The Oregon daily journal., June 23, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

'HE JOURNAL
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ia iu unitea Bute. u.natu or arnica,
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On rear........ 15.00 I On antfc....... JJ0
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DAILY AND SUNDAY.
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l',SWr'eSa"'aelaW'a
Our acta oar angels are, or
good or 111. '
Our fatal shadows that walk
- by us still. '.,
John Fletcher.
DON'T KISS TUB , HAND
SMITES.
THAT
fpN 1897 the O. R. A N. company
I operated 1,059 miles of road. In
JT 1907. 1,245 miles., Ittr 1897
gross earnings were, about; f 4,-
000.000; In 1907 about , f IS,-
000,000. In 1897 Ita : surplus
earnings for the year and Its
total surplus were about 1560,000;
in 1907 its surplus for the year was
over $5,000,000. and its total sur
plus about 829,000,000. : It has in
the meantime created from earnings
of one kind and another, funds of
various kinds amounting to over $1,
750.000. It has appropriated for
betterments and equipment from in
tome over $8,500,000, and it has in
many places and for many, miles re
built its road out of income. "
The earnings of the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad company alsoshow
a large growth, In 1897 it operated
654 miles and Its total income was
$1,400,000; in 1907 It operated 665
miles and Its Income was $6,417,000.
In 1897 It bad a deficit In 1907 a
surplus. In 1906 it could and did
expend out of earnings on mainten
ance of way alone over $200,000
more than its entire income in is..
This in brief is the history of the
growth of ; these properties .,- during
this period and whlcb It would seem
would have Justified extensions at
least Into interior Oregon. -. ... - '.
Suppose it was the policy of the
Harriman lines to spend one bait or
two thirds or all of their : surplus
'earned in Oregon each- year for ex
tensions In Oregonin other, words
to return to Oregon a part of the
money earned In Oregon- would
there be any shortage of transporta
tion "facilities as now, any part of
Oregon suffering from the need of
means and ways of getting produce
to market? Not by any means. And
yet such a policy would result only
in "spending the people's money"
for the people's benefit, allowing
Harriman et al. to own and operate
the roads that these surplus, funds
would build. " - ::':;" ?:- ' ;-
, Under Mr. Harrlman'a present pol
icy of "doing nothing", his lines are
piling up a surplus ..; of something
near $6,500,000 to $7,500,000 a
jear of Oregon people's money for
which they , receive neither service
nor consideration. This means that
something like $20,000 daily In cash
is flowing eastward out of Oregon to
enrich Harriman and the few .men
that may be intimately associated
with hlnrJn bis dealav-'i
Oregon people are willing to con
tribute to the support of railroads, to
meet operating expenses, mainten
ance charges, betterments and all
such legitimate burdens, as well as
.1.1.. , A . 1 .(.,..
ictuuuiuio javcicow . auu uiriucuui,
the latter even on watered stock
capitalisation, but they are not wil
ling to go on piling up surpluses,
which are extortionate and unfair, to
be sent east to be divided among' a
few people who never earned nor are
they entitled to any portion of them.
Oregon people are determined to put
an end to all . such brigandage, and
are moderate in demanding that a
portion at least of these surplus
monies this unearned Increment
be spent tor rail extensions In Ore
gon, for better, development of the
state and to the benefit of the people
thereof, and they will and should
exert and set In motion every force
over which '' they bate control to
bring about "a square deal," and
thus enable themselves to create a
great commonwealth. , -'A.
A people who are not able to
break the shackles which threaten
to bind their own limbs are not fit
to be free! . - ,
THE GAME OF POLITICS.
vOLITIC3 Is a very fascinating
J game. And it la not only a le-
I gitlmate game, . but if ; played
with good purposes a laudable
one. A great many men like to play
it. and there are always room 'and
opportunity for many players. It is
bee a use 'of the fascination, the deslr
6t!Uty of the game of politics that
5 arties are 'necessary," and that
jfople must divide somewhere near
qually between at, least two' parties.
Otherwise it is not really necessary
that people should oppose one an
other ia nearly equal numbers on
most Important national subjects or
rTor-ooitlons that arise, but unless
this were done there would be little
tr ance to play the great game of
I clitics. We read In our school his-
torles that one president, Monroe,
had practically no opposition, and
tils term was known . as "the era of
good feeling."; But this could not
last, for too many ambitious men,
with one purpose ; or ; another in
mind, wanted to get up and main
tain the great game of politics
This is not written in derision, or
even In criticism of the game itself.
Even in Its narrow and. common
meaning, politics is not , to be de
spised. In its broader sense every
citizen ought to take a deep and con
stant interest In politics, the science
of government.; ; We say nothing
against party politics of the right
sort, when the game is played on a
high plane and up to high standards,
the good of the country, the greatest
number of people, being the object,
for the source of so general a desire
and aspiration cannot be altogether
bad. . Individual selfishness may be
too large an element In political am
bition, but in what Is it not a large
if not a controlling factor? , Let us
not try to change human nature
more than . a very little within any
brief time. rt? ,." ', ""
So It is not the game of party pol
ltlca that The Journal has sometimes
criticised, but the style and methods
of the game, especially In these two
particulars: First, , making party
paramount to the country or 'state,
the people as a whole; and second,
the habitual, constant and too often
successful attempts to deceive the
people In various ways, as ' to the
party's performances and accomp
lishroents. What this paper urges and
seeks to aid in bringing about is
more truth, honesty and candor in
party politics. There should be.more
sincerity : and . less dissimulation,
more talk of the public weal and less
of party fealty, and above all a far
higher conception of political service
and duty. . . ' f ' '
Public service ought to be and
may be, and Indeed often is, in fact
what it is In theory, highly honer-
able, the most honorable employ
ment In which a man can engage.
