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THE JOURNAL AN IKDEPKNbEST NIW8CAPBB. C S. -4ACKSOM. ...... J. ....PubUb Fubllahea' twr eTeniuf (except 8atxly) tni mj giiadar tDorulnc. at 1 B journal dhiiu- in. FUta ana X aemiu . eireeta, caruairavr. Entered at tee poatofflca at Portland. Or., fbc ramlsala uuoege OM mall aa acana-w Batter. ffKI UPHONES MAIN TITS. HOUR. A-S051. .U departueote reached by tbeee Bowban. taa opemnr tna arpartmeni Jf wim, , Eaat .Side office. B-2444: Eaat 8S. . rOREIUX ADVERT1SINO KWBESHXTATIVK Treeland-Bpajiarin Sped! Adrartialnff Axtncr. ... Brunairtfk BuUdiui, 9 aUta arena. Kew ork : Trlbuua BuildlacX Cbloaio. ,,-' Sobacrtptkm Terma by nail to any addrcat In ih (jolted Etatea, Canada r Mexico. DAILY. - , Ona year, ..,..,. I One aoonUi I M SUNDAY. One year....... 82.50 I Ona ndath I .23 DAILY AND StfNDAT. One rar.....,.ST.BO I One noatb. ......$ ..SB 5! Dare, to be true. , Nothing can "need a lie; . A fault which needs It most .jrowa two thereby. George Herbert -a AFTER THE PRIMARIES. IN HIS opening address at Ontario I. Governor Chamberlain was etlll true to Statement No. 1. He has not adopted the popular fashion of advocating it yesterday, end deserting it today after the primaries. In fact that Is not the Chamber Iain way. .What the man was yes terday he is tomorrow, and all the days thereafter. They said he would . never do for governor, because he is "a good fellow and could not say no .to the politicians," and that, public affairs would go to wreck. What actually happened was . that, the steadfast convictions and conceptions of duty that were inherent in him at fclrth went with him into the office of governor. Once' In the office, Mr. Chamberlain remained a "good fel low," but developed an individuality sternly reslstful to politicians and devoted to-, the interests of the ' masses, whose rights and aspirations he kept steadily and resolutely in 2nind. '"4''.' . c .. They said he would not do for governor, because "President Roose , velt was coming to the state, and Chamberlain, a. Democrat, would not be a fit person to welcome him." But the people made him governor, and Roosevelt came. He was re- reived by Chamberlain, and In such a manner that Oregon ; was honored, and great credit reflected upon her people and the state. A further con sequence was that a warm personal friendship exists between the gover nor and the president, a friendship creditable alike to the breadth and bigness of both men. Aa shown by many an experience, - ft is his ability, always to rise to and overtop emergencies in public affairs, that has made Mr. Chamberlain known and admired throughout the country. The : country-wide com ment of the newspapers of the great , cities after his second election as governor, attributing to him remark able character and power, gave him universal "recognition as a states- man of the highest and , best : type, affording htm repute of infinite value to Oregon in . case of his election to the senate. It is a prestige that, along with the deep - purposeful conviction of the right and his duty that is a marked 4 rait in his genial nature, makes Mr, Chamberlain ideal for the position for which thousands of his country men are urging him. 'As his public ;;caneer so. thoroughly Bhows, his de votion to Statement No. 1 will con tinue, not only "after the primaries," , but always, and It means that, In case of his election, the prestige of his ; . great office will be exerted to pre- ' serve It. .- ' : THE HOUSE BECOMING SCARED. TP HE house of ' representatives I Bhows signs : of partial com . pliance . with the president's urgent and repeated recommen dations that congress pass some meed , ed legislation. This change of plan, . It it shall be made, will not he due to a sincere desire on the part cf the leaders in congress to pass the pro posed measures, but to fear, that 'oth erwise many present members of the v,. house will be voted out next fall, and new men, in many cases Democrats, ' elected in their places;- In other ; words, the majority leaders will act not from a sense of duty to the peo- pie, hut because they are . scared. They realize that the president's meft sages have so attracted the people attention to the situation that fur ther, pursuance of the do-nothing policy would be suicidal. But It is to be observed that the . list Vof measures which it is an . nounced that the house will act upon f includes only a few of those recom mended by the president. Accord n ing to a Washington dispatch, the list .i as follows: Passage of the Vree- v land currency measure, passage of a bill introduced by Payne relative to injunctions, concurrence la the Gal- V linger bill, regulating child labor 4n the District of Columbia", passage of the MeCa.ll bill relative to publicity in the matter of campaign contribu tions, passage of a liability measure ' applicable to employes of the govern ment in mechanical ; work. f These are very well as far as they go, but the schedule omits several of the Im portant measures urged by the presi dent and favored, no doubt, by a great majority of the people.' The parcels pose, postal savings banks, In land waterways, government owner ship of coal lands, giving the inter- state commerce