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Under .the storm and the
cloud today.
And today the bard peril and
pain
Tomorrow the stone shall be
rolled away.
For the sunshine shall follow
the rain.
Merciful Father," I will not
complain,
I know that the sunshine shall
follow the rain.
Joaquin Miller.
MR. CAKE'S ILLUSri'EXESS.
. VEN his admiring friends are
u kept guessing by Mr. Cake's po-
. . 11.1 1 111 l A
m ill ii n i 1 1 1 iihi iruiitB j iiiinxn
- j ,. , maiden in May is scarcely more
capricious. Yesterday he was a
4Jftna-hrV hamninn' nt Rtntnmanl Nn
1; today he confesses that he is indlf-
farant aa In whathor fltitamanl Vrt 1
' candidates or anti-statement candi
dates be elected to the legislature.
) Testerday he was the true friend of
; Mr. bourne, accepting favors from
and riding to the nomination on the
backs of Mr. Bourne's supporters; to
day his committee, at the same time
that it makes his brother Mr. Cake's
. campaign manager, turns Its back on
Mr. Bourne by Indorsing Mr. Tatt for
the" presidency.
Testerday Mr. Cake heard Senator
, Pulton denounced all over Oregon by
Mr. Heney, and though he had
abundant "opportunity In his cam
paign to. do bo, he did not once lift
his voice in defense of Mr. Fulton,
but to tar as he waa concerned, al
lowed the assault, so long as he was
getting the full benefit of it, to go
on, unchallenged and undisputed; to
day his campaign committee that
; makes his brother political manager
for Mr- Cake, indorses the record of
Senator Fulton In congress and de
nounces Mr.. Heney In terms of deep
est resentment. If Mr. Heney's as-
sault damaged Mr. Fulton at all. Mr.
' Cake was the only man served by it
In whatever number of votes Mr.
Fulton was so harmed, Mr,' Cake was
benefited in the primaries and that
: the beneficiary, when, safely nom
lnated, should turn his own batteries
on his benefactor la almost as great
an 'example of caprice as Is hh for
mer devotion to Statement No. 1 in
contrast with his present Indiffer
ence, j 4
But,;' greater than either, and
greater than all, is Mr. Cake's
cphinz-Ilke silence while Senator
Fulton was being bitterly denounced
and through his brother's committee
his sudden ardor in Mr. Fulton's de
fenseafter ttaa nrlmartAa.
Beyond, all cavil, it is one of the
most meteoric spectacles in political
i pyrotechnics that has . been seen in
Oregon these-30 years,' and It en
titles Wr. Cake to unanimous ac
knowledgment as the slickest cake
Jn the whole political bakery.
BATTLESHIPS OP PEACE.
TriAi me ueei oi paiuesaips was
sent around into the Pacific and
up along all our . coast, is, as
.has often been remarked, an
. ... m . - - . . a ..in .
important and unprecedented event,
and , exceedingly gratifying to the
people of the Pacific coast states-
even of Oregon, though she is
snubbed but there Is a further and
deeper meaning In this movement,
and (hat is the new importance from
a national point of view of the Pa
cific ocean and the Pacific coast.
This recognition comes in part from
the evolution of Japan Into a world
power,', from our possession of the
Philippines, and from the develop
ment movement in China, but in part
also from the forward strides made
by the Pacific states, and their
growing Importance in the eyes of
broad-minded statesmen.
The possibility of war with Japan
need not .have necessarily entered
into . the President's calcularinna at
all. ; It Is a comparatively narrow
and shallow mind that Insists that
4ke.l. mission of the fleet is in the
least degree of a hostile character:
At the utmost it is merely sugges
tive ot the due' regard of the govern
ment tor tne Pacific as well as for
the Atlantic coast. It means, then,
'that this coast Is In a better appre
hended sense than ever before an im
portant Integral part of this great
union ot states, a region to be appre
ciated, recognized, noticed, and if
need be. guarded and defended as
much as the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
It means that here, lacing each other
across the Pacific, are contrasted civ
ilizations, that while It is better for
them to dwell apart may yet do so In
amity, and carry on an immense com
merce, to their ; mutual ' advantage.
On, both sides the 'Pacific, what
makes for advancement and prosper
J'y la creative industry,-not deltrnc-
tlon, friendship, not enmity, peace,
not war; and the voyage of the fleet
Is therefore one of "peace on earth,
good will to men." And so it will
be as it circles around the globe.
Nothing could be more foolish or po
litically criminal than to send forth
on such a voyage a fleet of war-ves
sels as a menace of war. "Peace
vessels" Would better describe the
true character of their mission.
If, as we believe, this voyage will
be productive of great good, this will
be another thing for which the Amer
ican people will have to thank Theo
dore Roosevelt. Few presidents
would have had the courage to order
such an innovation, that fairly set all
the Atlantic coast aghast, , while -"all
the world wondered." As President
David Starr Jordan said in a recent
article, "Mr. Roosevelt is the first
president since Thomas Jefferson
who could see both sides of the
American continent at the same
time." He might almost have added
that Roosevelt Is the only one who
could see, more than momentarily
and dimly, beyond the Rocky moun
tains, or even the Mississippi river.
