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- - - - ' 1 -1 - . . , . -- . 1 ,1 THE JOURNAL K ISDEP1CXDICXT NfcWrrKR. C . JACKKON l-uliMnhrr FnlilUhed every morning ei-ept Suwliijl 1 e?ery Sunday morn Inn at The Joiirnul Build lt, Fifth and Yamhill Irrtita. INa-tlaiiil. r. rntwil at tbe imatuMi at I'ortland. Or., for il-cin r or lo()k, or listen; exercise no Intel ligence; politically be clnms." For what nro Republicans, and what are IhMnocrntu, thcuo days? To this oft-repeat od question thorn luis ns yet been no candid. Intelligible answer. V tntiiatuUatui througH th mall at secon matter. " 5"EI RPHONEH VAIN T17S. HOME. A-OoM All department! rrarhttl hr tin numhiT Ifll tha operator the dfpr(mi'iir tou waul. '.. Eaat Bid office. H2Ut: Kal MM. - rORKION AnVKItTlNI.MI ItEI'llKSKNTATIVK Ireland Benjamin Sm-i-II Adrirllln ABfnrT. Urunawlrk Building 2L.T. fifth nue. New -forks MOT-OH Hutu Building. Chicago. SuSK-rlptlon TVrmt hr mull or to anj addrrw la tha United State. Canada or Mfilco. PAII.Y. .On fur, .VOf I On m nth f -BO firNPA Y. 4, n year $2 (Ml I On month I .M m ' " DAILY AND SL'MHAY. s year $7.Sf I One month I TORTI 'MI'S si tkkmacy. I " The- men of bid snoka little. It would be well to Imitate them, for those who talk much are Rtire to nay some thing ft would be better to have left unsaid. Confucius. THE APPEAL FOR PARTI. i LL over the country the peo- r-'-ll pie are throwing off, more or . f let, ibe party habit. Party . regularity, party fealty, un- reasonlng adherence to party under v all circumstances, Is now urged with ; far less force and effect than former- ly. Nothing, no vlnlble and notice able trend or tendency of thought and action among the people, Indi cates so much a3 this their lncreas Ing Intelligence, their growing ca- -t pabillty for self-government and con f tlnued political "salvation." With parrot-like Iteration, In scolding terms, the partisan plea is put forth here daily, and voters by tens of thousands are criticised, cen cured, scoffed at, berated, contemned - end derided, because they do not on every occasion and under every cir- cumstance adhere to party and this by a newspaper that on numerous oc- . casions, and sometimes for purely selfish sordid, or malevolent motives, has turned against its own party, v - "If' men are to be Democrats, let them be Democrats; If Republicans, v then Republicans," It says; and yet . In the same issue it shows that there "is at present no clear, Intelligible line of demarcation between Demo crats and Republicans. The prin clpal doctrine and tenet of the Re publican party these ,40 years, Its great-basic working principle the word "working" being significant is protection, high protection. Ex cept for this, one would scarcely . know what to mention to distinguish t or describe the Republican party. Yet this same journalistic "common j; scold" has opposed protection three years or more out of four during its whole career. That Is, it opposes the main thing that the Republican .-party stands for, and yet supports candidates who stand for that-prin-' clple. Here are the "Roosevelt policies," no doubt approved In the main by the common people, Republicans and Democrats equally. But Roosevelt Is nominally a Republican; therefore must all people who call themselves Democrats oppose Roosevelt? The 'PaaboitoU rtnpfpfl" arp nnnnspd hv most of the Republican leaders in congress; me iasi congress, over- vhelmingly Republican, rejected them. Now who are Republicans, "those who agree with and follow Itoosevelt, or those who approve and eide with Aldrlch and Cannon? We . Vvcn: pretty well what Roosevelt Fi ar. b for, and what Aldrich and .- Cun-on stand for; but which set or , Boit of.ideaand policies are "Re- 'puDiican : now is a vuier 10 mi: :Must he be opposite kinds of a Re- publican at once? Voters are told to "be a Repub . T' lican or a Democrat," and no infor mation is given them as to what a Republican or a Democrat is. The cnlv enlightenment they get on this . Btibj?-1 is the reiteration of vague delui. phrases "basic principles," " ""histork- tendencies," "general pur poses" and on. The increasingly enlightened people of this day de mand something more specific than this. They care little what a party did 60 or 20 years apo; they want to know what a party is going to do .. from 1909 to 1913. 1 And it i a hnl hip-h mihli cor. Yants stand for and are going to do,. and not their party name, that an - Increasing number of voters consider of Importance. If Aldrlch abd Can- - son .-are going to prevail and have their way and decide what are Re publican principles and policies, then millions of voters who have been Re- - publicans do not desire to be so any longer, or at least Tor the present. If the "Roosevelt policies," strength ' ned and rttal'.ied, are really and ; sarely to be those of tbe Republican ,- P-artr, men tie people are Ropub- licant, to a greater extent than ever. The time Is pawing when a party .' attni is more powerful, more con- , Tlncing and corupelllDB wer voters, , than recent and prospective party ; performs qcev In tbe present flax of. - political thought, movements ransed by greater intelligence and Independence, party has become al . trios t a epllgihie term. The people ' ilrhtly distrust party, because the ; term baa crime to ataad for tnala ; ferity, for