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jgPi EDITOMAb BVGE OF THE JOTOAL k&JM 1 :i ; - ' .' , i , ' 1 i ...... jurttcrs rrom.thc r THE JOURNAL AN I.VDtl'ENIUCN'T WICWSPAI'SR. C. . JACKSON. .Publlber lunlllei.ey Ten!n (M-pt Siin1n and ever Similar BH-nliif. t 'I t J.wrnil Build. ; - .- . T' llr loil, nno ana muiu , ... . . ' , Kulwed at the fMtef fir at rorllina. Or., fnf trantuitnlua Unuh lU mulli eeaund-cleiia luattr. Xt'Lfcl'HONKH WAIN T171 IIOMK. A t. All dpartniat rrarbed tr tb numbara. Tll tha nratr lb Ui-i'irluMfUt Xa want. rotttIGN ADVEItTJSINO ItKl'ttEMiNTATI VK Trliinl B.nJmln ,p.-cll Artrrtllnf Aiury. . Jlninlf HuMiIln-, ;aa H!th aru. fw Tork: Tribune ImllUiint, 'hlijo. - 8uhaCTlpHa Term ly mall any addraaa la Uia LbIImI Siau, t'anada t-r Meilco. (UII.Y. 0.M raat .. $3 on I 'u Bionlh. ...... I SO 81SUA1. t . 0M T(ar 24'l ! " monta DAILY AM Ki;M-AV. Oea yair... IT Tki I Oi iroiiHi I M different points of view; lis object may be chiefly, as Aoki says, to con fer 'with him verbally at length; but either one or all these motives do not necessarily Indicate hostility. .Whatever sentiments a portion of the Japanese people entertain to ward. Americans, the Japanese gov- erument has no desire or thought of going to war with he I'nlted Stated, at least for a good while to come, terest of ' about ninety-nine hun dredth! of the people of vbe-country. It would hurt only the express companies that.' enormously . over- copj Hard Tlrars. Buana Vlat. Or I w.. J t iha marge tne people, and tne express Editor of The Journal The err of hard companies- owners, toe nign-nnance times is ail bosh. Come, lat a reason to railroad magnates, men like Harrl-1 gether. Our country was never more man and Gould. It Is these whom P'aaroua than now. Reoord-breaklng THE PENALIZATION OF PATRIOTISM aange From the Philadelphia North Am art can. The ' president of a national bank, which has 1100,000 'capital stock, has asked the North American to Inform him bow his Institution can share la wiiFitK ..Mnu:its ruv thkik ST.IKKS. r '." V-',,. 5HE COINTKYH FA KM WEALTH , - mmriUE ANNTA'L report of no other I cabinet officer Is Interestln I to so many people as that of the secretary of agriculture . . Jt deals with an Industry or family at Industries In which more people are engaged than any other, and on which people depend more than on all others. Statistics showing the products of the solland their value are scarcely dry reading, and never less so than this year, when the vnl uc of the country's agricultural products exceeds all previous rec , - ords, and the figures are available Just when i good many people im agine the country is hard up. ', ; ' The farms of the country, exclu ' ' ; five of dairy, livestock and poultry products, yielded crops amounting In ' value to. $7,412,000,000, or about '188 for every man. woman and ;,' child in. the .country.. This Is greater sum by several hundred mll- . lion dollars than was ever produced , before. And to thlsj Is to be added 11,270,000.000 for livestock, $800,- : 000,000 for dairy products and $600,000,000 tor poultry products, making a grand total of a little over $10,000,000,000 or about $120 per '. capita. ' ' - Several crops were not so great In Quantity, this year as in some others. This is true of both wheat and corn, but the price is higher. Corn remains the most valuable crop and was about up to the average of the - last five years In quantity, - though much less than, the crop of "1906 or 1905, but tbe value is $1,- 250,000,000, or 26 Tper cent above the five-year average. The United States produces about, four fifths of the world's yield of corn. Next In value comes, hay, or cot ton", the value of the former crop .being not easy to estimate accur ately, but It Is thought to be worth $65,000,000 more than that of 1906, the record crop up to that ., ; date. - The earlier portions of the cotton season were unfavorable, but it turned out better than expected, as corn did, and Its' value, Including that of seed, Is estimated at $650,' 000,000 or $675,000,000. Wheat is the fourth crop in value and falls 5 per cent In quantity be low the average of five years, but the 675,000,000 bushels produced AQAIXST will have been worth at the farms , at least $500,000,000. Oats show a : falling off, 'both in quantity and quality, barley gained heavily, pota toes are worth $190,000,000. The tobacco crop Is smaller than for many years, yet its value is more than ever before except last year; rice, both in quantity and value made a record crop; and hops lapsed 4.6 per cent below the five-year aver age In quantity and 20 per cent in value. ! ' In the summary of the secretary's . report sent out, no mention Is made cf the fruit crops, or of vegetables " except potatoes and sugar beets, " which would add greatly to the to tal, t- Altogether, while a large part ; of the season in most of the coun try was discouraging, the results, vC. owing tartly to better conditions ., later, but more to high prices, are ' very satisfactory. In all-around agri cultural production there never was and never can be a country equal to , ours. , ' t, AOKTS RECALL. MBASSADOR AOKI'S explana- ' ll tion that his. recall was