CURIOUS, IF SINCERE. M
THE Pendleton Tribune says:
"Even now' Chamberlain Bhould
withdraw from the senatorial
Tace, not that he supplies k
menace to Cake's success, but that
his campaign as a Democrat In a
state- with 25,000 Republican ma
jority, on the plea that 'what we
want in the senate is more ability
and less politics,' can find no se
rious support outside the Democratic
camp." : .: . ,-., a..,.
But if there is a majority of 25,000
Republican voter in the state, if his
candidacy is no menace to Cake's
success, if Chamberlain can find no
serious support outside the Demo
cratic camp, why this persistent
though silly demand that he should
withdraw; If he is to be beaten by
25,000- majority, why should not the
Tribune and other organs rejoice to
see him run, and be thus beaten and
put out of business as a successful
and troublesome candidate? Under
the clrcumBtanceB and with the pros
pects , stated by the Tribune, one
would suppose It would hail Cham
berlain's candidacy wiyi delight!
PARTY DISINTEGRATION.
R'
EADERS of a local morning pa
per were recently, regaled with
' another plaint about the decad
ence ot Republican partyiam In
Oregon. The tone throughout is a
dUgruntled whine, and it Is reiterat
ed for the torty-oddth ,time that the
morning paper, having been often re
buffed, defeated and contemned, as
a party organ, Is so no longer, and
will not be so; perhaps with a view
of being able to say hereafter, if any
Republican should be defeated In
Oregon, "don't blame us; we had
nothing to do with it; we were out
of it; we told you so; go to the
devil." How much of this is intend
ed as sarcasm, bow much is cant, and
how much genuine, petulance and ag
grieved despondency, we do not
know, and it matters little; at any
rate these recurrent lamentations
add a little to the amusement of
healthy minds.
Owing to Republican factionalism
and disintegration, it is said, "the
Democratic party has profited
mightily," but this seems an, extrava
gant statement A tew Democrats
have gained offices, and the Demo
cratic minority has naturally been
pleased and perhaps a little encour
aged at that, but how has the party
"profited mlghtilyl" It seems, ,. ac
cording 'to the primary registration,
to be at a lower ebb than ever before.
Isn't it more correct to Bay that the
people have "profited mightily" be
causa they have at last become to a
great extent Independent of party
bosses and leaders?
Again there is allusion to the
"larger purposes and policies" of the
Republican party Its basic prin
ciples, historic and traditional pur
poses, etc. but no attempt Is made
to show, even if all that is assumed
In this regard is correct, if it be all
admitted, that these principles, pol
icies and purposes are adhered to or
carried out, or are proposed to be, In
practical, up-to-date ways, tor the
people's benefit. Congress lst over
whelmingly Republican; is it 'doing
much of - anything demanded '' and
needed by the nation? Roosevelt Is
a Republican, and he Is insistently
urging things that the people want
and need. Which is the true Repub
lican flag, Roosevelt's or Cannon's?
Do both equally rely on the ''prln
ciples and policies and larger pur
poses" of the party? If there is such
a wide gulf of difference between the
Republican president and the Repub
lican leaders In congress, Is it any
wonder that there should be differ
ences "among the rank and file, in
Oregon and elsewhere; that many
should become independent, and vote
fori Rooseveltlan Democrats rather
than Cannonlan Republicans? Or,
indeed, that many should conclude
that the preaching of . "principles,
policies and purposes," .without any
intimation, much less any guaranty,
of "what in' fact was to be done With
regard to live, practical, pressing
questions, was no longer worth heed
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.The Journal has no objection to
the Republican , party, or to . Re
publicans in office, if they will
take '. op. present day . issues
and problems, and 'eo meet and
solve them as to serve the best Inter
ests of the nauH nf nonnla. ' That la
the sum-total of our eare about Jpartyf
and it ought to be all that anybody.
except office seekers, cares about It.
We want to see results in benefit to
the people, and are ready to support
whatever party brings or gives assur
ance of bringing about such results
But we are tired of professions and
self-praises and promises,, and vapid
flapdoodle about vague misty, non
committal "principles" and "larger
purposos" and "historic tendencies."
This Is all rubbish, and when Intel
llgent voters can get no better foun
dation for their partyism, It is no
wonder, and It la a credit to them,
that they break over, look only at
existing conditions, shrewdly size up
candidates, and vote as they please.
General-Harrison Gray Otis, editor
of the Los Angeles Times, a Repub
lican of the radical, standpat, people-
be-d type, view the political situa
tion with alarm, saying , that the
Times "feels keenly the uncertainty
of the situation, the strenuousness of
the struggle, the imperative necessity
of all getting into line, getting In
straight,; toeing the mark, and
marching shoulder to. shoulder."
Somehow, this has a familiar sound.
But a political ' party Is not exactly
an army, General.
