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Newspaper Page Textir Vi I ill I EDITGEMj EGE OF "HIE JOUR mpam THE JOURNAL " AN , INDEPENDK.NT JfKWSI'Al'KIl JACKSON. . . .I'ulilb-he-r . . fins A little healllij. good-nat tireel rivalry Ik lo be ib-sirel 1ml 110I this mini rllaglng, IMS use if hyperboles am! oilier )Illitifr.sg.''ie ihal would malte rtablo bios ashamed of t helm clvvs. If those (inrt rn l will observe It from the point of view of I lir ma jority of the clti.-ns of both cities. In ,1 his ( oini'Tt ion it may bo allow it 1 1 - for Tlic Journal to say thai It Is In In" observed that tills latest (hinge" of fa )si i In:;, tearing filNo witness ; km! list one's neigh bor, 1111- e. ll ili't ion of mcuiltiesS Ne-cv 11IK CllS.KedlP'SS lies at I HO (lOOI- Of OUT ( teemed contemporaries which are Subscription Trrnu by mill or tn n; ua.nes. , n(:sy 111 all limes spreading ami cir culating vilely false reports (oiieern ini; The Journal for purposes that are apparent U every reader of news papers hereabouts. However, The Journal grows fat and prosperous under their tirades and so will Seattle and Seattle peo ple continue to share generously in 1 he groat bounty of nature that en dowed this wonderful section with such ,a free baud, and brothers and t'tiMtabed every morning (eiie-eiet Huiieln" n,1 IWf Sunday morning t Tin- J.-iinml HiilM lii. rtih aud Yauililll unvii, I'eirtliiii'J. ju 1 Entered t the p.toM-e l Portland. Or. for treinemtMetos tbrouub llic nitl ml -cla rnnuer. - TELEPHONED MAIN 71 73. HOME. AOo-M. All rtviMrtuient renclii-d hy tlii-e- , 1111 nile.-ri.. Tell Mi operator the department jam n(. Eat 8Mb ofdee, B24H; i:t K-'tu. FOREIGN ADVEKT1SI.NG It Kl '" " , ., , J ; , 1, j j , VMlin4.nn4.n.ln Sew...!..! A el V, I 1 lid 11 Atlt'l"''. ' Rrunawlrk Hiillrtlnc. IK.'i nftli avenue-. ' York! 1007 -OS Iloyoc Hidl.llni:. OilruRu 1 ! voters, ftvho become a little tired of j loo in nun 01 one mau, itsu woum no ; i lieverj at a charge. This I ; said In no spirit of antagonism to (hit re markable lender, but In a tnete state ment of a-fael. On the whole, it Is quite likely that John.'lou would prow the stronger oanclidaU but know. nobody will ever - In til United mte-. Cminilii or Mexico. DAILY. ' Oat , year 15.00 I One ni"nt!i . . ,. si n PAY. flat sear $S..W ! One month . t so DAILY AM) Sl'NDAY. 'year.. $7.50 I Oiie month. A TVri'.'AL TAItll -M AHH TiMiiA,rov.i!:i:. Mt'fi- w. No Insult offered to a man i can ever degrade him, the ...nly real degradation Is when te degrades himself. Dinah Maria Craik. PUT OUT THE GLAD TIAXT). A- PROMINENT citizen of Port- .....Littd wrote to a prominent man in Seattle, protesting against the unfair statements aiipenr- ' Ing In one 01 more of the Seattle par pera regarding Portland. The Port- land man closed his letter with the " following paragraph: . 1 "If you will refer to the news paper files I think you will agree with me that the cracks of the Port land papers are mostly in reply -to , previous articles prlnd in the Scat tie papers." To this' Colonel A. J. Blethen, of the Seattle. Times replied to the Portland man as follows: Let me call your a-ttontion to three or mora Illustrations, and if you justify them, then It would be unnecessary for " me to go further: --I.-- Commencing about tho. middle ' of February the Oregoninn and Tele cram systematically published for'nev- ' cral consecutive wees Invidious com ' parlsons between Portland's progress an' SeattleiB loss. They used the fact thai Seattle was losins heavily in her clearings as compared with the ; r before, while Portland was losbu? very slightly and then expatiated upon tie; 'fact hat bank clearings was -the criterion. (V --' 'IV Another article distinctly made the assertion that real etato .values. Jn Se attle had gone to the dogs and without K-ivlnfr a wlngle Illustration, declared ., over and over again that shrinkages of " 35 'to 5ft per cent were common. 8. Another article following that as serted' that building Improvements were falling off by the wholesale and that in comparison with Portland, Seattle was Bhow'tng mieh tremendous losses that there could be no doubt about where th Queen City of the Pacific would be located. - 4, Agraln, the week before the battle ehlp fleet arrived In Puget sound, the Tlegrarn contained a leader under a Jiead BQjnGthlng dike this; "Avoid Se attle. Toil Have Keen It All." And neighbors should be us broad-minded and prodigal and see to it that thCT'dvvell together in unity. THE FOI KTH OF JULY. T erippk'd peojJe, fi r(n. We call Ml' call for a "safe and sane Fourth of July," or at lonst one safer and saner than this coun try has had in past yiars, ought not to be made in vain. An averaf Fourth of July celebration has lonff since become about half sheer, sense less folly iiiwl more than half a nui sance of tho first degree. Its main feature is mere noise- rude, rau cous, detonating, oar -. shocking, nerve-racking, intolerable and utter ly senseless noise; r.nd its first and most n.iticable results are dead and many of them c-Ml-otirs 'lvc s a civilized people, but it is safe to assert lh.it' no savages or barbarians ever indulged in more idiotic and insane perform ances than the American people have be-pome accustomed to do on Inde pendence, day. Wo remember that on all- sirc-1; rfc- cr.sloris the children and young peo ple must be considered, and that Ihey cannot and should not be expect.