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THE JOURNAL ' '. AM ' tmtnSDtKT WEWSPAPK. H. jUCKBOM................. FnhlUbM Fabltobad -very analog (exrrpt SBrl M lug. ruib U4 X" DI4I tracts. Portland, Or. - Ent.rea at tha poatefflea at Portland, Or., tot tnaimteaioa throne -J si alls M acona-eiass tBLEPHOVES MAIN TITS. HOME. . a-SOBl. : AU department. raebe4 by thc trambara. sell the oiwritor tn orpriuiu But Sldi. otflca. B-3444: Kat 638. y ' roaSlOM ADTIRTISIMO BEPBESKNTAT1TB VretUnd-BraJtmto Bpecil AdTertlilnc Aa-trecy. BraiMWirk Building. 35 Fifth ataoua, haw Trlbuna Bolldlug, Chic abaerlptloa Tiru by mill to any tddreM tm th United State One yaar.,.....8B.oo J Om month.. St'NDAT. OM Mr. ...... 12.60 I On monta.. DAILY AND SUN DA T. On rar IT.60 I Om month.. .00 fi 9 The understanding Is the; vestibule of the mind! Un cover thy head, and enter the - f temple of the soul. Behold the power, the beauty, and the lore. , If we had nothing but understanding how little , should we know or think or feel. Horatio Stebblns. m. CAKE DECLINES TO SPEAK. . . FTER HAVING sent a re-ro il gentatlTe of ?he Journal to AV ask Mr. H. M. Cake the ques tlon printed below, and receiv ing the reply that he would not dis cuss politics at all tor publication at 'present. The Journal sent' him the following written letter; "In view of the current discussion In the dally papers. The Jour- . nal desires to ask you this question: In case the official count shows that George E. Chamberlain received the highest number of the people's votes for United States senator , in last Monday's election, do you consider It the duty of those legislators who : subscribed to Statement No. 1 to vote for him for that office when the senatorial election takes place next January? The courtesy of an Immediate reply will be greatly ap preciated." - - - . . To this request Mr. Cake made no reply, except verbally to repeat what he had Bald before, tnai ne was not now talking politics. The . reason for asking Mr. Cake this question, and why It Is of In - terest to the public, Is obvious. He has just been a candidate for Uni ted States . senator, obtaining bis nomination through his adherence to and advocacy of Statement No 1, and after? the primaries, still pro- ," f easing " to take the same attitude. Now that the campaign Is over and the people have spoken, Mr. Cake has an opportunity to prove, or at least to give evidence, that he was and Is sincerely a Statement No, man. as he nrofessed to be. This opportunity The Journal has offered or suggested to him by this query. The Journal is interested in a reply for It argued through the campaign that Mr. Cake's attitude . on this question underwent a transformation Immediately after the primaries and whiles as a prlvata citizen Mr. Cake Is not obliged to answer this ques tlon, his refusal to do so. If persisted In, will certainly strengthen public opinion In the view that The Jour nal was right, and will justify the entertainment of a doubt, to say the least, of his sincerity in professing adherence to Statement No. X during the campaign. , ' - Statement No. 1 Is to be tested In the legislature next winter,: and, its sincere friends will not fail to come to Its defence now, when it Is being assailed and flouted by some poli ticians and party organs. Mr. Cake for some weeks posed as the Repub lican leader of the Statement .No, forces In the state; his supporters hailed him as euch; now that the people have decided, and the prin ciple Is to be put to the test, it is pertinent and proper for. Mr. Cake to declare. If such1' be the case, that he still stands squarely and valiantly for it. But If on request he de clines to do this, may not the publI6 conclude that he assumed this 'at titude only to secure the nomination? . COOfSELMXG DISHONOll. f T IS amazing that there should I , be brought forward a proposl- iion ior statement No. I mem- bers of the legislature to violate their pledges with reference to the election of senator. What ls'.the moral standard of men who advise euch a course? What Is . a pledge worm, ana wnat is the covenanted word of men, if such advice la to prevail? . ' "I further state to th vntam f the state, and. to the voters of my legislative district," runs the pledge in Statement No. 1, "that I will sup port for United States senator that candidate receiving the highest num ber of votes without re gard to my individual preference'" A more solemn covenant cannot be entered Into between , men. With uplifted hand, the candidate faces the voters of his state, stands be- r ftl . . h A W, ... . 1. u vwi 9' are xo w say w hether or not he is to be. elected, and covenants with them, singly and, all together to "letthem name the man who shall be Benator, and that, guided by their instructions, he will vote , for that man In the legisla ture. This covenant it not only ut terrd in public," but is signed, de livered and filed in the 'public ar chives, and made a part of the writ ten apreeuient 'between candidate and tow. It is not a pledge made to tme man, but to all men in the state. ; It Is not a mere promise, but a .written covenant, sacredly and sol emnly entered into. It is not a mere private and personal understanding, but the plighted faith; officially pro claimed and. publicly avowed. It Is as strong a tie as can be used In binding men, because it bears the stamp and seal of a public act ; It is a solemn contract,' because It Is a condition precedent to the candl date's