,-If the fleet can't or wont come
here, Portland rejoices with the peo
ple of Taqulna bay at their prospect
of getting a near-view ot the big ves
sels. Indeed, the department is
quite condescending to Oregon, in
not ordering the fleet to move north
ward, far out at sea, out of sight of
the Oregon coast. But there is noth
ing small about Oregonlans; many
of them will go out from Newport
and Astoria, and take a squint at the
battleships.
A sufficient answer to Mr. Hob-
son's cry of alarm is that Japan Is on
the ' verge of national bankruptcy,
and for years to come could not pos
sibly raise money enough to carry on
a war with the United States for a
single year. Another sufficient rea
son why war Is extremely improbable
is that there Is not, and Is not likely
to be any reason or excuse whatever
for It. . 1
The Forest drove News repeats the
absurd statement of the Eugene Reg
ister that the people settled the sen
atorship in the primaries. No such
thing, as these editors, not being
idiots, must know. The primaries
were for parties to chooBe candi
dates; in the election' the people will
Choose between opposing candidates.
The silly pretense of these papers is
not creditable to them.
While in a number of eastern
states the Democrats have elected
unlnstructed delegates, it seems that
most of the rank and file are with
out doubt for Bryan, and many of
these ' delegates will probably obey
he manifest will of their constit
uents and vote for him.
Harry Thaw is being examined as
to his sanity, and it is a safe guess
that he will soon be liberated as
sane Any amount of expert evi
dence to that effect can be bought
Thus the whole proceeding ends in a
farce. Without money, he would
have been executed long ago.
There Is some prospect that the
Herrln machine will be smashed In
California this year. If so, this will
be a great victory of the people of
the golden state. They certainly owe
It to themselves to throw off the yoke
of their disgraceful bondage.
At last the fleet has had a mishap,
one ship drifting and striking an
other In a gale, but fortunately the
damage Is slight. It looks to land
lubbers as if such an accident must
be due to carelessness.
In some eastern cities the cam
paigner who talks of the full dinner
pail may be greeted next fall with
Jeers' rather than with cheers.
War-talk, however well intended,
is bad; prominent men should talk
peace, believe in peace, demand
peace, prophesy peace.
The few party organs that are
amusingly calling on Chamberlain to
withdraw only betray their fear that
ho will win.
This Date In History.
181S Karl Marx, founder ot German
Socialism, born. Died March 14, 1883.
1821 napoleon aonapare cttea at St.
Helena. Born Aurut 15, 1769.
1826 Ex-Bmnressi Eugenie ot France
born in Granada.
1864 Battle or me wuaernese oegan.
1888 rGeneral Irvln McDowell of the
TTninn apmv died at Ban Francisco.
Born in Ohio October IB, 1818.
. l sal Revolutionist in Ban Domtnaro
deposed President Jlminec. .
Theodore P. Shoots' Birthday.
ThMHtore Parry Shoots, who. aa chair
man of the Isthmian canal commission
from 1906 to 1907 formulated the plana
for the Panama? rmnat, was born In
Crawford county. Pennsylvania, May, 6.
1858. As a toy ne removea wun nis
parents to Iowa and received his edu
cation at Monmouth collage. His rail
way experience beran In 1,881 aa super
intendent of construction of an Iowa
Una. " Later he was owner for a time
of the Indiana, Illinois & IOwa railroad,
which he sold to the Lake Shore, in
1900. with a a-rouD or associates, ha
obtained control - of and rehabilitated
trie Toledo, Bt. LiOUlsak western rail
road. After leavinc the Isthmian canal
commission, Mr. Shonts-took charge of
surrace car ana rapid transit systems
of New York city. . "
Spring Love Song. "
Oh, maid of spring, come roam with
In fresrouBg grass, 'neath budding
Corns in 'tha woods where blrdllnrs
pair, ! r, .
And love young biles Is everywhere I
Away from the, neias and rlme of
" - nni, ' ;.--- -f , ,
Where life lie in fair nature's -sn.
And where one lives in nature's (thrills
With daisies and wlt daffodils.1'
-1 .v. v Baltimore, American,.--
Small Change
Secretary Taft la absent, but not for-
VatOII, r
Still, it would not be In good taste, to
wusiaiuiaia jar. ononis, . , , ,
Four npn-B months ahead now, yet
"i im ww oyaiera eaten.
Take an umbrella or wear a Merry
nuow nv 9 we Dau gam. i
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The great day has arrived and no-
ooajr cares aooui politics now.
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. "The tumult and tha shoutln" have
Degun out on the baseball field.
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Numerous and varied will be the pleas
and Yrt!BM rf 'IiMd1' tha.. H n ia
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The Rerjubllenn -rntita tn th aonat
ioobs tuts a rocay road to travel. ,
Wool Is iow. but that doee not naeaa-
nartly mean cheaper woolen goods.
That wreck on Otter Rack waai a
little early for the vacation season. '
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May's lap is rather damo and ehirlv
as yet. but so far hasn't been actually
frosty.
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Kow what Portland wnnM lllra in
is some hard -fought' closely contested
games.
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Evidently Harriman waa tint aafcuf an
revise the . president's recent SDeolal
messages.
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A historian save the moaaulto'eanaMd
the downfall of -Rome. Tet Kew Jeraey
stiU lives.