commission more power' over railroads, strengthening the' anti-trust law, and other rem edial measures, are not mentioned Performing a little part of its duty by congress will be better than per forming less, of course; but accord ing to the announced program .the bouse proposes, to leave much of Its duty undone-for the people have no doubt at" all ' that the president is right on these propositions; - Mr. Payne, the floor leader, is at tempting- to placate ; tariff reform sentiment by a resolution providing for an investigation during the re cess, which everybody understands will really accomplish- nothing. Speaker Cannon, it is reported, has graciously consented to the consid eration by the house of an antl-in- Junctlpn law and a law to amend the Sherman anti-trust law, and It Is cer tain that he would not have done this unless convinced that his party was in imminent danger if the standpat policy were persisted in. There are many Republican congressmen who are sincerely in favor of most or some of the president's list of reform measures, but they have thus far been helpless under the tyrannical rule of the speaker.. It seems they are forcing him to yield a little, but only a little of the much that ought to be done can be hoped for. Then, even if the house pass sev eral of these bills, there is the senate. It is no new thing for one house to pass a bill knowingjt will be killed in the other. Congress' alms to ad journ in two weeks or so, and how can any Importantly good bill pass the senate, where debate is unlimited? But we will wait and see, standing eady to give congress due credit for whatever good it does to redeem its wretched record of the past four months. WHILE THE EDITOR NODS, TRUTH BREAKS OUT. F OR a newspaper to have ed itorial writers of opposite opin ions, or an editor who reasons oppositely, may be somewhat advantageous. Thus it can please people of opposing views alternately. But when such opposing opinions are expressed in the same issue in ad Joining editorials, readers may be come a little confused and in doubt as to the paper's real position. The Oregonlan's leading editorial Monday was of the same tone and fiber as some others that The Jour nal haB commented on lately a sort of ironical, complaining attack upon Oregon Republicans for not voting solidly at all times and under all circumstances for Republican can didates. It was a continuation of the series of scoldings that the Ore gonlan has been giving all Repub licans who voted for Chamberlain, or Lane, or any other Democrat. It went on to accuse all these voters of wielding "the knife," as If every ono of them had a personal malicious grudge against Wlthycombe and other defeated Republicans, and no other reason whatever for voting as they did. Then it dropped again into the inane claptrap about "the historic courses of our parties," as If. these .had anything to do with pressing present issues. It was as serted that for a Republican to vote for a Democrat, or vice versa, in or der to vote for the better man or to get better results for the people, was to "eliminate all higher or ultimate principle." It even hunted up the word "sicarli" to apply to recalci trant Republicans, and accused half or more of the Republicans of the state of acquiring "the art of slit ting political weasands." assuming that none of them had any other ob ject in voting as they did. Yet in the very next editorial we read that the Republican party this year "Is likely to meet too little the demands of the present time"; that "the old contention of parties over state vb. national authority has vir tually been settled"; and .continues: 1 "The Democratic party now calls for regulation of commerce between the states, for improvement of water ways, for regulation and extension of the national banking system, ror control of combinations of capital, for pushing schemes for irrigation and reclamation of lands." j On the , tariff both parties, says the Oregonian, are divided, and It concludes: r ''"Between the parties, therefore, we shall have no clean-cut line of di vision this year. The platforms will be platitudinous one of them talk ing about the glories of the era of Lincoln, the other about the glories of theera of Jefferson, and either platform capable of construction one way or another on most questions of the present' time." - t All of which snows tnat political trutb'wlll occasionally crop out, een on the editorial page of the Ore gonian. . Vll K TRAGEDY OF IDLENESS. A' BOUT two .weeks ago the Chi cago Tribune .. said that in South Chicago the shadow of starvation was hovering over 1,000 aliens. - In the vicinity of the IlllnoiB steel mills 5,000 men were out of work. Many live on, 8 or 6 cents a day; some have only a loaf of bread, and can manage to get water, About 1,000 of them, however, must depend on a slice or two from some one else's loaf.; ' Alley woodsheds, barns and 'other outbuildings have become Jlodgingy houses,. j.Cheap boarding-house keepers have lost most of their business, and some of them are bankrupt, ,: Workingmen's barber shops are void' of custpmers. The cheap-clothing stores are not making one third of last year's sales butchers, bakers and grocers ' not more than half. A boarding-houBe