be regarded as In an ex
perimental stag as yet The gov
ernment therefore is doing a most
excellent service in making thorough
tests ct this and other methods for
JilLiHK X w Wnfl must
MERICAN INDUSTRIES is the
name of a periodical devoted
to Industrial affairs wholly
from the employer's side, and
largely from the industrial corpora
tions' side. In case of any conflict or
contest the laborers, 4n Its opinion,
are always wholly wrong. In brief,
it Is a Journal that we Judge exactly
suits Mr. D. M. Parry, president of
the Manufacturers' association, who
fiercely pints at labor organizations
while extolling employers associa
tlons. American Industries regards
the telegraphers' strike as a "shin
ing example of a great blessing"
emanating from much evil, because
it assumes that the strike has been
an utter, conspicuous and ignomin
ious failure, and that therefore em
ployes will learn from It that they
must humbly take whatever wages
and conditions are offered them
without striving to better their con
dition.
This periodical goes on at length
to set forth the injury to the public
involved in a strike of telegraph
operators; how it was an injury to
commerce, Interfered with social
life, and in a measure paralyzed
business 4nterests; how Immense
and universal would have been the
damage if the railroad and leased
wire telegraphers had also struck,
causing trains to come to a stand
still and cutting off cities from'theirj
main food supplies; what a calamity
a complete and prolonged strike
would "have been even to farmers
and all producers; how the financial
renters and the government itself
would have suffered; how the news
papers would have been put out of
business, and even sick people
would have been unable to secure re
lief, and then says:
One great fact stands out clearly be
fore the citizens of the country. Labor
HIS COUNTRY was very credi
tably represented by Mr. Taft
in his visit to Japan. The ef
fect will not be otherwise than
reassuring to both nations. It has
afforded abundant reason for Jingo
ii ine report oe true tnat ex-
Mayor Schmltz, while revelling in
wealth, neglected his old poverty-
pinched mother, it is easy to believe
that he helped plunder the earth
quake sufferers' fund.
- ..t
breeding stock, farm Implements, house
hold goods and other merchandise. He
renn mixes the ailra nrofit that acmes
from the. use of better equipment ahd j weather beat IhlaT
oeiier meinoua -to ma puawvea uu i
his home." v
Tho wheat crop this year will approx
imate 14ft AAA AAA hu.liAl, UAAAA.AflA
I . I. -I -. . a. t-.-w tA I X
be within per cent aa much as last irwas very early frost for three or
year, and with but two or three exoep- I ur presidential booms,
tlons the biggest yield In our history. I
ThA vlelrl of nata (Will be about 11 Per I Orearon will h. t ... tv..
cent mas inaa tasi year, dui uhij wii i wnu airiaes OU get rich.
De neany tne usual quinuij oi iim i .
1 I .. m. A .M.4 AnIA. I . ... .
'''rwmnxKJ. soon house.
years a great deal. Orange Judd Far-' "
mer aaya me coiton crop win om aruunu . . ,
12.000.000 bales. Apples will be much jP i-0.:.,. laherman excusable for
more plentiful than laat year. The in- ooutg a utUa nature-faking T
crease in the value of these crops per mm.
unit of measurement makes the total There may be Quite a difference De
value of each crop this year consider- twecn business and busyness,
ably larger than laat aeason. e e
Conaumptlon of farm products more To sum ud the mitt v.,i.ei- .i.
than keep, paoe with produetlon. The ,hould Mtronlw t lmSt!!Sl
supply of grain andi cotton is leaa per advertise. merchants who
capita for this two years than for the a
correaondlng period of 10 yeara back. B.nrii. v.i v
Kxport demand promise, to absorb at M,vVhMVMhlIl,v! th 0,t l0T?,7
fair prlcea every pound of surplus meat. i,K, J Mehangs thla
grain, cotton, etc, that tha AdimIpui " wru Mr .
people can spare. Ttie grain Importing I e
nations of Europe hkva only moderate Th prosecution of Senator Borah
crops, and must import more rooo. proa-1 ime a government schema
ucta than usual. It is Important to note " make a martyr hero of him.
that the farmers are getting good prices I
direct from the harveat fields this I Tillman entitles his tirade. "A Pie
year, whereaa orainaruy prices are low ror tne People." But It la only ebiiu
In autumn and advance after the staple lltlon of hatred of part k th TionilL
Lrmera nanaa. i . .