- l to be solemn and sedate and entiieiy circumspcct; we ntr mindful of the fact that noise rhymes with hoys, and that the latter seonjs to have an af finity for the form""!'; so some nois is unavoidable, and much merriment and llghtsomness of ootid it"t: yet ad mitting all this, the 'preceding state ments reniainrue. Isn't It time 'to teach hoys that prolonged, deafening, terrifying noises, largely produced by danger ous explosives, is not-the best kind of fun, even for th'm.; that, fun of the right kind does not Involve the in fliction of annoyance and misery up on others; and that giant fire pr.wd; ers and such implements of celebra tion are dangerous and at any time and anywhere liable to cause not only the destruction of homes and other nronertv- but the death of! chi!dren--perhnps sweet and pretty little girls. What folly it is to mas sacre a large number of tlies" inno cent little darlings every year merely in order to make a stunning noise -to offer up such a precious sacrifice on the salt ar of. a .Chinese powder cracker manufactory! ' With the developments of electric ity: with the increased means of ra tional jfrtiusonient ; with' easy ni";-.ns of conveyance between places; wiih the thousand-and-one things that oar parents and grandparent s die not have to entertain people of all ag and conditions, isn't it possibly o change somewhat the average Fourth of July celebration, s" :t make it saneT and saferT II. KICKPS, the tin trust multimillionaire who died lately Of eccres in living, was a sample of jhe tariff- made millionaire, lie was not a man of very superior abilitv but he occu pied such a position that he became one of the pets of the. protective tariff system, and so with scarcely any effort, or merit on his part he was made enormously rich. The tariff law turned one of Its many fun nels into Leeds' pocket, and all he had to do was to hire competent men to run the business and pile up the millions that were gathered In drib- lots from Jhe American people. The political claptrap has It that the workingmon in the tla manufactur ing industry were protected, but this is a wholly false pretense. W. II. Leeds wnj made an i norinously rich mau. and contributed to campaign funds, and talked with the rest about "protection to American labor," but he never divided his vast profit:-;, not to the extent of a dime, ith his em ployes. Leeds, like many cubeis, was a tariff-made millionaire'. All users of tin had to he!;, make him so just as surely and clearly as though the gov ernment ! :el iia-scd a !a'w that everv consumer of tin must s mi d a petvent i:go of Its cost, to W. 11. Leeds i:: in envelope. The tariff on tin was not in- Small Change,. Fling eut'the ric. i t least. Tomorrow- boy.-i, noloe, Joys. II hnpiicncii 12 jt.irs ago tomorrow.- Republicans are ex pecting -t he, survival of 1 he f.it test. -hut then It la ' St. ,!e'ins Is happy- close lo Portlanil. Bivan Is young enough to run four or I'l.-o times yet. The Pacific ocean extends a general Fourth of July Invito. ( Next Sunday is likely to be th sad dest cne of tho venr. j At lenst Portland's Fourth this year will ho tob-raldy mine. Try to make the Saturday and Sunday exc ursions sane and safe. O well, we can't expect bumper crops or everything every year. The state if n eon must declare Its Independence of lhurlnian It should be easy to have elevated political ldcaa at Denver Increase of tho blind pig Industry will noi arreoi tne nog marKct. Hut Pryan never expected the support of the Wall street newspapers. - Roosevelt won't hunt In Africa with only tho big slic k tor a weapon. The public is content about Orchard; he can t go on the stage or lecture. Yet a good rnanv people didn't get any of that JIDS.OOO.oOu distributed in divi dends. If Mr. Bryan restrains himself from going to that ronvention, won't he b an object of pity? In bis autobiography it is supposed that Rockefeller will not say much about his eld man. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT L From The Outlook. HIIYAX AND JOIIXSOX. then In an article nearly a column long this villainous writer proceeded to point out that when the battleship fleet ar rived in San Francisco it had gathered up everything that belonged to the pavy. In Pacific waters, whic h was not true by any means as there were at least" a dozen shlpaar Bremerton at that minute, and therefore Portlandites ; had Been it all in Frisco and advised .'-..- tbem to keep away from Hidttlc. 5. I might add in this connection that you will find at bast gjo publlca ' tlons In the Telegram dec daring without qualification that the entire Portland delegation that came to Seattle to see the,, fleet. In spite of the Telegram-' a dvlce, -tfere simply grafted from the time they errHei in the city until they left. S. The climax came .- when several weeks ago the Telegram published the " most damnable composition that I ever aw In ell my life, containing In the headlines these wonts: "Real Estate in , ' 'Seattle Going to the Iogs! Alleged Utislness Property Falls From JToO.Oco In 1907 to KS.airO in l'ocs." Then an article mere than half a column long iterated and reiterated the assertion, and yet .u know that rwJ greater falsehood m!M be composed by the" biggest liar on the face of the - earth than that article contained, Jlere are six distinct assertions eml - r.ating solely In h4-fftn of" t!,e-Iort- f land editors an 1 in th,ir officesand everyone of them wire calculated tc create a feeling of indignation In Seat , tie that wag absolutely Icrxt, and any - body of men who would not resevjt it prefer him to Bry;n .... . are not fit to liv e on this coast! . jthe two suits trtt"u . . ' You may look for the next 10 years but & pr'-aident he .