keeper said he was ruined; the men owed him over $1,000, and he could trust them no farther. He could get no more " credit himself "We are glad," he said, "if we have enough bread. Many of the people around here have not even bread. They simply are famished. They -walk about the streets or ko into a saloon. But here they are not welcome. Their credit, if they ever had any credit there, long since has been exhausted If the people around here don't get work I don't know what we will do. Strong young men can be seen standing on the streets faint-with hunger. Yet most of these men are peaceable, and do not try to steal From day to day, from week to week they, have waited for work. They would work at any wages, at any thing. What a tragedy of human life is exhibited here, and this is only one scene in a single city., me worklngman out of work out here in the Pacific northwest is a fortunate man in comparison. He has compar atively few companions In distress and he need not' go far into the country to find something to do, plenty to eat, ' and fair wages for good, honest work. PORTLAND AT WASHINGTON. s ECRETARY MULLER of the Portland board of trade suggests that Portland should- maintain a regular commercial agent and. a permanent office at Washington, so that business of importance to this city could be looked after promptly and energetically by some capable man who could devote his whole time and attention to this business. This seems to The Journal a good Idea, and probably the commercial bodies of Portland could not spend the re quired amount of money In any bet ter way. It is true that It is the business of our senators and representatives to look after all such matters, but they have many other things to take their time and attention. They have to attend the sessions of congress and of committees, and they have all the state and not Portland in partic ular to look out for. Besides, in the house this district is represented by Mr. Ellis, who has never become noted for his hustling qualities. Portland might be greatly bene fited in the course of a year or two by the work at Washington of some peculiarly well-qualified man for such a post, and the suggestion seems to be worthy of serious consid eration. GET ON THE BALLOT RIGHT. ir NDER the Australian ballot law, not repealed in this particular by the primary election law, the candidates by petition for the legislature, who in several dls trlcts are running against non-state ment candidates, are entitled to have "the party or political principle which they represent, expressed in not more than three words," placed on the official ballot after their names. The Statement No. 1 candi dates for the legislature, therefore, who cannot go on the ballot as Re publicans or Democrats, because not nominated in the primaries, should have the words "Statement No. 1" put on the ballot as the "political principle" that they, represent. These three wordB exactly define the pur pose of their candidacy, and they are entitled to these three words on the ballot, so that voters may know just what they stand for and why they are opposing the primary candidates. This should be looked into at once in the contested districts, and county clerks instructed to put the sug gested words on the ballot where re quired. That was rather a hard conun drum that the governor put at Baker City to the Cakes; since they de clared after the primaries that all the accusations against Senator Ful ton were false, malicious malev olent and libelous, and since they must have known this as well be fore 'the primaries as after, why did they not come out like square gen erous courteous men and say so, and not wait until their sayso could do Fulton no good, and when It was manifest that it was only uttered to propitiate his friends? Western Oregon, a little party or gan published at Cottage Grove, says: "The people of Oregon always did take Chamberlain as a Joke, and now that Joke is reduced to a street josh." If the people of Oregon took Chamberlain as a, joke in 1902, and as a still greater Joke in 1906r it seems probable that they will enjoy a larger joke of the same sort in 1908. S And now San, Francisco, the big city of'the west Bide of the continent, is entertaining the ,great fleet, and this is saying tbat it will be enter tained with liberality, lavishness, and only as Californlans can enter tain guests within her golden gates. Lost, strayed, or stolen, a new bat tleship fleet, with crop off, of right ear and branded "u S" on the left hip. A suitable reward will be paid for its discovery in any port in Ore gon.., -. , . "''- l r ... The New' York abductor who spir ited away a husband and kept him prisoner six ( months, hoping that his wife would pay $1,000 for his ran som, didn't ; understand. , It is Merry Widow age now, and even six bits could easily be a big figure to pay for a missing liege lord's ransom and return. . y:' Wanted, documents and old news papers containing, accounts of what I said about Statement No. 1, also lit erature on that subject sent by me to voters. With-the primaries over, I am not SO hot on ' that trail as 1 was. Address me at headquarters, ; , 4. 