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fixed nt 6 cents for the first pound
and 2 cents' for each additional
pound to eleven pounds, so as to
make the full rate upon a package
weighing eleven pounds 25 rents
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Every Rreat and command
ing movement In the annals
of the world ia the triumph
of enthusiasm. Emerson.
A NEEDED CHANGE IX THE KATE
LAW.
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AILROAD CommiRstoner Attchi-
son was the right man In the
right place at the national con
vention of state railroad com
missioners, in proponing and urging
a resolution asking that the Inter
state commerce law be amended so
that a railroad could not raise rates
without having the raise passed
upon by the commission.
Recently The Journal took this
identical position, and pointed out
the weakness and defect of the rate
law In this respect. The ostensible!
general object of that law is to give
the commission power to regulate
rates, and yet a railroad, or a com
bination of railroads, can arbi
trarily raise rates, as the Harrlman
and Hill lines propose to do with
respect to lumber, without consult
ing the supposed rate-regulating
power. Acting on Mr. Altchlson s
uggestion, the convention of state
railroad commissioners ask that the
law be amended so that this cannot
be done. That is, whenever a rail
road proposes to increase an inter
, state rate, notice of the increase
shall be furnished shippers, and they
In tarn shall hare the privilege of
entering a protest against that rate,
If they deem it unreasonable. When
ever such protest is entered, the in
terstate commerce commission shall
give a hearing to determine the rea
sonableness of the new rate and un
less the commission, after due hear
ing shall hold the rate to be rea
sonable. It shall not be enforced.
No new rate against which protest
is entered shall become effective un
less held by the commission to be
reasonable.
This is manifestly Just and right,
unless the pretended rate-regulation
law is to be a mere farce. For the
"railroad senators," whom La Toi
lette has in his black book, insisted
successfully that there should be a
court review of the interstate com
merce commission's decisions, and
under this program the protesting
lumbermen in this case might have
to wait for years before they could
aecure reasonable rates.
A railroad should not be per
mltted to raise rates until it has been
decided by the Interstate commerce
commission that the proposed new
rates are reasonable and right. The
whole people's interests are superior
to those of the railroads, if the two
come into conflict. Under the law
as it stands, the railroads' interests
are paramount, almost supreme; the
people's interests are to be kept In
abeyance indefinitely.
Mr. Altchlson had a big, signifl
cant, Illustrative case in point. lie
presented It, and the convention saw
It at once. This is a beginning of
victories for the La Follette ideas,
and for the people.
THE PARCELS POST QUESTION.
IT MUST be acknowledged that
there Is widespread opposition
to the proposed parcels post, in
addition to the interested oppo
sition of the express companies.
Many ' merchants in the smaller
cities and towns are opposed to it
ijj and even the Portland chamber of
commerce has gone on record against
At. So evidently there are two sides
- td the question, which The Journal
would like to have presented by
. . reader who have studied it and can
i- present their views and reasons con-
- clsely.
. - Postmaster-General Meyer has ma-
- tared a plan' for a parcels post sys-
' tem, and thinks he will succeed in
' getting congress to pass it, though
geraral of his predecessors have
failed. He will make three recom
mendations; First, that the rate of
. postage on . packages be reduced
from 16 cents to 12 cents per pound;
aecond, that the limitation put upon
the weight of packages that can be
admitted to the mails be increased
from four to eleven pounds; third,
Mr. Meyer's argument, briefly sum
marized, Is: We now have to ad
mit packages from foreign coun
tries weighing eleven pounds at 12
cents a pound; also such packages
tr. be sent abroad. Hut domestical
ly we admit packages only up to
four pounds and charge 16 cents a
pound. He thinks "we should do
as well by our own people as by
forelpners." We have a parcels
post now, but ho urges an Increase
li. the limit of weight and a de
crease In the rate. Mr. Wanamaker,
when post master-general, declared
that there were 100 reasons In favor
of an eularged parcels post system,
and only six against It, the latter
being In fact merely the express
companies but it may be said that
Mr. Wanamaker was thinking of his
big department store. Mr. Meyer
argues that the parcels post will
extend the uses of the postal service
to the needs of the public, and In
crease the conveniences to the pub
lic. He says that the rural part of
the system will greatly benefit farm
ers. It has been established In
every European country, where com
mercial conditions are much the
same as here,' and is considered "an
aid to commerce and a great con
venience to the public." It will make
the rural mail routes self-sustain
ing.
