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
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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.
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Bryan wouldn't talk politics Sunday.
He lives bis religion.
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Plead auiltv and aet Immunity. Is
the legaF order of the day.
Injunctions should issue against the
presidential election ngurers.
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T e railroads and the Weyerhaeusers
have all their tlmbej land yet.
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Wanted A big, live man for congress.
we don t mean "Dig pnysicany.
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If the people give up, how future
legislatures would revel in mischief,
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Democrats opposed to Bryan, when he
gets there are always somewhere else.
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We wish Hughes would issue an au
thentic and official cut of his whiskers.
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What's the .matter with La Follette?
many Oregon Republicans are asking,
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And again the marines are being- en
tertalned. What a picnic that voyage
18.
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- What is doing in congress for Ore
gon? Nothing much that we can bear
of.
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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.
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Merrill had a big good-roads meeting.
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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.
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The former Aurora Borealla la now
the Hop Reporter.
During 1907 a Brownsville man's 15
cowb yielded a total of $1,176.
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Onion sets are being sent out by the
carload from Hubbard to all parts of
the coast.
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Estacada should have a flour mill, a
fruit and vegetable cannery, and a tool
nanaie factory, says tne mews.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bourne may carry the president, but
carrying Oregon for the convention la
another matter.
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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.
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That h.M..ArtM fa a. .it.tn.lt.,
according to report, he has a lot of
money of hla own.
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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. ,
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