election. ; ,"-'. Honor and integrity are more sac red to most men than mere money The obtaining of money under false pretenses, is a penitentiary offence. forbidden by statutes, and con demned by society. If the hapless creature who obtains money under false pretenses shall be sent to pris on, what, should be the portion of that man who would by false pre tense 'obtain an election and. delib erately cheat the public? As an ex ample of broken integrity, which act were the more reprehensible and condemnible- the poor devil swindles , another Individual of a few paltry dollars, or who out the sae- public pretender who would rlfice hlB Integrity and violate his covenant and cheat a. whole, etate and all Its people, not out of a few dollars, but out of their rights and their, pronounced will. . , " . What of ttfe men who advise this demoralization of manhood, this ex ample of public .treachery before present and coming citizens? What of the personal Integrity of the man who Insists that such a course should be followed? If there is honor in life, If there Is Integrity In men, If there is such a thing as that which we call virtue. Is not such counsel hot only corruptive and destructive, but damnable? i ' . The Statement. No. 1 members of the legislature are Men, They are not knaves, and will not suffer themselves to be debauched. There Is still virtue In Israel. It will be found that, when the time comes, every one of them Is loyal to';ito"veaimf'avn'J' thaf '"Mr the' blandishments, sophistries and ca Jojery of those who would ruin him will never prevail. ikI STRIKING AT THE SENATE. I T IS TO BE noticed that the in dependent Republican vote in this state last Monday directed most of its force toward the United States senatorship, both by voting directly for Chamberlain and, in some cases, for Statement No. 1 Dem ocratic candidates for the legisla ture. True, Chamberlain has twice carried Oregon, by means of many Republican votes, for governor, but the senatorship ; being considered more of a political office, having to do with national politics, it was quite generally surmised that many Re publicans who voted for him for governor would not do so for sens tor, yet they or about as many others did so." These Republicans did not yote against Hawley, or Ellis, and most of them otherwise voted the Republican ticket. There was noth ing personal against Mr. Cake, and Chamberlain's personal popularity and good record did not account for all 'these votes. , -; What many of these voters were hitting at was the method of elect Ing senators heretofore, and the re sults too often observed. They re slated the manifest design of some politicians to return to the old meth od, and they recorded their desire for the election of a different class of men to the senate from many sent to that body. The people as a rule don't like or trust the senate and Oregon Is pioneering the way to effect a change In the character of that body. The voters of OregQn know Chamberlain, and care more to get that kind of man there than they do about his politics. And it will be strange if this sentiment does not spread throughout the country. It is an absurdity for the people of any state to go on from decade to decade, and from generation to gen eration; represented in the senate by men like Piatt, Aldrich, Crane, Elk 1ns, Flint, and others like them. It Is a manifest miscarriage of the rep resentative theory that millions of people should thus be represented by tools of trusts and corporations and special Interests. The voters of Oregon t were not sure about Mr. Cake, as 'they were about Chamber lain; hence the votes of these Re- publicans went to the very root of the trouble the non-repreBentative character of the senate. The house , of representatives seems on some occasions to be about as much in ' need - of reformation along this line as the senate, and we expect that; before many years this independent voting will extend to epresentatives too; but as yet it is the senate that the people want to mash. Chamberlain will be no ex tremist, and no demagogue or blath erskite, but he can be depended upon never to align himself with those senators who in reality, represent, not the people at large, but only the favored few. DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT? Hi Ri C. R ANN, secretary of the Distillers'- .Security , cor? poratlon, ( a $ 5 8 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 ag gregation). -the largest deal er in distilled liquor in the United States, says In the Wall Street Jour nal: . "The general trade conditions are quite satisfactory. The prohibi tion movement has very little ef fect upon the consumption of liquors. It has been the experience of places nominally nnder prohibition to Con sume larger quantities than under the opposite conditions. It Is a fact that more liquor Is going Into the state of Georgia today than was the case when prohibition laws were not in effect. If prohibition prohibited. the result might be serious." ' Now this Is very interesting and even Important, If true. Mr. Ran n is In a position to know whereof he epeaks, and it Is perhaps Impossible to, contradict him; yet bis state ment, seems incredible. If true it shows a wholesale violation of law that should not be permitted to go on. What the people who vote for prohibition want is prohibition that prohibits. 