He should be a proud and happy man
who. placed in a public position, can
be of real service to, can benefit,
millions, or thousands, of his coun
trymen,
To mn ani-h a nlarft for
To covet sucn a piaceior i
such a purpose ia a noble ambition,
and the man who holds to that pur
pose,, rather than considering service
to party or personal inenas or sen,
is worthy of the people's honor. That
there are many such men in public
lite, all the way from president down
to county commissioners and coun-
cilmen, we know; perhaps of this we
Bay too Jlttle; but on the other nana
what an army there Is of utterly sei
fish, narrowly partisan fellows in of
fice,; whose : highest ambition ; is In
one way or another to benefit first
self, then near personal and political
friends, then party, at tne peoples
expense, and who give no thought to
tha welfare and happiness of the
people, to the good of country, state,
county or city.
There has been an improvement
in this respect within the past few
years. Roosevelt, spite of some Inex
plicable contradictions, has given
politics a tremendous moral upiiix.
So have various other pudhc men
Bryan in his way has helped. And
one exceedingly beneficial result has
been that as to a great many voters
nartr ties have been loosened. They
feel freer to act according to a more
intelligent Judgment, a quickened
conscience, even if to do so should at
least temporarily take them across
the party line. The game win go on;
It Is the most Interesting game on
earth: we would not nave it aDoi-
tehed If we could; but we would have
ft ulaved according to higher Ideals,
and with the masses of voters under
standing it better and taking a
greater part In it
WHAT MAKES A DEMOCRAT?
F HE Pendleton Tribune still in
sists that any . man who voted
for Chamberlain Is therefore a
Democrat, and that It Is enough
to prove that this is so for Mr. Geer
to say so. His "common sense," ne
says, decides the question. He de
clares that "when a man deliberately
votes for a Democrat to occupy the
highest political office within the
gift of the people he proclaims him
self a Democrat, he looks like a
Democrat, he acts like a Democrat,
and he is a Democrat."
But a good many of these men
voted forJEllls or Hawley, candidates
for as "purely political" an office as
that of senator, and for other Repub
lican candidates. That, by Mr. Geer's
own reasoning, makes them Repttb-1
Ucans. So they are both Republicans ;
and Democrats at the same time, j
With this view of the case we agree,
and we see no inconsistency in it,
when nobody can tell the difference
between a Republican and a Demo
crat, except In the ease of an office
holder or an active politician work
ing for an office or tor spoils. ; ,
Many of these Republican Demo
crats who voted for Chamberlain will
vote for Taft next November; and as
the presidency is a bigger office than
senator, they will all, according to
the Tribune's own logic, then become
Republicans again. V So .Mr&' Geer
can't keep all of them ' out of the
Republican party, after all. ,:
5 Accounted For. ) .
' From the Philadelphia ledger.
Mrs. J.'s patience waa much tried by
a servant who bad the habit of atand
lng around with her mouth open. . One
day aa the maid- waited upon the table
hr mouth was open as usual, and her
ntiitreaa raid: -
"Mary, your 'mouth la open." - .
V'aesum," replied Mary; - 1 . opened
SOME LOCAL NEWSPAPER HISTORY
HE JOURNAL is a rival, s competitor of the Oregon lan and its
evening edition, and to some extent must be a "thorn in the side"
of the opposition, If one is to Judge-by the attacks made upon this
paper frequently, and almost daily here of late, in the evening Issue
of The Journal's morning, 'contemporary. , In its issue of Monday even
ing, June 22, there appeared an article, the purpose of the publication of
which is to make it seem that The Journal Is In "financial distress."
Such not being the case and the facts being of Interest, the publisher of
The Journal deems it within his province to make reply. f
The article referred to, appearing in the Oregonian's evening edition,
was verbatim as follows: - ,
MORTGAGE PLACED
ON THE JOURNAL
One Hundred Thousand ' Dollar
Plaster at 7 Per Cent on the
Evening Rainbow.
A norlnin hti been given by The
Journal Publishing; 'company to tne 8e-
curltv Savin. r Trust company to in
ure the payment of $100,000 In bonds,
bearing intereat at 7 Der cent, payable
semi-annuaiiy May i ana isovemDer x,
due in rive years. Bach bona has a
par- value of $500. They are called
"first mortaaara 7 ner cent a-old bonds.