-and you will uiscicer re o. rasiou what- fle predatory In'o! rrer jtt r.e y.u.i: -ctien "t mope six -TTctPS snd They v-re tie foutllafter , for the ti.ings !,,;t ' i lVn said in reply. The onlv Twc ni'Mles to -w-h! tt yon t'eople can flr.i sny fault whai-c ; were T UK JOFRNAL does not entertain or Indorse the suspi-loa. real or affected, that perilous f: i iel ; of Mr. Br-an e::')ie.ss regar-!'ng Governor Johnson of M ir.ru -ot i. namely, that as prefidont he wouhl 1h fiti ttsrv lent to the intercut- or Will street. It Is true that the p,, n inatlon of Johnson is urged I, t; ... New York S'orld anchotle r j - r, . . ,; Democratic papers that fav.r a standpat, negligible pojc--. I ;i n doea not necetisarily foilow tha; i a Democrat of thetr stripe Tlic--, and a.- he; w . as a car,c!i,I.i- . iniht rot '--'lit ; b. e - r than Uryan. It seems pretty crr's will be nominated at week, bnt there is no anv of hfs ovr-zealou tended to build up the industry or protect labor engaged therein; a very small duly voiild have sufficed lor thtit; but it was intended, and so operated, to o-e.-ite a great trust, that v.niild stand in with the other trusts and help run lb" government so as to rob the American people for the etit ii hinont of a few; it would bo ex act iy a.; just .t,uiI reasonable if the government would authorize certain men to go or send out among all tin" people aiid-eompel them to pay these persons a percentage of their earn ings or'property, without any equiv alent therefor whaiever. The many millions that. W. 15. Leeds' was thus auUiori.cd 'to 'plun der the American people of did not hurt any of them :r;) rechibly. The contrihui ions were ji;:-t u fow cents Or dimes from each on each pur chase, and so paid that the people did not realize the loss, or that ihey were contributing 'to the stupendous "Idle" of W. I. Leeds; the held-ttp people did not feel or know t hat they Were being robbed; hence, it h asked, "What harm was done?" Hut they were held up not only on tin- varo lioagnt, out on, almost every thing else; so t,li ;it the in voluntary and (;,vtortionate contributions aniotinlec! to a goid deal for a family in the course of a year. Hut worse il-ar: this, the principle of the system Is wrong. Fnder high protection that brings such results, there can JWj iH"sqii'Sr-eda4"i t-ho doetrjiuo of "erjua! rights to all and special priv ileges to none" is violated; a few men are given opportunities denied to others; money is filched from thousands of people insidiously aud under false pretenses to make a few multimillionaires like Leeds and Corey, who use their millions ia part to corrupt the government. It is tin abominable system, and the wonder I is not tnat the people are risim' 'against it, but that they have allowed ! themselves to bo fooled by the poli ticians and thus plundered so long. Hut the prospect is that they will in? deluded aud robbed for some, years jet by the same procesr. They cer tainly will be if they entrust tariff revision to the ltadin who now talk of revising robbery by its fKie'ids. Few men la public- positions have a harder or more important Job than Dis- irici .viiorr.ev cameron. t It seems to be pretty well agreed that a good many Oregon voters are both I )eirio,-rats . and Republicans and why not? According to the morning paper there were some pretty had politicians and oMice Holder. s in I hvgon back in the early 7l's- licit since. As a part of n forenoon's exercise Roosevelt cut clown 3 a or 4 0 trees from two to three f, el in ell.-cnctej- and weil can t we make the story" a good one?, t . . A Spokane man shot his wife at n dance bc-ea a.--o she ciaaced with a man named Innee. Rut what woman could resist l'.-ince at a dance? tin with the dance. Government by the pooplo mnv as sume either one of two forms; in America, indeed. It .has assumed both LorniM. tine may bo nulled representa tive government, the other, pure democ racy. Moth forms existed 'in the earli est dnys- tif the republic; and each form has been In tho 'process of development from then until now. In its tiimpU-Nt terms pure democracy may be seen 4n tho Now Fnalunil town im-ohur There all tho voters tltemaolvva participate In tho government, fn wae of its extreme forms reprcsuntatlve. government may. bo seen In the United States senate. There It Is tho representatives of rep resentatives of the people who purtlelr pate In the government. 3 Oregon has furnlhed the most strik ing recent example of the development of the tendency awav from rmrcuMihi. tlve government toward pure democracy. The Voters Of that eu-r iIhIa on lli, Pacific coust have -already taken into their own hands and have exercised functions that have ordinarily Jjeen Intrusted to tho mombers of the state legislature. These functions included tho choice of a United States senator, tho acceptance or rejection ,of bllla paused by the legislature and - referred to the people either by tho legislature or by yrder Of the people themselves, the enactment of measures on the initia tive of certain groups among the peo ple, besides the determination of local questions such as I heyMccnsIng of aa loons or the establishment . of county high schools. In all everv voter who did his duty In the state had to make his choice among some 50 candidates. Including four fur the United States Henate. and had to weigh the merits of 19 state measures