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THE JOURNAL, AH IX DEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. DO THEY CONSENT? JACKSON. ...fubltolier IilliBd a-at? eT-alag -exe-rt aWay) ' sad ererj Similar mornln. at Tlia Joarnal Balld- In. TUth ait Yamhill itrnw, I'ornaua, Entered at toe peatofflre at Portland, Or., for trn,nUtou tsroof a in aiaus r"T"" iiiattec, ' Iff AVE the member of the Ore gon delegation consented to the policy announced by Mr. Tawney that there thai be no aid for rivers and harbors at this eBsIon of congress? It It common knowledge that , aid to be dented TELEPHONES WAIN 71IS. HOME, A -051 aii oprtnrati rurhad r tbra abr. inland waterways as measure or If II tba operator tie department yojl want. Kaat Hid orilct, S WIi JVRE1GN ADVERT18l.NO RKVBKSENTATIV ' Vr1int-najamta Special AiJrmlilnf Xftnrr. KrniMwIrk Building MS fifth a?auu, New 1 Yw.j Trlbnna MtilUlliif, Chicago. , Sahawtntion Tenus by mall to anyadareai to Ui (Jutted ujAf j.'" " M"lco' Ona year.. ...$ 1 ath I Bi.snAV. On year....... $3.3" I Ona month On year 7.M 1,011a laooth .05 , The present life Is the seed- ' plot of the future state, and the harrest which we reap in eternity Is the same In charac ter and Quality as that which now we sow. William Taylor." VntJj PROBABLY BE BRYAN. retrenchment for use by the Repub Means as a campaign Issue In the presidential election. Are Senator Bourne, Senator Fulton, Mr, Ellis and Mr. Hawley parties to this arrange ment T Are. they willing to sacrifice .bo 1 the material Interests of Oregon for jaftho sake 'of mere party success In the Nation? Each of these members has, at vari ous times and on divers occasions. "? I trumpeted , to the people of Oregon his devotion to the cause of Ore gon river improvements. In speeches In Oregon recently Senator Fulton was mighty and voluble In his pro testations of his seal for an open Willamette and an unfettered Co lumbia from its mouth to Its source. From Washington, Senator Bourne piped by telegraph his purpose to insist upon congressional aid for Oregon rivers. Mr. .Hawley at divers 'instead of two, because he was al lowed to play with a loaded rovol- ver. Possibly hit parents now real" threadbare. I ize that this detestable Invention Is that It has become Promises there are, promises by the a curse to the country million, but of performances, none. I , .: jc When not a postponement, it is a I The Philadelphia Record ; (Dem.) I Naomi, Monongah, Yolande, parr tha delay, and when not a delay It is a I says; "The question at the present I season of peace on earth, good win to nr,nnnmnt. It la alwavs an ex-1 time is not -whether Mr. Bryan Is ward men. has opened this year with ln.M on1 a nrnmlnik. I right or not." Bnt. In connection P'uiui cannonaaiog jrom mi ecu pit v,uuuuu) r . ' I . . . . .7 7 1 mrtilt. ha. bllli. a f mm These river Improvements in Ore-1 vitn His nomlpatlon, which is what . " ; " . .k1-1 .'-...I...... .....I.. gon OUgni IO Be Wuo, nu u urium ivwum .nu UlBCUBBing, in I rlvniil. Inllir. a miirh ginning ought to be at this session Just the Question, as with regard also I ber of non-oombaunta, and unlike ar. of congress. Labor is available now to any other possible candidate. teen viaVd "b "are for them. " in such a measure as It has not been , , , I The current laeua of Charitlea and the available for years, and wages ire "Hunes will accept much lower. Workingmen aremoreJtion lr ne can got it, declares tne I endeavored to eatlmate the human abundant and their hire much less Buffalo Times. Is It possible T We w'h""a 2.utXS of the tnlna'a mouthr in FOUR MINE DISASTER f OVER SIX HUlDREDlEN- than they may bo two years' hence, can scarcely credit, so astonishing a I street back R, BRYAN is doubtless sincere times, as well as before the Oregon professing that he does not legislature declared his first and desire to run for president I foremost purpose to be government unless the "rank and file" are ownershIp of the locks at Oregon for him. ; He Is not a man to make Cityand Improvement of the Wlllam any false pretenses In regard to his ette. candidacy, nor on the other band Is That Is what they told the people he troubled with any false modesty. 0f Oregon, but what the people of Of course he would like to try for Oregon are actually hearing is, "no the presidency again If the masses a, no aid, no aid" for rivers at of the party want, him to do so; this session. It is a story so old otherwise he will cheerfully ac- A sane policy by congress would not j statement. be to hold ud the country for parti san reasons, but to enter upon these Running Snots various river projects at a time when I , , labor and material conditions are so j written for The Journal by Fred favorable. With ever. Orcsronian I . Denton. i . . Established special privileges In all v""7 T tiroes have relied upon those who could improvements that would advance inAxlcei ,0 beUav tttom and every material Interest of the state, progress would injure them individually if members of the Oregon 