Bonds and Intereat are payable at the
security savings ft Trust Dana, ana
each bond la certified by . the trust
company to be one of the bonds Issued
on tne mortgage. ASiae irom mesa
things, the consideration la expressed
to ee ii. unaer- tne mortgage:
Toe journal publishing- company
conveys (in trust) to the trust com
pany. Its successors ' and assign, for
ever, all and singular the following de-
scriDea property, rignts, rrancnises ana
privileges of The Journal Publishing
company, now owned or hereafter to
be acauired hv it. that Is to aav:
All the right., title and interest 01
The journal publishing company in tne
following property.
situated
in . the
Ooodnough building
The printing machinery. Dresses.
motors, stereotyping machines, shaft
ing, belts and pulleys: ell type, cases.
stands, cabinets, machinery and all
other personal property used In the
printing department of said publishing
company or belonging thereto; the
names 'Oregon Dally Journal,' "Oregon
Semi-Weekly Journal. 'Oregon Weekly
Journal,' "Oregon Sunday Journal,' the
business and good will of The Journal
newspaper; the daily, weekly and semi
weekly subscription list, end .all con
tracts for advertising, subject to the
deduction of sufficient sums from said
subscription lista and advertlaing con
tracts to operate and run the present
business of The Journal Publishing
company; all furniture, office fixtures,
library; all goods, chattels and personal
roperty now owned, or wnicn snau
ereafter be owned or acauired bv The
Journal Publishing company, or in any
way relating or pertaining to or belong
ing or connected with its business or
u,ea ror conaucung xne same. Ail
rlgntl Jn Uw and e(luIty And aU tne
rents ana proms or tne pueinees."
If The Journal fails to pay any part
of the Interest or principal or any of
the bonds, the Security Savings &
Trust company, after default extending
three months, may take charge of The
Journal and ita business, and conduct
it or sell It at publlo auction to the
highest bidder. Thirty days' notice by
f uDltcatlon must be given of such auc
lon sale. When default of principal or
Intereat has extended three months, the
principal of all the bonds becomes due
and payable. The trust company may
also xoreciose tne mortgage or a suit
la equity., , .
The Journal has to admit, in
meekness and with humbleness, that
the above statement is true. There
is a mortgage on its plant, fixtures,
good will and business, and the
$100,000 of bonds this mortgage
secures have existed of record at the
courthouse tor more than five years,
from April 25, 1903. It would seem
strange that The Journal's, ferret-
eyed contemporary had not discov
ered it sooner.
However, as that paper is in the
habit of printing only that newa that
has grown musty with age, its pub
lication of the existence of the mort
gage is well understood.
In this connection It may be proper
to say that The Journal has met the
interest under the mortgage prompt
ly for the past five years, as those
who hold the bonds can testify-
much so that the bonds are actually
In demand the supply not being
equal to it. And further, there is
$60,000 of outstanding preferred
stock against. The Journal, on which
is paid promptly to those who hold
It, an annual return of 10 perxent
and it is so good an investment
that this stock readily brings par and
has sold at a premium. And besides
these bonds and preferred stock
there Is $60,000 of Journal common
stock outstanding all sold at par
on which last year there was paid in
cash a dividend of 20 per cent. So
the reader has the "financial stand
ing" of The Journal in a nut shell, as
follows: - v -1
It actually pays ; 7 per cent an
nually on $100,000 of bonds secured
by a mortgage of record; ,;
It actually pays 10 per cent an
nually on $60,000 of preferred stock.
and this stock is not to be had at a
figure less than par, if It can be pur
chased at all.
It actually pays 20 per cent on
60,000 of common stock, and hot a
share of this common stock is for
sale and it cannot be bought for less
than $180,000 for the $60,000 or
three to one, in the face of the fact
that the bonds are ahead of the pre
ferred stock and both bonds and pre
ferred are Hens ahead of the com
mon stock, and in spite of the fact
that the Oregonian's evening edition
as well as its parent oppose and com
bat its progress.
And since The Journal's business
is being aired by ita "loving friends,"
It may not be amiss to state that a
majority' of both the preferred stock
and common stock is owned outright
by the publisher of The Journal and
the control and ownership of the pa
per is absolutely in his hands.
-Now for the reason of the delayed
publication of the existence of The
Journal mortgage, which has been of
record since April, 1903, as shown
by the public -records at the county
courthouse during all of this time:
The "managers of the Oregonian's
evening edition are figuratively "up
against it." They have endeavored
to run The Journal "out of .the
field." " They have tried to outspend
The Journal, and all the while The
Journal has been making more and
more money. - The Oregonian is also
making money,.; fully $160,000
year, and from thls fund the grow
ing deficit ot its evening edition has
been paid, with patience and hope at
first, but. now with disappointment
and discouragement while all the
time realizing that promises of some
supposed newspaper managers never
ripen into performance,' It is actual
ly known facts will leak out ot the
Inner precincts of close corporations
that the - evening edition of the
morning paper , is Ipslng as much as
$5,000 and even $7,000 a month, and
the end is not yet. ' Of course, the
Oregonian and Us publishers can
stand it, but it causes a little ill-will
and some irritation with the result
hhat The Journal is blamed for it,
and frequent "shots" are taken at
this paper ia consequence, several
times every week, and publication at
this late day of the existence ot the
mortgage referred to Is the latest ex
hibition of "trying to get even."
And in closing, another striking
evidence of the desperation ot ,the
management of the Oregonian's eve
ning paper is shown la its effort to
secure the city printing, in compe
tition with a couple of dally sheets
that pass as "legal publications."
The Dally Abstract's bid on this
occasioa was 25 cents per Inch, per
insertion, matter to be set in type
making 13 lines to the inch.