Mr. Meyer says that country
storekeepers "base their opposition
upon misapprehension. If we can
extend the service to the rural
routes, then in my opinion it would
increase the business of the rural
merchants, inasmuch as it would af
ford them cheap and expeditious
means or delivering goods, in
Europe this has been one of the
effects of the service. Another has
been that the rural merchants have
been unable to get along with smaller
stocks of goods and have made good
profits by acting as commission men
for concerns in the larger cities to
which they send their orders. In
consequence the merchants in both
the towns and the rural sections and
the purchasers of goods have all
been benefited."
An important part of the postmaster-general's
plan, calculated to
obviate the objection of country
merchants, is the creation of a sup
plementary parcels post from each
postofflce serving a rural delivery
route to the patrons on that route
at the special rate of 5 cents a pound
for the first pound and 2 cents for
each additional pound, making the
rate for an eleven-pound package
35 cents. A through parcel will, of
course, go over a rural route with
out paying this rural rate in addi
tion, but it will give a special serv
ice to each route for the particular
benefit of the patrons of that route
and of the town where the route
originates. Thus an eleven-pound
package from Chicago to a farmer
in any of the states tributary to the
Windy City would call for 12 cents
a pound or a total of $1.32 postage,
while the same package, If sent from
the town where the rural route
starts wiuld be delivered for 25
of land up, who would be richer in
five years, without lifting a finger,
by selling all of their farms but 20
acres each in small tracts to people
who would do something, and do it
right.
Even. up In the Rogue River val
ley a man said the other day that
the most profitable thing that could
be done there would be to spend
$200,000 in funerals. What la
needed in western Oregon more than
anything else today is people who
will either move or got out of tho
way.
Letter From tLe People
DO YOU PAY TAXES IN PORTLAND?
HAZING IS UN-AMERICAN.
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cents.
MOVERS WANTED IN PLACE OF
MOSSBACK8.
HILE THE subject Is still
fresh Tho Journal would add
one word more with refer
ence to hazing. This paper
views with satisfaction the action of
the students at the State Agricultural
college. Their manifesto, denounc
ing th'e practice, and declaring stu
dents who engage In it as unworthy
of attending the institution, is a
signal example of manliness. It is
one well worthy of an institution
that by the numbers in attendance
Is by far the largest educational es
tablishment In tho state. The won
der Is that the students In all other
Institutions do not take the same ac
tion, vying with each other In the
movement, and put an end at once
and for all to the hazing business.
The origin of haslng Is alone suf
ficient to make it hated by the
American youth. It was born in
European educational Institutions
long ago, where the aristocracy
sought to perpetuate its rank and
privilege by heaping Indignities on
the pleblans, and where the sons of
the nobility, holding themselves of
superior birth and clay, held down
and Insulted the sons of the peas
antry. It is not the habit or the
boast of the American lad to copy
decayed and molderlng customs erf
undemocratic Europe. It is hardly
his wish to engraft effete and mon
archlal methods on the institutions
of the noble nation his forefathers
have lifted up on the free and fair
western hemisphere. He would
rcarcely dress Uncle Sam up in the
tattered rags, dilapidated crown and
rusty sword of a shattered feudal
system, and that Is exactly why he
should hasten to throw away the
antiquated and un-American busi
ness of hazing.
' Prosperity at Echo
Portland, Oct 10. To the Editor of
The Journal In connection with the
develonment of Umatilla, county very
little Is heard of Echo. yet this Bttle -"ries vy. jmiioi. iresiaem or tiarvaru
town u in th. rm.r nf a nwlv navel- university, in the worm, worg.