Th president ehnnn. aiIIa..aWU
1 m -U . . " --""va WWUBHIViUl
C C.j l rj"iT. "J.yy"" r. but it 1.
kcven J latgcs ui x'aevu yv usu cui up tne
crops are largely out of farmers' hands.
in
Big Btiok.
.A. man named Funk mar be nomlnat.
ad by the Kenubllcai; oHowa for gof
mor. nm irienas say be won't funk.
Brainstorm has given way to "trsas-
' l w aerenae, ai-
moat aoybolly can murder and be aafa.
p&sis& vawhVt ""thVA
.im .U.KTln.T rn had to keep
still all this time In China, how he wifl
enjoy his freedom to luiw , , TL.l
country. ' "
From the London Express.
An smuslng description of the "seven
stages of drunkenness" was given at the
Marylebone police court recently during
the hearing of a charge against Mrs.
Agnes Memlge.
Mr. R. T. Williams, a medical man, of
Upper Doraet street, said he examined
the woman after aha had been arrested
and found her 'In a mellow, comfort
able state of drunkenness, recovering
from- irritation."
Mr. Plowden's curiosity waa aroused
by this definition. "Am I to under
stand," he asked, "that a person who same time by electing J
gets drunk must first of all be lr- uv"IIor
rltalite And then mellow?" t
"There is alwaya an Irritable state."! Possibly Mandelay wouldn't t..tif.
II - J nrilll. - , I. ...a. I nOaltlvMlmr k . . l . . - '
rnuieu air, v iiiiauis, kiiu iiibi n-
ceeded by the menow. com
state "
"And what Is that succeeded byT' In
quired Mr. Plowden. .. Having told the Deonle how
Th a nii(rna rills r SI f a " SisilA Mr Wll.lkai.. U i -- - - w
,, " J, ! me president hopes
llama. l it Is safe for him to an hunting
"They become irritable again." Mr. day and not watch thorn" "W
Now there la a cha nca for Tlllnil a
E-i "".."i1?. n1 Imocratlc at tho
Ilam. Lewla
la sue- positively that a man who Joins In do
fortable, ing a contemptible trick la an undealr
i able cltlsen.
v
If wheat Is being shipped by nun
dreds of carloads from eastern
politicians in both to subside. There Washington via Tacoma to Portland
has been no dream of war by either now how mucn w111 Tacoma get
country, much less occasion for It. wnen H,n 8 north bank railroad Is
The Japs have no monev for flsrht- completed?
ing and we have too much sober
sense to fight without extreme prov
ocatlon. A fw hnnrlluma In Ron I ment
t. . . . . .... I O hrnAmnHiil. 4 I a i 1 gree Of
rrancisco ana iokio ana tneir acts - n., n cannot, De a 1907,
and fantastic notions are not reason more complete farce and
for plunging two great peoples Into tnan tne Russian douma.
the horrors of a world tragedy. It
Plowden suas-ested.
They want to right then," Mr. Wil
liams explained. -
"And what is the next state?" "They
become affectionate after that.
"And the next?" "Then they become
crying drunk."
"This Is really a most Instructive lea
son, of which we are very much in need
In this court sometimes," said Mr. Plow
den. "And then?"
"Collapse, Incapable, sleepy," stated
Mr. Williams.
"And after that, nothing, I supposer
f vou give them a little more, death."
"We have had the seven atagea of
man, exclaimed Mr. flowden; "now we
have the seven stages of drunkenness:
Irritable, Jachrymoae,
Mellow, ) Collapse,
Pugnacious. Death."
Affectionate,
Mr. Williams added that these were !
ThePortland Journal says 'the only
way t get even with the laundry trust
is to wear clothes longer." But that
suggestion won't work. We've won
clothes longer than moat people for
iuoiii jrenrs na nave not reaped any
Tribune advanta"9 from It.' Pendleton
y
the
Haven't you had longer clothes
aame price aa aawed-off
deri'd at
men?
Oregon Sidelights
atre lMt Pend,elon ' t0 have a tho
nextnwWskbnk w, Pn t Jacksonville,
I the stages through which a person I
would pajia If alcohol were administered About 1 000.000 bushels of wheat will
in carefully measured doses. be shipped from Condon.
Side High School. I Mrs. Aiemige denied tnat sne was in-1
a nurnny county Dariey field aver
aged 65 bushels an acre.
a scholarshl
In literature at Columbia drunkards have."