'delegation to fight . their battles for them. The are parties by consent to this hold express trust Is one of the wisest of up, they are not worthy of the places tnli feneration, and Its satisfaction thav occudv. If thev cannot aureM"1 strenuous opposition to the these improvements, men ought to be elected to their places who can. If, while spending hundreds of mill ions annually on war and the lncl- rlenta nf war. con areas Inslata on are called by men short of time w i r 1 Hharp In discernment, if pasaed, will rauuiuiiB iuo iuwictu ui I glvu more relief to the over-harried sal- for Dartlsan reasons, the cltlsens of nlor or the Columbia river than tne . . . " . v..,j laponsors of either une desire. One will a Irnnt Af allant mln wnilrM boots and Corduroys and overalls, cofalrf be made out from the rim Af the Muff above ' them; and there sat In heavier silence a group of Shawled women, wait ing, uenina inem ran a little street, thick In mud, with domino shaped step ping stones at the crosswavs. with col orless little houses, and propped walks ana nere ana mere aove-coies nauea under the eaves or reared on poles. Twm Slavic women, with blc-boned. grief-wrenched t acea. were walking up ana oown ne street, going nownere. They wore great shawls, and diagonal ly across -their breasts' were th dsd- oose-llke bodies of their babies, wrapped in wun a anaca wnicn is nanaea down by the mother wit of the old country. parcela post put up by honest and earn-1 Farther on was a little, five-year-old est tradesmen must be great, especially f gfig .''..m inc. At ne end or tne street wen store buildings, and the Italian woman as it probably does not cost the trust a rea cent. The two flah i amendments, as they and who kept one of them had let them leave a coffin box on her steps until the rtarht houeehold should be found. 8he- told me of a country-woman, the mother of four little children, who had lost her huaband. a eon IS, and a trap per boy or il: "woman cry an time, rtiE1 -aldf another with'three "bo?. ..land the other on the lower river. What fcm.j.- ,h- .. mnA Mvm hnarriora Quiesce In the nomination of some eir affirmative actions and nes other man. lect, of property worth billions. Efforts have been made ' to con- Agde from La Follette and Till- Tince Bryan that a large or consld- man an(j perhaps Culverson, we don't ' erable element of the party prefer recau a senator who can be truly . some one else, but on Investigation ciaBge(i as a people's representative, this will probably prove an un- xnere may be another one or two founded or exaggerated report. Of from tne BOUth, and Bourne is not . course all Democrats tarnnot' agree,- fairiy in thp harness yet. Beverldge will not have the same first choice; shows some signs of trying to serve but we think a very'large majority the people. Smith of Michigan maj of Democrats are for Mr. Bryan. A do B0 but tor the rest the people In certain element of the party or of reait vttal matters are unrepre- men who have been classed as Dem- fented. The membership of the ocrats, are against blm and what he house shows up better, but there is stands for, but the probability is that crying need for more men who will Mr, Bryan Is stronger and a greater prove themselves real champions of favorite with the "rank and file" the people. And yet our ears are than ever before. And probably he dlnned wjth "party," and Vprln- can be pretty easily convinced of this cipieg and various moldy claptrap by the time the convention meets. to divert the people's attention, when Mr. Bryan will run better than he what Is needed is men who can see did , before, indeed, earerui on- wnftt Bh0uld be done and both dare servers, say that he has an excellent I and can do tti The poet's prayer, chance of election, mere are some God glve UB men, Is still in order. or tne ttepuDiican rana: ana me- who will also vote for him next fall Party ties are not so strong as they have been, and If Bryan Is good for the "rank and file" of one party, he would do the "rank and file" of the other party no harm. the state should resent the unwar ranted and contemptible dlscrimina- ,no ",ner .n i" ower river. wn killed; of the man and seven boarders lr,n hv er.lr.a- nAmncraflc. Tm- J '"V-.w i"r." ""T"lVJ'.i"..V--JV. killed at NO. 151 "AH marrii-O. old proved rivers are of far more im- bo'n bnii i pass, with the voice of the .. ,f. P.0P'. 1 reverberating in their ears inji louLu ii vibuu auu icSuuiou M aoions wiu have good excuse to do than is the success or failure of any noming. Party. With land selling at the rate of 11.(00,000 an acre, aa shown by the leaalng of the McGinn block, perhaps country. No see tall, no see. . He can' rind. AU Durn. manning at ino neaa of the street, she pointed out with ntretched flnrer. the houses In a row on the bluff where the shawled women eat and waited "Firs hous', one man. 