'my brother's" An additional cause ' for an en thusiastic ' welcome to the. fleet by Saa Francisco was that Just before i its arrival there Admiral Evans re - sumed hls"place on the flagship Connecticut as commander-in-chief . There Will' be thousands Of extra ,,,mrrM J-.I..1 : nuuumi uuu, Running Shots Wri tten ' for Th e Journal by Fred a Denton. While the Tuh ' club orates ' the oriages steadily rot. . . The leas a. coliee detective knowa about an atrocious murder ' the wiser DO JOOKS. v , (.. f- When the mud comes araln. centle Annie, where will you alight from the ireica.rf . .. v ' BV all mean let the mavor tell some more -wholesome truths to tb pass - takers of the city council.- - e 1 A dandelion show" and festival would be able, to attract . some magnificent specimen for exhibition. - : .- e Very able and honest men are often made tools and fools J of. This mls-h: appiy xo ion xonson or Minnesota. . . a a ; a Next to. s-ettfnr tha nomination him self Taft would like to name his ob pnnent The name of Taft'e cholee for the Democratic nomination does not be gin wnn X5. i ne nignr-up grarters in Ban Fran - Cisco are able to git ud. and take nour inhment now. The courts of California are useful Institutions to suppress pea nut graiting oniy. . a a The Dolltlclana In the state of Wash ington are accepting tne direct primary with tout little klckinar. They hope and pray the people will not Compel them to taKe airect legislation ana statement No. 1. a a a If the university people are not able to properly spend the appropriation pro- poeed, the people of Oregon have It In as well as a few other Institutions, at iiitjir uuwwr f FtJiurio mtj umvtjranv any time. The United States senate Is holding down the nresldent. but the party or ators will tisa liia name to keeb in Dower the senators of 'the plunderbund, who hate him even na old nick nates to De wet with holy water. a a Our cltv council is a lively demon stration of the necessity for a better and more representative method of elect ing law-makers. The Dronosal of the People's Power league to permit some up-to-aaia metnoaa or electing law- up-to-aaxe mmnoas or electing iw- 1 makers to be adopted at any time In the future is a good one. they do not Initiate an amendment abol- I ark in, nr inn iihhi iiaiHmm witv i shins; the Initiative and they simply 1 snort. Even the portly ex-Bervants of paid signature solicitors they talk so I much about could get enough names on tne masses realize mai no amouni or i a petition for such a proposition. Try I it, gentlemen. I I If the proposed tax amendment would I raise taxes on other property too much, I whv not try assessing certain corpora-I tlons In this tate for what their stock I eus ror on m narKjir ah iob rau-i roads In the state do not pay as much in taxes as me iivesiocn. impiemeuia i and Improvements of the farmer. I I I X waa tha riavll an 4 wanted ta In. 1 flict a. cruel and unusual punishment on some sinner In my charge I would turn him into a horse and have his owner keep him standing six hours a day with his head checked up high. In front of some store on a busy street. until he whimpered to every passerby to relieve him of his misery, and without avail. a a a Tha a-atherinar in the White House of all tne wise men of the country in a few davs will not have on its rollcall the smartest and ablest of the real live men of the country. He is rather per- I Bona non grata to xeauy, Because, line i him, he does things and untixe nim. very often he thinks before he does them. Tom L. Johnson could tell that brilliant assemblage more truth In less time than any sage, seer, propnet or statesman In the bunch. Therefore. Tom did not receive aa Invite. What some wise men do not want to know Is what pains them. Hobson is navv mad. So are the peo pie, to a considerable extent. We have had no navy for over 80 years on the reat laKes to get us into irouoie wiui anaaa, u nil nu army w iui in vn uio ne. either. Hobson should Investigate ha. dans-era nf an invasion of the Oa- I nucks. What a. power of damage they could do. ror instance, u tney leu on Seattle in a nlaht and proceeded to at-1 !! t.vV.ait? M0f,-i.h6..vCi.J A11 tack' SaV'Franisoo : than th Tcanadlas but they are not crazy. "Uncle Joe" Has a Birthday. Washington. D. C May 7, Speaker Cannon, whom Illinois Republicans ome or them, at least profess to oe- lieve will receive the presidential nomi nation at the Chicago convention, was 72 years old today. The house- was well ware that this was "Uncle joes birthday, for he was kept buey receiv ing the congratulations of friends and admirers at the capitol and wherever he chanced to mpet them. Tha aneakar Is looking remarkably well for a man of hla years and to all appearances would be physically able to withstand the strain of a summer campaign, should he decide to take to the stump. Several of the Illinois cities and towns, where they believe Mr. Cannon will be the next occupant or the White House, sent him birthday greetings today. i Mr. Cannon was born at Guilford, North Carolina, May 7, but at an early age moved with his parents to Indiana. He began life as a clerk- In a grocery store. He studied law in Cincinnati and was. admitted to the bar ln 1851. He settled at Tuscola, Illinois, soon after and was elected state's attor ney there in 181, serving till 1868. In 1875 he moved to Danville and waa elected to the forty-third congress. He ha7 continued to serve ever slnoeT wug the exception of one term. He was elected speaker in 190S. This Date in Historr. 