1 DISCRIMINATING VOTERS. B' ESIDES GIVING a majority for Chamberlain ; for senator and Ellis for representative. Baker county elected Democrats for district attorney, sheriff, county clerk, school superintendent and coroner. The Republican candidates elected were for representative, treasurer. assessor, surveyor and commissioner. Thus the offices were pretty, evenly divided between the two parties, the results showing that a large propor tion of the voters of that county are pretty much independent of party lines, and Instead of. voting straight tickets they vote for the better men, or those who suit them best. While the county on national politics is safely Republican by a considerable majority, or has been eo in recent years, In local affairs the voters pay no attention to national politics,' and even In the case of a United States senatorship are not tied up to party, under such circumstances as , the present. " It seems to The Journal that this is an excellent condition of political affairs for any county or community to be in. It shows a very high de gree of political intelligence and commendable independence. While there may be exceptions to the rule, it Is no doubt the case that with voters thus discriminating, crossing. over party lines and picking and choosing, they will get better of ficials. Such a lot of voters cannot be long ridden by any machine,' nor made the victims of bad official It Is generally conceded, in the abstract, that it is not well for a state to be very greatly One-sided politically, since on the whole there seems to be about as much merit and promise of good performance in one party as In the other. But even it a very large majority approve of Taft rather than Bryan, for In stance, for. president, that 1b no rea son for not electing men of Bryan's party, if they seem to be, aside from politics, the preferable men,1 as sheriff, commissioner, county Judge, and other county offices. The "vote-er-straight" policy has been pro ductive of much evil. It would not be quite fair to any Statement No. 1 member-elect of the next legislature who does not now declare himself to suspect him of sinister and ulterior designs, yet since some people will think so, it would be well for all such members to come out at once and say that they will keep their pledge and vote for the people's choice for senator. , The Republican national commit tee Is in session in Chicago settling contests, but as the committee Is tor Taft no anti-Taft delegates need ap ply. The combine of favorite sons constituting "the field" might " as well go away back and sit down, and keep mum. It is to bea.Taft con vention. If you doubt It ask Teddy Roosevelt The Seattle Times seems to be doing all in Its power to keep Port land people from visiting the A-Y-P exposition next year. It mages a specialty continually of running down and slandering Portland. But then the Times Is not Seattle. The Rose Festival has been as good as could have been, expected under somewhat adverse climatic circumstances, and a success. But next year's will doubtless be much better. It is really too much to expect sa loon men In newly dry counties to be cheerful -unless tney think they can do well by establishing drug stores. Yes, Chamberlain Is probably, for Bryan for president, but then Just consider that Bryan and Roosevelt are politically a good deal alike.' Rip Van Winkle. . Kills O. Jones, in Success Magailne. Rip Van Winkle returned from his long sleep looking fresh as a daisy and made his - way to the village barber shop, not only because he needed a hair-, cut and shave, but., also because he wished to catch up on the news. "Let's see." said he to the barber after he was safely tucked In the chair, jv been asleep twenty years, haven't "Yep," replied-the tonsorlalist. "Have I missed much?" "Nope, we bin standln' pat." "Has congress done anything yet?" "Not a thing! . . ' ; "Jerome done anything?" "None." t ' "Piatt resigned V : "Nope." , "Panama canal built?" -; "Nope." v "Bryan been elected? . ' "Nope." ' "Carnegie poor?" ,, t "None. "Well, say," said Rip, rising up in the chair,' "never mind shaving- the other side of my face. - I'm arninar haoir- t si eep again. . , The Doubting Copper. " From Tit-Bits. ' Macrlstrste attrnlv niftn't r Ml the last time you were hero r wnnieu yuu n come neiore me again? pVfnnrv h.7 " iV I State Press Comment on tnc Election: i From th Euff&ns Register. ' . The most rldiculoua part of th whoU political Imbroglio, however, ,wa th fact that the university was compelled to depend upon counties other than LAtio ior support on the appropriation measure. We gave but a. stingy 1,600 majority out or a total voting- atrenirth ui over o.uui;. . m tms connection Mult nomah county heroically came forward with generous support, which saved the measure) rrom total disgrace, if not ob uviun. i Too Bad. x From The Dalles Optimist. And now 'The Optimist again says, as it has frequently said, before, -that the direct primaries law la a delusion, a snare and a fraud. so far as it re lates to state and national officials). and should be repealed, and in the fu ture une upumist tm woxk in season and out of season against this law which has cheated, defrauded and annl hllated our party. Should Be Elected. From the Pendleton East Oregonlafi The next legislature i will be close on Statement No. 1, but the East Ore- aonlan has sufficient faith In the In fegrlty of the men who have taken this Dlede-e to believe that although but one vote would be needed to kep Oregon In the Republican rank, that one vota could not be secured by the broken