'Tallnno. Nlxa. Slavish, maybe two: maybe tree. Nlxa bous . be no come ever to pensions for all old soldiers farmer, of oron will dTa'cE .;" V." iot oir and their widows who are in the 5.hi do not oa the land if maaa- and she raised and lowered net1 arm t i mi w vi 1 1 ti f iv u i us. ai iov an acre u , s 4, v-,,-- a least need, but a large proportion of would require 32.000 ..ere- of farming A:B"Dlt' u& V&Z 1 iu suuai vim acrt ui j-uriionu lanu. 1 these millions is paid to people who are ricn or wew-io-ao, ana mis is The different statute books of the an injustice to the taxpayers. It la tate r of fool. , freak and fear-, , . , . , . 1 some iiwi rnarira oy legisiaiora lup in fact a species of congressional poaedly elected becauae of their abilities those little streets where there was not so much as a rag of crape-to. show where the heart had been hollowed out of It. Ilka the. black wprklnga that gut ted the hllla, A bears drove up to the .corner house and the driver beck oned td'riie and to a workman who bad mm ' un. There was a coffin to be irn mH h neded helo In lift ing it. The women had to be pushed back while he worked at closing the lid. Their ' cries -rose and .fell In that half unison of . Blavio peoples wlilch makna almoat a ritual of sobbing. The REALM i-FEMININE HE 'annual report of the, librarian of - the publlo library arouses a new ( sense of, the tremendous . potency for good of that lnati- ; tutlon and; makes . one' reallxe what those are missing who 1 fall to avail themselves of It, ffi&&tSS" to' good n the community race unoiiea: . wun mo nmn, wi.i-, uu nw nuv ut Fu-muiriiV nnuttlall rhIMren ' Whimpeijnr and I hnn.. Inhm.tllM MU wm Am rug?ah K attendant, ready at a. tears-were running down the face of I times to give information or asslstanc the Italian storekeeper ana sne wsi 1 in tne seieciion 01 uooks may. weu o lt the ImDctuoun I lhankf uL - t ' crvina of her race. A little red-cneoxed it is a matter or congratulation, too trl.h hov ha noked his way-into the I that our Xree library is the result o Slavic house aa they lifted the body I the generosity of certain large-hearte out. Ila was aroina ror tne anccor. ne 1 people in our own town. rro arq a. a. w hnan sai ar a 1 1 vmrnr 1 nnr 'naiiAman in w rim mainsiiRiin uui waawauwaa vr , aii aiiviimwwi.v. nurse whose laraesa so many cltlH woman. 'Nope." eaia me ooy. 1 nave ciaimea, as a recnv visa Reduced to Its simplest terms, the I ltor In Portland puts- It. We havif Mum wnrk la HfacrlbMl aa follows: la soDulation of about 200.000. vat Tha entria of the mines are parallel I but 12.000 are' taking books fron tunnels connected every so often with I the central library.- This numbed outoffa. like rungs on a ladder. Butt I Is Increased by those who are regulad entries, similar to tne main emnea, 1 Dorrowers rrom the east stae. juonia and from these butt entries open out I Yet, granting that some other mem ber the chambers, or rooms, rrom wnicn tne 1 01 in zamiiy read docks tnat ar takei coal Is cleared. The fans forced the I out by on, the proportion of regulai air down one entry until It cam to a I patrons of the libraries remalna small The Dltv Is that it Is Jiot tha alreadj well-educated neoDie or those wno c arrora to purcnam book a wno ao visit the library and avail themseive of It. Much people have usually largely developed tne browsing habit and ar accustomed to look through man booka which ' they do not care to own it is tn oeoDie wno need tne larae outlook than a narrow life of toll give are I "u nKtncB uing miovc ino aver- I aim AAA AAA - , I . w.. . . o yiuft iuu,viv,vuv a, cur iu peu- people pr. Uregotj ,raay enact some ab- bribery. However, since we Small Ckangd sions, congress ought not to balk at urd' ylclous or injurious laws, but they -a aaa aaa . , cannot exceed in thtse lines what even fiiv,uuu,vvu a jvar lur waterway im proveraents. the Oregon legialatures of times paal nave aoiemniy made into the perfec tion of reason" Blackstone aava that law la. The storv of Don Quixote charalna windmills is one that made all Kurope Bryan- There was an anti-Bryan confer ence at Washington the other day. Behold some of the distinguished laugh at knight errantry. In the near . j. . . . . , " I future the charging upon the direct ana msunierestea Democratic pa triots who were present. There were August Belmont, Thomas F. Ryan, William. F. Sheehan, ex-Sen ator James Smith of New Jersey, Colonel G. B. M. Harvey, and others, fcn a once poaalble rlmaries made by Ited States senator of journalistic fame will mark the decline in old do- 11 1 teat methods, now being ushered out of Oregon with contemptuous but kindly smiles. it is confidently nredlcted bv men watching the course of events that if THE UPPER COLUMBIA. T MEN NEEDED. W HE INFORMAL report of gov ernment engineers who have been making an inspection of the upper Columbia river as far as Kettle Falls is encouraging There has never been any doubt that with the expenditure of a rea HY CANNOT a few "differ-Uonable amount of money the river ent" men be sent to con- could be opened to transportation gressT Not bushwhacking by light-draft boats as far as Ket- ranters like Jeff. Davis, but