to give ' r Mm an opportunity of making a verbal report on various matters; need "not be accepted very literally. ' The language of 'diplom- 'acy Js frequently framed to avoid 'i close contact with the truth. Yet f there, is no good reason to doubt the - sincerity of its further statement, ' 5&s .follows'; "My return cannot be construed Sin any way as an indica- , V tion of "unfriendliness on the part of Japan 'for . the 'United States. The povernmeat :knows very well that Japan Is disposed,, to be one of her beet friends and to remain on terms of the greatest-amUy with her. Any ether suggestion Is not to be enter tained,,' . The Japanese government , may desire some ambassadorjo thi? country who Is not so openly and ef fusively, friendly as " Aoki;; It inay wish to aend a different type of e rAti ! merely to get the beuoflt ol j HERE IS sound common sense in the movement In the south for the suppression of gam Lllng in cotton futures. The best sign in the situation Is thatyit 1h , gathering such strength that It promises to be successful. Texas lias passed a law prohibiting the practice and so has Arkansas. The widely organized farmers' union is pressing the Issue and It is probablo that similar measures will be lnau gurated throughput the cotton belt The practice of gambling on crop futures Is an evil, the elimination of which 1b long overdue. It is a na tional curse, and the fact that It has so long existed without public pro test Is a national blemish. The speculators manipulate the markets by sinister methods and fleece the producers out of profits that ought to be the legitimate fruit of the lat ter's toll. The . Chicago wheat pit Is one of the worst handicaps with which the farmer! have to contend The speculator! "and gamblers who Infest It are more devastating pests than' the grain aphis or the green bug. By the system the western grower with wheat on his hands Is forced by self-preservation to bet that .the price will go up, while It often serves the purpose of the gam. biers to bet that it will go down They "know the devices for bearing the market, and work them with wonderful precision. They pay for no grain, handle no grain, take no part in pushing the grain Industry, but are blanks in the world's work that deposit an occasional few dol lars as margins. Their business is to bet on what the price of wheat will be in the future, just as the pro fessional bets on which bunch of card -counts the heaviest in the game. The 1 fact- that great national staples ; like wheat, cotton and corn should be, in their marketing, a mixture of business and gambling is mischievous' and wlcked. We pass laws to prevent gambling on horse faces, but permttnbtorlous and dis reputable gambling of the most de moralizing type to fee the basis of our crop sales. We hedge a few ports about with laws to protect them from each other, but commit the unpardonable folly of tolerating a sales system in which our farm ers and cotton growers are lambs to be shorn and birds to be plucked at, the sweet will of speculating lunatics and sharpers who make their bets and beat each other over the head in wheat, cotton and corn exchanges, and call it "trading." The cause of the farmers' union In moving to reduce their crop mar keting to a legitimate and business basts has the rays of sunlight in it, and It will be good for the country if the organization strengthens and broadens its work. Speaker Cannon will please and serve rro' hv "n "rmit nd ,h?r th.j Pn c.nt profit, made po.aibl. Imagine he can fool a majority, as flatftaMal Mllof jubl aaa mui-n monsi wi vnr nan i he has done long, but ho can do so f Imetnbur that uit la no aort of co-. : riortft Amarican aakad In return nrt InnpAr i anion io iriiiir aooui iiarfl nmaa, no I w rautn circulation naa Dan taken ' -t calamity or tuaa has tKfallen tha 1 oui py ma nana, uia anawcr au, that Postal savings banks are another country. I tha bank alrewdy bad laaucd practically ninat oirnllont thlna- to mt Thv . 1 raiorntion or puuilo conridrnca uu amount or nolaa auowsd by most excellent tning to goi. iney u a lht u nB,aejJont ,et m rW u, capltaliaation. We than informal! should nave been established long frenalcd Wall tr t vamblra shatter h'm that ha .waa barrad from 'pa.rtlcipa- aco 6nlv BDeclal Interests on- r"our confldfnc In the banks, they tion In the profitabla, echema. ago. uniy special lnioresis. op rlave rN..,V(M, ,he(r Just due, ,nJ, BaoreUry dortaiyou. In accepting- the punpu to me mnaaua iiu-iria, unrvianape or n rood, aound ianklnc. and rn pian, pays a premium to the prevented thoir establishment. There Sr'n' K f "":..rB,re bjr lh' S:-.iBW.f?,A are many strong argumentt in their jr yon huv withdrawn your savin commerce over the a tar of atreaa. fnvor not a alnul.i one aralnat thpm. from the bitnka nut them back juat a I . penailaea the banke Which eubor- The people want them, need them; faith by your worka. Money, the cir- they would do the people great eulating medium, la to tho life of the . , i, . . nation whut blood la to the human good, be of great service; but tody. When one la in perfect hoith Speaker Cannon Is not serving tho '1 """ doing- ha duty, whin people. He never did, and he is