Buffalo Times: Varr munh naA,M-
Legislators that will do something for
the people. -
Harmony is not alwavs a rood thlnar:
it depends upon what people are har-
mumuue auoui.
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The Pendleton Tribune
the campaign . becomes so hot aa to
scorch the Cake.
Bon-ln-law Nick sava Roosevelt will
not run again if he has his way. Is the
"if" significant T
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inai uqu Angeies woman wno slept
88 days and then wnk un twn taiv.
lng at onoe, of course.
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Will de Baaran r.nmm n, mrA nKal.
lenge Roosevelt for his roast of the
Anna Goulds of the country?
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Tha Denver convention hall will an.
commodate 14,000 people, and it 1s prob
able that about 11,000 of them will be
for Bryan.
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A Cornell co-ed defeated fl
students for the oratorical prize. But
who doesn't know that one woman can
outtalk five men?
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llr7JM.lm I0r "i 11 moonshine."
says the St Louis Globe-Democrat Now
isni tnat an intelligent, broadmlnded
style Of political argument?
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Secretarv of Asrlcultnr wiiam .....
there will be both good crops and big
prices this year. And yet some people
want to revise the tariff, the cause of
both.
Accordlnr to an outline r f ni.ti--
last novel whic is not to be published
till after his death, it would better not
be published till after the death of
everybody.
Oregon Sidelights
Weston may have a new flour mill.
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A Cove man will need B0 cherry plck-
m a
Alfalfa Is 2 H feet high around Herm-
laiun.
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Milton needs more dwelling houses-
iiui. vno ia vacant.
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Eugene will have a broom factory on
a small scale to begin with.
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Albany, claims the Herald. Is the big
gest wholesale town in the valley.
Lana county fruit growers will op
erate a boa factory of their own, savins
II per 1,000 boxes.
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A Pilot Rock man caught one day 103
trout In Birch creek; one measured 264
inches and weighed 6 pounds.
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Sine Jast fall, when the electrio light
filant was burned. Lakeview has been
ighted only by lamps and candlea
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Democrats of Umatilla omintr nom
inated a Republican, other than the Re
publican candidate, for county school
superintendent.
Oorvallla. sava tha T(m. fa In
throes of a building and real estate
boom. It Is estimated that there at
least TO residences and business build
ings now under construction. while
much real estate) has chanand hanri.
during the past few days.
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A Bumrjter man sava: nil v. T.oiro .
beautiful sheet of water near this place
has earned the distinction of being the
greatest trout habitation in Oregon.
Thousands of fish are caught there each
season by fishermen from all parts of
the state, yet each season shows a
larger Increase of the finny tribe.
Linn county., savs the Jefferson Re
view, is the most, uncertain nnlltlml
ground In the state. . They vote any old
way that happens to suit them and the
result is no candidate can be certain of
election until the votes are counted. This
condition of arrairs has the effect of
making both parties put up good men if
iney expect 10 elect mem.
The Salem Statesman Is undouhtediv
correct when it says: It did old Salem.
20 years ago, 1100,000 worth of good,
and more, to give $20,000 to a woolen
mill, as a subsidy. It would do Salem
and the country effected 1 1,000.000
worth of good, sand more, to subscribe
iiou.uoo stoca ror an electric line to
Stayton. .
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There is not a Single case of small
pox in Philomath at present and there
hasn't been one for years, says the Re
view. Philomath can show aa low a
death rate as any other town on the
coast for its sise. The fact of the
matter is there hasn't been a death
here except from old age or accident
for a long period of years.
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Tha careless use of flrearma Tnv num.
bers of pleasure parties on the rivers
and inlets running out of Coos Bay is
the cause of much complaint by rest
dents near the streams, says the Marsh
field Times. Numerous Instances of
narrow escapes- from bullets are report
ed and some of the ranchers are. al
most frantlo lest some of their family be
The Bank of Milton, a private bank
lnce 1889, will be chartered as the First
National Bank of Milton, with a canitoi
of 160,000. The bank's business for the
year closing aaarcn si shows an av
erage increase over (he previous yea of
25 per cent The total resources -of the
bank are 1410,000, of which 8170,000 Is
cash on hand and bight exchange. The
net surplus and undivided profits for
the past year were 825.000, an increase
of $5,400 over the previous year. , -
Tha present year promises to" be tha
biggest building year in Med ford, says
the Tribune. There is more building In
sight and, In .actual construction than
ever before.' 1 Over 100 structures are
in process of erection. Qui ue a lot of
building, -bothbuslneas blocks and resl-
fences, depend upon the results of the
una election, many withholding eon
tracts until it is known whether tha
county goes dry. la which case thay will
abandon plans. ..