tie Falls,1 well up into the interior fearless, able men of clear vision, of eastern Washington, and this In compelling speech, resistless reason- apection Bhows that the cost of the lng and a purpose; to wit, tfejeo-1 necessary Improvement would be less , jiD o uuo oci live. nuat a laiiuug OtO D&B Deen BUPPOBOU of dry and moldy bones there would The region adjacent to and this be In the halls of congress If there side of Kettle Falls is excellently were even a dozen such senators and adapted not only to grain and live two, score such representatives-- stock, but Immediately adjacent to people's champions, not demagogues; the river to fruit also. In Stevens' knights of the helpless masses; county the valley of the Columbia men who despise all hypocrisy and varies from three to 15 miles wide, graft; men of moral .courage, who and everywhere is found a profusion would, dare to take a position re- of the finest orchard products gardless of votes they would win ot known to the west, and it is one of lose; men who not with windbags the finest horticultural domains of but-with swords would attack the eastern Washington. . great carcasses of abuses that have With the river opened up, all that grown up mountain high In the na- region would of course be lmme- , tional capital. dlately tributary to Portland. The It has been declared that for 30 cost, as we have Bald, for blasting years the people of Oregon have had out rocks would not be very great, no real representation In congress. and this reach of the great river The railroads and tlmberland grab- should be Improved simultaneously " bers and all sorts of plunderers have with the bulldlns of the Jetty and 3 been represented,; but not the peo- the construction of the Celilo canal.. pie. ;,; These mlsrepresentatlves not "only from Oregon,?-b iit "from the whole country -have given away tho (public lands," timber and prairie, robbing their employers, the peo- ' , . ii. rit. i. j . . pie, ui tueiu, iuo raiiruaua are the sovereign taxing power, for they can charge whatever , rates VAIN SPECULATION. T HE PRESIDENTIAL figurers and guessers are busy already, and will get busier and more nu merous till the day of election. they j None of them are more than guess- please, and spend the money as theylers, and no better now at guessing please,' .The: water powers, worth a j than the average well-informed cit- vast sum to the people, have been izen. One of these early calculators thrown away, passed over to what- b as it figured out that If Taft ever corporations asked for; them; should be nominated Bryan would the people's supposed representatives carry New York, New Jersey, Ohio, actually, and as matter of regular I Connecticut and Delaware, and along orpciai business, and , perhaps of I with the solid soutn, mciuamg Mia party "principle," taking the ; very j gourj and Oklahoma, would be valuable rights "and property 'of a j elected. . It Is useless to argue or million men and giving It to one, two I speculate about such calculations. or three -free, unless the represen-1 rt Is within the range of possiDiii tatives received messes of pottage tlesthat Bryan an carry New York, for themselves. but It Is scarcely probable. And . The average representative In con- one "might as well predict that he gress Is mediocre man, who could would carry Wisconsin as New Jer- nos oo muco u pe mea, but if be has Bey and -Iowa as Ohio. - ivoboay can Ji .I.m .Kill. . I ; . superior uuny ne careB wr the peo- make an Intelligent conjecture -un pie only enough, to get their votes til about next September, , or per- agam, ' tie aoes as the rest do in- bans October. For Bryan to " be elected, there must be a great pop- but last and perhaps least, J. K. Taft is nominated and then beaten by TnnAa chairman nf tba national Bryan Bobby La Follette will be jones, cnairman ot tne national i,,' , nn.lh,. hna n. tH(, Bi.. LDemocratlc committee In 1896 and can party in mi. what a lot of crow 1 900 At lflftat it v .an rpnnrteil ln eminent mem Dem or tne united Al least It was -SO reported, states house of corporations will have inougn we qoudc li tincie Jimsy was to eat in rour years, lr these prophets it n,.,M k ...... i. re correct; lng, for it was found out years ago That Portland is the natural gateway that he was nrt to hla neck in thn tol mor.e agricultural country than any mat ne was up to nis necK in me otner city yn northern latitudes in the cotton tie trust, and standing in with United states la slowly dawning upon .1) tha Mhor. r.0h nin Qto Let us be careful not to keep inoee eraies rrom Deins; closed to the and Judge Parker should have been commerce of the world that will come the,- tn -oi.nt a mo l" w" l"" "lmiion v""- "v " vuiuinu I or me ranama canal. of very distinguished and disinter ested patriots. Mr. A. L. Mohler, general manager ot the Union Pacific lines, is, or was lately, still discharging men and cut ting down the time of workingmen, and he Is quoted as saving that this waa necessary as a result of Roose velt's