1665 The principle of the appropria tion act adopted by the commonwealth and definitely established. 1S12 Robert Browning, English poet, bora. - Pled Deoember 12, 188a v 1840- Many lives and much property lost by tornado la Adams county, Mis sissippi. -; . 184s General Taylor, in command of the a'Mny of occupation 'in Texas, marched to the relief of Fort Brown. 1848 Edwin Warfield, former gov ernor of Mary land, born. ' - 18TS -Salmon" P. Chase., chief , justice of the United States, died. Born January- 18.. 180s.--1- - - - . V 1904 -The Japanese raptured Feng-waog-cheng. the Hussians -retreating witliout giving battle. - LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ' How New-Comer Sees It. Salem, Or., May 2. To the Editor of The Journal The dispatches recent ly contained two very - Interesting items, vi: That "predatory, legislation fathered by antagonism to corporate Interests and lack of confidence," ' were the cauee of the panic and that north- we8tern roads w.er overtaxed carrying 1 homeseekera to Canada. ' Now; Mr. Editor, if the American "captain of industry" have not yet learned that ' "corporate Interests must he amenable to " Just . legislation, just to ttfem and to the people alike, It la time that they- are learning H. For, lment are not altogether misleading, the k.n.d. if present Indication of publlo sentb- I stand for the get-rieh-guick echemes" of a Rockefeller Gould. Harrlman, Mor- I ft'., V1, Ol M, V Oh "J UIKH ime one wno rrauaenuy tinea me man to defraud the public. This aop offered by promising- prosperity will no longer goX The sooner the extortioners, graft ers and refined hold-up people will be aausned with avllve and let live policy the sooner will a sound and legitimate prosperity return. some or tne corporate interests. for instance, are advertising the thous and of acres of land to be had in Ore. iron, and when the dunes have been lured here and have Investigated they rind tnat nearly an or tne irood avail able land Is held by the railroads and nthAr "rnmrtrLta Intflreata."' - UlAffAllv. I nt vt vou itaitA nennla of Owmn (most of your newspapers included). i are sitting down ouietiy or at pest in la murmur are protesting- against these I vlanntln ateaJa wrloh ara tlalnv un and 1 permanently injuring the welfare of I your fair state. I An instance: The writer-ha 15,- 1 oo or more to invest in a rarm ana I 'our sturdy boys and two healthy and willlnK arirls and the well-Dreaerved mother of them who are willing to go out and clear and build up a.farm. I was shown several sections and ..half sections at only sllghtjy unreasonable terms, considering the surroundings. The land had been 'logged off." but the eoll appears to be - well-adapted - tor fruit I would have bought one of those laree tracts, had not Investlsa. tion reveaiea tnat one nair-seotlon which I took a fancy to waa surround- ,1 hv lAnH at nna tlma arrmnteA in 1 railroad and was being illegally held. Now. Mr. Editor and rood peoplo of Oregon, soutnern Oregon especially, I cleared and built up an excellent farm and together with my neighbors built good roads near Salem, Illinois, anJ would like to build up a larger one with and ror my cniieren in Oregon. But I for one will not go out from the station 10 or CO miles and do with out a road, or if, I want one or must have one. build it for. the railroad com pany, eo as to improve the value of their Illegally fostered wealth. I am nothing out but my time, expenses and railroad fare, which the good and dear .-... ..... . ... . . w., . v.. Harrlman have induced me to spend I for one. believe that the tteonle of this, country are prepared to stand any Wnd of panic. If necessary, which the corporate interests- can bring on. be fore they will tolerate any more of this high-styled anarchy.. Though I am only a "clod-hopper," I have spoken to enough of the people, ooor. well-to-do and honorably wealthy, to assert that over two-thirds of the American peo ple realize that trusts, crushing out of competition, combines, by banks, rail roads, express companies, telea-rach companies must be stopped quickly and -i,li nnt v hroif inin nrWmi fl" not b bred Into unborn geners- ror an lime,, n tne spirit or revolt if the "corporate Interests" will In vestlarata and sturtv tha charanrai- nf in, luuin a cm n rr t rt i 'annno av mm get an eye-opener, and If they will take the pains to find out whv so manv ara e-olnar there, thev will h mnvlniviA mat manv or tnem are a-oinar ther n escape a tyranny which Is worse than "taxation without representation." I came to Investigate conditions 1n Oregon for two reasons, vis: Became vou hflva a law Yiv whtnti tYi Hnun element can be regulated, if the people will do it, and a tana can raise a family of bova decentiv and aoherlv. Hut In Portland you certainly need saloon regu- lation Daaiy, Derore you can expect some people who are not prohlbitlon- ista eitner. . I further came to Orefen to Invest! gate your much-boasted of climate, which I find Quite agreeable and seem- lngly a very healthy