online Irrigated country. The govern- municipal government in me unnea
n.ent canal fer the Umatilla project Blale" n nownere been succesauui,
passes through Ita confines ana several yw-w - - "-
tiiousand acres of its lands lie clone to rupt and Inefficient as to auKaest to
Kcho. The Kurnlah nroJect. which la
about to supply 12,000 acres of rich, , . , ,
sloping virgin soil with wuter, llkewlae free wnstlttlona. Yet municipal ov
lles close? to Kcho and Its wlndlnx canal ernment comes nearer to the Individual
is on three aides of the town I he ctiMn than any other aort of govern
undr water Just went of the town. For monl- 11 lnB municipal ousinese in
20 years some 6.000 acres of land up I well done. It Dromotes the comfort and
",,'M0.wn, th l'ma.tni r'ver ha," dimity 6f his own life and that of his
watered from small dltchen and thou- , ,, .,.,,,,. , a
minda of head of atock fatted every family. If It Is 111 done, it stains and
yonr. sheep wintered and horses wholly degrades his whole existence. City
oi partly raised .... business Is almost wholly administra-
i no irmiuivM oi uif luwcr ijiiiuiiuB five or icmitlvn nrt la vnrv little
or far
no occa-
are dentin..! lo be founded hundreds one. In the mt.mm.nl nf a cit'v Mod-
ncrhapn thounands of homes. ny In- lorn mil. hT t nrnvi.i. mi maintain
nulrles to the editor of the Echo Kegla- schools, roads and brldgea, sewers, a
ler or i osimnnier jnnn I orn will D .t.. .
answered. The town has over 800 peo- police, and street lights, and to take
pel. a our mUl creamery depot, and cars of tne numerous helpless and de-
o 'it wit? JJien it liim v i iim r. i. cv . I rmnr I V mlm Ynrm Af Ihs inmmnn rv fin
FKED C. DENTON. all theaa auhWta thr. I. no douht
haiavan at as r wr,at iha As.f.r.lsk noail
Suggestion for the Fiesta. and the proper supply of their needs
Portland. Oct. 10. To the Editor of ' matter or purely aamini-arauve
- i niiairisiBiBi
The Journal Being an Oreironlan. hav- it should be remembered also that
Ing adopted this state after living In there Is not a single Item of municipal
m.nr nth.r. tm in,- . . 1 work which la now done, or can b
gestlon which would
If So, Put Your Mind oa Ties TLintfi for a Few Minutes
i resources or me lower umauwa tive or executive, and la ver
jertlon of couury around Echo are not concerned with large policies
fully appreciated nor sufficiently ad- reaching legislation There is I
w rtj-. .,1 ll.ro within a few years .lon ro? two legislative bodies,
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give Fortland a spondlng piece of work if there was
citizens, big, little, rich and poor, a any waa done when the ordinary form
Ital Interest in the rose fiesta. InvlU ?Ln Am"'can c' y, Kovernmenl waa
,....,,, i,, ,,... ,i win utnpm wm municipal business is now conducted
merchants and cause endless fun. for are so different from those which exlst
thr.se who do mask and for those who d when the American form of city
ii win cosi me cuy not government was set up. that one might
the naners aa-ltsta the I f-nnnKi.. - ... .v.nii.,
subject It a bound to catch the interest impracticable HO or 80 years ago to
i nm puonc. i ve oeen to tne New have become absolutely unsuitable.
Orleans mardl graa and cannot nronrrlT vn ihf.nihi.
aesenne tne originality or the hundreda In the next place, there la no branch
or lnmviauai maskers here and there or department of city business today
and everywhere along the streets, ere- which can be properly carried on except
a ting either admiration or amusement kv -e.r. f n . .
L ' " . V " " . ,e,lr executive agents are completely
1 he custom Is so harmless that even nur nt nii . nH . .
church people could take part In it and of Inefficiency. If not of corruption,
only be more happy, for nothing Is more This. Indeed, is one of the main sources
i""r""lul '"" mognier ana inno- or municipal failure In the United
A FIXE XEW MAGAZINE.
T
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HE publisher of a weekly pa
per in a small town less than
60 miles from Portland, in
the course of a private
conversation, said the other day, in
substance: "I can't make a living
there. The local merchants are half
dead; say it won't pay to advertise.
It is impossible to work up much
of a circulation because of the scare
ity of people in the surrounding
country. The land is rich, a great
garden spot; it could be made to
produce enough to give it a value
of $200 an acre or more; but al
most nothing is done to develop it
The owners, most of whom have
from 100 up to over 300 acres each,
will neither put the land to much
use or sell it at prices attractive to
people wanting small farms. They
are today just about what they or
their fathers were 40 years ago.
Where thefe are hundreds of people
around the town there should be
thousands and they would be rich
er and in every way more prosper
ous than those who live there now.