delusloa, for hypocrisy. Tr rint ari tiaptrar. uence toe liice to -t '?e?ab)frni er be j :! rits HK-re t!br-rlb; ft is . , ..itt U a; i. "DoaT Uklak, i T IS greatly to the credit of fort- limi) business men that surh mnnlft-Nt interest xhouhl have ap pearnl In the meeting for the consideration of open rivers. The spirit Is of character that pursued to its ultimate, has Infinite significance for Portland There are nt) obstacles to bar the progress of really bravo men. There Is no undertaking that is hopeless where there Is unity of purpose. The day that all Portland determines upon unobstructed rivers from the Interior to the sea, the un dertaking will be half accomplished. There is a world of power for ac complishing things In a correct men tal state. To get Into that state and stay In it until the habit Is formed, as now neems assured, for Portland with reference to open rivers Is an incident of great moment to the city. Its issue is freighted with no less a consequence thnn the ultimate su premacy of Portland as the chief maritime city of the northwest coast. A coming 30rfont channel, 3,000 feet wide Is the latest news from the mouth of the Columbia. A 30-foot channel fronvtbere to Portland Is the means for making Portland the city of destiny. Unobstructed channels for the Willamette and upper Colum bia from their sources to Portland Is fjfnal entrenchment in this position of prestige and mara-time power. The wheels of time never revolve back ward, nor does the apple ever fall upward. There is one law that never has changed and that never will change, and that Is that traffic moves along the lines of least resist ance. Freight will not climb over mountains, if there is any other way to reach the sea, and that is what gives Portland her opportunity. No matter what the cost, no matter what the effort, no matter how mighty the problem, Portland must have these river channels opened to the limit of commercial necessity, and must not be tardy in the task. It is the mightiest agency for bringing into full utilization the mightiest and only asset required, to make her po sition of supremacy secure. "Roosevelt policies" generally. Has kell conies from a new state whero the peoplo have taken all political power into their own hands, electing i-enators, strictly controlling all pub- lie service corporations, and elimin ating the boss and machine system completely. In a word. Haskell rep resents true democracy, a govern ment of, by and for the people; Hop kins stands for making the masses "dumb driven cattle," to be ruled and preyed upon by special Interests and their political tools. . A convention that especially hon ored Burrows and Hopkins and nom inated Sherman, and rejected all re form measures and Roosevelt pol icies, has gone into history. Another convention will become a part of his tory this week. Would it be strange If the masses of the people should look with favor upon the probable work of this convention that puts forward Bell and Haskell, rather than upon the work nt that coijven; Hon? Ixiok on Burrows and Hop kins on one hand, and on Bell and Haskell on the other; If they are typical of the two parties , as now lined up. It is certainly not strange that people all over the country are doubtlrig whether Mr. Taft, good man though he be, can win. The Burrpwses and Hopkinses are enough to sink the Taft craft. land to Huntington are a disgrace to the road and a reflection upon Ore-i gon people who put up with them. The Dayton, Ohio, Journal Issued a "centennial edition," to celebrate the hundredth year of Its publication on Sunday, June 21, 1908. splendid Issue. It' was The work of opening the Columbia and Willamette rivers to free navlga tlon should never stop until It 1 completed. Everybody should heir, Let's wake up and keep a-golng. Small Change Now for warm work- Bo far, Bryan has jiot dictated hlbltlon plank. or vacation. pro GROWTH OF PORTLAND OREGON. AND T WAKE UP AND KEEP A-GOIN' T HE growth of Portland Is the growth of Oregon. The growth of Oregon Is the growth of Portland. The two are Interde pendent, and what is good for one, Is good for both. There is a warn ing for each in the traffic situation of New York City as related to west ern wheat. It now costs three and a half to four cents less per bushel to ship wheat from Duluth to Montreal, than from Duluth to New York. Since the opening of water transpor tation the wheat shipments to Mon treal from Minnesota and the Da kotas have risen to 8,000,000 bush els annually, while New York has dropped to 2,000,000. All this is true in spite of the greater facilities of New York port in handling the cereal. But forthe latter Consideration, the .western wheat aggregate for New York would be much lower as compared with Montreal. The decadence as to New York Is ascribed by the New York Portland needs to Et a much larirr owuier maye on ueiore me year is out If Brother Charles (Taft) would buy ujp (iu umiriDuie afitnui i.uuu.uuu water melons among the Oolored brethren It minni ao some good.' But the 'July bride, young man, be aometblngr Just as (rood. rlll J. D. Rockefeller has one advantage as an author; he can -pay for publishing ma uuur mmaeir. Pity the poor people who by o!ni away on vacations are deprived of Bui it un wa ler. A good deal of near beer Is now belna- uufu in ury towns. nut