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8uch as are thy habitual
thoughts, such also will be
the character of thy mind;
for the eoul 1b dyed by the
thoughts. Marcus Anrelius.
OREGON'S ARTFUL DODGER.
MS. CAKE came out of the
brush long enough to whisper
at Baker City that he Is still
for Statement No. 1, but
dodged back again for fear some
anti-Statement No. 1 legislate can
didate would catch him In the act.
Not one-whlsp did he whisper, not
one ut did he titter In behalf of the
Statement No. 1 legislative candi
dates who are struggling to be elect
ed. So was Senator Pulton for
Statement No. 1, but he wouldn't ad
rise the election of candidates
pledged to Statement No. 1. Mr.
Cake Is exactly In the same boat, and
he Is worth just as much and no
' more to the cause than Is a toy aol-
dler on a bloody battlefield. Of
what "good is It to be for Statement
No. 1, If he doesn't fight for It! It
Is theinfluence of his position as
nominee, to help In electing the right i
sort of legislature that 1b wanted.
Of what good Is Statement No." 1, if
the legislature be wrong? Who cares
a whoop . what; Cake's belief ae to
Statement No. 1 Is. If he won't stand
np and fight when the fate of the
measure hangs trembling in the bal
ance, .It lsnt a Question of what Mr.
Cake believes but what he Is doing
to Bare the cause from defeat. Of
what earthly value is a soldier who
hoists a little flag at rare intervals,
when' nobody much Is looking, but
who never carries a gun or tries to
shoot at the foe? Especially, of
what value la such a soldier when he
take to thettall uncut every time he
hears a boy explode a fire-cracker?
If all their fighting men are the same
kind that II. M. Cake is, Statement
No. , 1 people might as well hang
their ; lamps on a " weeping willow
tree and !go out ; of business right
flaw;? It can't win with its soldiers
hurrying to the rear every time. a
twig rustles. . .' ' " V
platform. He has not only .refused
to ad vise the -election of Statement
No. 1 legislative candidates, but has
actually advised his lieutenants not
to attempt the election of Statement
No. .1 over anti-Statement No. 1 can
dldates. Is this devotion to State
ment No. 1?. Is hiding from it
dodging it, evading It, and, advising
against It, the way to. preserve State
ment No. 1? What would Mr. Cake
be doing, if Governor Chamberlain, a
genuine "Statement No. 1 candidate,
were not in the field, pressing the
issue, hotfooted?
SOME JUSTICE FOR THAW.
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HE decision of Supreme Court
Justice Morschauser that Harry
K. Thaw must go back to the
asylum and remain there in
definitely, or until be can make .a
satisfactory affirmative showing that
he la still sane, is a rather unexpect
ed triumph of justice over the au
dacious Insolence of a murderer with
a lot of money. It Is a roundabout,
indirect, or perhapB rather an un
derground sort of method by which
the murderer can be to some extent
punished, but it is better than turn
ing him loose to run bis mischievous
career of debauchery in freedom.
Thaw was no more Insane when he
killed White than he had been long
before and was long after. if he was
Insane then, the presumption Is that
he is insane now; and so the-Judge
finds him. . The killing was premed
itated, willful, deliberate, malicious.
That White waa a bad man la not a
sufficient excuse That- -Thaw- was
insane over what had happened be
tween white and -Evelyn -Nesbltt
many months ..before, nothing very
unusual for her,-is absurd; or if that
made him insane just then he Is like
ly to become bo over anything at any
time. ; Since the Jury did not give
him what he deserved, Matteawan
asylum for a few years will be about
right for him.' -
POWER OF THE PRESS.
MAIL ACROSS THE SAHARA,,
"TRIUMPH in the history of
malls which .may serve as a
theme of Interesting commen
','tary has been obtained by the
French postoffice department,. In es
tablishing a mall service across the
terrible ;Afrtcan,3psertr,rhere the
multimillionaire Lebandy once
dreamed of planting a powerful em
pire, and saw a failure, after millions
bad been expended, gXf r'r
Now, while the transarenal rail
road Ib under construction, a great
:- step in the progress of that desolate
region has been; realized in giving
postal facilities to those forced- by
their labors to live there and beyond,
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una new man oegan nuuui m uuu-
dle of March to run the entire dis
tance between French Algeria and
CLao,.a town on the Niger in French
Souda. distance of 1,200 miles.
At this ptiint. the mall Is taken in
charge by other., companies and
transported - to auutu uu iuo
gulf of Guinea. ,
" This service: may properly be re
garded as a new conquest of modern
el vilitatlon. There are' Immense
territories In some of the South
, American republics, that could be
helped by a. spirit of enterprise like
this of the old world. A great unex
plored territory exists in the heart of
the southern continent, that Hum
boldt declared Is capable of being
the richest empire on the earth in
? every, physical element of wealth. It
Is pleasant to read, as a late dlBpatch
assures us that a, company of young
men from Guayaquil has organised
for. the ! p'urpose ' of exploring the
despoblado in the heart of the con
tinent. ' - - ; - . .