But it is no use; I'll give it up;
no power on earth can infuse the
spirit of development into that
community." j
Allowing for the rather bitter
spirit in,which this man spoke, what
he said is substantially true of scores
of communities all the way from
Milwaukie to Eugene. There are
some new, clean orchards; many old,
pest-ridden ones. There are many
fine dairies; more superb dairy farms
on which the old, happy-go-lucky
methods are yet in vogue. There
HE MARVELOU9 development
in all lines of industry in this
country during the past few
years has led to the establish
ment of a new class of periodicals,
devoted to giving Information con
cerning and exploiting this develop
ment. The newest of these publica
tions, and one that Judging from its
initial number promises to be equal
if not superior to any other, is
called Opportunities of Today, and
Is published at Chicago. It is real
ly a magnificent specimen of the
printer's art. The numerous illus
trations are simply superb, and its
contents are of live interest to all
classes of producers, especially in
the west. "Its mission," the editor
says, "is to help distribute the new
wealth of the continent. Nature
has created that wealth, great or
ganlzatlons are developing it, and
the need exists for a publication to
show what this wealth is, where it
13 and how to get a share of it."
Much of this number Is devoted
to the livestock Industry; it has il
luminative articles on the opportu
nities afforded by irrigation; it at
tractively exploits the poultry in
dustry; and throughout it points to
the west as the land of opportunity.
It echoes Horace Greeley's advice,
and it shows that the great and as
yet comparatively new west is liter
ally "God's country." This new
magazine, if it maintains the stand
ard of its first number, will be a
power for good in tho country.
cent amusement for the young and old.
ho I tiegr or you to Interest yourself and
be a benefactor to the Cltv of Rones.
MRS. S. SULLIVAN.
States. Nothing can be plainer than
the general proposition that lawyers.
engineers, electricians, teachers, archi
tects, physicians and similar experts
are the only competent persona to real
ly do the work of cltlea. Such trained
persons must be employed continuously
and on long tenures of office in the
service of a city, or its work will not
be properly done. The only Question is
how best to provide a suitable, central
board to select and employ the needed
experts. The justice of this proposl-
A Stranger's View of Portland.
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Five feet seven, a gray
suit and a dicer. Is Portland.
Why don't one see roses In the but
tonholes? Not a single color, ever drab
ties or black; stale uniformity In every- tlon may be established from the ex
thine Well It looka aa nl- an I perionce or an me existing organixa
.. nons for business purposes, such as
?rnlK7nn armv of Inbor, clerical labor, railroads, mills, mines, factories, banks
to rill the array of shops and stores. and steamship companies. The admln-
The absence of the foreiRn element istratlve work of all such organlxatlons
.n ....in ciiuic i ii imiiu is renainiy an is done py experts selected, employed
American city theatre crowds, street and directed by a small administrative
crown-, orners or puDllc conveyances, board, or even by a single official. The
tender) of shops, Btores everywhere one method used by these corporations Is
goes, strictly conforming to American the onlv method for a cltv. If Its work
rVinaldarlna- tha imnnrtano which Wt
attached 140 year ago to the doctrine,
"No taxation without representation." It
la a singular condition which confronts
urban populations in tne unitea oiai,
a condition In which the taxpayers have
been deprived of every adequate oontrol
over the expenditure of the taxes they
have paid. Of course, this condition of
things tends strongly to public extrava
gance, because the non-taxpaylng voters
believe that tneir interest lies in neavy
public expenditure, sine they like the
fruits of expenditure and suppose them
selves to make no direct contribution to
the bearing of the public burdens, iney
will naturally elect agents of their own
sort. This la the root of much munici
pal Incompetency and wrongdoing.
One of the greatest evils connected
with municipal government In the Unit
ed States ha been the corrupt dealings
between the city government and the
corporations whicn wisn to oDtain valu
able franchises for various semi-public
fiurposes, such aa transportation, llgnt
ng and telephone and telegraph service
The result of all these difficulties has
been that the entire business of a great
city is usually done In an unintelligent
ana Inefficient way. and often In a dis
honest way. Direct mnulclpal stealing
has been notorious, and Indirect stealing
still more rrequent and miacnievous
Some of the worst inturles to the com
munity, however, have been the result
rather of stupidity and incompetence on
the part of the municipal authorities
than of dianonesty.
The city of Oalveston procured from
trm
A Seattle newspaper speaks of
what It calls the "Sweeney-Ankeny-
Piles senatorial combination." God
help the commonwealth that has an
affliction of that nature. Los An
geles Times. Yet the Herrln rule in
California is incomparably worse.
