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shortsightedness frittered away the
school children's heritage have a
great moral crime to answer tor. Mil
lions, of children .will be the lnno-
centriufferers.' .. 1 ;;; -j . ;; -, ;
Anything that can be done now to
Increase. the school fund should be
done, and it will be well to remem
ber Superintendent Ackennan's sug
gestion and act en It If the time ever
comes when this can be done. -'
ALTOGETHER MISTAKE.
T-
- 'All nature Is but. art unknown
to thee,
. All chance, direction, which
thou canst not see.
'CC';'" Vrfv ' Pope.
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TREASURER STEEL.
4
N the episode of State Treasurer
; I Steel and the defunct Ross bank
T- k the oldoUtTcainivsTemnrn Ore
gon meant. A legislature and legis
lation were ; agencies out of which
cunning men' turned a profit. The
state school funds and other funds
were assets to be used for specula
tion by those who had friends on the
inside; Party conventions were set
up and candidates nominated on a
basis of Who was to handle the state
funds, who .to be United States sen
ator,' who to be the nominee', for con
gress, who to be appointed to petty
positions, and what legislation was
to be enacted that would inure to the
.benefit of bosses and their hench
men. ; The capstone in this pyramid
of demoraliratlon was the senatorial
V, election in the legislature, where the
pledges that were made, and where,
-under, the stress of vote-getting the
agreements that were entered Into
were enough to send consternation
and horror through honest men in
the ordinary? affairs of private life.
"Men of-the highest character," as
Senator Fulton. says, ,sdid things they
regretted, ever, afterward' . Yet, so
common was the practice, and so uni
versally was it Invoked that these
. Irregularities came to be regarded as
.perfectly legitimate. It ruined good
men. It lowered; the standard of
civie virtue.,,. It. was a canker worm,
in tne heart or tne dominant party.
it t cost taxpayers tnousands upon
thonsands, of dollars, . It. was
school of politics whose whole lnflu
ence was evil, and whose every fruit
was bitter... '. , .
Treasurer Steel Is a survivor of
this school. ,For 0 years he has
seen others prey upon the state and
' Its people. He has seen the big men
of the party countenance and be par
ties to that which ought not to have
been- done. - He has seen the poll
ticlans go among the people and howl
to farmers and workingmen to vote
for the' party, when what the votes
were wanted V. for was to get the
"bosses Into place so the' ulterior
schemes of legislation and specula-
tlpn In school funds could be carried
on." Such waV his political educa
tion, for it waatheeducatioa of them
all.. In office, he followed the old
usage, and , the fruit is the failed
bank and its story of stats funds and
; how they got there. ' Treasurer Steel j
is a victim of rotten politics In Ore
; gon, rather than of actual dishon
esty.' It was under the old plan con
sidered legitimate to "work" the
, state- for all there was in sight. It
brought harm to many a good man
, before Treasurer Steel, harm that
even though it escaped publicity, was
-.barm stllL
In Mr. Steel's case, it was his good
fortune and the state's good fortune
that a resolute and honest governor,
completely out of harmony with the
V oid system, was in the executive
-chair. . Mr,, Chamberlain saved the
state -from loss of Its school funds,
and saved Mr. Steel from being the
instrument by which that loss would
have-been suffered. It is good for a
state, and good for a nation to have
Chamberlains In public affairs.
HE Eugene Register makes these
remarks: "As predicted by the
Register lhe Portland "Journal
has come out unqualifiedly for
Chamberlain for United States sen
ator. Won't this make Republicans
who listened to The Journal's siren
song of Statement. No. 1, and the
people's rule before the primaries
fijel that they are being given the
double cross by that paper? Cake Is
the people's choice for senator as
demonstrated at the polls and he is
unqualifiedly for Statement No. 1
Why should not The Journal, to be
consistent, urge Republicans who
voted for Cake and Statement No. 1
to still support the man and the prin
ciple."
The trouble with our esteemed Eu
gene centemporajryjs
ently has no logic In its mental
makeup, and in discussing politics
sometimes wanders from the straight
and narrow path of truth as to facts.
The Journal' made, and is yet mak
ing, a fight for Statement No. 1, for
the election of senators by the peo
ple, but before the primaries it never
intimated what candidate It would
support. How could It until the
candidates were chosen, and had de
clared themselves, en this subject?
it certainly never uttered tne re
motest suggestion that it would sup
port , the Republican nominee as
against Chamberlain; where then
does the "double cross" come in?
The Journal favored Cake as against
Fulton principally because Cake
stood for Statement No. 1. So far
It is satisfied. But as it turns out,
Chamberlain is a good deal stronger
Statement man than Cake, besides
having- had greatly valuable expe
rience In public life.
Why does the Register say that
"Cake is the people's choice for sen
ator?" It aertainly must know that
there Is no truth in this statement.
The people" have not chosen yet,!
have bad no chance to choose. They
will make their choice on June 1. Mr.
Cake is the choice only of the Repub
lican ' party.; receiving about one
fourth of the vote that will probably
be cast in June. Is this the final
choice ol the people?"
Nor, aa the Register asserts, is Mr.