TTORNEY - GENERAL Bona
A Parte made an address recently
f in Baltimore on "Government
. "by Public Opinion," in which
herald down quite correctly 'the
fundamental and sound principles of
honest, ' high-principled Journalism.
A free press, Mr. Bonaparte happily
said, "Is a perpetual petition, al
ways; telling the government what
the people wish and hope for and
think right, and no government In
any country, out of sympathy with
the people it ruled, has ever per
manently tolerated a free press."
As soon as a newspaper la recog
nized as an organ, said Mr. Bona
parte, its healthful influence Is gone.
Not that a newspaper , should not
take a side in a political contest, but
It should do so only from the sincere,
conscientious belief of its proprietor
or editor that it Is thus speaking for
the advancement of the people.
, He should be a politician in the
best sense of that term, must under
stand and take an interest in politics,
it) all subjects of public Interest; but
he cannot afford to be the mouth
piece of any Interest, or group of
men, or even, without Investigation
and discrimination at each recurrent
election, of any party. Commenting
on Mr. Bonaparte's views the Balti
more -Sun-sayav - -
The Influence of an honest news
paper may be strong and wide, but that
Influence can only be maintained by a
policy of patriotism, sincerity and hon
esty. And such a policy can not be
maintained unless it is absolutely Inde
pendent of personal Interests, whether
such Interest be of political or bunlnens
character. The Importance of such
newspapers cannot 'ie exaggerated.
Without them popular government Is
next to Impossible. Evils that were
once, before the days of the liberty of
the press, pressing and real dangers
can now be disregarded. The evils which
flourish in the sUr chamber and In
secret places shrivel and die under the
biasing- light of publicity.- People are
demanding publicity because It is .the
greatest of all ruArantees of liberty and
of honest government. There Is no
nobler or more useful mission than that
of the Independent newspaper, which
honestly and conscientiously seeks to
promote the public welfare, and which
knows no master or controlling Influ
ence but Its sense of duty to the public.
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court held that the Port of Portland per , ton per mile than it does now
commission -Is a municipal corpora- to haul freight ; Yet the railroads
tlon, and therefore, Its charter could propose to raise freight rates 10 or
not oamenrea py tne legislature, asi i per cenc,and4i the people protest
was attempted a year ago last win J they say; .- ." We are being persecut
ter, but that an amendment must be ed; let us alone.
submitted to the electors of the dis
trict. ' The numbers on the ballot Bluff, honest old Admiral "Bob"
will be J38, yes; and 339, no. There I Evans evidently hasn't or disdains
la no reason why every voter in Mult-1 to use any sort of a crooked "pall
nomah county, at least, should not! for his advancement; hence congress
vote for this amendment. I refuses to make him a vice admiral
NEWT .SAN FRANCISCO
- - TWO YEARS AFTER1
-v , ,C BY FREDERIC J. IIASKIN.
- " (Copyright, if 01, by Frederlo J, Haakin.) -' . ;.- -r
Ban Francisco, May H.A metropolitan city two years old, San Francisco
Is the most marvelous of modern miracles.' The most destructive disaster In,
nisiory in tnree aays wiped out the city or the Ooldea Gate, and It was mourned
as "th,elty. that was,". The Indomitable spirit of its people was sufficient in
two years to restore It to full, pulsating life. Now It stands, the newest and !
Spellbinders I " jmoaern city on th globe, as the noblest monument ever , reared to eel e-
. lhcREAUl I
J WjFEniNINE
There seems to be a eood deal off Will, anv camnaism
evidence to sustain the assertion of have the audacity to point with pride 7 tn" aejuu 01 m vrno nows aomiwoa over the powers or the elements.
Tom Word's supporters that he was! to the record of this congresst And
"the best sheriff Multnomah county I if so, what ought audiences to do
ever had." Under his administration to tbem? .
there were no favorites; all were I '.C . , ssssa
treated right. The taxes were col-1 -Again there Is a Roosevelt stain-
lected far more economically than I Pele scare, but It Is only a small
ever before, and extra men were kept
on the payroll no longer than neces
sary. But more than this, Word set
an example In doing his duty,
though difficult, that was an Inspira
tion to officers bf the law not only in
this county but throughout the state.
He was the pioneer In closing the
weak one, and - does not affect the,
big secretary of war appreciably.
Small Change
ir is not .Oulsbsd-ir-what . American olty tar but It is rebuilt In so far as a -
restoration of normal life and business is concerned. The building now going
on, and that, which will follow, will soon cover the whole off the Jmrned area,
but 4t will .not stop when these limits are reached. ; 1 - - . J t
Coming;. Into San Francisco iow front
the Ferry "building one looks up that
magatnoent thoroughfare called Market
street upon a 'live - American . city, and
there is- nothing in all his range of
vision to suggest ths. ehaoa . that was
here. - From the Comandlnr helcht of
A carty keynote la usually studied
vernal hypocrisy, i . . ,
straight." urges the Pen
ins. Don't think, ye cattle.
"Vote er
gambling dens and other festering dleton Tribune.
it - j v. a mmt a. j I
always sam oeiore couiu not, oe oone. is zooi-Kiuer. out it cannot ne approved.