With a deep channel to the sea,
which will be had, Portland doesn't
care how many railroads are built to
Astoria. The more the better. There
will be business for them and the
ships and boats, too.
vat nAli nner ha authorised
buai 4' jr . I - 1 '
from the point at which the rural (are thousands of men in the Willam
delivery, route orlglaatea, rith rates etta ralley owning from 10ft acres
Of course It was demonstrated at
the fair at The Dalles that the coun
try back of that city could be beaten
nowhere in the raising of fine fruit.
Nobody who attended the fair could
doubt it.
tamlards
The best looking women are the
healthy, sprightly girls of shops and
stores as thev arrive on the mnrnlnr
cars fleet-footed, quick-eyed, laughing
kiiis. r-revainng unis semi-blondes or
brunettes, masses of brown hair, plump
as partridges and as nearly alike. A
very, very few tall men. ocranlonnllv an
over-fat female.
(, rub Portland in well fed- nobody
goes hungry. Drink Portland's busi
ness men seem very moderate drinkers.
T hey love a good horse and a cigar.
Her business element seems rir.m1natH
by the farm. They don't take much
to the sea. If she knows much of min
ing Its circle is exclusive.
JNotning is so striking In Portland a
a fine general average of everything.
j urjr i-un .u nave gone aart on the
rose question, though; but if they are
going to be sincerely true to the rose
why don't they wear them? But not a
one do you see. a. O. T
Too Much Power for One Man.
From the Burlington (Iowa) Post.
If this is a free country then one man
ought not to he allowed to seize the
power and authority to determine the
basis upon which the commerce of en
tire states may go forward. This power
and authority as to each one of the
United States is held at present by less
than a dozen men. Each one has it In
his power to promote or to destroy the
commerce of populous states. It In evi
dent that the arrangement la not a per
fect one. that It can be improved. Two
men rule the destinies of the region
west of the Mississippi E. H Harrl
man and J. J. Hill. The former of these
made h Journey not long ago over the
labyrinth of rails controlled by Tilm
and lie returned to Wall street much
pleased with the enterprise of the re
gion his roads serve. His expression of
gratification was followed by the an
nouncement that he would at once begin
the expenditure of $100,000,000 or so in
Improving his lines so ax to lessen the
Intensity of the blockade unler which
our commerce Is hindered. Now. this Is
a nice situation, un ine one hand, 40,
OOn.ooo of free men and free women
quietly going about their affairs, con
serving industry, garnering the fields,
living seemlv lives, but nagged some
what by inefficient means of communi
cation and on the other hand a sharp
little adventurer, holding the reins of
power over them and patronizing them
with the assurance that ne is pleased
and will permit some of their wealth
he has grabbed through trickery and
cunning, while coached by shrewd law
yers, to be Invested in such manner aa
to carry reasonable assurance of further
seizures of wealth by him. And this
is the twentieth century and some per
sons believe that we have fairlv entered
upon our golden age of civilization.
Fletter Than Spraying.
From the Jacksonville Post.
W. I. Mclntyre, the enterprising fruit
grower, has probably discovered a sim
ple remedy for all diseases of fruit
trees; one that is easily and cheaply
applied and one that will no doubt bring
about better results than the various
sprays now being used. His remedy Is
simply to dig tho ground away from the
roots of tho tree and place a thick
layer of wood ashes around them. Mr.
Mclntyro's theory is that all disease
germs, of a necessity, seek the roots of
the trees during the whiter, following
the sap towards the branches of the
trees. By applying the ashes to the
roots, the germs are unable to doss
through" the nshes, as the winter rains
cause a lyo to soak into the bark. If
the germs are not killed bv the Iva
from the ashes, they cannot go farther
down than the top or the ground, con
sequently there is nothing to live one,
so they are killed in that way.
Mr. Mclntyre has experimented to a
great extent along this line and has
found the ashes scheme to be a great
success, and It is his intention to treat
his entire orchard to this system.