JAPAN'S ARMY AND NAVY
BT FREDERIO 1. HASKIX. :
5 (Copyright. 108, by J'rederlo 3. HaakV)
,s Toklo, April 4. -War la the business of the Japanese nation. It U In
.war that It has excelled; 10 Is by. war that it has come to its present dip
lomatic rank among the powers; and it is toward war that .every energy
oi lis greatest men is Dent. Those
selves veterans of successful wars.
ware with whom and for what no
be squeezed from the poverty-stricken people of Japan is being turned
into engines of war. , No matter
ture may suffer, the military and naval establishments must be extended,
exalted, perfected. i -
Notwithstanding this warlike spirit,
it ia seriously to be doubted It Japan
can measure up to the somewhat . ro
mantic iaeai which many occidentals
have created In their own minds. It
cannot be disputed that Japan . has
lought two wars within 14 years, that
it was victor in both, and that tljese
wars wars' fought with the two moat
populous nations on earth, and that In
the last one all reoords of modern war-
rare, in DOlnt or number nf men en
gaged, were excelled. Yet It la equally
true that this first war was fought with
a country absolutely without railitary
prowess, and that when the end of the
second war came Japan was almost ex
hausted and quits willing to accept
peace) propositions whloh were a diplo
matic victory xor us vanquisnea enemy.
But the alarmist who sees an aU-oon-
querlng yellow peril will exclaim that
Japan can pat into tha field at a mo
ment a notice an armv of a million fire
tested soldiers. It can do nothing of
i-ae Mono, as a matter ot tact, m Us
army of 120,000 men today thera are not
more than 20,000 who saw service in
the campaign aaralnat tha Ruaalana
The same alarmist will say that the
Japanese soldier Is possessed of a
bravery that is more than human; that
nm noias to me ancient code or ijushl
do and would rather die ln battle than
to live la peace, and that therefore the
Japanese soldier is more -than a match
ror any man who has natural ideas
about self-preservation. Even the Jap
anese tnemseives laugh at this notion.
It is true that all Japanese ara patri
otic and that moat ot those of ttaa lower
classes believe in tha divinity of the
emperor, but they ara not any more
anxious to die than other people. The
Japanese officers who forced their own
men .to fight at the point of a. revolver
know that tha Japanese- soldier is
brave, but that like all other human
beings he Is fallible, and sometimes is
airaia.
Bsvy Has Advaatere.
Tha Japanese navy has the advantage,
so it is aaid, of having fought the
greatest sea battle of modern times, of
naving- won mat natue, ana therefore
Is ahead of all other navies in actual
experience, 'ine fact that Japan a ores
ent navy has fought a great sea battle
la not so great an advantage when it is
remembered that big guns ara soon
worn out Many of the guns on Ad
miral Togo's ships were already use
less wnen ne won hla great victerv.
After that battle waa over mora than
half the armament of the Japanese navy
was worthless. - It IS to reline or to
replace these guns, and to repair these
snips, ana to restore tne captured Rus
slan ships that the Japanese srovern
ment is taxing its people to the extent
oi one lourin or tneir total earnings
japan Knows tnat its navy is not as
itrong as Its paper presentment indi
cates.
The same condition Is true of the
army. The Japanese army rifle used in
the war with Russia, called the Art-
saka rifle,, was almost an exact copy of
a now ooBoieie jtiauser nne, wun tne
barrel cut eil twg lnohea and tb stock
shortened to fit the shoulder of the
diminutive Japanese soldier. This rifle
was an admitted failure in manv wave.
and before the war was over many Jap
anese troops were using rifles captured
from the Russians, notwithstanding the
difficulty occasioned by using a differ
ent ammunition. The nigh-power mod
em powaer Durns out a rliie in a very
snort time ana tne Japanese military
men know that the present equipment
of their army is practically useless.
Preparations are being made to com
pletely reequip the army, and it ia with
a view to this end that the Japanese
arsenals are now working night and
day, employing over 60,000 men. It Is
said that the Japanese have adopted a
new rifle, and that arrangements are
being made to manufacture it on a
large scale at home. The present stand
ing army is provided with rifles of the
type used in the war the best of the
lot that was left The army resertes,
Corresponding to the German Landwehr,
are equipped with those slightly worse,
and thousands and thousands of the
rifles which ended their usefulness in
the Russian war have been sold at
auction.
Old Anns for China.
Since firearms were Invented there
has not been a time that a revolution
ary or insurrectionary body could not
And a way to get guns. The larger por
tion of the Japanese army rifles sold
at auction have been finding their way
Into China to equip revolutionary forces,
the Chinese being satisfied with any
thing that looks like a gun. This trade
In contraband arms, manufactured by
the Japanese government, used In the
Japanese army and shipped from Jap
anese arsenals, is ona of the reasons
The Price of Liberty.
By Ellis O. Joaea, In Success Magaslne.
How do you manage --your railroads
In ihis country T" Inquired the Man from
Mora. "In thoaa countries Of what you
called the old, world which I have vis
ited, they are owned ana managea Dy
the government."
"Inasmuch as I have never been
abroad," replied the politician, I must,
of course, conclude that' their methods
are purely theoretical. We, In this
country, pride ourselves on being prac
tical. "
"May I ask you to explain?' said the
Man rrom Mars. .... .
"TVrtainlv" renlled the politician.
"Our practice proceeds on the theory
mat tne government is iuo puor nu u
inefficient to own and manage our rail
ways. Accordingly, the work is turned
over to private indlvlduala"
"And are the individuals trust
worthy?"