administration. Of course this was Harriman, not Mohler, speaking Harrlman is angry at Roosevelt, and is taking his revenge out on the country, especially the workingmen Some day the country will get its boot on Harriman's neck. me country must expect some measure of depression until the pres ldentlal campaign is over. These po litical disturbances come too often. Frequently a change In the constitu tion making the presidential term six years has been talked of, but no definite steps have been taken to bring it about. Why not? Do the politicians like this quadrennial hub bub? We believe an overwhelming majority of the people would vote for a six-year term. troduces pension bills, runs on de partment errands, attends to routine committee work.avotes jwlth his party, 'sends home a- Jot of garden - s eedsan.domOJPbesllallaia . with all the schemes and big graft ing that arS going ; n.Veven If , Jie grafts ' Jhone ; himself, and Imagines that he represents 'the people. And while, for 10 years the average rep resentative has beeii doing this, and the average senator, having more t ! nnces, has been doing woiie, the i ,t!3 have been1' robbed, through ular "ground swell," eait and west, In his favor, and that will not reach calculating proportions, Jf It comes, before late next summer. ' :;''- '- ; The pension budget has made aji upward Jump again, although It has repeatedly been said that It had reached its highest figure, , and ac cording to' the estimate will this year reach) $150,000,000 or about $7,000,000 above last year's total. The; country has ho objection, what- Secretary Taft has been explain lng that a reduction of duties on Philippine Sugar and tobacco would not injure American Interests. He leaves it to be inferred that if he thought lower duties would Injure the sugar and tobacco trusts, he would hot advocate a reduction of duties. Mr. Charles B. Warren, the Michigan representative of the sugar trust, recently said: "I am satisfied with the situation. Taft is more fa vorable to our interests than he was Personally, I am for Taft." It seems to be necessary to re peat from time "to time that The Journal pays no attention to anony mous communications. In every case the real name and address of the writer must be given as an evi dence of good faith. If he does not wish to have his name published he can so signify. Some Russian people are blaming the douma for doing nothing. But if it did anything It would be dis solved and the members would be lucky if they escaped punishment. Preservation of Forests. Governor Chamberlain In The Century. I congratulate The Century on the efforts it . . " making- to create a stronger sentiment in favor of tho pres ervation of the forests. The nollcy of reserve creation Inaugurated on a small scale ln.1891 for the preservation of the forests in the public land states, ffnd peservered In since, has been un popular because the necessity therefor nas not Deen understood. But constant and persistent educational work is be ginning to have its errect, and to the Hon. Olfford Plnchot the country owes a lasting debt of gratitude for faithful, self-sacrificing and efficient service along these lines. The west, and particularly the arid ana semi-aria regions, understand fully now that conservation of the water supply is absolutely dependent upon the preservation of the upland forests. Opposition to the policy comes not from those interested in the develop ment of the country, and the perpetua tion of our Institutions, but from the pre datory classes, who care for naught but temporary gain. The policy of the -west should be the policy of the east, and very section of the country whose wfreams have their source In the Ad- Calachian jor other ranges there should estlr themselves not only to proteot the remaining forests, but to reforest the lands wich have been recklessly denuded. The suggestion of The Century for a convention of governors and others, to consider this question was followedoy ine president; ai tne reauest or tha in. iana waterways commission, and in his speech at Memphis on October 4 he an nounced mat ne would call a conven tion havinr for its nuroose the consld eratlon of the best methods of conserv lng all the natural resources of the country. This in the very nature of mines includes tne reservation of tha iorests. I hone The Centurv will oersist in its good work, for without a moro general understanding of the Dart Dlaved in nnr civilisation by the forests on the upper Bireuiies ana mountain ranges, they are doomed ta destruction, to gratify the commercial spirit of an extremely cuiiiinerciai age. The Festive Jap. From the Jacksonville Post. The yellow newspapers and other ag itators over the land are going Jo mon key around until it will become neces sary for us to fambaste those well-done Japs to a hard-boiled finish, (f say well-done" because they are brown.) But anyhow, the Japanese race is now about to take place. Already the little cura are Nippin' at Uncle Sam's heels and the first thing they know