it win nave to be "Just as good," or better, for "making drunk come.'' to become uonu- isr. i Bryan also has a Brother Charles. But he Is not a multimillionaire. All Is sweet harmony lust listen to Bryan and Guffev comollmentlns- each other. Grandpa Gassawny Davis even been mentioned. has not HE spirit behind the movement for "open rivers" is not based on antagonism to railroads on the contrary, In the end the railroad, through Increased business, will be' the gainer as well as others. The object of the open river move ment Is not less transportation fa cilities, but more facilities. It Is based upon sound economic print ciples. As Portland's position orig inally was determined by the water ways, so is Its future supremacy as sured by the same natural arteries. There is no difference In principle or purpose In an open river to Lewiston than in an open river to the sea. In both Instances railroads are in operation, and in both instances the waterway is the controlling influ ence, if It is to tne interest of the railroad to control the water level route, it is immeasurably more to the interest of Portland to see that the water route itself is open and free. The advantages, the necessity for the use of the waterways is recognized by all great railroad men. Mr. James J. Hill, the greatest railroad builder in America, was the most prominent figure at the last National Rivers and Harbors Con gress and read an eloquent and con vincing statement showing the ne cessity for the improvement and in creased use of natural highways. Cheap transportation is the con trolling factor in the development and growth of a commercial city and it is unthinkable that Portland, sit uated as it is, at the mouth of the great natural arteries of commerce of the northwest, would abandon or I neglect the advantages her position gives her. The platform on which all can and should unite Is an open river from Lewiston to the sea; 4 0 feet at the mouth of the Columbia, a .corre sponding depth to Portland; a free Willamette. These are goals well worth striving for. They are now in sight and within reach, and when realized, Portland' supremacy as the greatest city of the northwest, will be unquestioned. So wake up and keep a-goin-! Word to the failure of state author ities to deepen and strengthen the Erie canal, arid to the work of the railroads in antagonizing canal de velopment as a means of exacting higher rates. The paper points out that were the authorities alive to the true situation, the work of increas ing the efficacy of ihe Erie canal would be prosecuted, not only by day, but by the glare of electricity at night. The water ways are an agency for changing the seat of empire. They are a means of enlarging the happi ness of the race. Portland and Ore gon have their bent in the warning of the world to New Yorkers. There is no problem before our people on which such consequences h'ang. The vast empire of commerce developed on the great lakes, with its myriad ships, its millions of industrial op eratives, its potentiality In wealth- making, and its strengthening of Montreal to th detriment of New York is a sigti in the heavens that the generations cannot help but read. It was Peter White, a great factor in the canal building that was the creation of this empire, who ex claimed at the semi-centennial cele bration of the opening of the Sault Ste. Marie canal: "This vast land locked sea with Its tributaries is free, and its freedom means these infinite results the greatest ad dition to freedom since freedom came." Now W. H. Tnft Is out of a lob, Rut he Isn't like a man who can't get one. A Wisconsin man was divested of all his clothing by lightning, but was otherwise uninjured until, as we sup pose, tne poine ran mm in at tne in stance of shocked bystanders. Don't envy the vacationers overmuch; they have lots of troubles of their own. "Society" cjjmplains that the new sheath gowns are too hot to wear In summer because they must be flannel lined to make them cling. In which di lemma the use of flypaper has been suggested. a A sheath gown Is 'Bald to have caused a sensation at Coney Island, a sea bath ing resort. Why It sbpuld or ikl Is not explained. BRYAN'S ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH From th. Wall Street Journal As a candidate for president In 1908, William J. Bryan will occupy a differ ent position before -th country from that ho hold as a candidate, in 1898. He was then a practically unknown tnah who had gained his nomination by a rhetorical and emotional speech deliv ered before the Democratle convention. Now, however. Mr. Bri'an Is one of, th best-known men In the United States and has, Indeed, a reputation that ex lenns wnereyer ine English language 1 spoken. He has three elements of strength which he lacked In 18f. These are: First, the fact that wblle In lfi!)8 he ran ror president In a year of Industrial depression occurring In a Democrat i administration. Second, the fact, tha be In recarded hv anmn radlcAl Renuh llcans as more truly representing the jxooseveii policies man ever rU Kepun llcan opponent. Mr. Taft. who Is Rooks vt'lfs own candidate. Third, the fact that multitudes of neorlu In s.11 nana of the country have come into personal touch with Mr. Bryan In a way that has increased public confidence In and re gara ror .him. This Is