"b, nn manna." said the politician.
"We have to appoint railroad commis
sions to watoh tnem.-
"The commissions, then, are to ba de
pended upon?"
"Not at all. They are watchad by
the legislatures."
"And the legislatures T ,-
"They in turn are watched by the
magasines." -
"Oh, I see, the magazines ara the
final arbiters. That is very lnteres:-
,n'Ko, -vou are mistaken. The Tmag1
aslnes are watched by the peopla.'
"Of course. It finally gets back to
the people. They act upon the Infor
mation provided by tha magazines,
Surely the people aa not neea - waicn-
,nf.:
Wrong;
an
rain. " That's where we
come in," said the politician, proudly
sticking Ills tnumosjin me armnoies
of bis waistcoat. -"We have to watch
the people to keep them from watcu-
And how-does It al? work?" Inquired
the Man from Mara
"We are living very easy, thank you,
answered the politician.
. ifrnyNot?
- Prom the Corvallls Times.
Three fourths, perhaps seven eights,
of the- people of Benton county are In
favor of Statement No. 1. They think
it the duty of a legislator to aocept their
instructions. They think blm elected to
be their servant, and not their maater.
In the selection of a United State sen
ator. They think their will ia .the matter
of senator ought to be supreme, and to
that will the legislator ought to - bow.
They, remember that legislative choice
of senator Is disastrous to the state- and
costly for them. It means deadlocks,
contention, strife and bedlam.- It means
40 days f scandal and demoralization
at galem. It means a senater elected
who owes every thing to the bosses and1
who rule the government are them
and they are today preparing for other
man knows. Every cent that can
how industry, education .and agricul
- v , $
for China's Intense distrust of Its
neighbor. The recent Tatsu Maru af
fair was only one Instance, It Is said,
of this thriving trade. 7 T t .
The purpose of tha Japanese gov
ernment in rushing with such reverisn
haste this work of repairing the dam
age to its armament resulting from the
war with Russia does not appear on the
surface. The Jananeae . business men
have pleaded with the government to go
siowiy ana not piungs tne country into
bankruptcy, but the military oligarchy
is supreme and pays no heed. Japan
could not finance a war now with even
the weakest of nations, and the Jaj
anese neoDle want Deaoa. But the mil
HE
tarv party says it must be "prepared.1
- The conscription brings every Japan
aa student into the army for two-years,
but there are many exceptions ror va
rlous excuses, which ara accepted be
cause tha government cannot afford to
support an . army aa large aa -the full
conscription would raise. An inoldent
of taepVtyomy:whleh
anese government ia iurca ia nm una i
year volunteer service." Any young I
man of means who desires to lighten the
burden of his enforced conscription may
do so by volunteering for one year. This
cuts his 'time in half, but In return
b must pay his own barrack expenses.
Only Tairtaea Battleships.
'While tha Jananeae naw has 11 bat
tleships on paper, the two largest -of
these will not b in commission for
more than" a year, the patching up of
the captured Russian, ships has not
been completed and other ships are
out of commission. By the time the
American fleet gets to. the Philippines
Japan will have eight effective battle
ships and 12 good armored cruisers in
commission. In the United States fleet
at that time will be 18 battleships and
eight armored cruisers. But tne jap
anese ara rushing to get their other
hips in shape, over (0,000 men being
employed in its navy yards. This is a
greater-aumber than was employed at
any one time during the preparations
xor ins Kussian war, ana is tne nign
water mark in Japanese naval activity
Japna is making the utmost endeavor
to get into a itosltlon where it will
not have to depend on other nations for
tne raw material necessary ror snip
building and armament,, but the gov
ernment steel foundry has thus far been
a practical failure, and the Japanese
ahlp builders must continue to depend
on foreign countries for steel. The
average wages paid in the -Japanese
navy yards where warships are conn
structed Is 29 cents a day. This sav
inr in the mice of labor is partly neu
t rallied by the fact that it requires two
Japanese workmen to accomplish, the
same work done by one European or
American craftsman. - But at the same
time, if Japan could get the steel at
the same price raid by European coun
tries, it could build ships 20 ner cent
cheaper than they can be "built In Eu
rope. The difference between the cost
in japan ana the united states would
De even greater, as the Americans must
pay muoh more for labor and much
more for steel than any other nation.
Japan Kaa So Koney.
If Japan had the money it could, and
undoubtedly would, equip an army and
navy great enough to try conclusions
with, almost any nation. But it has
neither the money nor sufficient credit
to borrow it. It has the foundation of
a great army in its magnificent f ia-ht
lng men. but the army itself does not
exist in the magnitude which the alarm
ists claim for it. Japan also has a cred
itable navy, ranking fifth among the na
tions of tha world, and it has proved that
its navy can do things. But its entire
navy, patched up boats and all, is not
nan me squat in strengtn or tne Amer
ican sauadron now -in tha Pacific. Hara
again Japanese poverty comes in 'Its
navy has not the money to spend in
target practice. Only the British and
American navies spend great sums for
target practice which approaches the
conditions of actual war. This costs
tne unitea tstates nearly a million dol
lars a year for powder. We know that
the American naval runner can ahnnt
ana nit tne mark. The Japanese navy
must do these things by theory.