Cake "unqualifiedly for Statement
No. 1." If he were, he would now be
supporting) Statement No. 1 candi
dates for the legislature, which he is
not doing. The Register should
shake Itself together and try to get
a correct view of the situation.
district are the Democrats In a ma
jority. - And If Chamberlain should
be elected senator, it, will', be by
about as many Republican as'Demc
cratle votes, , and these Republicans
will so vote for reasons, satisfactory
to' themselves. The wicked Demo.
era ts won't blindfold and gag them
and compel them to vote contrary to
their desire.
Would it not be more reasonable,
and nearer the truth, to lay whatever
results happen upon the people, the
voters as a whole, Republicans, Dem
ocrata and others! In fact, Isn't it
what the people as a whole, Includ
ing many of both parties, have done
and are likely to do, that these or
gans are complaining of I .Why
don't they come out courageously
and blame the people, especially a
large fraction of the Republican
party, rather than the impotent
Democrats?
The fact is, and it is this that hurts
the organs, that a large proportion
of the people don't care much about
party any more. They are looking
for the right kind of men, capable
and true' men, men who think right
and dare say what they think, and
act accordingly. The people are
perceiving that party professions' and
platforms are mostly false, pretense
MWE, TUB PEOPLE," OP OREGON.
"W
BRYAN'S "WANING STRENGTH."
OREGON'S COMMON SCHOOL
FUND.
SUPERINTENDENT Ackerman's
suggestion that the Southern
Pacific - railroad lands, if In
whole Or in part forfeited and
taken '- back " by the government,
should become school lands. The
money for them or for their stump
age going Into the common school
fund. Is a very good one in idea, In
theory, and possibly, R may turn out
to be practicable. -, Of course If the
lands'are forfeited congress can do
That it pleases with them, but it
may be doubted whether, Oregon
naving had her full quota of school
lands, congress would" act on this
Fuggestion. It Is a plan, however,
worth trying. It the lands should go
back,' and this is at. present a very
large "If . . '.
That the Irreducible, school fund
of Oregon Is no greater Is sad and
shameful. ' Some of the reasons are
vrandalous. ' Either through, rascal
ity or Incompetence the lands were in
great part sold . for less than half
their value, and the consequence- is
that the public schools of, the state
get but a beggarly support. -Instead
of the f 4.000.000 or so of such funds
thora should by thlf time have been
n eo,o or $10,000,000. The of
,i who either from dishonesty or.
A number or newspapers, east
and west, have lately bee dis
cussing ""Bryan's waning
strength." It does look on the
faurface as if Mr. Bryan would not
have the strength in the Denver con
vention that ft appeared certain he
would have some weeks ago, because
a number of delegations will be un
lnstructed. Yet we doubt if Bryan's
strength among the "rank and file"
has waned any, and they may find
means to make themselves heard and
heeded at Denver.
The Louisville Post says that It
sees no evidence of the waning of
Bryan sentiment in the south or
west; "we have 'heard about it, but
it was always in the next county."
The Post goes on to say that four
years ago the same Democrats who
now discern waning Bryan sentiment
were talking of the waning Roosevelt
sentiment, and boosting Parker, and
it continues:
. Mr. Watterson filled his paper for
days with denunciation of Roosevelt
and his political methods. He declared
that Roosevelt represented the worst
elements In public lite; that be was a
conspirator, against free Institutions
that he was seeking- a perpetual presl
dency and that all that was needed was
for th Democrats to make Roosevelt
the Issue In the campaign and the Re
publican party would go to Inevitable
defeat
Koosevelt was made the Issue. The
"waning strength" f the. president.
which had been recorded In the Demo
cratic newspapers, was not manifest to
any on else. On the contrary, from the
time they made "Roosevelt the Issue"
the Parker ' strength was on the wne,
and the president was . reelected by an
almost unprecedented majority...
The same men' are now making the
same observations . In regard ' to Mr.
aryin that they made four , yeara ago
In regard to Mr. Roosevelt what they
observe Is not something that happens.
but something they want to happen. It
is not the Bryan strength -that Is wan
ing; it Is the power of " observation
among ths anti-Bryan newspapera
HAT tremendouB political
power is in the hands of
the people of the state of
Oregon," remarks The
Public "Truly, this Pacific state is
a model of political freedom, of real
popular government." Noticing the
nineteen measures be voted on The
Public comments: "No power can
prevent the people of Oregon from
legislating on any subject they wish.
High aiove the flood of ordinary po
litical literature this state pamphlet
towers with a prominence, an ' im
portance, an insistence, a lucidity,
which ensures careful perusal and
thoughtful consideration. The Is
sues are clear cut and unmistakable.
Each measure is voted for or against
on its own merits, totally disen
tangled from other issues and from
the personnel of legislative candi
dates who; may support or oppose It.
No Interested politician can quietly
emasculate any of these measures by
the insertion of a "little Joker"; nor
will any of them be smuggled into
law by an interested lobby, or rushed
through without consideration at the
close of a legislative session. They
stand In the bright sunlight of pub
licity for four months before.the vot
ers say yes or no.