H hrnna-ht shnnt a'hlehor Rtfl.ndn.ril I va .y
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"-v"vi ...x...., -..v, , . jtnpeacnment uy mil congress,
for which he deserves now the sun-1 .
port Of the oeonle. , I Psrhaps Harry--Thaw Is beginning to
An Ohio hea hatched IS ehicVa from
IS eea-s. It is assumed that aha ia for
Tart.
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The summer girls will also bloom out
even if a little late, as beautiful and
sweet as -ever.
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A few years ago Senator Piatt called
The Corvallis Republican, that. Is
for Cake and against Statement No,
1, says in one article, of the pro
posed method of electing United
States senators: "This is in plain
violation of the federal constitution
which,. In mandatory language says
United States senators shall be
ihna(tn hv tha lAe-tnlariirn
Statement No. 1 is in flagrant viola
tlon of the constitution of the United
States." And in the following ed
itorial It says: "OregonlanB have ?5rL,'atJKn?".a county
innn Alran W I
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When Mae Catty sot that II 0.000 she
ought to have staid bought; It was far
more tnan sne was worth.
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When a man enlists in the navv he
nas to accept the bitter with the sweet.
ii ordered to Seattle he nas to go.
her "Catfyl": new he probably alludes
iu ner aa a cat.
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At least old Piatt did not sav when
asked If he had married Mae that he
aia not rememoer. r
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If the Reprleratlc candidate for
long been agreed upon direct elec-J
tlon of senators." Then Oregonlans
are unanimously trying to smash the
constitution. The Corvallis editor!
must have had a heart to heart talk
with Mr. Cake.
The Oregonian . characterizes
Statement No. 1 of the primary law
a "perversion, degradation and
suppression of the objects, aims and
purposes of a great historic party."
'The Democratic party must be dem-
says the Buffalo Times. That s
ocratlc,
It; must
ctples.
adhere to Jefferaonlan prln
one of the hills - which are San Fran
cisco's crown jewels, one looks out upon
jungle of steeL Never before has it
been possible to wltneaa
ern steel frame structures in course of
erection at one time. Here and, there
1 a vacant spot in which are neatly piled
;"t. .Vlu woica oeiongeo to tne
buildings of a forgotten age. The
wrecked city haU ia still there as It
was left by the wrack of the earth
quake and the storm of flra a if Qod'a
curae aim ouraenea tne temple of the
city's voice which had been so grossly
denied by . the false. .trustees of i the
people. ' . a ,-, , il
But one must search for1 th'eae fhlnara
-n-ujo (iiuiure wmcn ties Deiore mm, in
ua uuiuer ouumea, ,teus no taie or dis
aster, its theme-is the miracle of con
struction. Red-hot bolts cleave -the air
like meteors to be causht bv dexteroua
men who use them to fetter, the great
huh oi aieei wmcn are swung; into the
heights to the music of the pneumatlo
tool. Hundreds of - feet" below' th
streets are thronged by a happy, cars
free folk hurrying to business or pleas-
i na awcming witn priae in tneir
newer, better, safer city., ...
The CHty That Was.
"The city that was" came into being
as a gradual growth from the nloneer
Isn't elected I days of 1149. Its buildings were of
wood and brick and a few were of steel.
As the always moving tide of business
receded from old quarters it had left
rows of dingy buildings which were all
that is vile. The modern section of the
city was honey-combed with buildings
that were decades behind the times. -
Then came the earthquake and the
fire. In three dava nronr-r tn that
value of 1 600,000,000 had been swept
away. Of this amount of damage 355.-
000,000 resulted from the fire. Since
that time the insurance companies have
paid to Ban Franciscans $l8,000,0OO.
Nearly five square mllea of the Jieart of
the city was left in ruins. To clear
away, the wreck was the greatest task
of the kind ever undertaken. Railroad
An eaaterit Oregon man announces
that he is an avowed candidate" for a
Beintf "avowed it must ,1, were" ,al(j through the city and
TIt- oil nn naWh 1iit Ctntomont Mr. It " "
lu luuv ULBlvuivub iw, I ug ho. ...I... I J will,
bricks and millions of tons of twisted
election of United States senators by Brougher. But a mere baby cyclone Jlon ,and "J;1- The very greatness of
f rnl. anmtin. down there mlht carry him 4ut of .t'k . clearing away the wreckage
t.v,w -"- iHlht - "lencounigea men
that most Republicans as well asi
The camDalen-end efforts to attack
f'Vi n m V A1 aln 'a Wafcrvrirrl nr ill nn Aaa t a a as as
clamoring fbr these many years, boomerang. The titers are too well
nj DUUU1U IU1D 1 1 b 1U fcUO : I I -
version, degradation ana suppression with
of a great historic party"? Isn't the IP1
party willing to submit its case in
the matter of senators to the people?