nledire of a Statement No. 1 member. If Governor Chamberlain has secured the popular vote he should be elected United States senator on the first ballot. While the East Oregonian has made a hard fight for Mr, cake and fu 11 v consents to the will of the "BeopioJ and snait urge me election 01 uovernor Chamberlain by the legislature If be has rctved the popular vote. Dtecossing the Hereafter. From the Pendleton Bast Oregonlanx Hereafter, If these Republicans who deserted the party candidate yester day come up for Republican support. If they should have a candidate In the Held, can they hope or expect to re ceive tue undivided support of the party T Have they not set a pace which will simply kill the Republican party in the state T The contest before the primaries was simply a friendly contest between Re publicans. It was clean, dignified and straightforward and no Republican who Is a Republican at heart bad a right or cause to be disgruntled. If he de serted the Republican candidate ana went Over to the Democratic ranks through spite work, what must he ex pect from his party hereafter? Governor Chamberlain's Election. From the Albany Democrat. The election of Governor Chamber lain over H. M. Cake is one of the most remarkable political victories in the his- tory of the United States. It has had few parallels. Governor Chamberlain la a remarkable man and this empha sizes the fact No other man in Oregon could obtain such a result. He stands out alone in his political Individuality. will he be eiectea unitea estates sen ator? By all means he will be. The fieople have spoken. An Oregon legta ature does not dare go back on the will of the people. It is not known yet whether enough Statement No. l men have been elected to Insure his election from that fact alone or not, but the Democra t - make the pred ic tlon that even if not ouite enough the legislature will elect him. This is necessary for the establishment of the principle of election of a United States senator by the people, which so many nave been advocating. ' - The political bosses are thorotihly down on Statement No. 1, the direct pri mary and the initiative and referendum in fact,7 on about everything that gives the people a big voice in affairs, but these things are here as an institution that is to remain, one wnicn wui graa ually become less cumbersome. As the champion of these things, which are attracting attention all over the United States, Governor Chamberlain promises to become a prominent ngure nationally, Chamberlain's Election Will Be Ratified. From the Albany Herald. The Herald was opposed to the elec tion of Mr. Chamberlain on purely party linea This paper is a Republican pa per. It la proud of the Republican nartv. It will be found in future con teats upholding and supporting candi dates of Its party. Governor Chamber lain's vote may be analyaed and the rea sons for his election could be easily noi n tad out one or whicn is tne dis position on the part of disgruntled poli ticians who still persist In driving the political affairs of the state. Already much Idle talk is being Indulged in from certain Quarters that the legisla ture will not ratify the selection of Senator-elect Chamberlain at Its session next January. The people of Oregon need not feel alarmed over sucn a das tardly attempt to deprive Mr. Chamber. lain of his very rare good political luck, His election will be ratified by the members of the legislature. They dare not face the storm that will surely break over the state of oresron rrom tne Co lumhlii to the Siskiyous. The Herald beHeves that a bold attempt by certain designing would-be leaders, having its inception in the election of Governor Chamberlain laBt Monday, will be made to defeat him in the legislature, and that the scheme will as surely fail. Governor Chamberlain, while a Demor era t, was elected Monday by soreheaded Republicans and a large host of warm personal friends and the solid vote of his own party. He has been selected by the people of Oregon and will serve the people well m tne unitea states senate. . Senator Chamberlain, the Her ald congratulates you upon your infinite good lucK ana pleasing personality, An Astoria Opinion. , From the Astorlan. Oregon's . Democrat's governor is en titled to all the credit Inseparable from his political achievement at the polls on Monday last, but as a victory full. final and . sure. It Is barren. His re. nance upon the statement No, I phalanx is wnere nis assurance will go to pieces. He should be shrewd enouorh to knnw that the Republicans, as such, in this state, will make no more ado ahout casting that pledge overboard than they jmve ai&ue in any ot mo uniowara ana disconcerting things that have wreckud and maligned the party, and left it a py-wora or reproacn at home and abroad. And then again he Is going up against the Portland -oroirram. He mav not know of it. Or knowing it may scoff ii aown as improoaoie ana unwarranted; but he can make a memorandum of it and when he is confronted with the bald fact he can thank us at his leUnm fn. the prompting. A Portland man of a certain class ana relation and Influence Is going to Washington from n,nn in this behalf: he has been named by the commercial Interests at the nwrnn. oils and when that time comes he wnl e namea ana sent aespite every man and act of Monday last We are betraying no confidence when we say the man's name Is Theodore B. Wilcox, and all the voting in Oregon can not keep him from that which Ms