the result very argely of his addresses before religious ina educational bodies. It la nn stlffhr nrlvRnlnv a-hlih fr Bryan possesses In. maklnar his candi dacy this year In a time oflmslness de- fresslon In a Republican administration, t is a significant fact that there has never been a nanlo In this eonntrv that has not resulted in the overthrow of the party In power at the next election after the depression set In. As against nis advantage, however, must be put he fa(U ihat the people whev are most eager to biame the administration for the panic are tbe men In the financial center. wMIe the great body of the peo- ie npparenuy ao not blame Jtoosevelt or It, hut rather hold Wall street re- ponslble, and It is an undoubted fact, s was demonstrated by the recent Chl- ago convention, that Roosevelt's nodu larity has not been diminished by rea son of the panic. While Mr. Bryan Is maklnar a. hid for the vote of radical Republicans by pa- ig tne ract that the Ia Follette idments to the Republican Platform ere voted down. It remains to be s-en hether these radicals will desert their party because the platform Is a little uore conservative than they desired. n this connection It Is Important to remember that Senator I,a Follette has1 come out with a strong Indorsement of Taft. In estimating Il r. nrynn ' "' the effect of his religious and ethical addresses ought not to be overlooked. Mr. Hryan has made a multitude of friends In all parts of the country. In Now York ns well as In the west, by his work In behair or religious ouum-i., and especially by his services for the missionary cause. in hi. tour around the world Mr. Rryan gave personal attention to the Ute REALM nri feminine This Problem of the City. N aptte of the long continued agita tion In favor of the country as opposed to the city as a residence aflp: for bringing out the best that Is In the character of men and wo men, the fact is not to be escaped that the cities are growing at the expense of tha country. Statistics are to be bad In almost any I missionary field. In China and japHn -"-- 7, , ' . , he name into personal contact with of the books on municipal problems scores of American missionaries, and which are In' circulation, but It may be upon his return to the east he freely sufficient to show the trend of the gave to the missionary boards tbe bene- times to note that In cities of 8,000 fit of the knowledge he had obtained, population and qver the ratio of inhab- and he has by his strong advocacy of Itants to the rural districts Increased missionary effort Immensely advanced from 8.97 per cent at the beginning of the work ot .all. the socle, tie. .. JUany the nineteenth century to 83 per cent men who have heretofore looked upon Bt the beginning of the twentieth cen- Mr. Bryan as a mere political agitator tury. ... and demagogue have become Impressed This lnoxeaseWas not In America by this phase of his life and now sound I alone, but Is shown In pearly the same his praises. I proportion in uennany anu uiiiowimi . " , a ' I less In amount, Jn France. i , l nis lencency is iiirmini j many. In the book riomplled by Mr, Bryan To philanthropists seeing the, over-con. rrlend and hrlper, Richard Ii. Metcaire, gti,,,, 0f the cities and regretting the entitled "The Real Bryan, an com- a(diton In numbers to these wretched nosed In the main of extracts from Biarvlng people living at a dying rate, Hi-viin'a Addresses Snd Writing;. thlS a,, n oil lnvrfl ef hllmnnltv urhnlnnw side of Bryan's character Is brought I tl,e suffering, disease and privation to ' Into great prominence. A large number I wlilch the poor little children are born of tbe selectlaps from the Bryan ea0n year In these over-populated unuflmi and HrtlcleS are of a religions I nlat-aa a-hll tha hrrmd surface nf tha and ethical character, and It Is only I green 'world lies unclaimed In so many fair to aav that these, selections display nianea. a true note of sympathy and a delicacy gut regret will not stop the over of touch and a broad and catholic treat- j population of the cities, nor will argu ment that are -greatly to Mr. Bryan's I ment avail to turn to the country the credit. i thousand" who are being drawn In His oratory Is so. entrancing, hl per-I every year. . . soniil life so clean and his arguments sol plausible that It is perhaps no wonner The chief reason why argument and that he has a wide following. But the I regret and the appeal to sentiment will fact that. In spite of these qualities, not stop the" congestion Is because It multitudes of his fellow cltlsans die- lis not a matter of sentiment but of trust him In his economic utterances Is I dollars. The Inventions which have not to be put down lightly to self-ln-1 made -farm labor more expeditious have t ere st. To a Wall street man who said sent men from the country to the city, to Mr. Brvan that he had of teiv spoken I Inventions nearly all do this. Labor both In praise and criticism of, him, Mr. is being lightened and made more ex Bryan replied: pedltlous by means of machinery, while "The praise came from your jieart; human beings are needed In fewer num- thn criticism from vour position." bers to operate it. In other words. Jie claims that those And as cities Increase and draw from who oppose his views 1ft regard to bank- the country districts yearly a