Uncle Sam will' kick seven kinds of liver out of the whole bunch. in years agone we used to inveigh Pont put it oft registering. The New Tork World has ophobla. Don't be too sure that it is spring for good. Pity the hard luck of the would-be fuel trust. If women could vote. Cake might have an advantage. Most of the proposed lnlklatlve lawa will be beaten. Now the east Is In the grip of winter. Behold Oregon. aa Taft won't fight Hughes in New York. Is this a feint T a What a job maklna that Republican platform will be. Every day the revolver proves Itself a deadly nuisance. Everybody should get aboard the waterway wagon. Csar Cannon is against Improved wa terways or course. a Bryan wouldn't talk politics Sunday. He lives bis religion. a Plead auiltv and aet Immunity. Is the legaF order of the day. Injunctions should issue against the presidential election ngurers. a T e railroads and the Weyerhaeusers have all their tlmbej land yet. a a Wanted A big, live man for congress. we don t mean "Dig pnysicany. a If the people give up, how future legislatures would revel in mischief, a a Democrats opposed to Bryan, when he gets there are always somewhere else. a a We wish Hughes would issue an au thentic and official cut of his whiskers. a a What's the .matter with La Follette? many Oregon Republicans are asking, a a And again the marines are being- en tertalned. What a picnic that voyage 18. a a - What is doing in congress for Ore gon? Nothing much that we can bear of. a a Foraker has got rid of "la arrlnrje" and has alao nearly lost his political La Follette, Republican: Pat McCar- ren, Democrat. 1st people prate of party. cutoff, around which the current set. comlna- back un the other entry. The men followed me air, unui may reaenca the cutoff, where they set up a Drat- tlca, or temporary partition, blocking the connecting passage. Then the air current had to push on to the next eutnf hefora it could find an outlet to tha other entry. The men followed, a van of from IS to 15. the exDlorers lead I nr. llftlnr their safety la ml) a to I who ara narlartlnr thalr onnartunltl the roof and watching the flame. If I It Is a pity, too, that ao many wome it lengmenea. mere was no xireaamp i ana girts wno need me Broadening in thera and the Vould know they were I fluanca ara Indlffarant ta this vaa treading on the heels of another explo- I wealth of Information and culture. Fo slon and must wait. Or -else they low-I the good thing about the reading habt ered tneir tamps ana watcnea tne name, la that It grows, like other Dabita, an If It died down, there was blackdamnllt oonatntlv tanda to batter thlna-a. there, heavy, settling, but readyMo reel It ia even an eneouraalna- thlna-.t over the man that breathed It. Again I a girl going home from her wor they must wait, must go 10 feet ahead I n (tore or factory turning the page ana try: must noia canvas onn-icq of an m,rinn inn jaan i.inba aa-alnst the e-as till their arms ached. I nnvai ta what ixrd flarald di while the brattices slowly went ud: and I whn tv, h. all the time must forage 1 or death in anurned hla attentions. ;It shows tha mat nreatniees sweater, rinaing it in ,h, t, gun to read. People begl a disemboweled mule, or the charred. I ht vnt. whan ih h,si crushed thine; that had bee a miner, or to amt. Thav taka to their nourish headless trapper boy. or an empty I ment n Boft. gruelly stuff. By and, b they need atronaer rood and me appe tlte for reading, onoe acquired, need! for Its satisfaction stronger and motl satisfying food. By and by sne wis progress to Dickens and Thackeray an I Kllot and ao aha will be fairly etartel on an Intellectual food that will provldj her sustenance ana give ner energi for her whole after life. I Reading is not a substitute ror llf.i aava tha nrantlrs.1 man. No. nor in tended to be. But It la in itself thi moat ootent factor toward good Uvlnl that is obtainable. Aside from til nurelv mental or Intellectual cultuil that It rives, good reading feeds til Inner anrlna-a of conduct. Durnose aril will that are unconsciously translate! ahoe. Oregon SideliglitJ Corvallls mat have a gas plant ' a a Fruit cannery tor Dal'as probable. a a Merrill had a big good-roads meeting. a a Cougars are killing In Langell valley. City la growing aa a trade Falls center. Mumps are mumping In many small into action. This "tell me what you towns. a a The former Aurora Borealla la now the Hop Reporter. During 1907 a Brownsville man's 15 cowb yielded a total of $1,176. a Onion sets are being sent out by the carload from Hubbard to all parts of the coast. a a Estacada should have a flour mill, a fruit and vegetable cannery, and a tool nanaie factory, says tne mews. a a An Alsea man gives the following account rrom 135 Hi! ver Mpangiea Ham burg hens for the vnr 1907: 929 dozen eras, sold for $175.62, raised besides 100 young cnickens. a The Irrigator has received word that eat. read. wear, think, suppose, axlor) has bean tremendously overworked. I atarea us in the face from billboard and street car