climate. But you dear, good people of Oregon, we can not raise families, live and prosper on cli mate, grart, liquor license fees and be ing used as tools by the "corporate Interests. I for one. shall certainly be more firmly convinced that all of the big thieves must be put where they belong Small Change Hurrah for the Portland police, at iaau Shouldn't Mrs. Martin get the re- i ward? a a The long, delicious strawberry season has begun. Whatever the fish law Is. It should be enforced. a a Next question. If Martin Is the right man, waa he insane? No person Is wholly bad who can en- . kkii - M0 a baseball game, a That Port of Portland law ought to win oy a Dig majority. a .". Tillamook Head, people can see ' D Urging voters to "vote er straight Insults them as being fools, a Now. vou no- man. see what Indulgence in "dope" will bring a man to. a a 'Stick to it. Mr. Cake." urges the Oranta Pass Outlook. But . Mr. Cake isn't sticking to It. . , a There are probably people so tender hearted that they will object to drown ing mosquitoes in oil. e It Is suspected that Nick Longworth is secretly aiaing tne aourne second elective term propaganda. a a St. Paul Is also becoming, or con tinuing, jionrpartlsanL elected a Demo cratic mayor by a large majority, a But If Taft should be elected presi dent; who would there be to take trips to the Philippines, Manama ana Cuba? Uncle Joe wants the Vreeland cur. renoT Jtln passed. It must be a good deal worse than appears on the surface. . a a It Is surely scarcely possible that the ar oin repeat last year's recotd. a a . Some people think they see the. be ginning of an ebb in tne prohibition wave. But the wish may be father to the thought. a a - Captain Hpencer got so mad at being beaten that he Inaugurated a rate war. He is always sure to let people know that he is alive and moving. ,' - -a a : Tom Watson Js a candidate for presi dent; a man named Hisgen Js likely to be; the Socialists and Prohibitionists will have candidates, but all of them will get only a few scattering votes. . ',,. '. vv,-: -J a a-:-,- . - : , An eastern' writer seems td- think he has discovered something when he says that a-man who can maka money can make friends. He doren t need to make irienas; iney. mase in em selves, as well as the little .ones. -This visit to your great state has all the morel Iirmiy impressea me wna-mat laea, Real Flreproofing Needed. Portland,-Mar f.to the Editor- pt The Journal The burning af the Ave- llne hotel at Fort Wayne. Indiana,, and I the score of dead In the ruins Is but another , chapter added to thousands within our memory. t"JHTnf v.e?"T T,...l..1 . , . mMmm. V. in brief time converted the interior into a roaring furnace. "A conrused heap of charred wood,-bricks And twisted airdera is uiled uo between the bare wail and the second story," Is the re - p0-Ek"""'-":'' Whv not coma down to actual facts and acknowledge that, we have no fire - proof ( buildings? No, not one. .-San 1. k i i ij v'ii .""". vwi o w - , , disproved their every claim. Had each one or these buildings been advertised ':2ac warranted, to consume all within the walls, by applying a spark of'J.lre f. PuUo wuli ha.X beeR oor i ,r".i "u .w i"',.""f building on the same faulty plans. " " ,rt, sible but entirely pract cable. What I??i.K0ni? Jmi jiT i?Pitei deferred to In this paper? 1 niuia oi any masonry are nwio oo-1 wno can think Of the wife Of this jtroyed by fire, and should never be wretefced maa.without pity and syn" Floora .are the vulnerable parts of pathy? Don't mlstake-4t 1 not be modern buildings. If the building Is to I un inv i. kii.j ,-. J1 snrth"' Second, fireproof the floors so thor ouguiy mat neuner lire, smoao nor wa- through the flooring tlmbera I refer it ZJh,.,ZT a oiii 1 i .avi a a. cost from flreproofed Tnlll construe- a v j iuaj uuistiunu eii. ask luuiiiuuui va. 1ZJZI0JZZ than frora ny other Known substance. Wood Is a bad conductor of heat. A degree of heat would .pop through 10 ncnes- or iron sooner man tnrougn four Inches of wood, probably. WfKd is highly inflammable, but of slow com bustion If the air Is shielded from It, KelmltteoruaWrhtert 2? turago "the Uri-i-a?!1! i.::5e?iu.r? y0.1"4! fact that wood floors could ba fl re proofed cheaply, practically, and saolv. practically, and ear - fectly was demonstrated and publls&ed. KnarinMra arnhtrwst an. hnlM. rar as we Know, have never given it the slightest attention. Probably the fact that no common and simple a substance aa "ashes" was tne chief Ilreoroofing substance, waa fatal to Its adoption. Engineers can plan for stairways and elevators out side or tne main wans. Otherwise. In the event of unauenched fire, as in the Aveline hotel, fire will taKe ana hold possession of these onen tngs. A lighted match touched to the vator guides, ropes and wheels, would very grease used to lubricate the ele- bring destruction to the building. The only hope for fireproof hotels or buildings is: "Enact lawi holding land- lords and owners of nubile bulldlna-s accountable for loss of life and limb In buildings represented as being "fire- . t '. . m -.. . -i iusii " irw ana iuii aiscussion or tnis question in the public Journnls. 