. Yes. Oregon Is pointing the way.
its people have no more "tremendous
power" than the people of any other
state can have, If they choose to take
it. Oregon has been the first to jar
loose Its political bosses, parasites
and pirates, and for its people to do
a few things for themselves. It no
longer is entirely at the mercy of Its
legislatures. And Its people will
probably elect a senator next month,
relieving the legislature of that duty,
except to formally ratify their act
Oregon and Oklahoma are the two
most free and progressive states, po
litically, In the union. Their ex
ample is likely tobeV followed by
others.
time; during which Mr Bourne will
not be asleep all the tUpie. ' x
This Is the day to get on the' near
side If you wanVto get on a streetcar.
But great .will be the number of for
getful people
Letters From tli People
In Behalf of Astoria,
Portland, uVpril To the Editor of
The Journal I dislike to become con
splcuous through, communications to the
press, but I cart but regard your edl
torlal of thU"d4e- in answering ,th,
"Astonan" as to why grain shipments
should nof be made from Astoria, as ua
fair. 1 deem it unfair to Astoria, to
Oregon and to the inland empire farm-
K BY FREDERIC J. IIASKIN. 1 ; "
t : ?! . (Copyright 108. by Frederlo J. HasMn.1
Tokio, March 30.--It la undoubtedly true that no' other monarch in
history ever saw- auch a change in the affairs of his people as th present
ruler or japan has witnessed during his reign. Mutsu-hlto became em
peror when he was 16 years ola", nd he will pe Cff If he lives until No
vember 3. He Is the one hundred and twenty-first ruler of his dy
nasty, belonging to a line of monarchs . which ' stretches s Chrough the
unparalleled period of 2,568 years Greater progress has been made, in
the 41 years of bis reign than la all the time since Jlmmu Tenno, the
first historical ancestor of the present -son of heaven, , sat, upon the
inroue initio b. c.
wiun biiu i in imii rmiiiro iarm-1 lurniumy vnttn was put arounq. Ills an-
er, and so unfair "to "Portland and 'i'he I cestors. In the olden time H mikado
Although, the seclusion of tha nresent
monarch , causes murh . enmmenf. hia
person is hedged about with much less
j-oi mniuy man was put around his an
Journal.
H is unfair to Astoria In that you
state as your final reason why ships
uu hi jroruanu inm$i or at Astoria,
"because ships prefer a fresh .water
harbor." The more than inference from
this is that Astoria haa not ' a 1 fresh
water harbor, and this is iu line with
was altogether secludd from the public,
one qui nis wire, his concubines
nuu mo mum important, ministers were
ever permitted to took upon hia august
j.mu;v. vvui' recervxnar nn ami iinnn
maiiM inrone, aa ila face was pro
tected from view by a richly embroid
ered curtain. It was a strict rule of
a ... . a.Aa.w . I etiaUett ThtLt him ttar-rA fAAr sihntill
commerce and board of trade, stating ?h ..nth,L?Itn- U u,r'd th.a?
that Portland. has the only fresh water V?-.?- VZSSPZiH ,wlke untu
harbor Kn the Pacific coast hun. 88fo 8hiy 6Ilk2tlAw Sf'.4!.
Neither your Inference nor these r?mLvJLiKf. wkwrd gait which la
statements sauare with the facta. BhlD- v"- i' . ...
nwrtftra nnil trannnortatlon man recoa-1" 4" olden times the emperor traveled
nice Astoria as a fresh water , harbor, B,,ja.ciJ!;iain,d car ,,ui- Ht nanl
and It they do not -the barnacles upon i?2HI4110ii1 "polKn fJoud by the rank
ships' bottoms do. .' , and file of his subjects, and when writ.
But a few years airo the chief engt- If" had unfinished by omit-
But a few yeara aero the chief entrl
neer of the Vanderbllt system, In a pub'
lished pamphlet stated that ABtorla
(in a- tne MSt ttrok nf thai wrltlnai
brush. The first time a Inan m.
peror's nanie was ever written In full
to Oregon . to decry this fact and to
promulgate the reverse of 1U Another
reason you gave is mat snips - ana
land as possible.
The fact is that no "sKlpper de
sires from choice to ascend the Colum
bla river with his ship, but rather that,
hue the ships meet tne railroad at
Astoria, the railroad refuses to meet
government No person is permitted to
ia uuwn upon tne emperor, so that
w n n he flrlvni thmn.k v. a a.B.t. . i. .
railroads win ajways meet as far in- blinds tf upper windows must be closed
j" "w urr 10 ciimo on anything
jy y "w ui ms imperial majesty.
Formerly no one was permitted to look
ui-r-iKa emiienrT t n rAii tr n si n a t a m aa
bua,l1 rec"ni year thl" rule has been
modified In the caiu, nf iwrmn, whn
the ships there, and hS Is' compelled to must wear glasses of, necessity. But It
" " wiuna; io see tne emperor
this:. The railroads haul wheat from ny one seeine; him throuarh a wln-
th. InlnnH ,mnlr te tnonm, In m11a aa I flow, flS STantS SUdiencAa anH flna hta
fa? or farther than to Astoria at a JL0 'f! ?. Tm la which all the blind
given rate. In 'doing so, they haul it ""tu aown,
up a mountain grade of about 3,900 feet Emperor Is B'aered.
and down again, about seven cars tft The legal cause of this extravaa-antlv
the engine, but refuse to haul It for reverent attitude of the people Is found
the same rate to Astoria, the same or in the third artlnu f h. v.nnui.