and possibly two local Issues. Tlfo ballot, which called for 41 separate decisions and 41 separ.it) marks, was over two feet and a half long. On it was printed. In adidtion to the names of the candidates, the sub stance of the measures submitted. Some of these measures were detailed one going into such minutiae as setting I'.'Vi cents as the price of each meal to be furnished to prisoners. and .be adopting a law punishing cor rupt practices and providing for pub licity of campaign information. Xjiu voters, moreover, nhOWd tljaorlmru.i tlon. While adopting' these radical measures, they rejectocl others equally radical woman suffrage and ulngle tax. Thov ahowed, too. a setaso 'or humor. Thfrn ue'ie! two llxiherlea bills It was ouenlv charged that one set of flHhlim Interests wart, behind a incus me to limit one kind of tlshlng in the Columbia river; and that another set of tlshlng interests, affected by tills proposal, retaliated by proposing; a measure limiting the. methods of their competitors. Ttie "voters, adopted notn. ami the state secured the advantage of saving the fish which were belnu ex terminated. The votera were not mis led lev the proposition, introduced ululi-r a specious local option argument, to allow city governments to violate , tho l7te I REALM - I FEMININE Oregon Si-rJeliIit3 Much good road work Is being clone in Clatsop county. - 2 rt; camping out at liver fia people Helkuap Springs. The Mormons may build a $1,000,000 temple a( La flraiule. A good deal of road graveling is being done in Curry county. A hole in one' of Salem's streets has born patched, anyway. Albany is going to lee happy base ball 1'or three dujs in succession. ,-icver-u linnoiMians have arrived in I., me county and arc pleased with it. e . Up nt ' Tha .Dalles' people have been wearing ebonies instead of flowers for bieutoenoires. Fruit Inspector I.ownadale of Yam hill county has given i,oti,e that h" will Mriciiy enforce th.- law against codling moth as well as San Jose scal. A large amount of road work is being (Loiiuc.ii) Ronton - Ud season, says th Times. Tie- supervisors are fast learn ing how, ami are enthusiastic. Along tile- rural delivery line's there is especial activity. Somebody outiht to put a big flea In tlx- ear of the big land owner, says the MoMinievil!- 'iVIt icho;.e-lt-gister. It is tiao lie was thinking of dividing up that li.e iii end en. urjgo the, small set i.b'r to e-orne iii. Metier titvak ch e news to aim gently though. The Meinnvi!lty Telephone-iiegistor rei.e, e Mr. sieAvpoke is waking tip to II..- l-'cl 1l-.it that big mil!e factory I is feeing to raise land valce s right awa v. cil.d s meehine sho.ek him up. Wouldn't woiab-r now if lie would give something noire than growls toward boosting the be-st county on earth. When The Outlook last week reported the result of the vote on United Stales senator, it spoke of the vote on the measures as in the future. As a matter of fact. It was not the vote, of ours", lint simply the publication ot the results that laid not then taken place. The elaborateness of the ballot mad" toe returns slow In coming ia. Knough now is known, however, to have It shown that the voters were not dazed by the; complication of voting or by the varie ty and number or trc measures on which they had to record their Judgment. in the first place. they sheiwe-d their understanding and approval of the gen eral policy or whic h the state has en tered; they did this by adding to the Initiative and referendum a measure establishing the recall, so that now the people cannot only veto and initiate legislation but vote a man out eff of fice as well as vote him in; by making tho eieciion of the candidate for the senate chosen by the people mamlatorv upon the legislature, and not dependent as now upon prelection pledges of legislative candidates; by amending the constitution .so as to substitute maturity for plurality vote ns necessary for election, so nMo provide for simplify ing the registration laws, anil so as to establish proportionate representation criminal code of tho atale by opening dives:- and at the same time exercised real local option by widening; the n llcense territory. A If In answer to tho urgument that the people are easily led by demagogues, they defeated a proposition requiring common carriers to tra;isport state and county ofllcinls free. And, to cap all. as The Outlook reported last week,, the "Voters over whelmingly cholse a Republican legisla ture and u Democratic senator. The action of the voters of Oregon seems at first fclght to Indicate, that the tendency of the times la toward pure democracy; that the American people ara moving toward-direct participation In the government. There Is, how("-er, evident at this very timo also a tend ency uwav from direct popular partici pation in government and toward new foMns of representative government. Houston and Ues Moines, ' with their commissions "In place of aldermen nn.i mujoi-s. are exhibiting a movement ap parent to a leaser degree in nianv American cities; Wisconsin and New York. with their appointive public utility commissions exercising, func tions' heretofore exercised by dlrectty elected legislators, exhibit the same movement discernible in the states; and the Interstate commerce commission ex tends still further the principle of rep resentative government In ttie nation. The i-econelllailon of these two ten., ilencles lies In the fact that the Ameri can people are not political ineorisi.s but practical democrats. They do no; value a political doe-trine for its own sake; tney listen to the doctrinaires and then blandly adopt tne expedients ot one side or the other as they promise effi ciency. When representative gover3 ment. as in the United States nenate, ob scures responsibility to the people, they America oiove i a step toward puWt den ce .