too prt wlth tn- neoeaaary vltniity. old to begin now. He has always I ''""e Is nothing wore to be Cealrod; uut ivi (u inn iiNKnniiun rniuo anu the whole body Is put out of commle alon. Juat so with the banka. Withdraw your depoalts and hoard them away In aoine old alockliiK or tin ran. and you are helping to clone the bunk a and l the Mint lime addlna- funl to the flro This op- of dlatrcaa. Money la only good for wnai it will give you, keep U clrcu lattnar. the fuater the. better. Did you ever atOD to think how fool- lkh it WAN for ria.itn,iltnra tn muk PARTISAASHII' IS ITS ULTIMATE run on a bank? 1 Jlil it ever occur to you that only ISMAL CONDITION'S prevail in dinar .aliwciw and that th. n.ajor- Enoush'a enoush, of holidays as well aa of anything eiae. I -, . e ' - But SecreUry Taft did not attempt to talk or write Ituaalan. ' Tillman fntiat ha fnvlnuif ti uta served first, the Republican party, and second and along with that service necessarily the plundering corporations and Intercuts. He has always been a dltsjulsed enemy of the people, and Is so still, position proves It. D Kentucky. They are reflected "y of depott muat bo invested, other- in the tria for alleged a- i eiak In r Au.u ...... 1 A V. x. I .1 In the trial of Culeb Powers in ,Utea where the bunkin dlnatcd immediate profit te their aenae or rignt. juaiica and food cltlienatilp. Theae alone are shut out today from opportunity to share la the tremendous prorue. i-atriotiam le punished. A Is Der cent premium la paid for conduct which l ia tantamount to treason. New York la the rhlaf offender. Naw Tork a banklna- capital la tlla.000.000. The currency taken out by thoae banke if oniy iftf.uoo.ooo. Much or thie even haa been lasued during- the laat few weeke under the peralatent and com mendable nroddlna- of Comntroller Kldgeloy. there is left ' I Mi, 000. 000. which theae banka could and alioulJ have laaued, but would not. Let It not be foraottenthat the tak ing- out of circulation is profitable to banka. A fair return ia certain. But In New Tork it la not as much aa can be made by catering in various ways to the g-amblera of the stock exchange. All theae thlnga must be remembered to appreciate rightly the anawer of Secretary Cortelyou to the committee aent by the Philadelphia bankers to Washington ask that a larger pro- rortlon of government depoalta ahouid e placed In thla city. That reply was In etibatancet - "fhlladelDhla must look after Itself. New York a needs are more Important, R ., - th bleeest a-randatand and tha altuatlon Uiere) muat be aafe. J 5. i,t,.ltV.Z,..T.aMM guardad." . Jl"r ... ( , standing sponsor for the Morgan plan. ' ' . he now puts forward a scheme of whoea If some neceeaarles drop much mora, benefits a large number of Philadelphia only the rich can buy tt)m. banka cannot avail t-hemaelvee. For - ' thla city has no euch dlarredltable clr- ix financial doctors disagree as to culatlon showing by the banks as New tmf eftaacy of the gold cure. . . , York presents. - ' . .. . . ,, e . , The national nana: nr "Pitai oi.t-n.i- Woh4Ul -,. lo -ik frora po,uand. adelph a IS IIJ.OOU.UUU. Ill circuiauun -" ', i-hiraao. if ha Uvea hara. taken out Is IH.OUo.OeO. , Oregon, to Chicsgo, ic ue lives Here... V have no word of defense to speak I 1 ' ',. . u; ' forny Philadelphia bank which has Thla la the third flouma. It might aa failed to laaue Its full quota. of eurren- well be a caae of ahree times and out. cy. KVery banger nere, aa eieewnera, who has falleu to do hie duty In this matter, deaerves .nothing but ceneure. But thla does not alter the fact that under the Morgan-Cortelyou scheme Philadelphia can utlllie 18,000,000 against New York's I,0u0,000 for Its share In the outrageous profits. II J. Plerpont Morgan ia aa wine mm a a Still, there are a whole lot of people who are not guilty of boarding money. The bear dinner to be served by the President -may be followed by a bull gbt. e k lo far Penator Bourne haa not Intro- hli fflende proclaim "him. be doubtless n"?"bft7'"r0 roSU tL run saw where the proceeds would flow bill to compel Kooseveit to ruo k. fnrmulllail Ilia arhema for Mr. I " a Banks that start a run on their debt ors may not have loet confidence la them. a ' No doubt the dnuma would have liked. Imate bualneas. thus making it harder " """w DUl for the inner clique of Wall at reefs I" needed In Ohio. maatere to corner and control tne ". money market I On account of being discharged, a Whether tha originators of thla pre- Kansas eoltor dleoharged a gun, wound- cloue it per cent device thought these ling two men, one fatally. Cortelvou'a execution. And It la a pos sibility that he saw aiao in ine pian ai means for the chaetlaement or oanica which had bean actuated by aufflcient public aplrlt to take out their full cir culation ror tne accommonation oi ioku- thlna-a or noL aurely It ia an obtect lee- eon to every banker and every bualneas man fo ana that .with the present Influ ences In control of our national finances. commercial patriotism and fair aoaung by Dangers witn me peopie-go unre- makes business treason profitable. laws comollclty In the re what they should be, loans are - i . ... i ....I .. . . . Goebel murder. The