And which Is worse, for a party or
the people to be perverted, degraded
and suppressed?
in .their determination
to build on a greater scale. -
More than 28.000 buUdlnsra were de
stroyed. Nearly 10,000 new ones have
been erected and ever 4,000 - remodeled,
so that San Francisco In. two-years has
really replaced half of the structures
a little paraphrasing the -ep- uc"lrur'BU- oui i upmj oi toe
vote to sustain Aldrlch. Can- ''" "A? r n wn oy tne
non, Piatt and Depew, Elkias, Payne, lac s,uwu Duuainga ournea
Dalxell. Boss Herrin, Foraker. Harrl- coat iiu,uuo, wnuetna i.ooo new
man and Tom Rvan. the ateel trust and ouiimngs nave cost sni.uuo. two years
Standard Oil. et Id omne genua. I after end the value of the imprcve-
- . . a I men t on tne real estate in tne burned
Alluding to the current plea of the d'tr' f frs
iirnno in tni.t. th. Ti.tmit K... I the fire! And this is not all of the
that make '' San Francisco the "Little
fan a" - so beloved , or American bo
hemians. ,-
The city that is has taken the place
of the city that was. Its people are
musing lorwara witn raun ana un
daunted spirit to the cltv that will be.
Some of them now regret that no ad
vantage was taken Of the opportunity to
rearrange tne street plana, iiut tnai is
not to De tnougnt, ot.now. - , ,F
' Season of Disaster. "
The lessons taught by the great dis
ss tar - have been carefully studied. Of
tne great toss ninety per cent was by
tire, eight per cent by dynamite used
railroads and trusts, the Detroit News
quotes: "And there was in the syna
gogue a man with an unclean spirit
who cried out: Let urn aione: wnat
have we to do with thee? Art thou
Private dispatcheB from Madrid
make known equally the humanity come to destroy us?'
and modesty of King Alfonso, who
has but now consented that the pub
lic shall have possession of the fact
Senator Burrows says that his key
note speech will be neither radical nor
rpnntirtTiarv. Itiat Rpnuhllnan. That ia
that he has pardoned the three crlro- it will be noncommittal, two-sided,
inals who were concerned In the vmArmr-
io assassinate mm ana nis queen on tne same oia ruomsn.
the (lav nf hla mftrrlaee. His act
una any in encn year ine paopie oi
Cleveland are to be permitted to rldu
on all the streetcars of that city free,
In celebration of municipal ownership.
But if the cars are likely to be blown
p with dynatatte.. perhaps tne people
ouid ratner waia.
is believed to mean abolition of the)
death penalty in Spain, and has won
derfully increased the popularity of
the royal couple, since the queen I
gets full share of credit for the mer
ciful act, which the press character
izes as "Godlike." '
Oregon Sidelights
DON'T CH AJfGIJ JUDGES.
CAKE AND STATEMENT OXK.
Tim people of Oregon. must "rec
ognize . by this time how for
' ttinate ' an;' Incident . It ' is ; for
Statement No.; I ! and the-primary
law that Governor ChambeT
lain's friends Induced him to become
a candidate for eenatort. What If the
safety of those two measures depend
ed upon the effort . of Mr; Caket
Even with Governor Chamberlain in
the field pressing; the ' Issue hard
upon him, Mr. Ckke Is evading, dodg
ing and hiding from Statement No. 1:
Ue rannot be made by 'his c own
friends, and by the heavy precsure
of the governor, to etand up; and
fi-ht for it. He even carries as his
credentials for election, an Indorse
ment hy a convention that was hos
tile to bot.li Statement No. 1 and the
)ir!mary law. He does more.-; lie
it. .?s on an actl-Siatcmont 'No. ' 1
HOMAS O'DAY, having been ap
pointed a circuit judge several
months ago, and being entirely
satisfactory In that office, most
of the reputable lawyers of the city,
as well as many other business men,
a large majority of them Repub
licans, considered It not only fair, bat
wise to keep him 'in that " position,
and voluntarily agreed to support
him. This being the case,- and there
being no meritorious objection to
him, it was hoped he would have no
opposition. If party IS considered at
all in connection with this office. It
Is to be remembered that the' other
three Judges are Republicans; . and
most -Republicans are liberal enough
not to oppose one judge out bf four
becauBe he differs, with them politic
ally. When most Of the. lawyers of
good standing cordially indorse a
man for this position. It. is safe for
other voters to-follow", their lead, but
a multitude of other voters, mostly
Republicans,' are also desirous that
Judge O'Day Ve, 'permitted to retain
the place that he so capably and ac
ceptably fills.---'; V
Here la another newspaper, even
that old independent newspaper with
a national reputation for nearly half
a century, the Springfield, Massa
chusetts, Republican, that doesn't
know what the president's politics
is, for It asks: "On which side is
the heart of the president in the
party struggle in the house of repre
sentatives? Does he sympathize with
the opposition filibustering to force
action on his favorite measures, or the university .appropriation.
with tha Duniikll,a. a. .i... ,Li.. 1 a a
uiojumi USUI- Thm,nHa nt nt -
Inn (i m n Ihnm i i I , , . . - . "
'"a uuiuji iuciu uuuer a trap-aoor Deing snearea in Morrow county,
until the next session? Whinh ( ho '
nrBBldent'B nartv ..vdn." L Th.e Baldwin company in Crook coun-
t - i -..j. ly anearea z.buu sneen in n mvr
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By a vote of 72 to 45 thetrain school
Echo had ripe cherries on May 29.