Is to be well done
In the New England town govern
ments the entire adult male population
exercised an active control over the
amount of taxes to be raised, and the
objects for which public money should
be spent. Having determined these
f.olnts. they left to a small board of se
ectmen the entire administrative busi
ness of the town. This was the wisest
and most successful mode of democratic
government ever organized. Compare
with It the condition of an urban popu
lation today in regard to the raising and
expenditures of taxes.
legislature of Texas, after the tidal
wave catastrophe which almost de
stroved the place, a wholly new city
charter which gave all city powers to a
body of five men, of whom three were
originally appointed and two elected, but
all of whom are .now elected by the
people. Each of these five men has to
arce department of the city work to
superintend, and together tney employ
the needed experts and conduct the
city's business on business principles
The venture of the city of Galveston
entered upon under desperate circum
stances has been ao successful that It
haa been copied In several other Texan
cities, always witn good results. More
over, much older and larger cities than
Oalveston have adopted that method for
parts of the city administration.
jr it De cieariy unoersrooa mat suc
cessful men of proved capacity are
needed and wanted for the city's ser
vice, able men will be attracted to the
service, Just because the standard of
the service is set high. There are al
ways plenty of good candidates for of
fices with which go power, responsibil
ity and public consideration. To an of
fice which requires for the proper dis
charge of Its duties a high degree of
Intelligence and public spirit, public
spirited men young, and old, will aspire.
Elderly men who have already succeeded
In their business and become pecuniarily
Independent will take office because
they find In public duties a new Interest
and a new Incentive to exertion. Younger
men of high capacity will take office,
because they believe that in public of
fice they will have an opportunity to
snow to advantage what their quality Is
and that this demonstration will be use
ful to them in other large affairs, elthe
public or private
Whenever an office is aggrandized th
man or capacity who really fills th
office will set a new HTundard of effl
clent work for the office: hence th
economy of consolidations In financial
manufacturing and transportation enter
prises. The enlarging of units of organ
Ization Is a world-wide tendency in all
sons or nusmess; so mat tne cnanges
here suggested In municipal governmen
are oniy anotner group of Instances l
a stream of tendencies. larger func
tions in fewer hands will command th
services of better men 'men honest
erricient and public-spirited.
Smalj Ckange
Nest comes the home county fair,
e
The billboards are fairly screaming
to be taxed.
The Sunshine Circle la overspread
with dark clouds.
Portland Educators
J. H. Stanley, principal of the High
land school, was born In Missouri. He
attended the public schools and grad
uated from the high school in his na
tive state. He came to Oregon in 1877
and taught school In Marlon county,
then entered Christian college, Mon
mouth, where for two and tone half
years he continued his studies. He
then left college to teach. He waa
elected principal of the public schools
. ;
J. H. Stanley, Principal of the High
land School,
of Weston. Oregon, and served two
years in that position. From Weston
he went to his ranch in Morrow county
and after a few months' residence there
was elected county superintendent of
schools for that county. As superintend
ent lie served six years and during four
years of that time was also principal of
the public schools of Heppner. At the
close of his term of office he spent a year
in the east pursuing a special course
in pedagogical study. On his return to
.Oregon he was elected principal of the
puDiic scnoois oi fmiHuuro, occupying
this position for six years and during
the last two years of that time was
also county superintendent of .schools
for Washington county. From Hillshoro
he came to Portland and has since been
connected with the public schools. For
the pot rive years ne nas peen principal
of the Highland school which has an
enrollment of more than 1,000 pupils.
Mr. Stanley Is weW-known among the
teachers or tne nortnwest.
Henoy has not quite so good an
opinion of San Francisco juries as of
Oregon juries, yet if he can convict
Ford on a second trial, and then Cal
houn, he will be pretty well satisfied.
This Date in History.
1399 Order of the Bath instituted by
Henry IV.
1531 Zwlnglius slain at Cappel.
16H Charter granted the New Neth
erlands company.
1689 Frontenac succeeded Denonvllle
as governor of Canada.
1709 Mons taken by the Allies.
1776 Americans defeated by British
In battle on Lake Champlain.
1797 English defeated by the Dutch
fleet in battle of Camperdown.
1R36 Bishop C. C McCabe, of .the
Methodist Episcopal church, born.
18(!0 Prince of Wales received In
New York.
1884 New parliament buildings In
Quebec wrecked by dynamite.
1898 Naval board decided the battle
of Santiago was fought pa the plana oi
Admiral Sampson,
Harry A. Garfield's Birthday.
Harry Augustus Garfield, recently
elected to the presidency of Williams
college. Is the eldest son or James A.