larger, ing. railroads,-money and other kindred Proportion of the population, they be- uestlons are actuated solely by their come Increasingly important economl- pecuniary interests. This Is egotism cally. The number of the problems of carried to the extreme. All the "Interests" are said to be per fectly sure that Tnft will be elected, and so are feeling easy and are retain ing a large stocK of business corrfi- rienc&7 wnlcn is well ror. trie country, whatever, happens in November. That new Spanish royal kid Is not old enough yet to know the sorrow that is in store for htm when he will have to wear his older brother's cast-off clothes. OKAY AND ARYAN. T Syracuse Journal: The mid-die name of James Schoolcraft Sherman comes from that of the man who deliberately took the Indian legend of HWwatha. which J. V. II. Clark of Onondonga dug out, and gave no credit. L,nngteIlow took the story from Schoolcraft and transposed It west, but then he had a poetic license. Oregon Sidelights Mont ex-saloon buildings are already occupied. Fire destroyed 100,000 feet of saw logs near Kent. An Athena man has received a little Poland-China pic that came from Ark ansas, a distance of about 2,000 miles. J. C. Hayter lias sold The Dalles Ob server to two men named Allpgod and Collins. Allsood at least, ought to be all right, if his name signifies anything Can't you hear the toot? says the Prinevllle Review. The Central Oregon Railroad company lias been capitalized at jMl.uno. and tlie stock- is ail sub scribed for. Th Freewatcr cannery Is now pack ing six tons nf cherries a day, ana em ploys 73 persons. Later twice that number will be employed. The output win reach j.uu.ooo. R. Mahorwy went to Tillamook some L years ago with about 115 In his poi ki ts He recently sold a dairy ranch there or s aires lor jx.ooo, and has bought a 600-acre ranch in lane county for :,o(0. The Oregon Plan From the Duluth. Minn., Herald. The outcome of the "Oregon plan" of bringing the selection of United States senators close to the people has caused some perturbation and alarm among strong partisans, and no doubt the fact that it will compel a Republican legis lature to elect a Democratic senator or refuse to abide by Its pledges to the people will make Republican partisans Ift states like Minnesota very reluctant to take It up. However, there Is one answer to all the amazed protests of partisans that Is vrops in Umatilla the city which demand solution Is year ly greater, and the problems themselves are more complex. None of us can afford to be Indifferent to them. We are learning a new meaning In these latter days of the terms wlilch relate to our duty to our city, and women are not less responsible and not loss affected by these things From the Pendjeton East Oregonia. The excellept crops which are going I Rre to be harvested In the light soil and than men are. True, the women do not rirv lsnrt districts of Umatilla, pountv havB HO la' "e a volcB ln municipal af dry land districts or umatuia count fa)r8 aa yet as thp mf,n haye but op mis enr, pruve oeyona any question portunltles ore increasing lor using the wisdom of the O. R. & N. aglta- what influence women have; axd lion ror better farming methods. hlri the nnestlons of tha beautlfv- If this land will produce crops with in of the dtv. and of maklner It a safe as little rain as ha fcillen this season, place In which to bring up children are ana,unaer tne oin metnoas or cuitiva- matters In which men will consult wit IT lion, wniu win the same land an under their wives, and receive their impres- IIU- Ul-Y 1HI11 I'UJ ( I Vttllllll. HZf BUYlf I n nn. cated by the O. .R. & N. company? Women's clubs everywhere are occu- uui 'iiiLit: ui me lunu lit ine ooriii- I 1IUL ' III lie III LIIK l.lTIM III int. rilirill- I U I n.itl, t,A n.I.l.la trt a s T aCsr fu,S,.c,XeTco"ntce "tK. Tfr STInl ftr" 7 ! is the obvious fact that If the Oregon ilv!U?1 this year with any Mew to dr out tne churches last winter in all the legiTatue elects as1 senate the man a? li-veStV' Supposed 1Iar? 'tlCB th "r chosen bv the people the neonle will . A b na nested. suppose the Josiah Strong s "Challenge to the City. have haKr fllfand tha is' the ob- and' fruent culUvatioS toehold Men are reafllng auch booka. icct of a Democratic fornrof govern- ft aturhad been'liVrTed out' Is ft?yTn regal to civic "problems 'an. ment. The fact that members of one if nrt reasonable to sunnosn that the atIty, Jn regard to Pr""J?njs 8nlJ party are required by this process to ILi"?' n ,Mve hiVaVESSS H?i municipal needs, as never before. HASKELL VS. HOPKIXS. I T IS SAID that Governor Haskell of Oklahoma will be chairman of the committee on platform In tie Denver convention. In the re cent 'Republican convention that po eltion vai filled by Senator Hopkins of Illinois, Th contrast- between these two men is somewhat typical of th difference between the at' it tides of the two parties, aa represented by their present leading and controlling men.. One is progressive, the other reactionary. One stands for the greatest roMible degree of liberty and power for the people; the other for the rule of machine and boeaei who In torn are ruled by trusts, monopolies' anil predatory Interest. Hopkins baa been publicly accused of baying bit sett in the a-nate. out right partly with actual cash, 'and ot course he It