heat of par- bunk8 arft porfoctly sound. tlsan feudlsm is so Intense that rea- There la no reason whatever for any son has almost censed to be a factor dut.P() by unthinking p.pie, who- thus in the political life of the state. The precipitate the very trouble bry de- The Democratlo oarty also resembles the donkey in Its patience and ability to subsist on inistles. There are yet a oonslderab.e number or men wno nave not puDiicjy proposea a plan of currency reform. impartiality of the courts Is ques tioned, and the spectacle the other day was the sheriffaccompanled by partisans of each side in the selec tion of veniremen. The best guar antee of social order is the unques tioned authority and sanctity of the Courts, and when these fall into doubt and distrust, social chaos Is almost reached. Frenzy rules In stead of reason and factionalism and fury are everywhere. In the Tow- plore. J. V. WINN. i r en the oin is in leapot th Hy William P. Neshlt, In Angeles News. the Los Running Shots By Fred C. Denton.' (Written for The Journal.) If a special seaelon of the Oregon legislature can be arranged for with as little expenae and aa much expedition aa the recent California special session, "Our George" should be persuaded to call It The people of Oregon could afford to build i.000 miles of railroad and run the lines at a loss of several millions a In the only way they can. For tho stocks are oa a tumble and the market Is a mark, And the proud and haughty magnate l.n'i I . 1. - - I. -Lr ' ers case a chief witness of the prose- He is weeping for the water that is cutlon has fled, and there are .... so.ueet.ed out of the stock When tha strtmrenrv la atrlnaent. and I year juat to see llarrlman ret busy, the panic's on the pan. And he would, don't doubt it, son, in Then the financiers explain It such a hypothetical case. charges that the defense paid him 2,000 to disappear. Each side cuarKtrs ine tuner witn uirnu asBUSHi- somebody had a scare. nation and conspiracy, and the air And th',,ut"I'rJ?1t J bothered by the Iv, , . . , 1A lifting of hie hair, i. thick with -passion and tumult. It For he fears a gloom v future when to- a hapless condition, made dis- And tVtikrl&iinK In the irt-sbiug uy n cuuuuuunce 01 euvtirai waicrus or tne niffht; If our schoolbooka contained ques tlons in arlthmetlo like the following, our next generation of farmers might get next to the true ihwardness of land monoDOlv: "if one block or land Portland on Weahlngton etreet between When the coin Is In the teapot and the West Park and Tenth la worth 100,000, Dills are in the sock. I how many acres of farm land at t0 an acre would It take to brlnr In the name w nen the coin is In the teapot then amount of taxes to the public treaa- uryr Rome 10 years ago a "few crasy pop ulists" said that the nation ehould guar antee depoalta in the national banka. Now, even the bankers second the mo tion they scorned to notice men. ears, it la the fruit of a hot-headed Ana UT "rt "Pi"0. ,0 pn.uui i u in a iiiivk partisanship, cultivated, nursed and I When tho coin Is in the teapfet end the mmiouH' in an iinHna lr.tar.altv Tt U'S org In tne SOCK. Many German cities are assessing imnrovettients at half the estimated value, but lots, exclusive of the im . .. .. . .kAl- ,.11 ,,.) I. I tm Is a condition from which any State O. it Isn't Just the roor fo!k that should Utd to work withreat eatlsfactlon to mnv woll shrink hpcansa nf tho In- uio i.runi oi uinmc. . Ull but one clase of cltliens. Uuess J ' - i i nero B n lot or oiner nennle who hiLve i i - security, treachery and trouble that cold feet in the frame, " It engenders. Yet, in spite of the And each doubts tho other fellow, and each even doubts himself. The most prosperous country In the world Is New Zealand. There are no . - , . . . . ,-. In. ., . .. . ----- . -- . Iflll U , i.CW AlCBIOIIU. t 11. KentUCKy spectacle we nave in wre-ipo ne nnjis tne ou cracKeu teapot tnat panics or strikes there, and a man is con those who want the state rar- L.a v.. , . . . .. j . .. . considered crasy who would THE PEOPLE, COURSE. OF S PEAKER CANNON, according to a Washington dispatch, is opposed to Postmaster-General Meyer's projects for postal savings banks-and a parcels post. The . Epeaker has great potential epower over legislation, so much that if ho chooses to exercise It he can probably defeat these measures, even if a majority of the members of the house favored them. The grounds of the speaker's opposition are not very fully stated, but the Intimation is that he 13 acting in accordance with the wishes and Interests of country merchants. It is true that many people of this class are op posed to the parcels post, but we have not heard of their being op posed to postal savings banks. Many of them, however, after reading the postmaster - general's explanation changed their minds and now favor the parcels post. But we do not believe for a mo ment that Speaker Cannon, if this report is correct, really acts in the interest of the country merchants He only uses the known opposition of some of them as an excuse for serving the railroads and expres3 companies, as he has always done when their interests came in conflict with those of the people at large. 