shorter distance in miles, water level of Japan, which says: 'The -emperor
grade and 20 to 80 cars to the engine is sacred and inviolable." Further ex
nhvnlcal rnndltlona In favor of Astoria Planation of thht rlausa 1. m.. i- ,k.
which would enable a competing line official commentary on the - constitu
te haul to Astoria at a rate that would tlpn: 'The emperor is heaven descend
absolutely put the mountain route out fd, divine and sacred. His hallowed
rf business. In other words, railroads ;Jro"e wa established at the time when
Insist upon receiving for; -the shorter, the) heavens and the earth became sep
water level haul to Portland the same a7a., . H2,J" ,PJeemlnent above all his
rate as for the longer mountain grade "V"?" T.lML,"w. haf no power to hold
haul to Tacoma, an injustice to both u 0UntaP,e to Not only shall
mere oe no Irreverence for th m na.
aided and abetted by Portland organl- P6?"; h ha be made
satlona and press. , . ',r dSSSteFZ oonent nor
s rather too tenflor a worn t;,;. i Jt;i ri" "..
to define this condition of affairs, but .1 ...""" ""V", .ln" "Pa"
The net profits of the steel trust
for 1907, notwithstanding the panic,
were $167,000,000. Its total busi
ness amounted to 1757,000,000, but
the net profit on "finished products"
was well up t 50 por cent. The
total amount of wages paid was
$161,000,000, so that for every dol
lar a worklngman earned tor himself
he earned one for the trust. Thus
was labor protected.
LAY IT ON TUB PEOPLE.
T
HE Democrats,'' the. wily Demo
crats, the sly and sinister Dem
ocrats," are scheming, with
mnch probability of success, to
send a Democrat to the senate, and
to overthrow the Republican party
altogether In Oregon. Such Is the
burden of the lament of some Repub
llcan organs. , But Isn't this -rather
absurd? What can ths Democrats of.
themselves dot If aome Democrats
are elected to the next legislature,
Republicans, for reasons which seem
good " to them, will ' help eject
them, for in not ft single legislative
In, a recent speech Secretary Taft
repeated the stale nonsense that the
Dingley tariff had caused great pros
perity. That tariff was in effect last
fall, and if It caused preceding pros
perity It is only fair to conclude that
it also caused the panic, and the Iobs
of jobs to a million men. We had
supposed that Mr. Taft was too big
a man to utter such spellbinder stuff.
A few weeksagp Mr. Lytle was
again going to build that road to Til
lamook right away. Work would
begin at once. Now we are told that
some bridge timbers will be shipped
around by water between now and
September. Apparently Mr. Har
riman will not build this road until
someooay else tries, to ouiia one
and perhaps not then.
Injustice is rather too tendor a wort Thus it will b , m 2
refrain from a stronger one for the b taXkri atoutww.. . i 2 f
sake of good form, and the feelings of gffe taw ot the Vand a rfr0hiWtionr2
Mr. HarFlman's stockholders, who are U8e "f hi- iamJt
the only ones not defrauded by ,he tion ordinary conversa-
transaction. while the farmer, whom we The emperor has no dlaalnntlnn. n
11 protess to love, is tne principal aur- practices the utmost rB..iflriv .a.
ferer. ... ins; nearly his whole time lflth hi-
We will probably see, upon-tne com- charge of hia official dnti. m. ..u
pletlon of the north bank road, the to resemble the Gorman emperor in the
anomalous condition of wheat passing faculty of being able to choose trust
through Portland to lacoma (bo.miwi wormy assistants. Although his ma
longer haul than to Astoria) at the same Jeutt cannot read or speak any Ian-
rate as ror tne rortiana nam. ana ai- i oiner man nis own, he Is an In-
tdria still refused "oomtnon point" ad-lyeterate reader of newspapers, keeping
vantages. n,s interpreters busy translating the
Astoria should have her rights "com a trances, of the foreign press for his
mon point" rates on wheat, and every 1,n.ror,maUon; Quite In conformity with
man Jack in Portland should Insist upon iVi-l.S4 . .subjects have about hia
it, for so long as we support unfair. PiY,1"" ' , 'j hat he never
ness on the part of railroads to Astoria, " , i "- If 1thM' " moments
what face have we for cursing -Hani- ?J' nn " 5e? beyond his con-
man for not developing other parts of J, ntnarePa wa,t,af,n ever racl be"
No one understands Portland's incon- Wears Military TBlform.