1 u- wlMAN' A Plea for ConRlstehrv l ll-n lur V.U11B1SI-I1CT. . "iiiauu, jiiu ,v x u iijo juanor ox The Journal I notice that a Baptist i?ad,nf others into similar ways by minister in Oreaon ritv hna h,m . their Influence. It would take a tre minister in Oregon city nas begun a I mendous burden off tha nhnntitiM-o' crusade" against the hop-growing In. dustry, stating that it is "encouraging tun iLuur iniert5is. wnv iinea not tht nrenher ai.n .t. a crusade against the growing of bar- leyt Does he not know that the brew- era of Oregon and Washington paid the farmers of these two states more than tl.000.OOO last vear for harlav? r-nn. also ought to be put on the black list by this Oregon Cltv gentleman, and Tor rye, i ain sure mat wnen he thinks or tne amount or money the farmers of this country get for growing rye. whioh Is used in rye whiskey, he will be unable to express his horror. And as iur Brnpea i it was reported In tha nnw.nnn.r-. also that this minister concluded his sermon with the statement that no fol lower or enrjet ought to be engaged ln helping along the brewing business by growing hops or in any other wav. Did not Christ make wine himself a i me marriage reast in Uana at Gali lee? Was not this his first miracle? And the Bible telle -urthathe made 90 ? rations or it ana mat tne guests said t was the best wine they had had. In conclusion, allow me to ask this oregon city student and scholar If Christ did not frequently and favorably mention vineyards, wine presses and winer i it possible for a Christian tn be holler than Christ? H. SULLIVAN. Oregon Sidelights Seaside continues to build up and lm prove. Walla wo county dairymen are lm proving, their herds. a a ' a ati.n h,,.. tw..,,ri. ok AAA - . . i . Z?T. b0A,5A J5'.00..h;aa ' .t...n x i. vr- V-. - " i b"lY n per t .....i .... . . I Aprn we . nearly 14 per cenTa.iS; than last vear X P ' rtr a I A hivu revival l. h.in h.i V. Umatilla reservation, advice." win- some nights till l a. in. " e .... au. I a .an Elgin man caught, 12 miles north of that town, a, Dolly Varden trout weigmng b pounaa, ana zs inches long, a a Toledo Reporter; , The long night of adversity is passed and the people are fiockr andTerdVTn'd ZZJWZ pniiaing nmy homes. Increasing their a-nl.hsnnv I avi llUjyj , I Oakland Owl; AHhoilD-h SO vmmr-m M Mra y. A. Manning aids her husband1 in sawma loas and elearlnar .ni T, is not necessary for this worthy couple .v. ui iiioy uom ieei oeiier wnen e a Many, hopyards are not being cut- Ara nnlw h.lns l. - wu hiib year, ana moil or tne rtrn. n ,iH.iT'hr Ing expenses as low as Possible while a i Wedderburn Kadium; With bear mther. coyote, skunl end fnv. mWA numerous other smaller pests to con- tend with. the. Hfa. of. the rancher and chicken raiser In these parts Is con- tinually one of worry and mueaslnesa, and great loss In snlte of arnss vli- lance and trusty dogs. a. '.-. ; r . Tillamook Headlight: Isn't those procrastinating letters and phone mes sages from Portland about the new boat .getting' etale - and enough to el- asperate everybody ln Tillamook? How ever, the business men still hold the -oig sties' anoy-enouid give Portland the cold shake and look to San Fran. ciseo for relief now that they have an uiier oi fi.ov a ion. ... a ' , :. '. ' ' Manv Washington state rvner hair. Ing reported that one D. F. Gray had left his family and was. missing, he i:aurca i me uuica oi i na ualles Chronicle and said: "I have come in to tell you that I am here In The Dalles and that my wife, is hers. .too. and if anybody thinks I have deserted her and our three little children they can come up to the hotel and In my pres ence or absence interview her." He said his father-in-law had spread tho report because he, the father-in-law, was a Norwegian - and Gray was an all the time near The Dalles and that he could have had work 15 times for he had kept count of the times work had beeh offered him.- This Jast state ment should be of interest to men who want a Job. , - ' ' ' TteREAUl -jjFEflUNNE ' ";. - A State Dutjr. " . HE plUful story of -the downfall of Edward - Martin, whether be ; did or did not kill Wolff, Is on : that every thinking person must take to heart When a man Is born towsetchedness and dark-deeds, Is nurtured In vice and educated into ln- famy. It la a pitiful thing, but not an unexpected thing, when his laU? life v.- . j,.,.-, . . V. . bears out these traditions and he be comes a criminal; but In the case of a j man' like! Martin, well born, well edu-' I nti trani in ih. v,i. 1 coming a wreck through the use of I drugs and ending his day either in the i b.uuuu8o or me state- penitentiary. i mere ia a irageay involved that la I darkSis his darkest deed. - -. I irni it i ni 'ni,i .i,iin..i oUm i,. has wronged; no man lives to himself, .ni no mn v,rn.,.h .iim.,' - jterio steps to crime witnout involving wno - nave lovea the good that Wa In him and have spent agonising monins ana years pleading with him to forsake tha thina- thaf I ???s8I1";.nlm. down and be what .the """" r m nim roaKe' V"?" hlm t( obtaln regular InS - 1 ployment, - urged him to be manful and straightforward. Bhe has done what she W. . . . -.Tit" l? " I " VaSB WUU, BUtU SB aas,Jr Insistent foe as this. She has- thriHt rXX.' 2" 5 rrin rm mm m u e ea snAiii,a ak...