'Uncle Joe" Is a plain, blunt, coun trified sort of man In appearance and manner, and his style suggests com radeship with and service of the common people as against all spe cial Interests; but appearances are deceptive, acts count, and "Uncle Joe" has always been the very faith ful friend and servant of all the "in terests" that have been plundering the common people. The parcels post, as the postmaster-general ha3 clearly shown, would not hurt, would rather help, the country merchants. They can get a hint to this effect from the fact that the other day the board of trade of Chicago, where the mail order houses are mostly located, passed a resolu tion 1 against the parcels post and postal savings banks. The parcels post la a measure greatly In the in- gon those who want the state par tlsanlzed and who weep with a widow's copiousness because, for sooth, our people are not more In tense in their partisanship. And he Blips Into the wardrobe, and comes out and turns the lorlc. And his coin Is In the :enpot and his j bills are In the sock. have Bo It's nil of us together that caused unpleasant times It's th man that hides the millions and The news of the resumption of whether one i. Tin "mansion and die- work on the Harrlman system was . .other in a hut, ...... . ' . . Whether one walks w th a shuffle or published in The Journal last Sat- the other with a strut urday and Sunday. No other paper rht ar,ft, Sl" J2 "wltcn the current and r ' ' viuiuv t u r gitwt it, When the coin la in the teapot and the In Portland had a line or a word on the subject, although It was the most Important news that has been published for many weeks. Indeed both of our local contemporaries im mediately devoted themselves to "knocking" the story. bills are in the sock. raxy wno would buy land for speculation, holding it idle for raise. Oregon-will go them one better one or tnese daya. Postal savings banms would pass a popular vote by a nine-tenths majority If submitted to the people. And even that fat-headed fellow, the New York financier is beginning to realize that the fool people will bust 7,000 more banks if they are not able to get a bank system that will Klve them the security afforded the savings of the masses by every other clvtiixed government on earth. It will be Bryan vs. Roosevelt next year. Keeln? as how Roosevelt has done so many things Bryan has advocated, the people may conclude to let Roose velt do the suggesting and Bryan the a while. A Tribute to Our Governor, From the Los Angeles Herald. ooorge iu. Chamberlain, governor of proclaiming for Oregon. Is orobalilv the amnlloet .hl.e At lnt flvo I vo,.,,ii,. t, . . Mount Scott people are hard to please, , ,,JBIl:H, Biaiure U Tl,.. Hlr ir ,In. r.in .lr.w days later, the Oregonian announces concerned, of any American state. But they kick if they run by would-be pns- cnlnclrlontlv nfirhnns with th r- mentally no is big. He Is far sighted sengers In an effort to get to town. rival of the eastern papers pre cisely the B&me facts that it sought to discredit when they appeared In The Journal. This Is but one Illus tration OUl of many Of the Bupe- endeavored . y .. I measured and keen. He knows men, comprehends iJ16! ,0K lr the ca.r8 ftre rew ana K1C,'J , ' -"us lf tne company puts on more cars. If rAV.i,i 1 B .uuunaB or those cars have ventilation all along the Urorf ? th , f have not yet been meas- aides. If there were four tracks to V.it y. have n.n yet been reached. Mount Scott wltta a car every three cheap riority of The Journal's news serv ice. ' i i i p J)9 naturevbut th minutes no other portion of the city .i " . of . Oregon. who have would grow, and the lot speculators Ia i i m have bet'n would become ao rich that they could . NoaLs Voyage By Wex Jones. A Wisconsin millionaire recently paid a high price for a copper tablet said to be Noah's record of his voyage. I easily explained why Mr. Taft is rushln Needless to say. the tablet was a fake wnne in itussi Chicago haa a young woman police man in attendance at the theatres, and a lot of loafers think she la the flower of "the finest. e Since a man la expected "when In Rome to oo-ea the Romans do," It la the following being tbe genuine account. Weather bureau predicts "continued fair." Think they are a bit off, how ever, and have begun work on a house boat. 81ck of flats, anyhow. Aboard a boat I can lsuch at janitors. And I always did think I'd look well in a cap tain a uniform. e A magazine has an article on tha ori gin of profanity. That would seen easy; It muat have been when Adam missed a fig leaf pin. To a birth announcement In a New Yorit paper was added: "Thanks to Dr. ." Thla seems an Improvement on "JJr. attending." "Why should the hogs squeair aska an Iowa paper. What would you do it somebody had you down and was stick ing a knife in your throat? Large crowds watching me build. Everyone says it Is wise of me to build my boat where there is no water, be cause then it can't leak ao much. The family ia much interested, the boys being very enthusiastic. Mrs. Noah wtnti thrM mrmm r I .... I In mip rnhln but I told her thev would taka uo fjo We did not know before th Hum n m a a much space. Busy all morning