The Dally Oulde's bid was 1 3-1
cents per line, under the same con
ditions, or about 1 5 cents per inch
per insertion.
The Oregonian's evening edition's
bid was 2 cents per line, matter to
he set, in type making only 13 lines
to the inch, or 26 cents per inch per
insertion.
The contract was secured by the
Daily Abstract, as Is of record at
the city hall, that sheet being pre
ferred to its evening contemporary
and rivals, after circulation and
standing of both being considered by
the . officials bating the. matter in
charge. '',:
The advertiser - in Portland and
elsewhere, with these facts before
him, will wonder why he is called on
and solicited to pay 40, 45 and even
60 cents per inch, per Insertion tor
space in this publication, when, in
competitive bidding it offered, as
late as six weeks ago, to sell Its space
to the city for 26 cents per inch, per
insertion. The reason for it Is plain
to be seen, and there is some little
excuse to be offered for it as well
It desired to fill a '-'yawning gap" in
its columns; it had lost as much as
800 to, 1,000 Inches a week of adver
Using, compared to . what It enjoyed
the same week the year before; it
had Increased expenses And yet was
unable to Increase its average rate
for space; it was necessary to in
crease - its - volume or advertis
ing to make a showing; it
bad become the .."weak one" among
the three daily publications of Port
land, and it , was distinctly losing
ground and so something had to be
done; and It put in a bid for the city
advertising at 26 cents an inch per
insertion and it didn't get It and
since, it has been "mad" at The Jour
nal and is endeavoring to "save its
face" by throwing mud and slander
ing its betters.
The Journal makes this statement
because it is fact, and because it is
Interesting to; a large number of peo
ple, and because this paper has no
secrets and- nothing to hide In its
career. Tne journal is nere to stay
and it hopes both of its contempo
raries will enjoy a long life, even if
the one has to be a "white elephant'
to the other, 'but -The -Journal has
these good wishes and frankly, de
clares that Its contemporaries are the
easiest rivals a newspaper ' could
have; In fact are more of a stimulus
to, endeavor than a barrier in thet
way of The Journal's success. - So,
cheer up, my brothers, and try to get
a fresh hold! There is a good-time
coming! ' , ' - '
The late George W. Chllds. editor
of the Philadelphia Ledger, once said
In an editorial: "Newspapers that are
losing : money are the more obvious
because of their frantic efforts to
make it appear that they are finan
cially strong. Newspapers that' are
hot paying commensurate Interest on
the money, invested in them always
look to their. competitor for cosjtort
and finding none resort to trickery
of words to mislead the public with
the false impression that it is the
competitor; that Is really suffering
stringency. -We have had just such;
an - example of Ill-timed and Ill-advised
criticism In Philadelphia. The
public has heard of the pinch of pov
erty in certain newspaper quarters
through the badly-aimed attacks ou
the Ledger. The Ledger will live
and let Hve.and will carefully re
frain from underhanded methods of
attack on the credit of its competitor,
knowing that that competitor cannot
stand much of the sort of abuse that
would affect its pocketbook. It
needs the money; the Ledger does
not." : .;.'.
Small Ckange
Brace up, there'll be some summer yet
Only a week more to becoome a June
bride.
4
Moral: Girls should not flirt with
motormen on duty. '
1
Wall street will find.
Cortelyou, all right. -
a nice place for
-
And there Isn't a burated trust
point to with pride. - -
to
Th M .trv"vrkrhl..' 1.'.. ....
your doxy is. heterodoxy.
e
Perbapa Uncle Adlal Stevenson will
run for vice-president again.
-There i no significance In thefact
ii niyuiea witri graiu
e e -
wall street seems to be satisfied.
now aooui tne rest or tne country?
1 Bry
' '
'an s chaneea were, slim enough be-
Colonel Watterson cam. out for
roro
him.
j - i ' - . , ..
, No man can pay.attention to a pretty
girl and do anything el.e at. thfsam.
"m. - , -
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It ought not to become f.nhlnn.M. n
...'.:'..' -. -. '- ' . , .
have open-work hose In a fire depart-
ment.
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Assuming to know avenrtti In ahnnt
unknowable things is superlative ego -
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rw-i ' w A
lirtflAI hAflii a A Itaak J 1
It is no disgrace' to a bov b.lf-arown
'
?',mre.u,?b? ove with' hi. mother,
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t.V :ZZ."Zj.I" S?T ""Ji1?
MaVh out .n 7.. ' "a m
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It la the time of vear whan unnWv
works but the summer alrl anrt .hi -i
worlt"--f yuna
SuuU .bitcito - airamiT. uui urnn
may not get that paper. ,
.- - . " ' . .
If BecreUry Wilson could and would
run for the office he holds, b. would
run away ahead of Taft. "
run away ahead f Taft
The vear ia naartv ,.i-
hm B0( Pi itself half
enough for a year's record. .
