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Dare, to be true. , Nothing can
"need a lie; .
A fault which needs It most
.jrowa two thereby.
George Herbert
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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.-
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1 A dandelion show" and festival would
be able, to attract . some magnificent
specimen for exhibition.
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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?
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The long, delicious strawberry season
has begun.
Whatever the fish law Is. It should
be enforced.
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Next question. If Martin Is the right
man, waa he insane?
No person Is wholly bad who can en-
. kkii -
M0 a baseball game,
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That Port of Portland law ought to
win oy a Dig majority.
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.". Tillamook Head, people can see
' D
Urging voters to "vote er straight
Insults them as being fools,
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Now. vou no- man. see what Indulgence
in "dope" will bring a man to.
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'Stick to it. Mr. Cake." urges the
Oranta Pass Outlook. But . Mr. Cake
isn't sticking to It.
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There are probably people so tender
hearted that they will object to drown
ing mosquitoes in oil.
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It Is suspected that Nick Longworth
is secretly aiaing tne aourne second
elective term propaganda.
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St. Paul Is also becoming, or con
tinuing, jionrpartlsanL elected a Demo
cratic mayor by a large majority,
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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.
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It Is surely scarcely possible that the
ar oin repeat last year's
recotd.
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Some people think they see the. be
ginning of an ebb in tne prohibition
wave. But the wish may be father to
the thought.
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- 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.
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: 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.
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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
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A hivu revival l. h.in h.i V.
Umatilla reservation, advice." win-
some nights till l a. in. "
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.an Elgin man caught, 12 miles north
of that town, a, Dolly Varden trout
weigmng b pounaa, ana zs inches long,
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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
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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
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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.
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. 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.
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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."