rutting large closets In our cabin. in three Shin nearly finished now, but no sign of rain. Oot seyeral of the animals aboard. The laughing hyena makes a terrible racket all the tune, and when a large beam fell on my toe he laughed Immoderate ly. Mrs. Noah doesn't like tTie color we have painted our ark. and wants It light blue, with a white stripe, black Is the only possible color; look a neat and wears well. Had to knoekr a hole !n the roof for the giraffe's head to st'ck through. Oot through work very late tonight, as I thought the boat would look better If I painted light blue, relieved with awhile stripe. . Lie Birmingham Age-Herald says: "We have happiness by the Jugfull.' at Ulrmlng prohibition town yet We suppose there are persons who will make a, great to do because the president decided which of two men should get an office by flipping a coin. i Pedestrian Weston reports that roada sre better than they were 40 years ago. If he will repeat his walk 40 years hence he will see even greater improve ment. A Spokane man, defending a dlvorca sult.-aaya his wife threw things at hi TO at the table because he "ate with hie kn.fe. " and he goes on to explain that he had no chance to go to school and so got no education; therefore knew no better than to use a knife as he did. This brines ud knotty questions: Is a man excusable for "eating with All ,ii.,H tnAa .. T?... a .!I.V,ln Bf prospect. Ark rolled heavily as waves knife' ir ho had I no ennnco or arnooi grew bigger and the elephant tripped on his trunk and fell on one of tho fish. 1 was going to throw It away when Bhem said not to wnste It, but make It Into a flounder. And that's how the flatfish started. Terrible commotion in the carnivore's cabin today. Found it was only the leopards trying to change their spots, rut them In an other spot and they were satisfied. Missed three of the chickens today. Boys all denied having seen them, but I round several feathers in Ham's cabin, whereupon the hyena laughed loudly. Japhet said to me today: "Io you know whom vou most resemble with ell this shipload of animals?'' "No." said I. "I don't know whom 1 most resemble with all this shipload of nimais." "You look." said Japhet. "like Secre tary Taft coming home with the pres ents he was given for the president.' Ark landed on a mountain today. Ing? And even If not, is a wire justi fied in throwing dishes at him? Oregon Sidelights Milton has organized a fire company. A sawmill with 100.000 feet a day capacity will be bulk at Pokegamu next summer. The Clatsop Mill company and tho Astoria Box company have cut tha wages of their employes 25 cents per day. A rolling log broke a man's leg In the Hluo mountains, and It took his companions nearly all day to carry hlra on a stretcher to a train. Again the revolver; one accidentally discharged sent a ounei into ine iuoa Am lanuea on n muuninin loony, i i i - . " , ,., Don't want to get out until things have J a Ln'on f"1 manJ nfd " ""ff drlerf out a bit Mrs. Noah Insists that down nto the muscles of the neck. tauBiiig a. bvuuub iiijui j, classified and put afford to auarantee the debostts in the timoer which emor intn tho. i.nn,,,n.i tion of tln'ir --lit 1 1., ftiant" has the same grain mid fiber and luster as that which has adorned the Interior of the Tom Johnson, mayor of Cleveland, has at last won his long fight for 3-cent fares in that city. The pri vato corporation, In opposition to n-htnti Tahrtunn rtoa haan ortnaf rlit. " "nil J u uvlA iitea iWM t.ujun uv.i, I iiM,( - . . - v iiiv , , i it i i j j 1 ni'u.iti in ui past. Kiit unfnrtu- ng municipal lines, has concluded nately for Chamberlain and for Oreion since his last victory to surrender, ;je poauui pivot does npt revolve in and will adopt the 3-cent rate. It la after a seven years' fight by one measured, weiehed ?hv cn.i . LVo'itr.t,tliey bo,onK before Oregon Trust & Bavings and then have ;"J ,," " " ' "oaansiac- enough iert to buy out tne Harrlman tory than a genial smile from the gover- interests. Let the people of Mount 4-'hr r th. r.w.. Scc-lt be patient , and. hang on to the "., .. : ",U1U sinie tailboards awhile so tnat otner sunurbs nJi7A,.niV .VT. ' "t-arce.as we or can grow that haven'Wialf the natural Mm h i.,N X I, inho that the advantages, delights and inducements to offer, that this far-famed chunk off Eden has. Portland does not want to get lopsided too sudden. that state any more than In California. But cnamherlaln mnv keen on helno. a notable victory, and was won governor, it is quite likely, so long as v 'una iui mt; juu. Up there nobody ever thinks to re member whether ho is a Dem ftrrflt fir n. Republican. And that means that the man. But few cities have mayors like Tom Johnson. California's Governor. Lincoln Steffens, in the American Magazine. The first Intimation the Callfornlans had that their next governor would be Mr. Gillett came long before they were thinking of politics, in a press dispatch heartbeats of the neonle nf nrecrm nn from Washington, which said that Mr, of their Rovernor pound along in the Harrlman had nominated him. The con- y thm' . 