& i ' reform, and drugs and whiskey kill I tha man within Tt,l I. ,v..l. .m... I the man within. power. The marvel of it Is that it la so often the brainy man, the Interest ing man, the man of education and Buuiua, wno taxes to these things. the" wTOisTaTwfi eravea -them gets them when er how- craves them gets them when or how inn. .r.iV: -"!r.""f... "wuere no one apparently cares. y0' "annot e .lata Zn inTCi. f "" ynnoi legislate a man Into behav- ing himself no but thera la aueh thing as preventing his inlurlno- others through his vices, and thera Ta iwwu iu ueiievs hull wa snail rinn nut at no very distant day that the whole duty of society toward the Innocent la not done until we orotoct mora fulW tha innocent from those who are dangerous. There Is growing .a strong belief ainuua; pnysicians ana legislators men wno meet in neadiv ffr-t f irn and whiskey constantly that it will be a long steo forward when tha atata lAeA home where such people can be it Jm' ... . ... !,' 7". me?n tnoy5r . ,Ute ,n8f, JS.'0,": e'L "h"rbor ,ra,! upon th2 rf'"""? of the state, yes; it savors of foirvfi ?p.Ui ti,ore.a,r. cr" ltn Jing,.' r." Jw0Vid,.1 willch are I not now done. It would keen frh. nu., I of drura and whlalr.v tmm ratna I h.m . ' " " j ' , " t . I j n ' " "ulu nun them by building upthw fhyslcsj Tsys- I neaitny natural state. ft I would lrnen thea. ntn). !, m. ...11.. i in uujecis ior tut state s care. Irom I wives and raiati 1 ,0U8'y through the waywardness of the i viiou. t wuuiu pioveui ixieir I prooaina over tneir trotiiuen nnn hnenm. ,n despondent by filling their days with useful, healthful work. It would lffl tn" en reform many of them and return them td lives of usefulness in- Stead Of lettlna them era tha na- tn I th peril of society. I The plea that it would be exoenstva I " P'ea al al1 wnen one considers I ln" ouraen tne state already assumes I ln tho cars of Imbecile and degenerate ohlldren, the offspring of such drug or whiskey victims. It is no plea at ail when one considers that It would be a prevention of crime and would save the state muoh money now spent in prose cution. It is true that there are al ready some private Institutions .which I ro supposed to reclaim the victim from his habits, but It is also true that these are so expensive that those who nevd them nost cannot afford to take their treatment, and besides, theee are mere ly a retreat, a place of confinement. A state home for the victim nf drink and drugs would properly be located on a large tract of ground, which the In mates of the home should be made to I cultivate. What was produced above 1 what was needed for the use of the I home would be a source of revenue. It should, moreover, give every man or woman a chance to plv his or her trad a or vocation. The thing he could do Tie should ba made to do, whether It was tallorln- or map drawing or growing nursery stock. And every inmate should be oblitred to do a certain amount of labor in the open air and give the system a chance, to throw off the poison and the crav ing for the illicit thing. Oregon has at present no place where such people may be cared for. And yet among men victims or slavery are well educated men and women, people wen ai ,f ,0me measure of refinement and at tainments. who are left to aro down tha swift, broad-road with no restralnlner band "to stop them. And because there Is no hand to stop them, the asylums are run or aoanaonea children, the ln- asyiums are run, tne divorce courts ar the pneons never lack inmate ana men are muraered ln m.n .., Mini St St ft Correct Riding Togs. w TOMANs riding dress is becoming Wmqre and more masculine and with truth it may be added more Nl " tl nd '"" TiiiVrtAaA MVl TnilsatfAst ' Wrtman In JutvHV, rm waw a, a-v.w II VU'Vll II Paris have been slow to adopt the di vided skirt or trousers. Nearly all the trouser habits are sent to England for women there go ln for sports for the real 1 pleasure there is ln it and there fore ride astride as much ln Hyde Park as when In the huntlne- field. The trousers are made to fit looselv. and the coat is so long that It really covers everything else, and the lower limbs are not in the least in evidence. In manyjeases the coats cover the tops reany very picturesque. Last summer women rwhen riding all wore the straw sailor, or else av soft r.l,.naV ow weulee a iew examples ?f the, derbv ,n wn,t? or t2n- and very beoom'ns they are, jtoo. Brown suede f,ove8 m?"! a"blonable for riding, The stiff white chemisette, turnover linen collar and severe black tie are correct neckwear for riding. . . . ft 8t ft The Daily Menu. ' BREAKFAST. Oranges. , Cereal Codfish Balls ' Poached Eggs Coffee. LUNCHEON ."' " Cold Koasfr Beef with Horseradish -Qreen Onions . Cheese Souffle Rhubarb.. Gingerbread - Tea . DINNER -Clam Chowder Broiled Lamb Chops Macaroni with Tomato ' , Asparagua, Cream Gravy Lettuce, French Dressing' Chocolate Blano Mange White Cake ; .. v Coffee : - Light and Shade. The sun Is hid, the shadows fall. And life seems full of troubles small: The shadows pale, the un shines out. The petty -woes are put to rout , Tie strange how quick a simple thlnr ' A cloud across-the path will fling; -ris good to know a dash of sun '. - . Will rout our troubles every one. ' Cleveland Plain Dealer."