Taft'a manare. TritphMw.v.i'tn k.
a
health: no wonder. If he ia a man with a
conscience, after looklng-over that plat-1
Tnrm
1
An exchange remark- that a ri
c.nilld.ta tnr nM.M..t
.;t?1hhss. k '"JTis
office all th aamV
The Republican convention also forgot
1 take t-re-Mt f, h. ,k. ,! l.Tlt I
trnsrSvS.S- rSSL"1 2!.-.'
pound about that tlmT "
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None of us grown-ups can beeom a I
chool chiW agaw?an fw"of can
i.uiib UK ii miwn.nn. n rmmm. a I
hviiuui icnor, avna mo nav a I
inroa rrionms vacation. l
e e w I
k m, ... .. .' I
"'sJSssfff
Sbody would K-.r-
Th new aecret.rv nt w.a la
by soma as a Democrat, but Bryan
would probably deny that he is one.
"i ia m uvmonmi anyway T
, e. .a .
"Lend a Hand," th. Oregon peniten
tiary monthly, ha. grown into a 10
pag magaiine, printed on book paper, I
I. very neat typographically and con-
tains mnch good matter. - I
Oregon SiJeKglita
Now watch BUyton swell up.
Medford 1. Judicially wt, and happy.
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u iiibuub .a . liib , ihi i nmr Kmin imn
COUnty. . - I
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.lowly receding.
i ne w.iers or xui tag are still
A Oilllam county man sheared 103
heep by band in on. day
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A Eugene attorney mm a an.n ...I
a cuusmaie or j. a. Bhermaa
" . ...... .
Tillamook was th only county that
Som enow fall in Baker City one day
last week, the latest snowfall in 19 1
ciaims tne xriDune.
Tha . . a- , -
grain throughout the Willamette v.iiav i
..y.v..UJ in uu ma ociiion countiea, i
. . " " - . I
ADout z.Rnn iimiiiA, of a i. v.i
r iv .uocHira i;ity
vepr four days, and .hipped to Port-
land. th. receipts being about $2,000 al
uiuuwi, . i. i
There 1. an enormous demand in tha I
""' miaaio west state, ror inror-1
mauon anoui tjorvain. .nil Hantnn ni,n. I
ty, say. the Corvall. Times. Manager
" -V" commercial ciuo is in re-1
celpt of five to a doxen letter, per I
s- avw w sa- uuaci
day, asking for literature.
' WANTED Ten Or 10 India, tn ant
grass on the streets of Albany. Mnt
cume wen recommenneii ror .tran.th
and fortitude. The city will furnlah
moo iw carry water. -AlDany Herald
Women would not do! th k ...
Alm. . I
dies.
e e ,-
a ni m i. urann. atnin l . .
ceived a log .kidding device that i.
operated by a locomotive and can climb
a U per cent grade on a standard gauge
track.? It. arms reach nut i nna fu,
in any angle and it has a power hard to
calculate. A temporary track can nene
trace the most-dense kind of woods by
simply clearing a roadbed, and the logs
. .tM . i V .ii r '""I
rrf,?i .ihl by thl" m0BteF nd
powerful machine. . .L I
i - I
An aool orchard near Mlltna wfclnfc I
ha. never been , known .to anyone out-1
side of a few neighbors and nf whir., I
but little car ha. been taken, last year I
ucbCTi &ii jvwu.r ,suv pr acre. A I
vineyard In the .am. locality yields 1500 I
an acre every year. A peach orchard!
last year netted 480 an acre, and a I
tnree-acr - strawberry patch 1110 ant
acre, .'-'' ... . .. . ,
Bug Held Vp the News.
There was an interruption on a fagtldttion to hie other work Maior Bovnton
western newspaper circuit of th. Po.-lwas prominent ractor m the organlza
tal Telegraph cOmnanv Tue.d.v . "on f nt,.?na.l fraternal congress,
- - - - .
iuwuu)tuuii, iu t . . icirja circuit
due to other than human agency are!
referred to tn the record
book. Of I
th companies as "a bug on the wlr,Mter of Aaron Burr, born at Albany, N. T,
for want or a better explanation of th.
troubla
During the afternoon of th dav men.
tfoned WIr Chief Iobbs was sum
moned to investigate the cau.e of trou
ble onth western circuit, which had,
in the vernacular of the Chicago wire
chief, "failed east"
Hastening to the desk' on which the
Instruments are laid Dobbs 'discovered
a large Croton bug perched on the con
necting point, of a pole' changer, ef
fectually closing communication on that
circuit The stranger had paid for its
curiosity, however, for 385 volts of
electric current had passed through the
beetle, which had died before enjoying
the sensation of holding up an import
ant news story.
An old telegraph operator standing
by .aid It was tha first time he had
seen the real thing in hi. SO years' ex
perience, . - . . -(i - - . .- i;
! First Draft of trie Chicago i
. Platform'
By wex Jones In New York American.
unce more the Kepunncan party. y
Theodore Roosevelt assembled,, submits
his cause to. the people. , lite adminis
tration la an enoch In American history,
such as Washington or Lincoln never
I Maw. Theodore Roosevelt baa given us
migmy progress 1U justice, equality aim
the Square Deal. To him we are in
debted tor the Big Stick, the AnannUe
club-and the Ten Commandments.
Under Theodore Roosevelt the Ameri
.can People nave pernr leu -
can
a
Thendrtre Roosevelt has fined Stand
ard Oil 189.flfirt.ftOO due tha Panama Ca
naL chased the-Spaniards out of Cuba
and the confidence out of bankers.
Then ilt tha achievements that will
make Theodore Roosevelt .his 19 or 80
placet In history. . - : ...