Mrs. Memlge denied that she was in
toxicated, but Mr. Williams asserted
that she had "the special smell that all
I university. New York, for the years I ' Are there seven stages or special AiKanv will hin i nnn - . .
n,ven Wltn Oia 1S1 An to hold university in 1898 and an honorary de- 'No" was the reply, "but there is a
M
M. A.
from Wabash college in I special smell like that of glue that has
gone nan. it is an infallible symptom
n .f rom 1899 to ls roressor iiera-ioi a real aieaay arunsara.
laiiUir Trtttn r.m hA04 a th, AnAwm.nt r9 I "I An rnt annnAu Mrs Xifemloi mrfll
New families are coming to Albany
every day, aaya The Herald.
Manv cattle have di enn
L'n.ll.l. In l.p,ln n n .1 . .. wa, fnrt thla . u . " Mr PIawHafi vtatAil I r..U .. . I i . i . . . .. ..
elected to the prlnclpalshlp of the East "and I am sure I shall not. I have . .
wine .Hign scnooi in ivvo. ineara more sdoui ine suDjeci 01 amn
io Wtr th.t K Kn -t. ,n It it,t. Xirl, u v j, osiaes pcin a man oi tuerary Rennees inan ever i nraru im a -
v.w. :ih iu jan iui " .. ccaci wum uate maae ab 1 tv Mr. Herdman has always taken I fesslonal man before, and l nope 1 have
athletics prontea by tne instruction.
Hlut iirKlrn, iho naoA tkr. ii,n4 . Vav Vm,i,ii v.nii. it.., vi..i. U rreat Interest In amateur athletics I Droflted hv the Instruction.
, uC.iC,c iui uib yone anJ a(1(,l8ted very materially In the Mrs. Memlge waa fined Ss. and or-
tneir nonsense tens of thousands of or oxen were stock market bulls he organisation of the Pacific Northwest I dered to pay the medical man s fee,
n,nthA' It, I u v i jt Association ot Amateur atnieuc unions
duuo in uuiu tuuuu ico u i tiuiu uic gmucu mure Hiiention
A Malheur COuntr man ralaeA nAiAhx
four of which weighed almost thr
pounds, and others nearly as large.
maimed, marred and slain In battle.
Such a war would be a crime
and was the first president of the con
solidated organization. He Is now a
member of the, board of governors of
the Amateur Athletic union.
The PI
ay
All the railroads are increasing
against civilization," declared "Mr. their earnings, yet some .of their of-
laft at iokio, and so it would. And fleers are growling about hostility
u wouia do a crime against the and bad prospects.
mothers of , both lands, a crime
against the people who would be
taxed to pay the price, and a crime
SCAlnnt rnmmnn hnroA oAnai
f-' " I . . .
. . . . was promieea us in tne advance
Mr. Taft. in the banquet hall at notices, the "Prince of Piis.n- cam.
Tokio, carrying a message of peace with an entirely new company to the
from this country, utterine nohln HelllK ,a8t night.
" TT .
lAtitlmonin nf A . 1 ""'" mr. oavage nas
oCU.( kpr,t ye f ,tn . . . , d , man a
deploring war and eliciting plaudits the west. The preface "Henrv w rv. "Dar'.s my ne ter pay,
from the Japanese populace, Is a ae presents" was introduction enough
figure In striking contrast with the for nearIr a"y shw to an engagement
-scenes of desolation, battle, murder a detailed history of the members of
The Rich and. the Poor.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
De Lawd hear de po' man cryin",
An he ax mm wny an now
An' de po' man say:
"Hit's de rich man's day.
An' whar Is de po man now?
Whar is de po' man now
Whar la do po' man nowT
Too po ter stay.
Or ter move away
Oh, whar is de' po' man nowT"
De Lawd he hear de rich man cryin',
An he ax nim wny an now,
An' whar is de rich man now?
"Whar is de rich man now
Oh. whar is de rich man now?
Kin I rise an shine
Snnset on the Prairies.
J. W. Foley, in the New York Times.
They have tamed It with their harrows;
they nave broaen it .witn plows;
Where tne bison used to range it some
one built himself a house:
They have stuck it full of fence posts;
tney nave giraiea u witn wire.
They have shamed It and profaned' It,
with an automobile tire:
They have bridged Its gullied rivers;
tney nave peopiea it witn men.
Mrs. T. T. Geer held the number
which drew the elegant solid silver tea
set given away at the Pendleton fair.
A Benton county cow fell, tall first,
to the rocky bottom of a 80-foot well,
but waa hauled out and is all right.
a
It begins to look as If 15 or 20 Polk
county schools will have to remain
cloned, aa It is impossible to secure a
sufficient number of teachers.