Hfatencv on the Astoria transportation The emberor taai-ai . m.
problem better than air. Harrlman. andl uniform, and has done so ever since he
unaerstanainK n, no i u in unm .lapanpae areas years ago.
shnn. T n nnminiHiHr in npr' nnraa ni L'inr iiul im y wnn n mvnavm in
doses of her own medicine. Your but when working at hex European desk,
truly, P. McKERCHER. he Is dressed In the full uniform of a
' general or admiral. His Interest In the
Solving a Great Froblem. mVa7h. . i- L.rTr" wJta "Iua-
Joseph. Or! April 26.-To the Editor ffill?,
of The Journal I recently read an ar- red one of the privates to be sent to
tide in your valuable paper dealing g V;$
with the subject ot government con- them. Then, to satisfy himself he sent
servatlon of water powers, and as I tor a pair of the same kind and wore
have given the subject some thought I corrTfort!" or thre to test their
am going to offer aome suggestions or The one hobby of the mikado Is hjs
reasons why this proposition is of vital !,ve. of poetry. No dav passes without
importance to the people. JJ18 turning out 40 or 60 poems, which,
ttm ,i.A atnAaw4 ill (hat lavlathan BCCOrdina to J Ann no ... fl.lj.
of unsatiahle greed so aptly described 't of either 16 or tl syllables. His
by the cartoonist as a monster octopus capfc,.,y this particular is so great
with its tentacles reaching out and Into Jnat the official court poet estimates
the different resources of the country u P2B.1. 30 yrs his ma-
d diverting by its weU-inown meth- " vvn iiiuy 7U.U00 poems. It
a spoils that represent the toll of ' J'?.tJ;ft w,heB the emperor was only
- - - ajBvn mm a num
ber of subjects for verses, and he has
had an unvarying love for this kind of
composition ever since. Each January1
the emperor selects a subject, and the
public is requested to send in poems on
this theme. Thousands of responses are
received, and the bureau of poetry is
rushed for months In the work of pass
Ing upon' them all. Finally the commit. 1
tee selects-what are considered the six
best poem, and these are.read at court
and published' In all the papers. Of
course this honor is regarded very high
ly by the successful competitors.. This
year the subject was, "The pine tree be
side tha shiine': The emperor's contrl-,
button was, "The evergreen'' pine ; tree
sianas Desiaeune shrine which guards
the empire immovable." Among the six
successful contributors there was only
one woman; who wrote, "In . the garden
fronting the shrine, the cranes . play
under the pine tree foliage; While the
nananugn destroys tne meter, an un
derstanding of the idea may be obtained.
'. las Oonrt Poet. ; ---.
ice present court poet is jo years
wu, ana ji is sai a mat ne is soon to
retire from office on account of tha
arduous duties attached to it. There
is a story . which shows .that although
the mikado may be supreme in ruling
the Japanese nation, the court poet, is
the boss of his department. Years ago
wnen me emperor ana nis noetic! - cui.
vleer were both, young men they made
Perhaps the reason that some of
the politicians and organs want
Chamberlain to withdraw Is that they
suspect that the people want him for
senator. ' : ' ...
' Governor Johnson may(be a very
good man for president, but he is
somewhat distrusted by many on ac
count of the friends he has made.
Mr. Voter, when a party, spell
binder tal)i-cf "principles," aslc him
to specify what they are, and how
they are applied to benefit you. -
W. M. Cake it will be remem
bered, also managed Mr. Devlin's
campaign for mayor," But he may
have learned by experience. .
- The 'government occasionally" does
something to -please 'Portland and
regonr.t It Will do it it leayes Col
onel Roessler here. ' - ,
portion of ths Republicans of
Oregon have already planned to re
place Bourne four years hence with
Fulton, but much mayappen m that
an
od
millions of our people. This monster
with the evident Intention of monopo-
iKirte- one more of the peoples most
important resources has lately Invested
t45.OOO.00O in California's electric plants
and announced a change in its finan
cial policy. "Now,- just what policy
means will he understood at the time
that the people conclude to build, own
and operate the railroads of the coun
try, a proposition that Is growing In
.popular favor, and which is certainly
desirable from the viewpoint of the
masses.
Why is this the case? Because of the
flirt that a road owned hv the nubile,
operated by the public and used by the
public will furnish the- maximum of
convenience to the public, a result not
to be obtained while this most ImDor
tant of public utilities is controlled by
private Interest.
Again, how Is public use to be made
practical by double-tracking- the 'sys
tems. They may be made available to
parties traveling in ugnt macnines,
such as autos propelled by storage bat
teries,' charged at publicly-owned eleo
trie plants, provided monopoly -doefTilt
monopolize all of our water power sites.
Again, how are we to buy or build
these railroads. One way that could-
oe adopted is to bond our states by th
referendum process to build or pur
chase trunk lines and bond our counties
to build laterals, said bonds to "bear
interest at, say, from 2 0 6,'per cent.
These will furnish an absolutely safe
investment for all Idle moneys and also
for such money as is deposited with
our none too secure banks, as the past
few months have proven.
This may cause a howl from- the
banks, but if the people can get the
money for from Z5 to 75 per cent less
than they can get it through the banks,
why, the people before the banks. Is
what T say. This will give every man
a chance to work who wants to work,
and. that for himself, and at the wame
time get paid far it. Capital Invested
will draw Interest and at the same time
create a great convenience for the in
vestor and, methlnks. start the bah
roling all around. H. B. BARTON
Ei-mete Novelll's Birthday.
Ermete Norvelll, the noted Italian
actor who toured America last year,
was) born Mav i 1 DB1 tn th nifno.
of Tuscany. Though be made his stag
debut when, g years old. he had reached
his 2 Sth year before ha hH in
considerable reputation ,as an actor. In
n;s eariy career ne profited by hia ex
perience In minor parts in the company
of man v of Italy's most famous olayers.