Tne - united - estates - now owns one
fourth of the worlds wealth. Standard
Oil and tha Steel Trust owning the other
three fourths.- In all the great neces -
'I wties of, lire, sucn, aa coal, loosiera, iron,
wealthy ambassadors, cotton, divorce,
corn, the stork and .tUbu
. . . . . - - - . . . I .
I , I -- ; . - - - .
. "J u - - i.-T L vV 'TjA-.ri ,
puta, inanat to ineouore nouBBvcui.'-
y Theodore Roosevelt in convention as-
somblcd declares unequivocally for a re-
vision of the toriff upon euch articles as
are not imported; Into his country.
" n.t.un th. tTnltail fitatea aniT the
Philippines Theodore Roosevelt believe.
I in a free Interchange of products, except
I those Objected to by. the Sugar and To
I . t. . .. '
1 Theodore Roosevelt in convention as
I emblod declare for aucn amendments
of the statutes of . procedure in the fed-
I . . m m 1 iL. a) M I
1 j 4 . , ,)
'"SZUY 'Attt between Da-
mocracy and Republicanism la that one
ctanda ror vacillation, in jovernmom,
1 n... . T..t.Tti tn TftMllAFI
.. ., -
K.opseveit. . ' . ' '
upon tnis piauorm 01 J"w"-
I veil. 1I1CUUUIQ x.wevvvaw v v.
laountrv to vote for his nomine and his
... J , ' . , v
. . ,
party Name Is Stumbling Block..
i - m -o-
"- k. tt,.i sJunl-
r aiimtna?inn of na-
f.i.'rA. m
i!,nUH
Said Mr. Payne upon this sujJ -
"T, noivtv ha, naan in htiiimcb lui
n-Mv aenera-
aroneratlon.oi Ljwan.!!l;
VrSu Vli
oo" "many SS. ar "broughrp' In a
Ir,., .ni mm nt ha bribed or ra -
k hrihart or r... I in ooys" napama naa queer tricn
V1 "d e?u.la n5$hh thev see tbaTH0' aettlng lost after one meal In that
SOned OUt Of It. WOen tney Be Weir l . mimma lrl mml. anna
I nartv tag upon the ballot' they will
vote for it; and many times. in many
casea, it mean, that Just those who
s vnnw laasiair annnr r gnss cilt. itiiu amivsi
I r . y z . 'ii.; i.rn a...... a.a
moat apt to vote In the stimulated-x-
I rltamnnt nt B.rtv feeling and become
fiJte!?aMi:a--: tMv
.nv-.rnmant- - ,- . '
w.::-"".."r - . ,u.,. .
."nSMn V,tV a7d of th. Re-
..Iemocratlo party ,ana or in e-
Publlea. party. th. 'chance. that
"?,.m??,r".0T7h. man "who Z
I Innn tn thai own nartv.. Inevitably.
. .v.v " - - - .
the good citlsen, th reformer, i. hand-1
icap
rna vaa .iiim. vna rav-nrma,.- ia n.nn.
aung power. - i ne oniy way in m .
isn. to roroid aonoiuteiy. national par -
ties in city elections. '
araai a nihMiiinir
t&?fj
svt.nh
K.Hnn.l n..ttf- llaal Ml. tlAIIB itoM tint
mean thafyoubar out .uch other de
lgnationa-as may n reauirwa to xiv.
information Such' a phras as may b
neceearv "of -.lx word.
or a doiton. or
y. showing th
a whola naaa. If necessary.
platform or th. principle, upon which
each - candidate wishes to stand with
reference, not to the
clflcally to th. city,
"Mere party deslgi
th nation, but spe-
designations allow can
dldates to dodge or avoid a declaration
as to their attitude upon vital princi
ples of local application, or. even wore.
allow thm to be men Of no municipal
raWadatfo. 5
priv u. of knowledge except of nation -
l Prtlsan.hlp. which I. frrlvant or
antagonistic to th issues in question;
" would open the way to that knowl-
. ' . l. . i i , i 1. 1 - j . w 1 . .
bf. . which la neceaaarv to the for.
rect selection of th man whe publicly
stana. zor in nam principles in city
elections.
"Experience is about th beat teacher
land I think. It baa been proved in Can -
ada, where, in th cities, party deal
g
nation, are eliminated, that tna knowl
edge of the voter. Is not thereby d
A ,,M,.,.u.i r-.i.i. ...
creased or diminished.-Candidate, stand
there for certain principle, .with ref-
.nnit. in th. aftw"" s
Pendleton Is Not Scared.
From , th ' Pendleton East Oregonian.
uecaus a rew arummers are peddling I
out the story that Pendleton la ruined!
and will soon be wiped off th dmd
because of the prohibition vote In Time-
.1,111. a..,a I. T5.,
ton business men to be alarmed.
- " " ""'""'e ,?
uiarjiea in. pre.eni .lies
oi vineiand. wenatnnae. Kmnwicir
;--"
lf" n. th P'scf no better
than that of the - Hermlston and Echo
lyuou, .. nw n i" 'iavjTia i
thriving irrigation communities ; with
land value, out of sight.:
. . . v""-i .Wer ivv,wwi
acre, vi jum sucn lana. lour or live
t1,"1."" " """ch as la Included in the
, '"iT' ,ii . ""i
menU?n".-. . .Soil, climate, transporta-1
...... ..w..c. - a., .a .."."