-racy and works out a system of popular election of senators: when a leig board of aldermen, approaching as nearly as possible by ward representa tion to p. pu-re democracy, i-d.sou-res re sponsibility, then America moves a step onward in representative government and devises a commission appointed by a governor, which exercises the more important functions! of the superseded board. So we have at the same time thee two movements, embodying opposite doctrines and dlrecte'd tciwar.l til" same end. And that etui Is not the triumph of-- representative government or thj triumph or pure uenmoruoy, out tne maintenance of government by the people. w For h Siinc-i1ourtli. B HAVE madu in our city such a good slurt now nt the cele bration of our dayof national Inclependent-c. by sane methods that it will bu several thou sand pities If Wo have to go blt'.;k to tho old style of demonstration which includes fl htuVMSt of casualties. Tho rose- festival is tha mivlng agent. When we huvo had our week uf jubllu tlon and a feast of real beauty,, we havn let off steam, so lo speak, and ara readv to deport ourselves uulctly if or awhile, and by tjmt same excellent find utidcvlatlng law of exigency of which we have spoken before our distinctive , njid beautiful Hose Festival will yearly Insure Vs against a riotous Fourth. The next thing is to plan a civic cele bration of the occasion which will sat isfy the young people who rightly" de sire to make Hinriotliiiur different of tho day. tV plan "which will umphaslxa the large lessons of patriotism and loyalty which we can not afford, and do not desire to have forgotten, and which will eliminate the dangerous, bloody,' foolish " and wicked combustion of gunpowder winch annually maims and destroys our yout h. The Housekeeper tells of a celebra tion which took place In Minneapolis last year. It Is worth considering, for we shall have to make in future yams some provision for celebrating tho day harmlessly. The celebration was scheduled to be gin nt 9 o'clock. At iS o'clock there were not a hundred persons on the grounds aside from the workers. Al 9 o'clock the re were at least :t0,0O(i, and the crowd kept en augmenting till ,the rain eama shortly before noon. First there was the flag raising with a procession of national guardsmen and a flag escort of civil war veterans across the parade to the ISO foot steel flagstaff. As the flag was hauled tioft, two bands and a chorus of 2,0iu) little girls gave tho "'Star Spangled Manner" in stirring fashion. Then the general program began. There was no speaking nor nuy reyuro mat demanded quiet, but out of the tent nt the bi1 of each stage there appeared troops of trained dogs. professional acrobats, jugglers and the like, who proccedccl, with their acts and were then l riieslerred by pint form wagons to the ne xt staar in tho circuit. This k.-ot the crowds from gathering uncomfert.-.iil v 'at any one place. At the same tt"ie bombs hc-gan to be sent up from a canvas c-ne-lftHiire-. the projectiles bin si Ing in mid air to release i;ro!esepie f'iioires of men and beasts that Heated serenely away A oallocai ascension with a pa'-ae-hute drop was on the- program but. the w ltd prevenled. All fids time there were circulating through the crowd comic "characters, some professional .ami some of rhom small hoys who had donned grotesque make up In competition for a ragmuffin prize. Running Sliots T t ' d r: ji. 1 1 j f".- r or.. whet was supposed to be a fu..i -. arti-j to fllnft mud or cast rocks at JoV" rle alluding to ?'our Rose Carnival. In on. He has sortie c lein, ,,; , that you were obliged to go to ..:. t. r- ! rr,nf-th that Hrvan has i .: -., ,d Otfgonian says: "A resolu tion at, Denver for election of aen : 'o-h by direct vot" of t hc'pi ople will signify nothing in fact. It will be f'i" polKicr.i rliiptrnn 'if a party that :u.--re!y wants sor.iethinfe to talk shout which it never intends to per forin." AdmitMii that this is true. ho.Th probably it is not, what 'V.ef th" rpiadrennial "claptrap" V-imlsoB and. professions of the itb-er party "which it never ltito-ifs i i nerfo'rm" -tariff rev i ' . oHi'fM'v n: form oration control, and a l)t ,1'ers" Tills is the season, an.l the sort of weather. In which Astoria may safely euaiieiige tne world to and a more- in-au tii-ui anil congenial spot tor resort pur poses savs ti,V- Aatoriar- l)av lev ibev politicians i through the veaTs this city Is "becoming better known and appreciated and i more tirmly fixed tn tier lodgment upon tin- man of the northwest. People are beginning to appreciate the fact that thr-re is more , Awtoria than the nier,; old-time name the Portland and the in st.ite pre ss bestowed upon, her; that sue has -buM.'i- -. and does business; that she Is a mo fet n. lively. araOitious,. proj: i -si ve eity. with nil the elements for wli tiing and holding and achieving, and aide to account fur herself in th awing e.f events and the movement of people. Written for The Journal by Fred C. Don ton, This law compelling brush to bo cleared from empty lots. is. in the na- Kture of a tax upon land speculation. A poor man with several blocks of land he Is holding' down in