Pull credit must ba riven to tha Jan.
anese as fighting men. But this does
not mean that the rest of the world
must look upon them aa supernatural
beings, absolutely fearless and myste
riously equipped with a power against
which the force of men and arms .does
" avail. Jiereiorore they have en
countered foes who wara not their matK
In equipment, and whose hearts . were
not in their fight. If in the course of
;" mey meet ngnters wno are equal
Jy " well prepared and who are backed
bjrthe proper national spirit their meas
ure win d laaen mora accurately, and
rnucn or tne glamor that surrounds
mcir rcyuiauga win ds dissipated.
nothing to the people. They have seen
that the system has brought more harm
to Oregon than all other Influences com
bined. They know It the right to choose
a senator through Statement No. 1 Is
left to them all the abuses are swept
away, and a senator elected within a
few minutes. They want Statement
No. 1 maintained at any cost, and they
ara fully Justified in their desires. Why
does not tha single candidate for, repre
sentative In Benton change his pledge
to meet the wishes of the people; or.
falling of that, why do not this Immense
majority of Statement No. 1 people nom
!nte candidate who is squared on the
issue and elect him?
tRlch Indian Family.
Muskogee Correspondent la St Louts
Republic.
The Berryhlll family is one ef the
largest in tha Creek nation. There are
more that) seven members of its various
branches. This family draws more
money for oil royalties than any other
in Oklahoma. : '
They ara mixed blood Creeks, some
of them being almost white cultured
and refined citlsens. Nearly every one
of the family secured allotments in
that section of the Creek nation in
which was later developed the Glenn
oil pool, the greatest oil pool In the
world.
As a result of the oil wella that have
already -been drilled on Berryhlll allot
ments the family now draws from IU.
000 to $20,000 each month. Some Indi
vidual members of this family have the
richest producing allotments in the oil
field. One draws 23,000 a month royalty
and another draws 12.000. There are
many membere of the family whose al
lotments have not yet been drilled, and
there are others whose allotments are
uuiHiue oi ine present development but
they are likely to be brought in almost
any time. '
Tobe BerrybUl Is an Indian preacher,
and was ona of tha man most active
in the movement to have the Indians
sell their allotments and an tn ni,i
Mexico, take up a land grant there and
iitv accoraina to ineir Old customs.
There has not been much heard about
going to Mexico ainca tha Berrvhllla
commenced to draw big royalties from
their allotment
i-V-'i-"' Prowess.' a T ''.("vV
1 rrora Everybody Magaslne.'
Ose Irish make ma alfk alvava
talking about -vat gread flghders d-y
are," said a Teutonic resident of Ho-
Doaen, with great contempt "Vhy, nt
Minna's veddina der odder nrA dot
drunken Mike OTioollgan butted in, und
me und meln brudder und meln cousin
lTrlta tind main frl.na T n. 1 . u.
vhyl ve pretty near kicked' hint oudt
REALM
FEMININE
t
Kitchen Counsel. , ' ,
"H
ANO a; larga'i mirror In tha
kitchen," advises one of the
eathetlo: writers of advice to
housekeeper. . "It la an aid
natnesa of appearance,
Ndwhls is carrying sweetness and
"nt. ba very heart of tha camp.
How many men, J wonder. wo are put.
ting their best energies .Into their dally
work would like to have a mirror hung
handily oh the wall so that whenever
their- weary eyes chanced to light upon
It they would be reminded : that they
were anxious, disheveled, hot and tired?
What a clever Idea this would ba In the
home of the day laborer. A ditch digger
ror instance, if he only had- a larga'
mirror nung where he could see him
self aa soon aa he reaqhedi horns, would
sea how untidy it makes him to dig
ditches, and would straightway mend
his ways, appearing tha next morning
!t U,uUfu ven-nfty suit, patent
leather , ties, anil a smlla of
aCi.a2nl8l,t out in his day leanlns
SFSSSiift! ou,nAe'5t Jhe. cigar ate";
and ?f hua,
ruffled to, ' his wa
Sweet anil tin.
waiting spouse. Of
....v" wtd of beet-
, g j , 1 "man matter.
hlCA"l!liT,f'V wom'B 1 believe,
jnewost-advised woman on earth. She
is aaviaea on Browning and Ibsen, on
culinary science and domeatlo econo
mies, on drainage and house building.
.n.?.arl? Greek art and the duty ol .
LUtlon tow-af4 th Indiana, on thi
rock temples of Petra and the Egyttan
Process of embalming, on child culture
and the ethica of the, servant-girt prob
lemon everything fn fact that mere
man has nearly found out in his many
sided culture.
It remained for this astute writer to
discover that all she lacked to make
Pur dueation complete wfes a mirror in
the kitchen so that she might remem
ber to look pretty while she waa scrub
bing the floor. It seems to a mere
reader Of this last nlaoa nt aAvln. ,
be adding Insult to injury. It Is hard
m imagine anytning that would make
the averaea woman anarlar th, n .o.
how ugly she looks when sht baa to
work hard.