backers have determined upon. It is dollars to votes, of. course, but that is or no importance, save in the out come, and we have plenty of proof as to the prevailing factor in such an en gagement... v ' Independent , Republicans. ' From the Woodburn Independent (Rep.). Republican spellbinders are not sur prised to learn of a large number of In dependent Republicans in this state. Aiiey,jiave not lost mat pride of nation, WHEN AMEKICA IS GROWN Third" Article BY FREDERIC J. ELISION. . ' (Copyright, 1808, by Frederick. Hasktn.) When the United States reaches the full measure of its erowth " na; - ! won k ww oepena ior its lire upon the farm and the farmer. The farm Is the great laboratory where sun,' rain, soll seed and labor are compounded In the proper proportions to make the food which is necessary n . Ufa and the raiment which Is necessary to , ,clvUtsatlonii"In the remaining nine decades of wie century ma larmer will progress tlve of American life. -The achievements of the American farmer hav already revolutionized the life of the human his career. When "Adam delved and toois ana me tnoas which are still employed by the rreatar number of the farmers of the world. Artificial irrigation came with EervDtlan. civilization and artificial fertilization was discovered ages ago. But for 4,000 years the art vi srjcuiiure, most important or an Then- came the American farmer. He owned his own land. his. European fore, bears were peasant tenants. He owned as much land as a baron In Europe. He had to till It all with his own labor and that of his sons. This -'was the necessity which was the mother of the inventions ior umnr-SAvinir . farm ma. chtnery, The American farm machinery agent has gone into every country of the world and has carried revolution with him. To ih triumphs In this neia tne American farmer Is adding the victories of science over ignorance. His future is big with sroaress. The United States hu a. total ant nf bdoui two oiuion acres, if one billion pa set aside for Cities, towns, mines, faotories and other non-farmlno- land. there will remain a balance of 850,000,- vuu acres, xnis is almost three times as mucn land .s the farmer of today uses in arrowine the foodstuffs for tha Lpeople of the United States and many fbf those of Europe. - By extension of present methods of farmina- to all this available acreage the United States in the year 2000 will be able to grow all the foodstuff necessary for Its 886,000, 000 people; But the present spirit of progress is not content with merely ex tending present methods to a greater acreage. The American farmer is de termined to make "two blades of a-rasa grow where one grew before." to make one blade of grass grow where none grows now. Wlzarj of Boll. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and that wizard of the soil, Luther Bur bank. agreethaf thprogress made by the American farmer in the past ' 40 years l as nothlnsr to what will be done in the years to come. Toward the end of this century the farmer, will be tne nest educated man in America, tie will be a chemist with . knowledge to enable him to so handle his soils, his fertilizers and his foodstuffs as to make tnem yield tne maximum or prom. Ha will be a botanist with knowledge to enable him to take advantage of the laws of heredity to breed disease-resisting and frost-resisting plants. He will keep pace with every movement af tne scientiiic world which can . be turned to his advantage. He will be able greatly to increase the quantity na quality oi nis wneat and corn. egetables and fruit, cotton and wool.) witnnut-having to add ajungia acre to nis neia. But suDDflse this forward movement is slower than now seems probable, sup nose the average farmer of 90 years nence aoes oniy as wen as tne Deat farmers of today. Even that would mean the increase of the present yield of corn from three billion to seven billion bushels a year on the present acreage. The average wheat land in this country now yields 16 bushels per acre, yet there are today many farm ers who are producing 4S bushels an acre on land that 40 years ago was con sidered rich when It rave an average tr--jo Dusnetsi - . Plant-life Stock. Leaving aside the wonderful improve ment in the heredity of the plant-life stock which Is helping the farmer every day, the development of the science of soil chemistry is certain to aoa to tne power or tne rarmer s arm. Growing crops need certain chemical foods Just as much as much beings do. Our chemical diet is taken as com pounded into bread and meat The bill of fare for the plants is more candid and there must be nltroeen. Potash and phosphorus. The needs of different soils and of various plants differ just as the requirements or animals oirrer. The advanced farmer of today, aided and abetted by "Uncle Jimmy" Wilson's bright young men, Is studying the needs or his sou ana tne appetite or his crops. commercial . leriuizers win supply the demands of the plants for suitabte food. The right kind of fertilizer will be applied and the result will be uni formly helpful. The cost of fertilizers will be decreased. The tobacco grower must needs give his plants potash. To day the potash comes from German mines ana costs I cents a pouna. . A new way has been round to ODtain a supply from our granite mountains by the simple process of grinding the rocks to a powaer to do soia ai in cents a pound. Granite grown tobacco is a commercial success in Virginia fields today, as It was a sclenttHe suo cess