.ni.hiJ-UnVi,!fMaani ii?hii.onf
J"i Jai"..".1?? aSSM'VL nn? within
few year, all of this 100,000 acre, will
u. .uyurui K m un (jupumuuu. - : (
J?eaMtoa 7iU -b.tb cnt?r
and hub of th entire county a. she i.
Wioi! iwo or three
limes xne
present.- populatlan.
The industrial development ' of th
country ooea not : depend -upon th
liquor traffic. Land value, do not de
pend upon It.' No good town was ever
maae - sucn - oy saloons ana no goo a
town win ever oe injured dv tne an-
a.nc of th saloon. .... ; , .
Nathan S. Boynton's Birthday.
matnan b. aoynion, zounaer or in or-
der of Knight, of th Maccabeea, was
hopn . . t , prt Mliron Mich.. . Jun. t.
1ST. In 1888 he went to war a. a nrt-
vat. In thu ICIrhth Mlohlra. rav.lrv
and soon .afterwarda was promoted to
the rank , of .maior. .After tha war ha
was elected to the Michigan legislature
ana icrvra Hvrrai irrui a. majrur -oc
Port Huron. His life work, however.
has been In connection with four f rater-
nl beneficiary societies, all of which he
rounded, and which now nave a corn-
Iblned membership of over 700,000. These
societies are tne lour-Drancne. -or the
I7i uci j a iucM,vaMco. va vtiv s L r w u it;i
Major Boynton ia still the head. In ad
order of Maccabees, of one of. which!
una wu one or it. xir.i Dresmema.
Thl. Tt.t tn nutna,. -
tiki Thaodo.l. tha brilliant rf.nvh.
Lotrt at sea January 1, 1818.
1S6S Mnttnew - va.aar,
vassar college, aied.
m n a .
nnH Am. I, ma I
BornAprll 28,
s .7 a---' fc I
1884 Chinese attacked - the
troops at Lang Son.
A. k v a. ...
x-i.uvu I
1886 Member pf the Orleans and
Bonaparte families . expelled from
France. - ' ,. . , - .
1880 George W.' McCrary. father of
the electoral commission that decided
th Hayes-Tilden controversy. - died at
St. Joseph, Mo. Born in Indiana, August
I. 1836.
.1894 Republican national convention
at Chicago nominated - KoOsevelt and
Fairbanks. ,
Th Vienna Academy of Science, has
.pent nearly 89,000 in working 10 tons
of uranium ore for radium. The yield
was three grain, of pure radium, the
largest amount ever secured at once,
tha value being $120,000.
WieREAUl I
-fiFEMlNINE
The Summer. Girl. . ,
i HERE are innumerable ways In
which the summer girl may make
herself useful at home and her
own sense and kindliness of dis
position may safely be depended'
upon to suggest to her those which will
most directly contribute to the welfare
or those about ber.
But Just as an -illustration the way
I that, one girl took may be mentioned.
1 She decided that tha dlnlnsr.ronm ahottM
Iba her eaneclal nrovlnca. Mother unri.r.'
i - ; - , - ; r y
stood tha needs and tha desires of tha
I family In the line of cookery, and liked
, ...-v , t .1. .
u Bh. UUL LI11H Kill B1M.W LIIHL I ,
i cning-room was mother' dilik. "it
wAa kept 3ea inded:1but not aVtract'
I ao. pn asKed her mother if ah
. mv. uim mii , .oftcu ii ,r
might have that aa her own work and
B "gjadiy granted permission P
w e"nf llr ny 1 taklndoi?n th sui'
faded curtains which hung on heavy
wooden Doles. In their Place she nut tin
ZYti!!.yZs rA" "ri5 p.r5,,n' "i?
isalna't the windows you do not know
I knar nntt, nnhiurM miiin
- are until you see them. - This girl
I . -I.. - O... ,. Ii.. .' " '
- 1 these curtains were made with a atrlD
f dark blue wash, gingham above the
ham, and tha featherstitchlng was dona
wina!T epterprislng
1 v. a win aa mis wiiiuun , ur esi
I tiraJning course can make. Bhe cove,
i, -nh hiu. rt.ni vitr,n .
iresting Place ror eus tennis racouet.
I V. . --
which usually adbrned the sideboard
the maga.ines which usually littered the
l aiAiVletar tmtlm b rrt lha nattinv . MlAths
Z Th,' k- vT-...rr 3-" :
I r . yu
r9 oo'-etuea piaca ior, Being
Always disliking that boarding-house
10 Doiisn ud tne tame ton ana nrnvta.
. neat centerpiece not ela'borate.
P."? always spotlessly clean. She mad
hr hualnesa also to remov the clot
"hake it. folding it in. the long,
I ral aht creases, a nd lav it aw. v .mi
I . . . . " . -
P'ace tne clean centerpiece witrt a- cish
of fruit or a Jar of flowers after each
of fruit or a Jar of flowers after each
V,,,, - - - -
1 iP0'". napxina naa a queer tricic
straight napkin ring, of linen marked
with each, individual's monogram. It
took only a little while to make them
ana xn
. .
boys were so pleased with this
Pff-iy. JKji"a SFS
I ,r. .ii i,".
l"Wh 0r-i
MO-fnaoM stiver pieces ana pouanea
ana ruooea nem uiiin tney snone. ana
thn sheut them upon the sideboard
I in-t.-d .h, cv,r. dav crockery which
usually stood there. And then she per-
..d Ned to mak. -a plate rack, and
i.na r.111. ,nn mtn 11. maaa- vnmn vrara
tha blue and - whlta Pieces- which were
not commonly used but had no-definite
i . . . . . . .
piac went up tnere. .