By 1S8 Novelll had begun to rank
among the prominent actors of his own
land and hia tours extended into Spain.
South America, , Austria. Egypt, Ger
many and Russia. In ms he achieved
the height of European theatrical ambi
tion and took Parli by storm. In re
oeut' years he hasappeared successfully
in nratny m i mi large chips OT Jfiurone
Small Change
May comes In like May,
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Senator Bourne seems to be outside
the breastworks.
V
It is a little peculiar that common
sense is so rare.
Many people have either too much or
not enough to do. '
It would seem that n llmhiir .,,.
should be easily smelted out.
Before the tariff can be revised rla-ht
congress must be revised.
Only a month till election.
questions to be voted On.
Btudy the
and has made several vtnlts to South
America and Mexico. His first, great
trsglo successes were In "Louis XI "
"Hamlet" Othello" and "The M-rchsht
of Venice, His portrsyal of 8hylock
hss been pronounced hv anma uii
critics as superior to the eonoeptfc'ri of
the "me part by Edwin booth -and the
late iUchard MajiafiaUL -
Now, May. what ails you aolner to trot
"i" iui a mi u-b.imiiik; scare i
But whv on earth should rhmh..i.ln
wnnaraw any more than Cake 7
Oh. well, we will have to treat tha
sailors who coma nlcplv nui mob. tu
uesi ot it.
It is reDorted tnat "WImM" Rurha-nir
ia Eoini into Doiitics- but not luuviun
ily to graft.
It can't be verv hard tlmaa far T T
Morgan; he recently paid, M80.000 for a
Pat Calhoun haa nlarntv 'nf aml.ili..
no urnvcrca mn aaaress recenny on
American ciuzensuip.
..
A man named Fake Is a candidate for
congress in New- Jersey. He will find
much congenial company.
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A New York man laughed so hard
that he died. He perhaps had read of
rciorroing (ne tanii Dy us rriends.
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It Is explained that the battleships
draw more in he stern than In the
bow. Its the same with some people.
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Uncle Joe Is probably glad that the
newspapers- are being- robbed by the
paper trnst; the papers slxa him, up too
well. ,. . .
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Il Js said that ThaWe condition has
much Improved at Matteawan. Let him
stay there until he alio gets sound
brains. . r. -
A Chicago Jury has decided that a man
need not pay 50 for his wife's hat.
Thare la still a lit t la luatin in k. i.-a
- . . M M.W (Ml.
for mere man. .... w .
JTtIeetrffif'
iraveieo aiong ror several days
in signt or Fujiyama, the sacred moun
tain. Of course the view lnsmred . the
niiwrw ro aasn orr a number or ef
fusions. In trvinar to determine mrKir-li
ui iue ioc was tne Dest a dispute arose,
na in aiscussion Became ..so heated
that-the court Doet. realaned on thea mnt
However, his august master declined to
release nun, ana in tne overtures which
followed It was agreed that Is future
his majesty should accent tha rulina-a
of his minister of muses without-question.
And even to this - day the court
jiusi oi japan is not a ngurenead.
Aside ' from his love of ooetrv. tha
emperor has absolutely no amusements.
When a young man he waa quite skill
ful In the practice of archery and for
a lima spent a portion or each dav in
drilling a company of trooDs. Tha fact
mm ne is susuepiiDie to seasickness
Is said to be the reason why ha does
not nave an imperial yacnt. Whenever
it becomes necessary-for him to Journey
on tne water he travels in a steamer
cnarterea lor tne occasion, or utilizes
one of the battleships of the Japanese
navy. Aiiuougn nis majesty has
numoer oi country palaces and game
preserves, he rarely or never visits
mem. prererring to remain at the capl
tal of hia empire.
Empress a Hoble Woman.
The empress of Japan la a nnhle and
inspiring woman. Her name Is Haruko,
ana sne is the daughter of a noble of
the highest rank. She Is two vears
older than the mikado. The sacredness
vi tne imperial personages waa shown
by an Incident which occurred when
it was determined that the court ladies
should adopt European dress. At this
time great difficulty waa experienced In
getting ctoines to nt her imperial maj
esty. The profane hands of a dress
maker could not be allowed to touch
the person tot the empress, so a court
lady had to pose as a model until the
garments were gradually made to fit.
The empress also has poetic inclina
tions, and is -herself the author or sev
eral volumes of verae. One of the feat
ures of all state occasions Is the singing
oi a song- Dy me scnooi enildrenwhlch
was Composed for them by her majesty.
During the rendition of this song the
children atand with their heads bowed
as it in prayer.
- The empress takes a great deal of In
terest in all school work, and has in
her private apartments a large collec
tion of the best specimens of poetry,
painting and composition done bv the
pupils of the empire.
A story Is told which reveals the kind
liness of her majesty's character. Some
years ago. when the castle In Tokio was
burned, the emperor and empress were
foced to take temporary quarters in a
nearby house, which waa old and rather
out of repair. Although the propor
tions of the place were ample It) was
altogether lacking In the luxuries of
the palace. A representative of the
people expressed to the empress the
grief which her subjects felt because
she was denied. her usual conveniences.