posters as an IncentivJ te dietetic atunts that are quite weari some. Tet It Is applicable peculiarly so in the case of reading. From the b with his first wild west nickel novi to the matured mind, the book that 1 read Influencea conduct. We want' be like the people we read about. M a ' Only a ahort lime a so we had lecH latlon enacted to nut a stop to tha of pernicious yellow literature to boyl but not until our attention was iresnii called to It by the gory deeds or few boys. "There is no worse robbd than a bad book, says an ItallHl firoverb, and the truth Is obvious, f t robs the reader not only of his tlml which mla-ht be well employed, but gets into the heart and soul and roll several Intending settlers will soon be I him of peace and purity and belief here from the middle west to look over the Irrlgon lands. the tood. all of which Is far worH than robbing him of his money. A Tillamook paper says: By the look of the flour and the feed for this county, held ud there for several months on the docks, Astoria rats are well trained and splendid chewers on Tillamook feed. The well borers at Vale are now down a depth of 800 feet at the courthouse and have struck a stratum of boiling muo. Another wen near vale is down 2.000 feet and prospects for oil bright. One of the busiest little towns tn this part of the state just now is the town of MnrcoVt, says the Eugene Register. The monthly payroll at that point is now s.o.uuv ana during tne comma summer. It will be much greater. There Is much business transacted In all lines. The enrollment at the public schools is now 186. a a If anyone is looking for a good, quiet and healthy place with clean, dry streets, to live, let them come to Hub bard, say a correspondent. We have the best streets of any town in west errt Oregon. Any of them can be crossed with slippers on and not get wet feet either. The roads leading Into town are gooa. a The members of the ClatsoD eoun-tv bar association are to be commended for their enterprise in deciding to Dur- chaee a legal library which will be In stalled in the new courthouse, savs the Budget. Clatsop county now. has the finest public building in the state and So the necessity for a wise choice books. And here is where the your nerann who is not well posted aa ' what to read may have the benefl of the advice and information of til attendanta at the library. Many a too timid to ask. Many who go to til library do not quite understand hoi to use the card catalogue and the hesitate to bother the busy peo pi thera. Tet where a little time art are explanation will set the inquirer rlgil it is always courteously ana wiuiogi given. "Would you know the tendency of book for good or evil," said 8outhel examine the state or mina in wnni you lay it down." It is worth rf memberinaT as a means of testlna fl our own satisfaction the books that read. Aa to the long-established jokeor woman s reading; me ena or a novi first In order to see how it comes i that is defended by one Intelligeil woman reader. She claims that v so setting one's mind at rest In regaJ to the narratlye, one-is lert Ire w e Joy more fully the manner In whtTi the blot, the characterisation and tn composition are worked out. It ma be defensible, too, when one can that means discover that the who outcome is unsatisfactory and that la not worth while to go through much to get so little. But reading a book straight throu J from first to last is undoubtedly the author Intends, and It seems on right to respect his wishes in the at Boys have no business in poolrooms, the attorneys show that they appreciate I ter. There Is another trick of tl it by trying to add to Its attractive- ordinary reader that Is less defenalb ness and the completeness of its eoulu-1 than reading the book wrong end ment. and that is skipping the preface. 1 is like entering into conversation wi This from the Klamath Falls Herald I a person to whom , one has not bed Is an old story in different Darts of Introduced. If the author has som Orea-on: 'From experiment- made dur. thlnar to say to you as man to ma A convention held at Denver ought I lng the past year one of the greatest he says it in the preface. He tel And gambling poolrooms have no right to exist. Let the ectlng will do it people elect their senators: electing only statement No. 1 men to be able platform. to adopt a high-principle I money makers for the small rancher, I you something of his characters, or The Oregonian rails at the Mitchell Republicans. They were exactly like the other faction. a a Bourne may carry the president, but carrying Oregon for the convention la another matter. 