Garfield, twentieth president of the Uni
ted States, snd waa rtorn October 11,
1863. at Hiram. Ohio. He was graduated
from Williams college In 1885, studied
law at the Columbia university law
school and then went abroad and spent a
year at Oxford and the Inns of Court In
London. In 1888 he began the prac
tice of law in Cleveland and soon be
came prominent in the commercial and
railroad business of that city. It was
through his efforts that the Municipal
association of Cleveland was formed.
He also took an active Interest in
the work of the National Municipal
league, the National Civil Service Re
form ieague, and the American Social
Science association. In 1903 Princeton
university Invited him to take the chair
of politics. He accepted the offer, re
tired from the practice of law and
moved to Prlncetorh Here he remained,
lecturing to large classes on colonial
government and government by party,
until be waa elected -president of Wil
liams a short Unas ago.
Dmkelspiel. as a Poet
Br Georae V. Hohart
lixpyrig nt, iixrr. Dy AmerlraD-Journil-Eiamlner)
Home Dls Veek.
Meln Lleber Looey Ve haf recelfed
your letter from Inchunapolls, und ve
vas glat to hear it dot vour hen.lt' l
ofer-abundant und dot pltzness Is goot
vare you vaa now commercial trafelllng
ve vaa an veil at nome mlt der ens
ception dot your mother is getting ready
to glf your Aunt Louisa a birthday
party una mucn eggscltement now
rushes ould of der kitchen.
I notice vot you say In der letter
aoouia aer pleasant streetcars In mos
of der vestern cities, und I vlsh I could
return der compltmentarles of der sea
son.
You wrote me vunce before. Looey
abouid vot a nice Idea It Is to step In a
clean streetcar und find enough room to
sit down midould getting der glance of
scorn from 18 straphangers und a fat
conductor.
Such Is an Idea vlch ve seldom see in
New York, Looey, because ve vas a busy
people here und ve believe dot a strap
in aer nana is vortn two on aer curb
Btone.
It ain'd often dot I drop Into a poet
ical. Looey, but after I chumped off
vun or dem crowded cars der udder
night I felt dot I must get some re
wenge for der vay I vas oollteratloned
Read dese werses orer to yourself,
Looey, some day ven you vas smoothly
street-earring in vun or dem vestern
cities.
Here is dem:
I.
Der shades of night vare falling fast
As up der city's street dare passed
A car vlch bore dls strange dewlce:
T)er puplic it doan d cut no Ice!
Moof up in front!"
II.
Nine t'ousand souls mltln It rode;
Annuder t'ousand choinod-der load:
Den mlt' ten t'ousand souls on board
Der vide conductor vlldly roared:
"Moof up in front!"
III.
'Try not to pass!" an olt man cried;
'Get off mv feets" unnuder sighed:
'Who has remoofed my breathe from
me7'
A lady asked, lnkvlrlngly.
Moor up in rront!
IV.
"Conductor!" set a lady sveet,
'Vv do you atoo at efery street?"
"Ve always stop ven ve vas full!"
He set, und gafe der bell a pull:
Moof up in front!
V.
"Vy Is It dot an empty car
Goes much und many miles py far
Before it stops?" der lady cried;
Der fat conductor yuBt replied:
"Moof up In front!"
VI.
"My healt', my vealf. my appetite
Haf gone!" a man set mlt a fright.
Der fat conductor frowned a frown;
"You go avav back und sit down!
Moor up in front!"
VII.
"Oh! pass me, please, a solid strap;
Dls vun Is loose!" observed a chap.
Der fat conductor, vust for fun.
Up mlt his fist und passed him vun
Moof up In front!
VIII.
Und still dey came py t'ousandn till
Dey stood uo on der vlndow sill
Der fat conductor smiled mlt glee;
"Dare's money here tonight for me
Moof up in front!"
IX.
Dey skveezed up tight, dey skveezed up
flat.
Till no vun knew vare he vas at;
A milk condensed dey stood, each man;
Like herrings in a sardine can
Moof up In front!
Den ven dor rain got vet and poured
Der fat conductor sveetly roared:
'Dis goes no furder upl he said.
'Get ould und took der car ahead
Moof up in front!"
Tours, mlt luff,
D. DINKELSPIEL,
v 2r George V. Hobart
The eilly presidential prediction
son has opened early.
To express much very briefly and
catchlly Is the art of slogan-making.
Without luck or fortuitous accident,
most detectives don't amount to much.