She arose to the occasion by writing a
mouniui nine imtm, in wnicn sne said
It mattered little how she was situated
so long aa she was sure of a home In
ins neana oi ner people.
Another story Illustrates her males
ty's consideration for the happiness of
uuuuron. una oi ine little Drincesses
once conceived the unreasonable Idea of
warning io give a cnerry-bloasom party
in December. Although Aoril la the
earnest mat tnese trees may be ex
pected to put forth their del I rat a flow
ers, skilled artisans were called In and
after much labor created the desired
effect by pinning to the trees myriads
of pink and whits blossoms man. of
tissue paper. Thus the whim of the ec
centric nine princess was gratified.
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REALM -FEMININE
' ' She Startles Paris. , "r
T -takes something, any one will' ad
( mit, to startle Paris. One Ameri
can woman Jias done it, it seems.
She is Mrs., gtillman. the daughter -
of Mrs; James Brown Potter.' ' j'
For some , reason . that IS not quitt f
clear, her friends and family, object, tt-c ;
brwear!nr a leather gait with short
skirt and Jong legg-rnga when sho-goer
motoring, receiving her, afternoon call-.
era. in an abbreviated costume of pleated
silk ? and a kimono jacket,,; and even f(f
her wearing on her head out of .dojW. "
a, crimson silk handkerchief and In dour,
wreath of artificial leaves. -
These . unreasonable 'i nannla Beam :i tf -
believe, just because he 'has a c-Iospi
full of hats, thirty, they say. that-shi
muat wear them. Probably she boughl
the thirty hoping that some one of thew
would be comfortable. She found then
nil ; wobbly, wind-catohlng things. Itv '
variably careening off over one eai
When She turned a. rnriwr anA nullltia
down In an untidy mass her caresull)
arranged coiffure. She probably r grew,
weary of the top lofty great big Iiati
with great broad brims, all bound roun:
with 10 yards- of purple ribbon. - Anil
so, with the thirty unwearable hsts.li
her closet waiting:trbe hailed to hei .
hair with spiky hat pins; she knotted
round her wise little head a crlmsor
Silk hflndkerchlaf a nrl want ahrnat . I,
qomfprt. , . .... "
It--haa alwavaVaaamwl ' tn - ma . tfiaJ
leather, being an-eminently strong , anc
durable substance,; might well be .util
ized for clothlnar. - The llttla man flat
all In leather of the nursery song booki
has always had a-monopoly of a verj
desirable material. To be sure, we mm
make sofa pillow covers of it, for'thii!
need not be anvthinsr durable. A niect
of cotton or linen would do aa well
We .may paint Indian heads on-it an'
hang out banners on the walls to of
fend our friends all of these fhlnga
we may do with leather and no one wli;
cavil. But here because an original
and sensible person put the stuff to t
reasonable use, made of It a short
skirted dress and ehlrt and legging-
and put them on and went out In
tidy and sensible rltt for her motoi
ride, she shocks Paris." "
Poor old Paris! I can fairly see i'
lifting its heavy old rouge eyes anc
smirking In disapproval of a woman win
Is no opposed to its traditions as to Vi
modest and moral and who dresses tc
suit herself Instead of , throwing thou
sands of good American dollars lnt:
the laps of the man dressmakers.
In her sensible leather, outing suli
she made. It is said, a trip alone ft
Switzerland, and further shocked' thi
proprietors of hotels and the guests- oi
restaurants by appearing In this cos
tume, while her chaaffeur enveloped hei
tn a long auto coat when she re-entered
her machine. -
Oregon Sidelights
The Dayton library how has about 600
DOOKS,
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kju irrigaieo lanns west or iscno la a
ucia oi it acres oi potatoes.
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Owing to the new railroad, fruits will
be raised extensively hereafter around
rnot nocx,
J. R. Hill sold an 800-acre farm four
miles from Junction City to a Kansas
man ror szi.uuv.
. It is reported that a reservoir Is be
ng built on Willow Creek In Malheur
TOunry larire enough to Irrigate about
la.uvu acres, . i .-
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A South Dakota man arrived in Eu
gene -luesaay witn a view of finding
homes for 25 South Dakota famlllea
whom he represents.
Dallas Observer: It is said that the
J7,Vi.wno "2 ""bT tne oil well on the
Whlteaker farm east of Dallas have
the utmost faith In the ultimate success
of the enterprise, believing that both oil
and natural gas will be found In com
mercial quantities.
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: The following- from the North Powder
News should be i hint to all small
towns; Tarda and streets sre being
cleaned rp, new fences built and old
fencing, repaired. Enterprising cltltens
all over town are putting out shade
trees and ahmhhrry, WIlHsnj Plerson
Sr. has distributed over 100 cotton
wooda, whlla-hoj elders and other young
trees are being shipped hr almost dally.
The town ditch is In much better snap
thsn hitherto and there is promise of
!-, ijr ui wiiw ,ir a-araens ana lawns.