hopes of realizing from if ion to $ a 0 0 a lot profit as home builders increase their value by their industry, is compelled to pay more for clearing the brush than a kindly deputy assessor taxes him otherwise. Since Portland has given land speculators to understand tiiat everything possible will he done to encourage empty lot holders tliis law is almost in the nature of confiscation. In revrrmplng ' the city charter the special talent chosen for that purpose should bear In mind that if they pro pose Involved, lengthy ami complicated amendments that tin; great common ality will be likely to vole them clown. They should also mit forget that any "bugs" slipped in will be subject to execution by the Initiative as soon as disoyered,..' . , e . ... , Some clear-cut provision is needed In the charter that would enable one de partment of th city government t be resnonsible for the t-rieo of these .horrible, wobbly,' muiiiy paintiess shacks on t lit- most valuable building and business lots In the city. It would be heart rending, of course, to turn these property owners out of their homes in Xew York. I.tinnon. ,-Los Ar geles. Pane, or where they may he, and compel them to Ivaild de-cent con structions, or at least clear away their rubbish, but civilized bfiivgs and peo ple with Improvements worth mention ing' dislike to have fire traps oulte so thick us they are in Portland. As to a Pull riy Winifred niack. There's an article in one eif the June magazines on "Acting as a Profession for Women." It's good reading, arid I was having a bcnutltful time finding out all about rehearsals and stars and preset agents mil tilings when I came across this sentence: "No actress can ever hope fo get her hc.ad very high above water unless she has n 'personal pull with some one of in nuencc. 1 stopped reading right then and I here. What a lot of rubbish this talk of personal pull is, anyway. Whenever on meet an out-a t-elbows, down-in-tlie heel man lie's sure to teli you that tho only reason he can't make a success Is that he hasn't a "personal pull." Why lioe-sn t he go out and get a 'pe rsonal pull?" It's to be had in the market. You can buy it with ability, and that's the onlv thing that will buy it anil keep , it:. staple, 0 , , C I suppose the men who dig sewers have to have a pull with the boss who engages them. A good back and a sitronir set of ntlnued exist-I muscles pectus lo be the pull In sewer- digging circles. Unfair.' isn't It? Of course, if the boss was 'a humani tarian hod hire men hecauso they looked as If they neodod a job, and not because they looked as If they could do the work he's going to pay them for doing. But . the boss isn't his own boss, after all, and the man abejve him will ask him s one very embarrassing tiues ttons If his diggers do not get their work eone on time, so he can't he humanitarian and haa to be a idaln Ilia to. Obtain flowers an ! 'he . t : . -r .Uie publication from the ('hieuxi ft.rd-Here!d rlvln? the exact r, vrea In 44 c;te of the Unite,) Fi.u. n on building imp-ovemeata fer the "month of itay, showing Portland t l.a lot. while S'U gMrie.l. I ito lot blame the peoples f ILrUan i 1t feelitif warm shout what the Tim l as said, but I knew If they knew tttr would m.-ei tuerrruuy ton- Ika t 1 . e . - ---. . ieT n'n eanq papers X -niecUcne! were the tnatlcstora of ti.i.T Yorfe, that are nothing t eith-r. It Is to be i ' a leader as Mr 1 i rti sole Demoerai ;; , for a candidate tor , It i probably professedly Demo, r; that in that part i iaon'would Jtet man. ;"i Bryan, and he t, But trrat wc 'lit . his d; iper that, tn at ti l-1. he is not the country fit -iielit ; - tbe enstci'T ' p apt re s,iv. con nt t y Joh ti- g t r unt Corvallls Times: Within '20 years Irrlcatlon will be extensively prat-tdcee yilereye-r jiossible on WlilameHte vallev I'.o pi Little attention has been nr.ni to in iu-at tote In the region, because there has been no need pf it. Crops were pys silo,', and existence easy without? It. Hut the lands, for various reasons are leht Into gftater production. V greater ponula- incd. The great-r l-le threulLOi i rr i ira f ion will ! bring it Into utl tizntion' and It Is only a i-iatt.r of time . : t 1 1 i 1 all the streams w:;l b- call-.-el on lor tlie aid tncy ran give the- si. a , I isimiT and truck gar de tier IT v. li! ..Itlmnt'-lv irive irre.ii in a California till district is an 1 profit to those wt.o cng-ag" In it. lie i i re' lateis, 101 vhi 'vision, reciproc-1 to brought Into f,m 'irdlav- re'ori-i A r,e" ' ::" h X .anuiav. l .01 t.i. j h ti) b s,JS,aln "he kidnaping of the Domcncir.o odonted incident in its details ;"d in .he extreme folly of the kid-nap'-rs in supposing that such a fool-j haniy scheme could succeed. Iti ut-ra.wi out luckily In that the girlj so'T. got bark home, and that nobody i so is killed, rvinft f Fortrot Ifrother ticorfte. 1'rcm tlic Brrns News. A rood Joke Is told at the expense of .lam. F Mnhon, the IVmocratlc w.irh.-rfe- of Coil Springs. On election lay. he found a good honest voter who was willing ft ftccomaiodati him to The kidnapers at e de- certain extent at b ust, and Jim made "iravy punishment. no i a special request that he vote for Sara Motheishend for clerk and frovernor a, ere votes that! no-,;bi, but It looks as If their pVopt r j Chamberlain for senator. When f rbt and that what ha hr-ri here OBlea he couid bi co-rep:etelr Jjttn"cJ In reply. Plate of the mid !" From thto It ia to to en llat Tfce It Is asaum.'J. I;- Joutcil a not concerned la thi atrorser, bnt th. tinpicaBi. nniair turn a nrel lab le because a lare- rrmtett. Th Joarnil rxllevti itire . Is r-oaty of room for both Seattle and Portland to row to become tit Nw Vork cf the raffle eoat, and t:. re I ueed fof these npTy "rab-fn-.:" ta take plae bt either t nm tnd Portlard isrs or'be :uii ft.ri'iai id Zf.C jeopie. j ' o..rry ,ew j,af c wag jn a i,)1LatIc asylum. 