in the department of agriculture experiment stations two years ago.i Nltroaen is everywhere present In the air, but until lately it was necessary to employ nitrate of soda as a means of getting It into tne sou ir mere wurai time to devote a year to growing clover to be plowed unda .Tha nitrate came glOg of the flag through the evil cor- toraiion ana, privileges cia-s uu aim he misuse made of the Republican banner hv the so-called Republican leaders, who themselves have discarded loyalty to party for the) sake of heap ing up the almighty dollars. Is It any wonder that bo many true Republicans of Oregon are disgusted -with some of the erstwhile bosses in jail, indicted by the United States , grand Jury, or fit candidates for incarceration on a long term aantanraT Ta tt anv wonder that they are disgusted with supposed Refl publicans in congress utterly lauing ana unbiushlngiy refusing io carry out me loucies or tnai starwari cnampion oi he people. President Theodore Roose velt? Is It not. honestly, enough to make, mad those who bite and mftkc T4riiKHp(ina ronlrlaaa? . T4ara Wa hava A sesslon of congress recently finished with nothing of a remedial nature done. What has been done was for-the fur ther protection of corporations and dis tinctly against the interests of the neo- pie in general. And now these misrep- resentatives. paving lauea to strengthen the Republican organization, are ap- teaiing to tne masses to iictc -ins nana hat smote them. That is too i much Christianity in politics for the average Oregon Republican voter to practice, nence nia maepenaence. . Chamberlain's Grip on Oregon. . From the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Oregon, which went .for Roosevelt, nearly four to one. in J904, now 'de clares to the nation that George E. Chamberlain, ' Its Democratic governor, is the choice- of . its .voters for United States' senator. That is spinning the political wninigig at a recora cup. - Governor Chamberlain must have a firm arrlD on the confidence and : the affections of the Oregon voters. It was a surprising achievement when he was elected governor in a presidential year In a state which gave Roosevelt very nearly 48,000 plurality surprising but not unprecedented, for freauentlv the voters of a stats win break party lines on local offices. -But no precedent is recalled for Governor Chamberlain's latest victory.' It Is a notable tribute to- his-personality --thatr-lB-an election resulting In the choice of a Republican legislature by ' an overwhelming ma jority, a straight-out Democrat Ir.the popular choice .for United States sena tor, anr oftlce ' upon - which party lines are almost invariably drawn with rig idity. Governor Chamberlain is of a different and better type than Mitchell or Pennoyer, but. he has the genial characteristics which made them popular, i. The Judgment of . an ' over whelming majority -: of the people of Oregon is that Chambetlaln has made a rattling good governor, and that his ad ministration has bean konest anil hon orable and admirably free from scandal and Incompetency. The Teonla-.nf Ore gon like bis personality, ana they like more rapidly than anv other renrnnta. .race, and he la but unnn tha thmshnM of live span" thev used nmctlcaiw thii amn arts, was at a standstill. . from South America nA ntwnitvii Now the waters of Niagara move the wheels of the machinery which captures the nitrogen from 'the air and Im prisons it in cotton sacks to be sent out 10 xne xarmer who needs it. . . Increase of livestock. The SO years are certain to reveal other great .economics of which the average farmer I of today does not dream. There are probably 16,000, 000 horses and mules In this country for wnico mere win oe -no need in tne good year 2000. The cheaper and stronger machine will drive the horse and inula rrom the nelds. This movement is al ready betclnnlncr. The millions of anl mals whose usefulness will have ceased before 2000 now consume each year the products of 75,000,000 acres of land. If devoted to potatoes this land would yield : three times the ,, present - total world crop. : Under the most advanoed of modern conditions these acres could be made to support 60.000,000 cows enough to give a quart of milk a day to every one oi me sso.uuu.uuu people w wui nave,wnen American is grown :' By the elimination of the horse and the utilization of the awamn lands, the farming acreage of the country can be doubled without toucb.lngfr.the forests or other Idle lands of the country. If but one half of the land be counted as avail able for farms, B0 years hence there will be five acres for every two persons in the country, somethinar more . than Ave times what the Chinese have now. There are indications that the demand upon the farms will change in char acter. While the Amerloanpeopl are not likely to become strict vegetarians within the space of 90 years, they prob ably will eat much less meat In propor tion to copulation than they now con sume. Medical science and economy win unite to bring about changed conditions on this line. It has been demonstrated that for every bit of animal rood eaten there is a vegetable counterpart. Vege tarian races have a capacity for endu rance-which equals,; if it does not sur pass, that -of the meat eaters. The economist will urge that the "lost mo tion" expended inf growing cattle for rood De conserved. Cost of living, We eat porterhouse steaks at 25 cents a pouna wnen we mignt ouy Deans ai cents a nound. and there is