opposed lo the elec tion of senators by tbe people, sad ail other rtlorm measures, and thai HE Gray boomers insist that It Is Bryan and not he who should take the Becond place on the ticket, and claim thnt Gray" and Bryan,. In that order, would carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. West Virginia, Ohio, Illrfiois - and probably mopt of the gfrHt of thf statps. But this Is only their say-so, which Is not well supported W rea son. If Gray would be strong whee Bryan is weak, and for the same rea son, why would he not be weak where Bryan ie strong? For giving Brvan second place would not dollk' 3 i. v.,:. . - ' ha i ' : iiiuiw iu iu me BijpiuiJMimn or I v-r,l m Bryan enthusiasts. Gray would doubtless run better ln the Atlantic states than Bryan, but If the nom inee of the Denver convention Is to win he must carry some western states, and would Gray have any chance of doing this? In a word. Gray would not appeal to the pro gressive element of the party; out side of "the ranks of the conservative Democrats his support would be lukewarm, and far short of what is required. " Madras FMonoer: The plans for the construct ion of a railroad from Slianiko lo .Madras, and on to Bend and I'rlne ville. are rapidly assuming form, and ns the work of evolving a definite work ins; p'an out of the transportation situ ation in Crook county progresses the hope grows that central Oregon's dream of a railroad will be realized ln the . ry near future. A Vernonla man tells the HlHsboro Argun that things are flourishing In the Nchaiem valley. . year ago the road distrl'-ts ln thai valley levied a 10-niill lax for road purposes, with the result that the peoplp i.ow have 30 ml!es of K'mn roaa, mosuy graveied, from Ver nonia to the Clatsop county lln. Ine Washington county court has r-':r-h.isel a ouatry consisting of a biiite about fjO reel high at its apex, with nn average h"g),l of aomelitlnr feet, and 'ontains three and one r-s. It Is In the midst of a trMfi. nd is of basaltic formation, ruid h-n blasted comes out bri-ken up into about the right siie for road work, so that a rock crusher will not be necessary. , A I indred tons of the b-st RsvaJ Am -rierrleii grnn In the Immediate vtcinlti of Salem will be taken this year by a Pan Francisco firm for bot tling by the maraschino process, save the Statesman and the same persons iJ atsu puhae large quantities of the flt.e blackberries, loranberrles and rapberriea pnvl'jied here, thev to be tis.-n m masirii fruit Juices and crushed fruits for soda fountain beverages. put Into office a man of another party is not an argument against it. These members of the legislature are public servants, and it is their duty to heed the public's wishes when they are ex pressed so clearly as they were in this case. While this country Is not yet in a po sition to do away with partv government, party government will always lead to evil unless it Is checked by an alert and vigorous spirit of independence. No partv has ever yet nad inordinate power without abusing It. It is to the abuses of par tisanship that this country owes most of the vexing problems that beset It today, and partisanship offers the strongest resistance to the correction of these evils. The fathers formed a government by the people, but control of that government fell Into the hands of the pafties. and until recent years brought the direct nomination system, the people had no control of parties. They were controIledVby rines. machines and boss's. These powers needetl money to run campaigns with, and the big bus iness interests contributed It. What more natural than that these leaders, interested in party and personal sur cess more than ln their country's good, should have manipulated the govern ment ln the Interests of those who sup plied the campaign funds? The direct election ot t'nited States senators, either through constitutional pmenament or by some such plan as Oregon has adopted. Is necessary ln or der to get the control of government away from party machines and into the hands of the people. If the expression of the popular wishes results ln defeat lo the party ln power, it Is because that party has deserved harm. I ne more party mach nerv we destrov by putting the cotitrol of elections di rectly into the hands of the Deonle. the better the nation will be served. De stroying party machinery means no harm to the partv: It means enod to It because It Involves cleanslne out the maggots of bosslsm that are fattening in ine cnees-. i-eopie wno complain of the destruction of parties bv direct nomination and direct elections confuse the real party with the corruDt nests of parasites that get Into the nartv ma chine. Breaking up these nests does not harm the party; it purifies It. The O. R. & N. freieht department Is not an Idealist or a dreamer. It Is manned by hard-headed, practical men who watch conditions and results and know that certain practices will bring certain unfailing results." When that department advocates the Campbell system of dry land farm ing. It knows that It Is on safe and certain ground. It has seen the results of this system In other sections similar to the dry portions of Umatilla county and it rensons, and correctly, too, that like methods will brine like results nere. If the recommendations of the O. R. & X. were carried out in full