1 he, people know that Krcssman was not a logical candidate: when they go to their chief -magistrate Ra was not welf known to the people of to nsk him to help promote a worthy the state; he had not been thought of u ; i. V ' ; 11 Buecis an ine in- by ftnv californian wno naa mentioned habitants of tho state or those of some his thought. And besides, any eelf-re-obscuns community, he does not cre n I k.. ..ie.nantir.. i. much n. tlw. kl. i;.-. I "l1""" nnn ftflrt a vBar Hla omnlnvnra ran I VC . -""'' J:'"Bcr. wnBumr i would not. nave accepiea any man ap- WUO.OOU a jear. H S employers can they are Democrats or Republicans or proved by Mr. Harrlman at that time get. plenty oi applications lur ine j ........ Uie j a uemocru, ouitMr. Herrln, attorney ror tne lob. at that flmire. or even somewhat . 1 ""'"'.t J IAa ".?e- Pacific, accepted Oiliett, h , . fJ , - - . .u.,,., ic!:iii.i,i rt:iurooi. inej less. And probably there are men J1? learned that if they should go t who can coma as near earnlne It a n ftI1(1J,eln hJ wylng, ''Now, -govern ! ouistt--JEtoet-waa willing. He knew wno can come as near earning n a. . nor, um a pood Democrat." or some-1 schmits just as Herrln knew him; he Mr. Hammond did. Ii,lnsc llk? that' he,wuld be apt to bid I had seen his political mistress flirting ir, we disembark Immediately, hut as I am the captain changed my mind about dlsemba Inscription Illegible here. Cuba. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. There is a significant unanimity In the appeals of the big Havana news. papers for the United tates to remain the Milton - Freewater vicinity was Among the names proposed for tha combined city on Coos bay are tho fol lowing: Empire. Coos Bay. Coosbay, Venice, Grand Harbor, Imperial, Golden Gate, CooKport, Coosalone. Bayport. City of Sunshine, Koos City, Coosburg, ' Smlthvllle, Irlshville and Coosillahee. It is estimated that the fruit crop In In Cuba as long as practicable. As Governor Magoon has promised to name a day for the elections as soon as the I full returns of the census are had, many of the Cubans are alarmed at the prospect that the United States may sofln step out and render possible a repetition of the Palma fiasco. This subject has a far larger interest for the Cubans than it haa for us. "Precipitation in abandoning Cuba will be harmful." says La Lucha. one of Havana's most prominent journals. That naDer points out that the first .Inifln,.. In Ih. lalnn1 mini, trti- .v, , i . nlclpal officers, and it says that if city killed in the neighborhood. valued at $600,000 this year. Thero have been shipped out from there in carload lots 400 cars, and nearly half as much has gone in smaller shipments. Besides tnla the Freewater cannery has purchased and canned nearly GO car loads of fruit, which had previously not been marketed. A Eugene man has killed a peculiar pheasant. It is a cross between th common native grouse and the Mon golian, or China, pheasant. It Is some what larger than the female of either bird, and is a beautiful specimen. It In the second one of its kind, Mr. Hen- sill has killed. One other has also been Among the things the price which had been reduced did you hear about milk? Perhaps the dairymen have raised wages. But we are glad if they are prospering; them a pleasant Good morning, gentle- with other men, with Herrln men; I on t know anything about par- and with one Dingey, a wel Of tlsan politics. nubile utilities magnate. Ruef terated milk, all else will be for- dldn 1 bave a ,iand in the ruiniu'. I've irlvon 1 ii on my iu", ui I Know &ITCU It's so: an' if weve cot for to hava m. ternalism, lets have It shore enough. Tint la thprfl Rnv Pfirtaintv orpvpn vvnar WB KCB a "oy gm- oum tne But IS mere any certainty, or even .traizht an' narrow oath, let dtiiv any probability, as to when the New qualified officer of the Jaw take the I'-v h,nVc rt-tn resume? Ma tho J iniimrny ana uaany.oui XO-ino oaCK sneu ivm ..... " -" 1 an nress 'em iwixi n wr a innip "Paternalism." Joel Chandler Harris, in Uncle Remus' Magazine. Thar never was a boy ruined In the I Schmits ambition, vanity, or any other neat scnmitz, Schmits and kln...l Ullll.Cll, well named public utilities magnate. Ruef came to fear that Schmltz might choose Herrln for boss If Herrln made him governor. So Ruef had no Sfcruples. And he knew how to fix Schmltz. The Schmltz lust for money was greater even than the Havana newspapers, give similar ad- heTVtce. The last-named paper tells the American government tnat, even against the will of President Roosevelt, he will have to remain in Cuba much longer than anybody in the United States ex pected when the intervention took place m BepiemDer, isuo. 1 , l. . ..-(11 -Ml nnlw m.vA n o .1 1 1 t. " ? .1 1. n.nPU Mini I-1 ,. MBMM.. 1 -l-.l-l -. I nPHRffln. The W1Y to It tiirjj 111 oci win ,u,v, unnki hi i - ..... iu in... . i iiicvii. 