'id aval! i.eth1nc . - '"" carry some. The woman mffraKists of Kn --"st in these, .n,;, r a fraction of tbem. are not,p!,-e in is math the ! lf t.,;-, their cause acy by their eon- ; Mn';; '. so. is so onlv tin-ted z'Xjt of lawlessness. By the" ' i . .niber r f lotcrq r.-. ;s ,.i-a -..i- .- er,oU,n v l V'd th. man reacheel the looth, however, and proceeded to mark hla ticket- hi me-mi '.ry faib-d hltc. so he turned to Ira Mrfhcn. wno w en the board of elec tion and the following colio.-ui took Are you son of Jim . s. s . r tr. I wonder if vrnj would te I hatfe Brjarltl.'. thf.t Is. wiP spnort j aut I'K.ritiea a ko?kJ d-nl of troutle. no !y...ir f ather r.tei'me to rote for be- no Otner let mora" 10 at,, ;1,il. but i ,(., ,. p,.ii,"mf ra r,k MI- fan. 'I ether' rend D'm- . j people fo drive into doi wbathijj- Boan nndnubtlly ha an im-'sre deftrmlced r.fK to do. evn bv It is suggested to limit the lnltl i tive to allow an amendment on a giv en subject birt once In 10 years, and such a plan has its advantages. How ever, this is not necessary, for, as the matter now stands any reform can he place 1 before the people as King and as often as Its advocates want to put up for the expense of obtaining signa tures, publishing arguments, sending out literature, etc. What harm dues all this do? The printers gain, the agitators hope and spend their good money, and If the reform proposed js net . aecpptabic to the sovereigns of Oregon they simply Jump on It with their little pencils, and move along as crne as sny oriental potenlat after ordering the decapitation or an unfortunate slave. Under the measure everybody has "equal rights' and that is a blessing. eft If we send a man to the whipping post and give him iO lashes for beat Ing his wile whv should not a man who deliherarelv shoots his wife be glv en 6,000 lashes? Might kill him. to be sure, but would society suffer by suctc gentle creatures lieirin sent to shovel sulphur for eternity: Mexico has not.eaJoyed a revoluyfo for a quarter cf a century, and bui tights get to be such tameness to the Spanish-Indian nieod that some thing must be pulled off that Is ojual to ! hree-rlngetl circus or t n n rtsn , gen eration tiould forfc"t the 'virtues of their fa: hers. If some of the tewn-s that bnve gone "dry attempt to lax business and profegplor.al ntn to make up their de pleted revenues there will be nothing lef: of them but a depot agent and a ciruggiBt and a few reformers. The sugar and tobacco trust "must and shall be preserved. seems to be the e;ai" at which the "party that pre served the union'' aceonllng to Its latest allegations ah snow. In alory. arrived. It has other objects for ex istence, but ttie preservation ef these two exemplary Institutions of liberty Ftand out on Its program like a beson lieht of hope to the entire trust fam ily. Notwithstanding tha continual sug gestions ef the man who once heled to pay I'G.OOo for admission to a show anil then got In Just as the curtain dropped ilat the Statemenj No. mpmiwri or the ! I mature could vv.e working man just like the rest of. us Pull! I wonder what pull little Maude Adams had whe-n hn went to New York from Salt Lake Citv. an awkward, lonir- b'ftged, freckled, western -firl In her teens. Who's the man who'maeU- Mrs. Flske a Die to act .' .Margaret Anglin who took an in terest In tier? Ethel Rarrymore has a null, hut thet pull wouldn't do her a particle of good ii sne wasn t a Deautitrul and charming woman. A pul! may gel an ctrss a chance tij scow wnnr sne can do, but she ll have to oo the showing before she can get n "Standing Room Only" sign In front of the theatre. You may be as clever as anv woman on the stage today, little Miss Anony mous; If you are. vou won't be Miss Anonymout very long. If you do stay Miss Anonymous, It's because you're lacking not necessarily ir ability but In manner or in looks or In magnetism. Managers are anxious enough to find sta rs. They need theB1 n their business Just as bosses need competent workmen in their business. If you are a .failure In life ion't blame somebody else. Rlame yourself.. piueiy your own deficiencies, correct them, and the first thing you know vou wont be a failure any longer. a: GeorRe W. Klrchwey'a Rirthflay. Professor George Washington Kin h wey. dean of the school of law of Co lumbia university, wis born in De troit, Mich.. July 3. m;5. He receive his education In the public schools of ifrmit ana Aioapy, y. m 1S78 af ter graduating from Yale co'leoe h siunieo. law in AlDanv. During this period he edited tjae Historical Manu scripts of the state of New York For iwo years n was a nroresxor ,t i.u at tr.ion college and in 191 he Jolnd the faculty of the law m hrxil of '"o lumbla university. Professor Klehwev ts a leading member hi the bar .issot'a" tlon of New York and has written eraj text books that are In common use In American law cschoola. raeare personal fcl!oin, such as rioi8n army of omen olbr mt&' taa, but on the nth-r hand hU repeated fandidacy has! An excre askn: ? Rrvan rich er weakened tin with a porUan of thej1 u ,lw to " The laugh wa fj J'tn and he is stfll entirhg It ss mu'h as arybody. " The I'suaJ Order. "Wlt do jou propos to do tor me, doctor?