by Uma tilla county farmers, especially those in the light land sections, the traffic from those sections of the county could easily be doubled. And if the diversified farming methods advocated bv the O. R. & N. were pursued In other sections, the products of those sections would also be doubled. The O. R. &-N. company owes it to Its patrons,' the traveling public, to build new station houses along Its lines In Oregon, and of brick or stone, and far more commodious and comfortable buildings should be erected. The example set by the Oregon Short Line in this connection Is well worth following. That line's Station JKUSS In Idaho sre tilings !uttie hare the beat of tha one-crop Moro rr,rvr Vountxtneera tell ns that the huckleberry crop ln the Css 'ade nrr Is ) jst Immerse this year. It is a pity that clean hand, can no I ha found to rick this native Oreon dell- ia-y. which is left almost vhollr an nua!lr to rrbv Indians and arjuawa. rio orr tnem on atlrkr blankets from or-bckd pomes and pevidle them out to be eaten by white folks. 1-s Grande Observer: We are going to have an averea-e i-ereal crop In this Taller. gome Individual fields are re ported the best In veara. Thia la nnt of the smvk where diversified In- The Lesson of the Alfalfa. From the Pendleton East Oregonlan. There Is a lesson In two crest, luxu riant, flourishing beautiful alfalfa plants, growing on a high, dry. sun burnt hillside near the High schoil grounds In Pendleton, which should knock all the pessimism out of thos-i who look on these splendid specimens in their forbidding- environment. All about them the hot tun has shriveled the "pig weed" and scalded the life from the struggling dandelion. The grass Is withered, the ra weed Is slcklv and pale and suffocating dust covers the ground. It is apparently more than 100 feet to water and about these two rugged, symmetrical plants Is the waste and desolation of a sun scorched hillside. But there they stand, green, luxuri ant, flourishing In spite of their sur roundings. They are heedless of the dry hillside, unmindful of the withered "pig weed" and dandelion curled up In early death. They do net wilt away and waste their strength In the hot sunshine. They are rooted deep In the faith of life, firmly planted and Inde pendent In their Inhospitable environ ment and nothing checks their growth. Tneir leaves are creen while all about th-m Is the desolation of the hillside. Here Is a lesson for-unhappy men and omen. Here Is an Inspiration for those who complain of their unfavorable environment. . Oregon Voters Becoming Wise. From the McMlnnvllle Telephone Register. The Oregonian appears to take-a great delight In cussing the primary law, the Initiative and referendum, and especially the law lust passed compelling the leg islature to affirm the will of the rjeonle ln senatorial contests. It especially de lights ln publishing nrttlclsms made by eastern machine organs on Oregon's modern laws. The Oregonian, like the saloon Interests of the state, has not as yet answered to the fact that the Oregon voter has come to be a very In dependent man. He is tired of machine rule: tired of seeing his will thwarted: tired of being betrayed into the hands of the enemy; tired of being dictated to. brow beaten, bullied and driven into rank partylsm. The Oregon voter wants no more of the Oregonlan's doctrine. It has had Its time., It hax had It's say. It has lined Its hest at- the voters' ex pense too fiften. The worm has turned and the Oregonian, Its criticisms. Its sneers, or those of Its fellow machine organs will not longer avail. Oregon's voters have become too progressive In I the art of modern self sovnrnment ,ii ne turned aside by anything the Oregon lan might say or do. of beauty and comfort. The O. R. A X. should be at up-to-date In giving good accommodations to tbe travel ing public as the Ebort Line. . Its present station bulldiatt from Fort- royntnee. Take one year with another, old ft loir -rounrv .la mm of the banner counties of t be northwest. We ka v grain, fa'- t rler. augsr Heta, hay. fruit, atork. ?atr;lng, lumber, mines and- mufcoMng, raiload p Troll a. n4 wmr thing ttat ur t&untiee As siot pease, Franrlnco Rodrijrties Aire's Birthday Dr. Fmnclaco de Paula Rodrlgues Alvea, who served as president of Praxll mm lftAI a 16AS - - frwM y .. i - - IMS at Guaretlngweta, n the state of Fao Paulo He was graduated from the I 'otti Podro II eollege In 1M and In ISS received the degree cf doctor of law at the College of 8ao Paulo. Short ly after that he was elected to the state legislature of Sao Paulo. After the proclamation of the republic In 1M he was elected representative, of his native tate In the "rat federal aeaembly and helped to frame th Brailllan constitu tion. In be was appointed minis ter of the traaar-r nnA in ill! wea elected -federal eertator tnr fcta state. Iter he era elected g'-nreror ot Sao Paulo and was Koldlna thia office when elected te the rrealde-ner. Or A Ith Is one ff leaders ot the Republican- I , , . u . a nvwrrin! aw , r - e-natl-e. the opposing facUcA- being tbe t oderai party. s - -4 "Is It Not Hot!" From the Chicago Poat mere are several reasons why we "feel tbe heat" so much on those' oc casional days when the temperature crawls above normal. The primary uh is jiiai we are not accustomed to warm weather. Secondly, we do not know how to dress for Warm weather; the art of cool clothes Is prac tically unknown, at least to the men here. Thirdly, we do not know how to act for warm weather; we run on high speed whatever the temperature. Finally, we run the gamut from hot coffee to Iced other thinsn. and won der why we feel "all ln" when the day's work Is done. By way of postscript H may be added that this Is good old summer time when there are no blizzards- thnt clothes are heating; that the weather man uiks a lot about humidity and In raci, mat at mis time or "the vesr rising temperatures are the up-to-date uiing. This Date tn nistory. 