- There is an Impression abroad that
kitchen work la never dirty nor dis
agreeable if It Is approached with a
sweet smile and an Immaculate costume
such as the girls in the flour adver
tisements wear. But anybody who has
really tried it knows better. If you
are going to get the heavy work of the
house done, vou've s-nt to nut intn i
11 the vim and muscle and energy that
you can summon. You've got to get
down on your hands and Knees and
scrub dirty floors and clean out stoves
and scrub sinks and clean out tha
pantries. It takes plenty of common,
ordinary yellow soap and muscle and
energy and common sense. And the
woman who Is willingly -doing this, day
after day and month after month, un-
nimnlnlnlnfflir na,lAM,1.. u ,
- ...... o.j, ..vmij, ,ui .iu .nm; j
of a clean hva-lenlc home for thn "
Whom she lovea deaervea nnmathlmr
better than sneers because her hands
are not smooth and soft, her hair in
moat approved curls and her face be
witohlng and serene.
There Is such a thine- ai lnnln,i
In household attire it is true, but it is
not often the woman who is doing her
level best to keep her house whole
somely tidy and to have the meals
ready on time, who appears In untidy
attire, as it Is the novel-reading, light
housekeeping or boarding woman who
lazily drags herself about through tha
tasks that fall her way. lamentlnar all
the time that she has them to do, and)
who spends her leisure time cultivating
her eyebrows and complexion and keep
ing her slllv hands smooth.
Isn't it about time to recognise that
women have had enough and dentv of
this perfumed advice about being beau
tiful and attracting attention and keep
lng their husband s admiration?
The sort of man who does not recog
nize the unselfish part that the mother
of his children takes upon herself and
performs uncomplainingly, and faith
fully, year in and year out. is a doop
sort to cultivate and hla devotion and
affection, it would seem, hardly worth
the keeping. I
Does he Imagine that she loves to
cook and wash dishes three times a day
86S days in the year? Does he Imagine
that it is pure joy which keeps her over1
the washtub and the ironing-board,
while Mrs. McFllmsev is trotting out tn'
beautiful raiment to bridge parties?
No more than she imagines that it la,
beoause he finds the purest delight lrs
leasers ana tne cares or stock and'
waiting upon the whims of captious
customers that he trudges off unvary
ingly to his place of business and put,
his. very best enegrles year in and year
out Into providing for that same wifa
and children.
Marriage, among tha sober-minder
folk of whloh this big nation of ourai
is so largely composed, is recognised..
as a working partnership. There is. If
we but remember, a clause In the eon-
tract which provides for a steady ad
herence through better and worse. It
means a sensible eompact'ln which the
labors and the rewards are orettv evenlv
distributed, if things ara aa they should
be. .
And until it shall ba thought neces
sary for a man to look Into a mirror so
that he shall avoid the furrowed brow
and whitening hair that devotion to bis
part of the world's business means, It
Is, by. the "same reasoning, quite un
necessary for a woman to "nang a larga
mirror In the kitchen" so that when aha
is honestly doing her part she shall ba
reminded that it means the loss of tha
girlish figure, ' the hardening of her
rounded nands and' a weariness of tha
flesh.
Tbesa things so with the contract It
does not by any means follow that she
may not when the housework is done.
ui on ner aaimy pretty gown ana tak
er reasonable nleaaurea. It stands tn
reason that she will enjoy them more,
with a consciousness of duty done than
she will if shs has spent the busv
morning hour -gazing in a mirror and
lamenting her fading beauty.
nun
The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST,
Corned beef hash Poached eggs
Popovers , coffee
.-, LUNCHEON.
Jellied veal , Baked beans
Apricot jam junket cookies
.' " ' Tea -!
, " DINNER. -
Clara aoup - ' Broiled beefsteak
irenc n potatoes reas
Asparagus with mayonnaise
Rhubarb pie Cheese Coffee
To Broil OS tha Gas Range. The first
step in ' broiling is to have the oven
heated about IS minutes. If steak is
placed in a cold oven it will be- tough,
poorly flavored and wilt-nt brown.
Put the . steak in an ordinary wtra
broiler over the broiling pan, as this
Keeps it tn snaps ana cnaoies it to ba
readily turned without the use of a
fork. - - -
, -.ieave tne- Droning oven door open
four or five Inches all the time the meat
is cooking. - Broiling Is better dona .
in a well-ventilated oven; besides, you
can then- watch It closely, and keep it
from burning. . ,
Do not add seasoning until ready -to
serve. w .
Bear '-tha meat quickly on both side; "
then allow it to broil from four to six .
minutes on each side. If the steak is '
very thick, give It about ,10, minutes TV
on each aide. . . ..- . ' -
The thinner the Steak, the doner It -
should be placed to the flame. , If ona , -inch
or less in thlcknesia, put as clrm '
as possible wlthout'touching.r If thicker
(one and one half Inches or mora) ' '
hlnftlk It th,M A nn,.(tiiha, K. c
llama, . - 'V'" - ' 1
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