more nutri tion in. f ho pound of beans than in th pound of beef. It requires four years to grow a single beef steer. Under the most favorable conditions it requires the products of six, acres of land for one summer to make him ready for the block. When prepared for the table his flesh will furnish a single meal for about 1,600 persons. The same six acres of ground would have grown enougn beans to feed 48,000 people one meal. And the bean-eaters would have derived more strength and nourishment from their food than the beef eaters. The mathematical theories of the economist are never realized In actual life, and- never will r wit there is no doubt that the American people In the coming BO years will learn to save mucn that now e-oea to waste. The house wives of the American farm throw away more cooked food each year than la consumed by their sisters of Russia Who has not sat at the board of a farmer upon which was heaped enough food for a company of soldiers? Such wanton waste as that will be stopped. Science of Cooking. Another great saving that is coming will be brought about by better knowl edge of the science of cooking. The farmer's wife of the latter and of the century will prepare ner meaia on an electrlo range wood Is too valuable to burn and she will prepare only enough for the needs of her family. The food will be better prepared than it is now adays in the average home, and its wholesomenees will make ' more of It available- for the uses of the body. A little well-cooked food Is better than much poorly-cooked food. The girls of the next fln-de-siecle period will be taurht to cook scientifically, and . they will be taught how not to waste. Long before the year 2000 rolls around tha farmer will have reached a position of social and economic dignity which will have stooped the eager race from the farm to the city which is now the course of so many tnousanas or young men. In that day the colleges and. uni versities will devote more attention to' training the essential agriculturist than to turning out the non-essential lawyer. with a rnnA education, with the world brought -to his ddoryard through the agency of electricity, with his command oil the financial situation through his co operation with his fellows, the farmer of the year 2000 will be the foremost! man in our run-grown repuonc. his official record to an extent that lias led them illoglcally to elect a - Repub lican legislature while expressing a de- aire wmi n ssna a tnorougn-going uem ocrat to the United States senate. . Madame Rejane. ; , Gabrielle Reju, the -celebrated French actress, who is better known to tho pub lic under her stage name of Madame Rejane, was born in Paris. Julia a: lS7 She came naturally by her love for the stage, as many of her family were con- unci wiin uie ineatre. csne began her Studies at the Conaervatnlra In tha class of Regnler, the famous spcletalre of the Theatre Francais. At the age of 15 she obtained an honorable mention for comedy at the Conservatoire. She maae ner proressional debut at the Vaudeville In 1876. Her success at that playhouse continued without Interrup tion until 1882, when she changed to the Theatre des Varieties, where she created the role of Adrlenne in "Ma Camarade." In Sardou's comedy, "Di voroons,'V she achieved another great success, and in "M. de Morat" and "De core," In 1888, she took all Paris by storm. In 1893 she added to her lau rels in "Madame Sans Gene," in which sno aiso appearea in England and Amer ica. In, her American tour, . in - 1896. Madame Rejane achieved an enormous success. wwii iini i awww.iwt TRis Date In History. M 1741 General Nathaniel Greene, American Revolutionary - hero, born. Died June 19, 1786. , 1765 Nathan Hale, hero of the Amer ican Revolution, born. Died September 22, 1776. 1768 John Trumbull, American paint er, born at Lebanon, Connecticut Died at New York, November 10, 1843. ' . J818 Battle of Stony Creek, Canada. 1872 Construction of the St. Gotbard lunnei inrougn tne Alps Begun. ' 1891 Peary sailed from New Tork on an exploring expedition to Greenland. 1906 Marriage pf . Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany and Duchess ; Ceqllla of ' Mecklenburg Sohwerin. - - 1907 King .Oscar and , Queen Sophia of Sweden celebrated their golden wed ding. .. ; A Yoga's Peat. . From the Berand Magazine: For 14 years Bava Luchman Dans re ceived from the priests of the Black- Caves of central India the necessary ed ucation in order to become a yoga, as a yoga must be capable of taking the ta postures or tne tunaoo laois. v '' 'Perhaps his greatest trick consists In balancing himself on the ends of his fingers under i.the eyes of the Judges, without a second's interval, for seven days and tUshtsl . v .: Small Change v But it will be much more the Ross City later, - i ?' ' e . ' ,-',, Tha , coiintrv . la ' hAiiM ' a , - frmi LOregon, somehow. ' .The winner always thinks the losaW , WWW, ,111. ,"'"' . ',.,' . ... 