New ditches for irrigating and dralnag
Why. in tha name of the nrocress 01
the last hundred years, may a womat
not make a trip to Swltxerlnnd alon
with her machine and her chauffeur I:
she ia so minded? But Paris ah, deal
old proper Parish IP shooked. i
Her husband, the story savs. has gon
to Parts and ia endeavoring to no
suade her to return to the United States
hut she prefers to stay over thera
Perhaps they need , educating rat hei
more than we do, yet It is a pity thn
MM. - Sttllmnn does not see ner wm
clear to return to America and take th
lecture platform, advising women or
how to dress for health and good senen
and that we might not have tha nlea
ure of Inaugurating the Leather Stock
Ing Socletv for the Education Of Fe-
males In the Matter of Dress.
t St Ut --'
Fragrant Sweet Alyssum.
T HIS low growing, hardy, whlt
flowered and very fragrant an
nual is much used for edgings
window boxes and the like. It Is of th
easiest culture and thrives best In gar
den loam of moderate fertility. A dou
ble flowering variety has been produced
which Is excellent for window boxes and
for growing In pots and may be Qbtalnec
from most florists.
Seed of the slnsle sweet alyssum maj
be sown as early as the ground ran 1m
prepared in the spring. The plant be
gins to bloom when two or three lnehe
high and continue flowering -, untt
frost. It rarely reaches more than i .
foot In height. In the fall the planti
that have bloomed all summer may t
cut back and put In pots where thej
will flower all winter. Better resulti
for winter flowering may be obtained
by planting seed in August, Septembel
or October. There are some yellow
flowered perennial varieties of thii
plant useful for prominent edgings an
rock work.
It K K
xne iirummrr i uiri.
ERE la an Oklahoma version of s
poem" which has been travewfloj
the country:
"A gay. and handsome traveling mar
lay on a bed of pain; all hope bai
passed, his life went tast; he wbulc
never rise again. 'Hast thou no sweet
heart, fair and truer they whisperec '
o'er his bed, "whom thou wouldst tell i
last farewelir The young' man aoftlj
said: There's a Daisy back .in Lexing
ton, and Nellie at Cordell; there's Mil lit
down in Normantown. and Mary is
Purcell. And at unawnee mere &stnei
dear, whom I , must surely see; and
Anna. too. at Mountain view, pieas ,
bring them all to me.' v
"The watchers started with surprise
and then they said once morei, 'Come ,
tell -us, pray, witnout oeiay, tne. gir
whom you adore: the girl whdm yov
have sworn to love and bring botff
..UUI ri 1 1 A ll'lll . , J " W " " '
your hops and" life quick, let us heal
her name.' There's Maggie out a'
Bayre.' he said, 'and reari at ki rieno
there's Violet at Calumet and Maud a
old Hydro, .and OenevleVe at Hennes
sey and Mabel at Mulhall.' The youn
man sighed.- 'It's time I died I awort
towed them ail. ; .
at at . . .
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The Dailr Menu.
BREAKFAST. , - , - '
Stewed Figs.
Scrambled Eggs 'With Salmon. .
Hot Biscuits. Coffee.
LUNCHEON. - V .' '
Mexican Beana Boston Brown Bread
Peanut Sandwiches. iv-v.
Sliced - Bananas. ; - Jea.
DINNER.' : - '.'.-. ,
"Cream Tomato Soup.'
Pot Roast of Reef. 1 Minced Carrots
Lettuce. . French Dressing. .
Tapioca Cream. - Coffee. ?
Scrambled Ea With - Salmon Bol'
with but little water one slice .of sal
mon. Cool and remove bone and skin
Pick to nieces -with a fork and add t
beaten egg for a scramble. Seasoa wit:
salt -ttnd pepper and sprinkle, witt .
chopped parsley. , '
Vream iomaio uoup one large- car
purposes are being put In all over town. I tomatees, one quart of water, tw(
- ' . i . . ,.- i. i , i . . . I onions, a stalk of celery. Boll SO mln-
This Date in History.
1707 Legislative union of. England
and Scotland put Jnto effect '
HU Benjamin H. La t robe, the archi
tect who finished the national caoltol
sr wasning-ton, bom In England. Died
tn isew Orleans September a. 1829.
17TB Tne tjuebae . act became la
utes. Season with one even tablespoon
ful of salt half teaspoonful of sugat
and one fourth teaspoenful of pepper
Pass through puree sieve, Return t
fire. Thicken with two heaping table
spoonfuls of flour snd one of" butter
Add to a half pint of boiling milk hall
a teaanoonful of anila and hour with tha-
7 - . 1 . - ' 1 .
lannp lTiTn mrwn
Tapioca cream one
providing for the government of Cani
ada by governor and council. .
17S Junius Brut ua Hoot h fa mm, a
actor, born. Died November 80. IBi.
1808 Charles IV of finain ahriloa,.
In favor of Bonaparte.
178 First elevated trains run on
Third avenue In New York cltv.
ma Spanish fleet -destroyed in bat
tle of .Manila bay.
teacuof ul tan. , ,
I oca washed and soaked over night it
one pint oi warm water. Next morn
Ing add a quart of milk and a teaspoon
fut -of salt nd-boll In a farina kettU
for two hours. Just before taking frorr '
the-fire add a-tablespoonful of but -tr.
a teaapormfnl of , vanill.a and - 1
ens beaten with a cup of sugar. Aftet ,1
pourlra Into the dish n" which 1t Is it '
be served place on top enerlnae mad , t
of the. Whites of ths eggs, ftat cold, 7
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