;. V .v.
i u v,
I eya uv mrousn wnn n yc-
I Next cummer she la going to have a
py
&Mvnj$i
I note of color outside the- window in-
"tead of a view of th next neighbor's
i Uin-,iiu ... "
wm portiere, which; carry out tit Blue
and white ldea,-and these she will .make,
her.elfandthey will fnotlcost Wore than'
-'" w
v: Eat Fruit. . A
WHEN
HEN fruit' I. at 1U best and t.
most plentiful, w may rely upon
largely Jn planning th weekly
I manit. anI haras.r. ..var.l wnn tm.
. ,T u" th
1 e.t place on th .ummer dietary. Few
peopl' af too
I 1 .
ma7'. .lf "n '
much fruit - Children
themselves in an orchard.
but the remedy i at hand, and a day'.
abstinence will usually set the little
person right again.
Under proper condition., that is. If
one lives temperately and sanely, appe
I food, and the general craving for fruit.
tite i. a sate guioe in me .election oi
how. that they are important and use
ful for the body. -It Is now generally
recognised, too, that what w like to
eat, what taate. good to us. Is of diet
etic value. The watering of the mouth.'
so often merely a figure of speech that
we - ignore it. physical meaning, simply
meana that at prospect of eating, or
when we are eating, food that 1. pleas
ing to our taste, there la a mart general
flow of saliva, and - bene a better
I J. i K.a a h...u a fui ih.t
preparation of the food ror digestion,
I rV.-w; a-. k. ..a
lat
I "'"- '
I nvAm t,iiiii r vI,hm fmii
i supplies these element, to -in ooay ;
I Water.- sugar, acid., oil. and ethers.
I ...fi.,i. .i.i
noer , a.n, or mineral saua. ah or inese
element, ar. necessary to the body, and
wn the actual co.t of fruit 1. not
I aietetle value 1. great. ; rf
I Th. .m ,hinh fruit i.. n;
I rr.af eomnartvl with otner Tonus. It.
tain -with -sugar and the volatile ether.
l k.i . i..... A... tha tamnara.
ture of th. body and to allay a feverish.
i condition. Tn. acios aiso Keep tne aiu-
nev9 and Hver stimulated to action.
i nn. corrective action to m wnoi
di"v system is wall knowm and tc
prevent constipation and keep tha
Bowel, active, no better agent 1. known
daily, if you wish to be well. Eat a.
inA so it Is safe to sav. eat fruit
much fruit and of a. many kind, as you
can get-; eat it often; eat It when you
taae outer iooa; eat it ror tn. lato sup
per or midnight lunch : eat lt -neror
breakfast and get the full value of it.
laxatlv effect a Eat fresh Oregon' fruits
and be glad that you can get them.
m m m
The Dailyv Menu. , , "
" - BREAKFAST. '
' Bananas. " Broiled jBhad Roe, - , '
V - Hot Toast.: Coffee.
' Ns. ' LUNCHEON.. . ,
Minced Tongue Toast, Cream Gravy.
- .Cherries. Gingerbread. 'Tea.'
DINNER.
Puree of Pea. Baked Bhad. '
Creamed New Potatoes.
Beet Salad.
Strawberry Short Cake.-
-.. Colfee. -Shad
A shad i. good broiled, served
With butter and a garnish of . lemon
point, and water cress; also stuffed and -baked.
Shad roe must be washed ana.'
wined crafullv Innrr1ar nnt tn-hrajilr
the skin, then it can b broiled ln a
well-greasea Droller. . som cooks brusti
It over once or twice with melted but-
ter while it 1. broiling. Serve with
melted butter and a garnish of water
cress.'- v Shad roe . Is, also fried - and .
served with sauce tartare. To fry ro
It should first be cooked in boiling.
salted water for 40 minutes, then wiped .
ary and cooled, cut in pieces, -roil in
beaten egg, then In fine cracker crumb.
and fry. in deep hot fat Or th ro
,u- "a v. - amulet, all . ......i.
jn the frying pan and served with .auc
tartare. ; To Dak roe, . first cook JO
minutes in water, then dron into cola
water for 10 or IS minutes. Drain. '
wipe dry and lay In a buttered--ban and
bake In a moderate oven for from 30 '
to 40 minutes. While baking, batfta-
with a -cupful of either cream or to
mato sauce; serve on a warm dish.
Beet Salad Choose young beets, wash
well and. twist off the tops; do not cut.
them or they will bleed. Boil steadily ,
one hour or more. Drain and pour cold
water over them, when the skin can b
removed easily. When quite cold slice
them. To serve as salad arrange on
crisp lettuce leaves and pour thick may
onnaise over each t or areea with a
French -dressing of oil, salt-mustard
and vinegar, tossing the .lies until
well coated, then arrange on lettuce '
leavea . . -'',-