1 Neither has there . been a glut of strawberries . so far. - After the' festivities, let us have a sane and safe Sunday, v ' 2 " ' ' Another .great trlmuph; automobll, races and too accident. Mr. Weatherman, torn on the calorio whenever you're ready,,. " ' ' 4 ' ' a ' - The June hrM.n I. n-ii.. and insignificant as ever. After all It a ai,rv. ; year's will be a greater one. i . ' ' ' r . a . . , ,x The Old Tr,ntln ' I. ,1.. ..I -, Chamberlaln-goT the mort VoW' V " . If Fits Or Nelann un'l -hi th. stage they -cinln the rlosT Tha nerval nta. .it... : plarty bow11 " s B,w ' .Ru,Ucan . Some young -women 1 are suspecting that their beat fellows don't know that this is June. - , - , .' ., How would It do to atarf h n..ti Snua 'ouncllman or two If they don't e . . The railroads an1 nM.n.nhiMiiAMi.4. seem to have won In Georgia. In de feating Governor Hoke Smith. All Ortrnn tl - Williams a pleasant trip to the Chicago WW...W....W. wmu. : bus reiurn. : ' , It is nearly time fnr tha man wh. never takes a vacation to write his annual advice to those who do. - It has hean nir..tii4 . i. . , , w i , be tried flrst-on J. Bourne Jr. . per Oregon would lnouc blra to visit Senator Fultnn win tin t.... llcana in - Oregon to aarrea with Silm that men elected rn ntfti nan i i. on their promises; "" An Ohio conaresaman baa han rested for fraud and embezzlement But he no doubt believes in the party's time-honored principles ana tradltiona James Ct'Lnarv nt h. 110.000 that there would be ll rainy days In May. and won. w i. th nniG man In that town who thinks It was piuo UIUUUI, Now that the Rose Festival ia over in Portland and the election in the atate, and that a week of June ""cu, it i illUQ to DHKin tO Prrt- vai" i ccieoraie tne r ourtn or July. There's always somethin doin' in this tuumry. A man calleil at tha Wkn. Tin,,.. in trtkt l1 AAA AAA wVl.k t. . k.n . . . Ki Vw,vww,vvw witiVU 119 UttlJCYCTCt WBI coming to him from the president, but "1 wuuihb ne was crazy, otherwise he would have called, on Secretary Cor telyou. He's the follnv viih t?i Sam's dough. New York' Run- k nlalramitt. Williams as a candidate for rovernor of . Texas pledges himself to - support Mr. Bryan for president in xm. If he ??,u.,a 8er defeat this year. Mr. Williams is a very aood iuda-e of human nature. Mr. Bryan would certainly be candidate In 1912. Oregon Sidelights Albany boasts of '24 passenger trains day. a e The Bonanza creamery in Klamath county will market -considerahla hutt hereafter in Sacramento. The nreclnet In whlrh th hlo- Balam brewery is located went wet by only six votes. That was a close shave for the beet factory. m Eugene Register: Here'a to Mnltno. mah oonntv whlfh HIH tha kir,4.n. thing by the state university, if in the Past we have said anything derogatory of that county we here and now offer profuse apology. a Bovd eorraannnilanxa nt Tha rtaliaa Optimist: If the nartlea who atnla th. cake and doughnuts . from the home of, Edgar Rothery would kindly return them, the mistress of the house would thank him very kindly. The Strawherrlaa In thla vlolntf a Just beglnninat tn noma Intn haatln. and be placed on the .market says The Dalles Observer. It is claimed that the crop will be heavier this year and the berries of better quality than for sev eral seasons past . . A man who latel visited Cratir T.aVa Parkways that the snowls stui very deep there, and that in entering th house at the station he had to dig through nine feet of snow. Six miles east of the station the snow was from two to four feet deep, and at Bridge creek there was five feet "' ' a . Springfield gave a handsome majority ' forthe university.' and the- high school of that city was so delighted with Port land a handsome vote for the institu tion that they not only sent stacks of roses over to Eugene, to be sent to" -the city, but forwarded about 10 bushels of roses on their own account .-." " This is the way the Eugene Guard puts it: The Salem hoc and the Linn county mossback voted against the Uni versity of Oregon, but after ; all the people of Oregon stood nobly against the reactionary forces and -won a' glo rious victory that will do a great deal toward hastening the coming of the Greater Oregon. f .v. .? e .... - t , , The city of Hubbard has Just finished putting on the public streets and all the county roads leading into Hubbard, 200 barrels of oil. The citizens living on or near the Pudding river road made up $75 to have the road oiled, but the citv put nearly $200 worth of oil n this road. The city of Hubbard has, in the past five years .spent nearly $1,000 on Improving roads leading into town. ' North Yamhill Record: Tt la tnantr. Ing to drive through the country at this season of the year and -observe, the nice fields of growing grain, clover - and orchards. Beyond a doubt thla county ' is making tremendous imnrnvnmenta - compared with a few years ago. Much of the land that was impd a r. ago for wheat raising is now sown to gmH, wnicn is lurnisning pasture for hundreds of head of stock, mostly cows. There has hot hwn a httr berry season for many years. The ber ries are of good size and of extra fine flavor. The frost did absolutely no damage tp the fruit this year, and the yield will be extra large, considering ; .x r '.. ' i" niver ews- Letter. Indians from the , several res- ' rvations have arrived in large num bers to harvest the crop, and it Is be lleved : that there will be plenty of pickers and packers. A wooden pipe factory has been es- " tabllshed In the Barrett district in the Hood River valley. The plant Is capa ble of running two sets of boring ma- -chines simultaneously and of turning eut ith..i1?wln,r amounts dally when run to ite full capacity, 2,400 feet f il Inch; 8,000 feet; of 10 inch, 2.40O feet of ' 8 inch; 8.600 feet of inch and 4 Inch' plpe. The cores of the larger pipes are bored again; w.ound and used for hleh pressure purposes. It is the plan to leave a S Infib shell to the piper How. ' ever,-much of the oioe bored has a a , to 6 inch rim. t . "