'a a It Is already becoming a question down in Oeorgla how many jags there are in a jug., - Some blind pig talk is dry humor. Albany Democrat. But blind pig humor must be wit. a a That h.M..ArtM fa a. .it.tn.lt., according to report, he has a lot of money of hla own. a a Betas- an Ohio man. Mr. Judson Har mon cannot understand wny nis boom doeah t grow and bellow. which has developed. Is raising hogs. Klamath county at the present time does not raise enough hogs to supply tho home market Large quantities of ham. and bacon have to be shinned In eaoh year. The reason for this state of affairs has as yet remained unexplained." A Eu irene man advocate the eatnh- lishment of a corset factory there. which leads the Roglster to remark: "It seoms to us some one should em brace the opportunity to establish a cor- set lactory here In Eugene. Such a chance should not be allowed to go to waist. Of corset is not to be under taken without some rlsoua. hut' If oacaed oy people or the "stay with it or bust" class, there would be no bone of contention over, or strings on, the result." Yet the enterorlse mle-ht have a tight squeeze to maintain fine finan cial forms. v Shaw has also decided to be a. eandl date for president. An. exchange exclaims Indignantly against' Jerome browbeating that poor, little, sensitive; delicate girl. Evelyn Thaw. Don't worry; she's a match for Jerome. What a . pretty, appropriate play thing for a. little; boy a pistol is. A Yakima family has a boy of 7 years who hereafter will have , one hand and declaim against the poor Chinese, j candidate enough to hurt Why, gentle reader (I call you gentle t ' " ' Chinaman is art-.-an gel from heaven compared to a jap. - a unmaman is partly honest, but a Japanese is as far removed from honor as Kryan rrom tne president s chair. If 20 Widows and 17 orphans and Ave dyin men and an ostrich were all de pendent upon a miserable Jap, he would throw everyv one of Jthem down and laugh in their laces at their credulity. That'll I ha Irlnit nf a hfilpnln a T. la .Japs are about as judgment proof as a 60-inch bicycle. A judgment In a court of justice would be about as valuable against him and about as feasible as serving a summons for divorce on a lop eared coyote on bis way to dinner. Thev ara undoubtedly the flfm-flammers and bunko-steerers of the orient the short card men of Asia. . V Rogis Henri Post's-Birthday. Regis Henri Post the present rover- But he won't be I nor of the island of -Porto Rica, was born In Bellport, Long' Island. January When Seattle's postofflce can show "I"' J graduated from Harvard aa large a business as Portland's we ,n anerwara stuaying law at the shall believe its population la as large. I University of New Tork. He served himself or of the conditions una whffh ha vrltfti that mnltaa vnn at An acquainted with him. And It not infr niiantlv la trlia thAt whitt vnn drat I the man behind the book Is more vail able than what he trlea to tell yd In It I So if you are not one of the peopf who are using the public library uegil ml . . ... . I. . l.l .... . 1 to literature mat umiiy jjicxens gives: y "He ate and drank the precious wor his spirit grew robust: He knew no more than he "was' pod nor that his frame was dust: He danced along the dingy days. Aa this bequest or wings Was but a book. . What liberty t loosened spirit brings." for several years as a membar nf tha It is suspected that Hughes' nere. who Republican committee of his countv an.i is a Baptist minister, baptised the kid I waa a member of the general assembly cold but clear water. I or New xork in isB and 19.00. He is a man 01 maepenaeni xortune and prom inent socially. He belongs to an old Long Island 'family, being descended from the Posts who settled In South. amp ton Jn 1640. When at home Gover nor Post took an active interest in ath letic snorts, being noted as a wins- ahot and prominent as a yachtsman. .... ft was in 1803 that Mr. Post first went to porto Kica as auoitor or me territorial Charles In very "' r a . a - . - ; - , Pugilist Ryan defeated Pugilist John- son in 18 rounds. But this waa In Wrotham, England, In 1791. ' As a rule, the richer a man in New York in. or .those who have consider able property, the less taxea he pays. The railroads won't let laboring men I a-nvernment The follow In ar vea- he work and the authorities . of Chicago was made secretary to the territorial won't let them parade. So IJ. ia a cold 'regime and later made executive of the time zor mem. r . . . . . laland. succeeding tteekmau wmtnrop." Thla Tin to in Tttatnrv 1647 King Henry .VIII of Englaf died; succeeaea oy jsawara vi. 1768 Benjamin Franklin examined the house of commons respecting tli stamp act. - ' " , : 1807 Pall Mall, London, lighted wl gas the nm street in any city ao fiimlnatad. 1841 Henry M. Stanley, the explore! born: , ' . .. - i fiKA-Ttev Reuben Archer Tnm celebrated evangelist, born in Hobokel New Jersey. -; . . ' 1859 James Francis Smith, governo general or tne rnuippme islands, bo at San Francisco. . . : ' 1(70 Steamer City of Boston sail from Halifax fors. Glasgow, with I aouls on board and was never heard again. -'.v;-- .-t:.-: - 1871 Paris surrendered to the G mans, after -a siege or 131 nays. ' Ewan Lake Correspondence: Ran horses are setting fat and some neon have turned out their cattle to browV Still there is lots of hav left hit j" cattle prefer the brush- and . mabogaf nay. as tjie laruitrg can 11. , ?1