- "WelL I'll flnt write fan out a. pre scription anil iater oa 1 will c nd you a lUUa till." T - Tliis Date In History. IM efhamtlaln fnundeit thl etr r.r Quebec. - leeJ Vvashlnston took emmmnH t.t the Cont'pental army at. Cembrtdsa Ufl tntlgemenf bet ween lirlti.K against Chamberlain for Untte-4 Htatcaj mr4 Amriciin troop at Kings ErM,fe, cere.Hieie e,u nine tww ue-ucicreeru (iiiiiiiifti 1 t. honorable men. there Is no indication that any of jhem hare so r rooked a conception ef honor a their tempter. Pity the of any erorperat !. taxed on octh-'ir'f-th the market value cf irs watered stock1 Tax the poor man'a furniture, wacmn. little husinees anything o relievo tifi cecpora Vfry orprered te slavlab assasors of a prtjudictd f t:Mtrt - . ( l.' eorge Li. Fox. noted actor bom Died October j, 177. 1M first normal ciw.i in Ameri ca opened at I.exinatn. Mann. 1J Last day of tha battle of Gettrs btir. Prussia tni defeated the AuMrl ans at Sdow. li The Island of Ctram st'seef by the Americans of tha warship "Ctarles-toa." Kverythlug was free. Til" leoi'inado stands were cce.t--i. -if at'-aeiion To the small boy tinl'iriiUy. but provfsi.-nrMj was made, to tiiKe care of tip, s m -i I.- re--- girls who. hadn't the cour.'ige to fight their wsiv Into the thirsty line. Pop corn wnw free, flags were free. enter talnme-nt was free-, and tlie rein came Just us the last drop eef p-monade liad been scooped from the last barrel and the last pae-kago f piopcorn fcael been handed out! -After if wan all over, the "kid:-" wole up to the fact that thev had had fi Fourth of July celebration without firecrackers. Out of n crowd vaHou-i-ly estimated at front .'lil.iiciii to Rii.oon, not n single casualty haiDt.-cn renort-d. and everybody had had just exactly tho sort of a time that had up to that day seemed an Iridescent dream never to bo realized. ' Everybody was pleased, even the men who had worked themselves Into a condition approximating collapse laying the plans. As a result. Minneap olis has not put the fire cracker on the list of undesirable, for youngsters and grownups alike have learned that there Is a better way- a way which gives better expression to American patriot ism and which Is better calculated to Impress upon the rising generation the meaning of a democracy founded upon a recognition of the fact that all men are created free and equal. That is the best lesson of the gorlous Fourth, tt m Woman's Ways. WOMAN Isn't as anxious to be right as she Is to have others think that he Is right-. -- c- '- --o To go nway from homo for a month Is equal to having the liotiso refurnished and ae-epilrlng a new affinity Y'ou can buv friendship, but there's no market to sell It in. People get tired of doing nothing be cause there is so much of it to do. Manv a woman devotes more thought to regulating the world than to the management of her own household. The best way to stop a wagging tonguo is to stop your ears Tho heart of a lev Ing woman Is a golden sa-nctuarv, where often there reigns an ldel'of clay. it Isn't so bad to have one sided views If we look on the hrlght sfdo Our disapproval of a nmn'a act does not make It wrone. nor does our appro bation make It right. Few nun appreciate how much a woman appreciates masculine apprecia tion. Many n, woman's reputation for wis dom Is due to lur ability to keep her mouth shut. Sometimes a woman is unpopular with her nebehhors because he never docs anything that thev can gossip about, is Two Women's Ways. AMITTKN for cooking I always ke ep by me some cloth - glove. me.de Just like babies' mittens, with S"rarat thumb, hut fingers all in one. I make them, myself tram anv old pieces of cloth or serge that I ha'ppen to have one- In the liv in-T-i.ioru comes in useful If the fire- has to be seen to or the hearth brushed in; '.v hilt in the kitchen they pre Invaluable for taking hold of hot dishes, baking titt, etc. A sewing- apron I eif.ni wonder I any one lesldi's myself ha discovered what a couifext a sewing a ro.i can bei. I have one, Just f',eirt apron. t!i lower part of which Is double and di vided Uito four pocked... Inlo till;', when I anurietlng down to sew. 1 s!ir all the miyf'rials that I shall need. There is no danger of their getting lost, or roll ing orr ones lap s there Is If thev are loose. r v Mayonnaise Dreissinx. PI.ACK the yrtlk of ore , ?K n a bowl that has be en then oug hly ccojed. and Into "this stir slow ly pure oliva oil. one drop at o time, until t becomes ttie oonsistenr y or butter You sheiuid be In a cool pl.;e. wlillo doing this, or el.e It will curdle. Mix tog. i;.er two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one tbl spoosful ef water, salt and a llttl" Ene llsh mustnrd. 8lmjliis Into the egg v.M f ij mlxtore. and ft Is rerady t serv " .emm Juice inntead of vinegar ia a:i Improvement. . n Fonda for Luncheon, PLACE one cup grated re-ie, one cup--. brad crumbs, one cup milk, ore beaten rgg. aneT"salt and peppar to tste, 1nto a rudlirg dlah snd mejt over hot fire.'stlrrlna until thoroughly lneor porati1. Thfn set In hot oven until brcwn on top. Ferve from dlch it 1 '"X't tn. Ttrts ta (t'ilclou. and maki a pic dish to serve for luncheon or tea. r. For Sandwh hr-s. REMEMBER that Just a little mus tard andrcaa ,-rd planted rrrr wk from now onward "througu the summer will provide j-ou with ma larial for lalsvy t sandwlrhea for hct oars. Mustard should t tosa. tbitt ajs tr i eras. - 4 -k .