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Redmond Methodists will build a
11,400 church.
The Euen broom factory is doing
a gooa ousinesB.
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One cherry orchard near The Dalles'
consists of 3Z7 seres.
The cherry orchards of Cove will
need 220 outside pickers. .
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Not an Oregon newspaper is opposing
G. W. Allen's name appears on the
ballot as a Democratic candidate for
Judge of department No. 1 of the
circuit court, in opposition to Judge
Bronaugh, but Mr. Allen is not in
tentionally1 a candidate, and does not
desire votes. With other lawyers
and citizens quite generally, he de
sires the election -of the present
judges of departments 1 and 2,
Bronaugh and 0 Day.
It may be, as our friends down the
Columbia have been predicting, that
Mr. Hill is going to ship the wheat
hauled by his line from points near
the mouth of the river, but it is to
be observed that he is going to build
here the largest grain warehouses in
the United States, from which it may
be Inferred that he Intends to do
some shipping business In Portland.
-The Port of Portland amendment
to fthe charter of that corporation
will be submitted only to the voters
of the territory included In the port
district-' The reason for submitting
this" amendment js'tbat the supreme
It seems" from reports that come
from the Methodist conference at
Baltimore that a great sermon oh
the text, "Behold, ; how good and
pleasant it is for brethren to 'dwell
together Jn" unity," would be In or
der. ,::-'-."?-:'.-
After the cyclones come the flood!
and next will come i the ; fthrirellng
summer " scorchers, "'down ' in Texas
and Oklahoma, and In the middle
west;" but in temperate healthful
Oregon people don't have to suffer
from or worry about such afflictions.
" Railroad freight - rates throughout
the country, are almost identical now
wfttt those of 20 yeara ago," when It
cost the railroads 50rper cent more
district decided to levy a special S-mill
Thousands of people collected on the
Bandon beach saw the fleet pass in the
mem ai leasi saw tne llgnts.
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Mr. J. p. Kavanaugh, city attorney
pf Portland, who spoke in Albany In
behalf of Cake, had an audieneo of 30
or 40. says the Democrat.
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A sample of Turkey red wheat near
Dufur has S04 stalks In the bunch, all
grown from one kernel of wheat and
is now three feet high.
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It is reported that a 13-year-old New
port lad and his younger sister while
playing on the beach found about $40
In money and a large quantity of brass
that had washed ashore with wreckage
from the steamer Kelton. , .
a a ,-"-'r;
Newport didn't see the fleet, not to
any noticeable extent, but she at least
jaw its smoke, says the Mall. And
thoas who were fortunate enough to
nave good, strong binoculars could even
distinguish a smockstack or two and th
dim outlines of the distant vessels.
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tVale Orlano: The Bniery Cole ranch
changed hands a few days ago. t Mr.
Brogan, a Seattle Klondlker, purchasing
the same for 86,000. T There will be a
big reservoir Tsite built near it and a
large irrigation project win cover the
lower Willow creek country from his
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La, Grande Observer: Enemies of tha
dry movement -contend that Prohibition
will mean a - dearth of business enter
prises In the city, but th rrit inHi.
cate differently, the entire city is in
the center - or an improvement era.
Homes here and there are being' im
proved, lawns - are being - parked, taew
structurea are beins . nla.nnit. on n
in all there is a general air of pros
perity. . . - ,
Danger SU1I. ' '
Lives of fruit crops all remind ua" '
That till June tberrosts may kill.
And, When they are left behind us : '
Bugs may work great mischief still.
. . -- Kansas City Times.
miracle, of the tll2.000.000 invested in
the new buildings. $105,000,000 Is local
San Francisco money. In these build
ings of the new city there Is now stock
and furnishings to the value of $160,
000,000. Population Increases. .
The city had a population of about
476, Ofa at the time of the nre. . The esti
mates made on the sohool census show
a population tody of nearly 480,000.
There was a great exodus ltnediately
after the disaster, but San Franciscans
assert with the utmost conndeiaje thac
the loss in population has been more
than made up by the Influx brought
about by rebuilding.