Root might get the Mexican delegates
If that country were allowed toatsend
some.
.
8K1I, It la not necessary to go to
college to become a desirable and ver
useful citizen.
Yes, docking horses' tails Is about as
barbarous and senseless as the tight
overhead checkreln.
Some high financiers are greatly sur
prised to learn that President Roosevelt
weigh oniy 200 pounds.
a
Papa Oilman savs Co rev stole his
Innocent girl's affections. O. yes, and
Adam stood In with the snake.
. a
Mars haa been watchlnor the Hant
conference, but haa seen nothing to
cause It to adopt a different color.
a
The biggest and most Imnortant bus
iness doing next Tuesday will be rais
ing that $100,000. Everybody be ready.
a
A chorus girl Is said to have lost her
mind from overwork. But who ever
heard before of a chorus a-lrl having a
mind?
a
No news, from dav to day from the
I)rulalana forest Is It nosIble that
the bears refuse tha honor nf belnr
killed?
An earthquake might not be amiss In
some parts of the Willamette valley, if
It would ahake off an undue amount
of moss.
At the Present nrlces of foodstuffs.
people who attend that Democratic dol
lar dinner are likely to- go away hun
gry as well aa dry.
a a
The Hague conference haa been a
great success, after all; the delegates
imvo miennea zuu nanquets. mat tney
re anve is a wonder.
a
Greater love hath no man for his wife
than the Brooklyn man had who died la
consequence of eating her pies unless
he dared not refuse.
The only known rourh rider out of
office was recently defeated for election
in iiKianoma. Dut it is supposed the
president will find him something lust
as good.
If Wall street is disturbed over the
little that has been said and done to
correct great evils, how hopelessly
crazy u would oecome ir real rerorms
should get into motion.
a a
A man who died at the age of 117
years quit drinking whiskey when he
was 70. If he hnd kept on drinking It,
there la no telling how long he would
have lived.
a
A Connecticut man killed himself be
cause his wife went on a short vaca
tion. Most men under such circum
stances only shorten their lives a little
by the fun they have.
a a
We have read of about 178,000
women who got Into scrapes, and every
one of them wore a kimono, and now a
man murderer has resorted to this gar
ment. There must b something de
praving about a kimono.
a a
The New York Sun intimates that
one reason why Mr. Roosevelt wants
Tom Johnson defeated Is because Tom
recently referred to Mr. Bryan as "the
most inspiring example now living of
the highest type of American citizenship."
Oregon Sidelights
Warmsprlng
tlon.
Gambling hai
Prlnevllle.
has telephone conneo
a a
i been suppressed at
Many big sales of Rogue river fruit
land are being made.
a a
The Vale public school has 30 more
pupils than a year ago.
a
Nets of' fishermen near Seaside are
being robbed of fish while in the water.
a a
The slogan of an Astoria business
man has long been: "Astoria, down
grade from everywhere."
a a
Last fall an Illinois man bought 20
acreH on Myrtle creek for $2,600, and
since June 1 he has sold over $1,000
worth of prunes and berries.
a a
There is no reason why Medford
should not grow to be a city of 26,000
within the next few years, says the
Tribune. Nature haa provided the re
sources, the climate and the location.
No other spot in the northwest ia so fa
vorably situated. "
a a
A Dallas man. wh'lle hoeing In his gar
den, found a coin about the size of a
half dollar, of a metal more like brass
than copper. On one side has the In
scription. "Northwest Comany" lnclr
cllng a beaver, on the reverse side the
word "Token" above and the date "1 820"
helow the nroflle of a male head which
looks much like a Roman figure.
a a
Two years and 10 months ago, a Cot
tage Grove woman ate a pench that was
extra fine. She saved the seed and
planted it. The young sprout throve till
it is now a tree 1R feet high with
branches spread out nine feet. Seven
large peaches, the equal or the first.
wore aathered xnis season. Tney were.
nine Inches around, flavor excellent and
freestone.
"An East Side Bank for East Side
People."
THE CHIEF CONCERN OF THE
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
OF
The Commercial
Savings Bank
Is the welfare of Its depositors
and the security of their deposits.
Checking and Savings
Accounts
INVITED.
Interest at 4 per cent paid on
Savings Accounts, which can be
opened with only $1.00.
XJTOTT AHD WXbUAJSS ATS.
George W. Bates,
. a Birrel
...President
Cashier
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