Ten acres of a Freewater man's 180-
nA ii.. v J, the present Pllsen comnanv mlh nm. Vld de gover-mint fine?
u.BULU...e .w.cui.y uuyeu ior enlightening but would T be very tedious" Ph' wha
u.y jingu Biaieeujen una oy loose wno ""'" 11 " y inai wenatcnee nas
ir is de rich man now?"
Den de angel cum fum glory
But de rich man say
Ter take 'um to de worr dats new.
Bat he reckon ha will stay.
An' de po - man sesso, too:
Dav ain't in a hurry fer to
Oh. doy ain't in a hurry fer to go
De worr is a trial.
An' a ble self-denial.
But dey ain't in a hurry fer to go!
Poor Sammy.
From tho Salem Journal.
Samuel O. Blythe, representing
the
hun MiKluJ l v. "P.
would nArannAllv nrnflt r nmmti .".. 'T,?.u'.. ' "f' '" . P""
. inumuuuu i iasou vi i in cnuiceei sons ana aaMgnters,
and otherwise from a conflict. After iSfngSSS-Wr!!.
ii. ii tne jingoes or DOin countries "IB uj' ior mo eixm reason.
I I lit If net Ka irAA .,.!! 11 wi 1
still insist on war talk they should companies VowSorer the ...iT:
be provided with unlimited arms rrerhrCthgshav1!
ana ammunition, De sent to some un- ev"lvea lo lnelT present state of un
i u uu j i i ,u dress, what will they be wearing in
lrnaDiiea isle or tne facinc, and six more years? It la worthv fit Hnirt A
there be made to fight each other un- athe uHre.ml8ht repay ,nvestlation
til they get their fill of the bloody L.Dan Ma""0", the vaudeville Ocrman-
I dialect cflmwilan, may have thought that
DUSiness. he was breaking into the Ipriiimnt. I i r.. ti..i t .
sen," but althouith the exact contr.rv 1. Isnd. Ho saw the sun of a perfect Ore
Thfi Riinrema court nf Tlllnnla hoe the case, he furnished the best enter, con dav rise above the purple robed
I tnlnmpAt Af Vi n mi.it.lnv 1 7 n I .1, I ( .1 A V, a PaanaHaD TT 1 a a v ,i m I rii i!i.1
declared the primary law of that that might be dreamed of as the Cin-lupon the sweep of undulating beauty
atolo iinnnatttittlnnol r,nf no Linnau orewer, out ne carries off his that, use a sea or emeraia, mue aner
wv.,. ...., v vr- ponanrous heavy comedy with very fair I mile lay spread before him until it lift-
pie of that state may get a law yet suss-, t, , ed In grand terraces and fir-clad ridges
that will Stick, or a court that will the uwual recalls with her violet uong, mighty peaks. He saw afar the grand
take a different view-though quite ?neE 'l!r .i
likely the law was framed for alcaPPel by her tenor accompanist, Mel- above the amethystine flood of the
MuuKiiiei iu itiiB war. i lie ueciwun was a iiKm tenor, a very iisrnt tenor. I enei nv tne nurcie veil mat nature in
It. v,.i with the San Francisco opera. company her daintiest moods hangs over
l" c ucAuug "" when it sang here last. them! He saw the Willamette,
the Oregon direct legislation case. l9war?,,fl,orav "a5. tne 2a2,on r? e threart of
of Carl Otto, the Prince of Pllsen. his ley of emerak
They have churched it, they have acre farm Is in orchard, which will
schooled it, tney nave steepiea it; produce son boxes of VVlnesap apples at
Amen! I 11.25 a box. SfiOO worth of tieaohna an
I They have furowed It with ridges, they an immense prune crop,
have seeded It with arrant, I . .
And the West that was worth knowing. . m,n whn hotiht . r,r,,r,.
sna11 never aee aaln- near" Newbera- last "snrina-' for I 000
They have smothered all it. c.mpf.res, w'VT.rl" JtJ1
wnere tne o eaten piamsmen sieDt. .-. ' ' "--
Thev have driven ud their cattle where na nav0 nlce najance over.
the. skulkinsr covote creDt: I
They have made themselves a pasture When a Hudson bay farmer began
wnere tne umiu ueer wouia I ' ynars nu, no purciiBsea lou acres
browse. of sagebrush and desert land for 11.800.