"Before the Are" and "after the Are"
are the ohrases used to nx a time or
denote an era. With the tmlamentbd
obsolete buildings of certain sections of
the- city there also perished" much that
Ban Francisco will long remember and
long for. The intimate juxtaposition of
business and social life which obtained
when offices, shops, clubs and - hotels
were In their eld relation will not be
known-again. ' The offices will asaln be
centered down town. The shops will
also take up their old quarters, but the
great shopping districts which sprang;
up in tne unnarmea residence aistrtcts
will not surrender their life - and Vsn
Ness avenue is "the avenue" todav. The
clubs are scattered, and the bohemian
restaurants which contributed both to
the fame and infamy of the city have
found new and widelv separated quar
ters. But only the old-timers will re
gret the change of locations there is no
change in the existence of the things I
la fighting; the fire, end only two per
cent, by the earthquake. The rebuilt
city is made up of buildings of that
type-of construction which resisted the
torce or toe earthauake. As far as hu
man precaution can go the city ia protected-
from danrer . from another
'temblor.'.- The people have just voted
to spend over five million dollars to
install an auxiliary' water -system ,! to
be used only in fighting fire. Further
tnan this man con not go in hit efforts
to-guard against the unknown , dancers
oi tne luturev " .':;- rvv
Before the. fire San Francisco was a
creditor city. Its bonded Indebtedness
is limited by its charter, to fifteen per
debt of Its assessment, roll. - The as
sessment roll Is about 1460,000.000,
which fives - the -limit of indabtednesa
Ht $87,600,000. Until a few years ago
the, actual bonded indebtedness - was
only S3, 438,000. Encouraged by the re
sults of two ; yeara of rebuilding;, the
reopje Dy a vote oi ten to one -agreea
to a bond issue of $18,100,000. This
money is to be expended for Improve
ments $6,200,900 for the auxiliary
water- system, $4,000,000 for a sewer
system. $S. 000.000 for additional school
houses, $3,000,000 for hospitals, - and a
mil Hon each for a hall of justice and
a garbage disposal plant. "
Even with this -new debt the per
capita indebtedness of Ban Francisco
is oniy sto wnicu compares ravoraDiy
with New York's -1137. Boston's $114
or Cincinnati's $111. It is also a notable
fact that the percentage of mortgage
Indebtedness in relation to the actual
value of real estate and improvements
is very low in nan Francisco, Accord
ing to the carefully prepared estimate
of the authorities here the percentage
is 17 as against sir m Mew torn and 4
In PhiladalDhla. These fl cures show
that the new San Francisco is" taking
ItSk place amons the other great cities
ut the countrje at no financial disad
vantage. Of course the great destruc
tion of wealth was a calamity that can
not be helped. San Francisco must
fee it for years to come, and the wkole
nation nas aireaay reit it. to a certain
extent. San Franciscans rejoice that
the city Itself, was not heavily in debt
when the blow re U, as recuperation
would . have been infinitely more dif
ficult. . ' v - -
Fine Down-Town streets.
The new San Francisco is a proud
and well groomed city. Its fine-downtown
streets are wearing garments of
the latest style, out tn the beet possible
taste. Even Chinatown has arisen from
its baptism . of fire transformed from
a colony of miserable dirty rookeries to
a new city of clean houaes aet off by
magnificent pagodas of green and gold.
The new Chinatown looks like a Chinese
city might have looked three or four
thousand years ago whep China was
young and had not yet frowned on the
things that are new.
When Admiral Evans brought? his
feet through the Golden Gate and an
chors were dropped in the waters of
San Francisco bay. the new city proved
Its right to say ''rebuilt" in the Bast
tense. From the tops of each of The
thousands Of electric light masts which
lined the streets floated the stars and
stripes, not hastily tacked on a stick of
wood, but flying from a rope fastened
to a proper flag mast On each of the
lighting masts was a shield and, its
cluster of flags. Union square was !
ablsse with Chines lanterns and
swathed in bunting. Business ; houses
were covered with flairs. The St
Francis - hotel' saluted Admiral7 Evans
with shots fired from a gun placed in a
battleship's fighting top which- had been
erected over a portico. And, more than
that the officers and , the. sailors ox
the fleet-were entertained in a clt
that had fora-otten all about its wreel
and ruin, a citv that could -that dav
take care of over a hundred thousand
outsiders who came to Join In the wel
come to tne ii eet.
Her , Problems; '- ,
WO, New York girls who thought
they would acquire a knowledge at
first, hand of tha problems of tha
I Working ..woman, .went Wto-a col-
laf ' factory and worked a. w.fr
They then gave publlo utterance) to th
statement that th working girl thinks
oaly of the-ay-tera, mashes and money. ;
It "is such Shallow thinkers and mor
shallow talkers who keep aliv and fos
ter class prejudices,' so greatly deplored"
by all thinking people in this democrats
country. As , an JllustraOoa ot super
ficiality, ' bad - manners and ? Aaotlam
tnese young women must stand as strlk--ing
ff (cures befnra th J T. :
- This is SO often' the moat Mrii..t
thing about th dipping of th super
ficial rich Into; the problems of th
earnest poor.
- One ia reminded of the reply of th
hard working Washerwoman to her re
form ng visitor who sweetly invited a
call in return af tar una nf h -'n..
at. uplifting the laboring classes. "Ah.
well,7' replied Mrs. O'Brien, "I don't
have no time to go slumming myself."
One has .only to uimMu hi
ra the lives of factory girls to know
wis,i t necessity suon evening enter
tainments as they are able to earn are
to them tremendously - important prob
lelhs. and muat nf nuuilii ih,,h -
Urge part of their thought . : . '
It Is one- thins:' to talk'nf a man1! a.
cupatlon as his career. It la th thine
ne nas Chosen and lrrto which he puts
his best - thoucht and eneri-iaa t i.
quite another thing to the woman who
is forced by hard necessity, without'
choice and without preparation into a
factory to earn her living as beat she
can. Her work is not a career, for it
seldom offers a chance of advance
ment. It is a Job, and one that requires
her keenest thought, her most active en,
deavors, her whole time,- not that she
may achieve a name and fm hut h.
ishe may keep alive.