111 j. .,iu uuuujr i rv" trt VlllV an' dress 'em down wi" a lona-. keen rest Of the country got to sit suck-I buggy whip, an' have the boy on band I California. ing its thumbs all winter because New York won't play? From Dr. Wilson's Diary. From the Pittsburg Post. We passed, In the course of an hour, two dead cows and more than CO dead chickens. ' A strong smell of gasoline pervaded the atmosphere and there were wheel tracks in the dust. Sherlock Holmes became' greatly in terested. -V , ' "Watson," . exclaimed be, after deep thought, "'there haa been an automobile alon.heTei'' 'i-. - r , JS - - t. - for to see it well done. When the daddies and mammies of this country declar that they can t man age the youngster they've fetched Into the world, it's about time for the state -to call -em to taw. It'll be so arter awhile tnat a policeman will be detailed to go arm In arm wi' ever boy In the land for to keep him from takln' a drink of whlf3tey or smokln' a cigarette, an' then the mammies and daddlea kin. sleep in peace. . -- Safe. From the St. Paul News. "Do vou think there will he env auto mobiles in the next world?? "What do you care? lou'll be j3ead, on't you? . . i 1 ' i' .' b. si... .. -I . . Vj . .. '. i.' Ruef. too. of course. What Schmltz got can't be proved exactly, but Ruef has turned state's witness. The labor boss got $14,000 for delivering the 151 San Francisco delegates to the Republican convention at Santa Cruz to Herrln. the Democrat, who seconded the nomination of the man whom Harrlman, the rail road king, picKea out ror governor or Ana me lovai jKepuDiicans of California elected Mr. Gillett! And the citizens of that state treat him as if he were the head thereof and "their governor! Sadder and Wiser. - Cuffs as long as he can get. Monocle and cigarette, Fo'otball hair and spats of fawn. Such is handsome Ala-ernon. ' Dressed to-set the girls agog, Algy Is a sad, sad dog. Algy once did glances throw At a girl he didn't know. But her beau, n husky chap. Came and frescoed Algy'a map. Then as Algy off did log, , Algy was a sad, sad dog. ' government works well it may then be safe to have elections for members of congress. But it declares that thn time for the choice of a president Is not In sight. It urges Governor Mngoon, after a congress gets In working order, to ap point a cabinet and to retain his place at the - head -or tne uuoan government until all the factional rivalries in th lsland le out. La Discussion and El Merrill Record: J. Frank Adams sold this week to J. Monserrat 22 head of thoroughbred Hereford bulls for ship ment to the latter large stock ranch, on the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Mon serrat has been on the Pacific coast for some time, and looked over the dif ferent herds of thoroughbred Herefords tn California with a view to buying. Diarlo de la Marino, other conspicuous' but found nothing that entirely satis. fled his reouirements until he saw Mr. Adams- herd. President Roosevelt Is Sincere. From the Kansas City Times. President Roosevelt has done all that This opinion of sane observers on the he can do to check the discussion of his ground coincides with predictions which nam with reference to the next Repub- have been freely made In the United iiean nomination for the presidency. Ha States from time to time, but which has supplemented his reiterated state- Our government dislikes. Eurone was ment that he.wouM not aoont mmh a. quicker than the United States to grasp nomination with personal interference the fact that self-government in Cuba with those who have been agitating the would be a failure, and that we would, question of his renomlnatlon,-so far as In the Interest of the Cubans and of he can consistently Interfere with such civilization be compelled not only to agitation. The president has no au- step into Cuba to maintain order, but thority to demand of federal ofnee to stay in. This is the view Which holders, other than those who owe their is taken by all the exponents of the j positions to him, that they desist from solid business Interests of the island, urging a third term; but ho- has a right native as well as foreign. A bill fort to demand that his annolntee.a refrain the annexatlpn of Cuba is likely to be from such activity, and this he has introduced before the close of the ad. proaching session of congross at Wash ington. Indirectly. From Tld-Blts. ' After being conducted through an old church by the verger, a visitor-was so f 'leased with the officer's courtesy and nformation that he Insisted on giving him half a crown. The man shook his head sadly. "Thank you, sir," he said, "but It's quite against the rules." "I am sorry 'for that," said the visitor,' about to return the half-crown to his POCket. ;, "But," added tbe verger, "if I were to find a coin on the floor it would not-- be against the rules for me to pick it up, done, and he has done it in such a way as to leave no doubt as- to his sincerity. This aotlon will be a serious handicap to those who are - mere third term fakers, and especially to those 'who have insidiously spread the gossip' that Mr. Roosevelt would, after all, welcome another nomination and accept it. ? The effort to create such en impression has lit the main been made by those whose purpose it is to discredit the president with the people, and especially with the friends of other candidates. Mr. Roose velt does, not want a third term and would not accept the nomination; but he does want his pollolea carried for ward.; And the people want-these poli cies continued, and the president relies on them to select tbe right man to con tinue them, w; i r i