1S0T Edward I of Ens-land died. Rarn June 17. Z3. l"9t Nicholas I of Russia born. Died March 2. 155. 11 Richard Brtnsley Sheridan, fa mous dramatist, died. , 1M Commodore gloat of the t nlted States navy bombarded and took posses sion of the city of Monterey. ISH Turks defeated th Russians at Glurgevo. , 1S Exerotrrm of - Payne - Atsrett. Harrold and Mrs. Burratt. for complicity la th assassination or f resident Un-i coin. I SH Marfta re of the Duke Of Tork 1 and Princess May of Tee. 1 Sfi& A third daughter wa horn to the President and Mr. Cleveland t Gray Gables. And much is to he hoped from these Indications. All over the country the shibboleth of 'America the most beau ful country," is being heard and taken up. The larger cities are planning im provements as never before. Every wh,m nlnns for maklnar our cities live able are in the air. Chicago Is buying up her water front with the view of preserving the blue line of I-ake Mich igan as a priceless poon to ner citizens. Detroit Is laying out parks and boul evards. Philadelphia has made a steady advance ln this line for many years, and is spending more money for public Improvements this year than ever he fore. Even ln the far west Walla Walla Is planning Improvements and spending more money on fine streets than ever before, and Seattle la ag gressively, reaching out toward these things. Portland hopes to have a driveway around Portland Heights, and even now the members of the chamber of com merce and other progressive citizens are planning to engage a city architect and have a uniform plan to work to. What can the women ao to SelpT Many things, the first of which Is to- slt up and take notice. One phase of the woman side of It may be seen ln this little clipping from a Boston pa per: The clubwomen or Berkeley, cai., are urging a special bond election to appro priate $40,000 to clear tbe place of rats. At a large Joint meeting of men ami women held recently ln the chamber of commerce the women had as much to do and say as the men. A prominent business man Is reported to nave said that ln his opinion the cause of equal suffrage has been advanced 60 per cent In Berkeley since the women organized to help the men to drive out the rata. K R it Cherry Olives. ANOVEIj suggestion culled from Wallace's Farmer is aa follows: Anyone who is fond of olive will like cherries put up, ln this way. They make a fine relish for a meat dinner and look very pretty ln a glass dish by the side of the Thanksgiving Turkey. Pick the cherries and leave the stems on them. Use the scissors and cut away one-half th length of each stem. After washing them drain them dry and pack into a Mason Jar as closely as possible Without breaking them Dissolve one tablespoonful of salt In one pint of white wine vinegar cold, and fill the Jar of uncooked cher ries full and seal. The rule Is to be sure and use the white wine vinegar, though it might be safe to nae other kinds. tt It Fruit Salad. N the springtime fruit salads sre ex ceedingly grateful to the appetite. An excellent salad Is made by cut-' ting oranges In hnlf and removing all the pulp and also the tough white fibre. Now mix with the chopped nranae puln , binanas. English walnuts, ani a small bottle of Maraschino cherries, chopped. Place this mixture In the orange shells, snd put a teaspoonful of mayonnaise ! dressing on top. Serve on a bed of crisp ' lettupe leave. ; H R R Potato fialad. i PEEL and boil six potatoes and set j ajlde to cool. When cold cut Into slice, mix with the. potatoes two. orrrbrta'mlnced very small and a tab!?- spoonful of minced paraley. Pour j French dressing over the salad, toeatnr and stirring (reetiy until the potatoes become coated with the dressing. Set l maT kU ' I How to Rave Gas Bills. Tb Good Thing wa discovered In tbe bark yard kicking himself. "Wbr this Btreauoslty T' asked on of Ms iMMghbor. "last week: I sent dollar In an swer-te an advertisement offering a method of Mvlng bill " aneweml the d. Tj "and Jut received the information." "WellT qserlV'tn neighbor. "It wa In the form of a printed lip. dlrectln wio to paste them In a crap book." re-plied tt'O victim aa he hreced himself for aaUer aitk.-M.nld en tlf!4.i TOMATO - media lomat ln a cool place. St tt St Tomato Salad. OMATO salad should ba dressed Im mediately - before serving. Mis toe with ey ciimber and Hpnnlsh onions. Serve on lettuce lea re with mayonnaise dressing. , ' tt tt . . The Pally Mcnm. BREAKFAST. -etrawberrSc. Cereal and cream Kidney saute on toast. Coffe. LUNOHF.OX. Cheese fondu. 8aHtn an1 wlrho Beet aaUd. Jurket. Nut rike. Iced tea. DINNER. 'Clam biaoie. Baked halibut Strtrg bmn. Ittoce. French !-eang. Tapioca ctatard. La.)r ea.. Eiack cof fee.