Marriage is to one of these softly
reared daughters of the rich a mat r
selection from amonc her manv admir
ers of one who moat permanently pleases
imr, ur una who can give nis wile the
position that seems desirable.
TO th factory Clrl It means har nnlv
chance of a home, tl means someone
to stand between her and th hard
world. It means personal Interest and
that Is tao small thing when one's whole
life is spent among Impersonal things.
It means no longer belna driven bv ma.
chlnerv but being- allowed to do her own
work in her own way in her own time.
It means something of care and comfort
when 'she grows, old. It means littla
children whom she will Jove and who
will love her.
And who In his right mind could
claim that money is ot-tniprtant to
the working woman? oes.she not dally
sacrifice for it her health and her good
looks and - her nervous force and net
good nature? Is it not flashed before
her weary eyes early in the v morning
and all day long and late at night?
Musn't oversleep, poor tired body, Ue.
cause it means "the loss of money,
Musn't have enough to eat It takes too
much money. Musn't stop a minute, "all
day long, summer, winter, Musn't look
out of thparindow and give a yearning
thought to the green fields and foe-waving
branches and ft'ie haoov care-free
songs of birds- It costs money. Money
is the thing she works for. . It is the
god set up on high for her to worship.
Money means all the things that her
poor starved life can never have. (
'' . a t'-' , 4 1 ' l in, -SA--!
Money why money la all that aha
needs to make her a human being.' If
she had money she could have nice
clothes, could learn things, could.7 rest
all day long. : if she -wanted to. could
'T
Statistics and descriptions alike fatl
to convev an adeouate idea of the truth
of the new San Francisco. ' Panorama
ihotographs' of the old city (taken be-
ore tne lire, tne ruineo cum arter me
fire, and th new city today, may tell
tne story ia part, to . understand it
fully one must see San Francisco and
the flan Franciscans. . jV
. Did Not Represent People.
From the Fort Orford Tribune.
The Republican state convention sat
down on Bourne and his friends in
manner that wiir rend the party. It In
structed forTaft B.ut It will be found
if Taft should be nominated that the
labor vote of the country and of Ore
gon will not support Taft as against
Bryan. The state convention was a typ
ical one. The old wheel-horses ana lead
crs who knew every political trick, were
there with their old leeches clinging to
them. It was not a representative body,
any more than were the sham county
conventions held in - Oregon this year,
The voice of the people has not been
heard in Oregon this year, but their
votes win speaK in ,tne lutur. it ts
to be hoped that all nominating; conven
tions will r abolished in Oregon by the
next legislature by extending th reach
of the primary law. so as - to Include
every nomination. It is the only way to
kill ort dirty pontics and unprincipled
political parasites. The - Renubllcan
party la no longer like a banH of sheep
mat ui lump tn way tne leader
lumps. Th people of Oregon are for
Roosevelt, or LaFollette,- and . hot for
KTaft .;. v?-,--,,-
; ' Blalock Islahd.
From the East Owgostlsuu ,-X-7;
A . veritable island paradise has been
created on Blalock Island In th Colum
bia river, by Dr. N, O. Blalock, the pion
eer physician and open river worker of
waua wail a. - - . :.,-s--.. , .t. :
At the - present time ' there are 400
acres of alfalfa growing on th island.
300 acres in orchard, large garden tracts
and Over 6,000 acres. of- fine pas
ture on which about 150 head of eattl
are now graslng.
- The peach orchard comprises IOC
acres and is laden with a fine crop of
rruit ana a mixea orcnara or loo acres
of plums, prunes, cherries, apricots and
other varieties is all bearing welL
The hay crop of th Island amounts to
over 3,000 tons per year, the larger part
of this being fed to beef cattle on th
island. The, entire farming and orchard
area or tne isians is irrigated from a
pumping plant consisting 'of - a 100-horse-power
gasoline engine which
pumps $.000 gallons per minute and irri
gates 'he entire tract in a 10-hour shift
each day. - ..-
A force or six men, experienced Irri
gators, is kept at work in irrigating the
farming, land and orchard and a total
population, of ,4 0 people lives-upon the
Island. - ' ... - - .-.
A fin gasoline launch is' used be
tween the island and the Oregon shore,
the landing bjing near Coyote station on
th O., R. & N. , . ,
' I ' - ' - ' '' -i
JuflU Ward Howe-s Birthday.
Julia Ward Howe, famous as an au
thor, lecturer and reformer, was - born
May 27. m. In New Tork, city, the
daughter of Samuel Ward, who was the
founder of th New York Bank of Com
merce. "-She was educated by private
tutors. Sincehr marriage in 1843 to
ur. Bamuei una ley Howe th has re
sided in Boston. Her husband, who died
in 1176, was a pioneer worker for the
education of the blind. Throughout her
long life. Mrs. Howe has been a leader
in many movements which have had to
do with American literature, philan
thropy and -the emancipation of her
sex. . Anti-slavery, woman's ; suffrage,
prison reform and the universal peace
movement nave occupied ner attention.
She has been a voluminous writer on
many subjects and is well known for
her poetical works. Ferhaps her most
famous poem Is "The Battle Hymn of
tne Republic,- wmcn is taugnt to every
sohool child in the United States today.