Wliere the anfHope were feeding they and began raising mostly alfalfa. Since
have dotted o'er with cows; then he has sold 40 acres for 13,600
There's a yokel's tuneless whistling and he still has 120 acres which la at
down the bison's wlndine trail. least worth S125 per acre. He haa hun.
Where the red man's arrow fluttered dreds of tons of hay for sale this year
there's a woman with a pall besides various other crops.
Driving up the cows for milking; they h - -
have cut Its wide extent 'ii.. u.m.
Into forty-acre patches till Its glory Is Matinee Aiaias.
all spent. Giggle' de gig, giggle de gig, giggle de
giggle de gee,
I remember in the sixties: when as far gee the charming maidens going tJ the.
as I could see, mat-in-ee;
It had never lord nor ruler but the Armed with chewing gum and fudge,
buffalo and me: .nnT.,,tin. or
Ere the blight of man was on It, and They will liven up the bald heads at
flclent number of depositors can
make It possible for the Oregon
Trust & Savings bank to reopen and
become able to pay up in full. It
seems certain that all depositors will
find it to their interest to "aid this
effort.
liver, laced over the val
ev or emerald, and limns- rrom tne
Heidelberg- sons: orovins- very DODular I zrand mountain ranfre neak after -tir-nk
an aneel! - And over all
this he saw skies of turquolse-and ame-
Ti tItt,, i. i ,v.iv, , iwniie vera Btaniey as wenie Wagner, I pure as Jhe soul of a child, white as
xvio uuio ip ouuii, rruivu om- daughter or tne brewer, although ut-lteh robes-of
The San Francisco Bulletin Issued
on September 14 a "Prosperity Edi
tion" of 66 pages, in colors, con
taining a great deal of concisely de
tailed and interesting?- iaiormaUon
terly untrained as a vocalist, has a clear
and rather sweet voice and sana- "The
i aue oi tne oeasneii wiin very gooa er
fect. Probably the most Interesting feature
of the performance was the imitation
of a "chorus lady" given by the child
who occupied the extreme right of the
stage through most of the choruses. She
is a tiny thing the cradle has literally
been robbed but her dainty, twinkling
little ankles, her tiny feet which she
hasn't learned to handle, her childish
glimpses snatched in the direction of
the wings aa though she feared every
second that the S. P. C. A. would be
after her, and bundle her off to the
fouodlinga' home form a total of naivete
that 1 refreshing. -
The "Prince" will hold forth at the
Helllg the rest of the week, with a
matinee. Saturday. ,
thyst. beyond the power of words to de'
scribe or art to copy, and then Samuel
sat him down and wrote about the art
of "eating crawfish, and . tried to be
witty. It Is probably against the law to
kill that kind of microbes. And yet If
some one would put an. extra dose of
formaldehyde In Sammy's milk supply,
the coroner's Jury would be Justified in
overlooking it.
When Katy Did.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Underneath September skies.
Ere the lengthening summer flies,
Katy-dld, her wanlng notes ....
From the tree tops ever quotes
Warning of the coming frost,
When the bloom will all be lost ,
"Katydid, aha did, she didn't," 1
the endless acres lav
Just as God Almighty left them on the
restful Sabbath day;
When no sound rose from vastness but
a murmured hum and dim
Like the echoed voice of Silence In an
unheard prairie hymn:
And I lay at night and rested In my
bed of blankets curled
Much alone as if I was the only man
in all the world.
But the pralrld's passed, or passing, with
the passing of tho years,
Till there is no west worth knowing,
and there are no nloneers:
They have riddled it with railroads,
inroDDins; on ana on ana on.
They have ridded It of dangers till the
seat or it is gone;
the matinee.
Philadelphia North American.
And I've saddled . up my pony, for I'm
dull and lonesome here.
To go westward, westward, westward,
till we find a new Frontier!
To get back to God's own wlldness and
tne skips we ussji to know -
But there Is no west; it's conquered '
v and I don't know where to' go.
, Autumn.
The thin gold of the sun lies slanting
on the hill:
In the sorrowful grays and muffled
vsnlets of the old orchard
A group of ogirls are quietly gathering
appies..
Through the mingled gloom and green
they scarcely speak at all..
And their broken voices rise .and fall
unutterably sad.
There are no birds, and the goldenrod
1 is gone. ; ;-. ; -And
Ja child cries out, far
- the autumn twilight;
j the sad gray of the
WUffiy UOfJI'Ol, f
Anane oia wona seems oiai
And
away, across
he dusk grows
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