This Date In History. 5 .
1386 -Allghlerl Dante, Italian . poet,
born. - Died 1321. 3 - -
17J6 Patrick Henry, American states
man and orator, born at Studley, Vir
ginia, Died in Charlott county. Vir
ginia, JuneS, 179. r..
181S juu ward -now norn,
1818 Fort George taken by Ameri
cans. "'- i - ' - - ,.
1830 President 'Jackson, vetoed the
Maysvllle road bill. -
188 uovernor , jjurnan arrived ,- at
Quebec a ' -
Hot truuaings in nosmn arapea on
the return, of a fugitive slave to the
SOUth:-:.-- - - ... . .
18F7 Rrltlsb trooDS under Qeneral
Anson advanced on Delhi. India, -.
1884 -Illinois mimia caiieo - out to
suppress rtota of striking coal miners at ,
Mlnonk. . .
,. r , A Modest Poet, - .
gome Kucen poet' or poetess, -whose
name is not published, ia the author of
the following - beautirul poem:
"When the fleet arrives at Newport
And Rhododendrons are in bloom,, !
All Oregon will see a sight ,
And not' forgjet 'er soon. . a
KThanks ' to our nobl delegation,' ' .' .
For they knew tne lay o tn land, ,
And Newport on-Yaqulna bay - t ... ...
aelh-JdaIPPt. sg,grand.. .
"With due1 respect for Portland, . '
And their rse fiesta too, - ,
So for awsy from the briny deep
For the big ships to come through.Tithare,
see the world, could have a good time.
Money, money, money, it is tn alto
gether desirable that Is ever before her,
iieeting pnantom. wniie ner weary
frame and lagging SDlrlt pants on In
the Chase.
She thinks about money, says tn rich
girl who works a week as a lark. : She
thinks abotu money, and her love af
fairs and theatres. Surely she does, and
surely she has a right to. Money and
Sleasur and love also make up the
irceat oart of the thought and conver
sation of the girl -who has never done a
useful thing in her life, ana who dares
in her sheltered, ignorant ' easy and
nrofltlAss existence to criticise th fac
tory girl whose- tired flesh sod stunted
spirit should wake only kr pity and her -desire
to make life a little less hard
for these overworked and underfd sis
ters, .. - - ' : - - -
V, , : ' '"..4t It '"'- ';;
Announcing Engagement.
VB JTJST a letter from a girl friend
who Is now living- In a town in
th middle west, a town that
prides itself on being a trine ahead of
its neighbors in matters pertaining to
social observances," said a young ma
tron the other day. ; ,
' " T ; went to an evening party last
Wednesday; writes my friend, 'and it
wa whispered beforehand that th com
pany had been assembled for the evxpress
purpose of announcing the engaarement
of the hostess' eldest daughter. Every
body in town of course knew of the en
gagement, but we're great sticklers for
'etiquette ' out here, and formal an
nouncements are surely our Ions suit
The party jogged along just as other
f artles do and nothing was said about
he, engagement .Finally refreshments
were served. I drew a thin little sand
wich, stuffed apparently with lettuce
leaves, when I bit into M l encoun
tered a peculiar toughness such as no
lettuce leaf ever possesaed. -
"'Goodness!' exclaimed the girl next
to me, This is the toughest chipped
beef that ever-' , . -.
" 'I don't believe Jt's chipped beef at
all,' I said, as J pried tha sandwloh
open. And indeed It wasn't Conoealed
between the two lettuce leaves was a
piece of pasteboard, on which was writ
ten: ' -
"Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rlohman an
nounce the engagement of their daugh
ter, Miss Alvtra Richman to Mr. -,'
" The man s name was mlsslnar. for
I had gnawed It off' and swallowed it
This Is the newest way of announolnr
engagements out Here, and everybody
thinks it's too swell for woras." ...
$t K K
What Girls Can Do,
LAtfNDER fin collars and handler
. chiefs.
' TVi mandlna and sew narna rajra. '-
Raise turkeys to. be sold at Thanks
giving.
Take care of small children for a few
hours each day.-
Make eandv ana -eaaa. seinnsr H to
special customers., r
Also make preserves and jelly f ofbri-
yate sale. -..
HelD with light housework, ilk dust
ing and dish washing. - - ' - -
Make cushinna to he rilled with nlna
needles in the fall, and sold.
xaae car or pets wmi tneir owners
are away. -.
Raise nasturtiums and other hardy
.lowers xur sue. - - i- '
at 1 it ' . , ;, -
t The Daily Menu. .
' ' BREAKFAST. " " '
Cereal. Strawberries. Omelet. . Coffee. ''.
LUNCHEON.
Roast beef' hash. Saratoga potatoes.
Ric pudding. Cookiea Tea.
i . . DINNER. v
- -v v " .Bean soup. . ' , .. : v
Boiled salmon,, egg sauce. Green-peas.
' Spinach. New potatoes.
Lemon Jelly Fruit Cake. Coffee.
-;" "-Trusting to JiUck. .
v From the Atchison Globe.'-" ' -Look
over any shiftless man's Ann
and you will find a horseshoe hanging s