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sugar and tobacco trust after this
appeal from across tho Pacific hnB
been uttered! As Presldont Koosa
velt haa Iterated and reiterated to
congress, and as the Filipinos them
selves bq perfectly state, "we nat
urally feel that If It wore Justice tS
so legislate In the case of Porto
Rico, then full Justice has not been
done the Philippines."
VALl'E OF ItAIUlOADS.
Subscription Termi br mull or to nr adilrei
In til United flute. I'mimU ur Mnlco.
P.UI.Y.
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A fine quotation Is a dia
mond on the finger of a man
of wit and a pebble In the
hand of a fool. Fr Joseph
Roux.
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GOOD DEAL of affected virtue
is displayed in criticising va
rious state officers who for
many years drew salaries or
fees provided for by law but not by
the constitution. There is no real
' sincerity in these complaints; they
are merely petty scolding to serve a
Chronic grouch. Whether some state
officers drew more pay than the laws
allowed them in a disputed question,
but as to certain fees it is agreed
by all that the laws did specifically
allow them, affirmatively authorized
them.
But, it is said, these laws were
unconstitutional, hence the officers
should have rejected the fees. But
the legislatures apparently did not
think these laws unconstitutional, or
they would not ' have been passed.
, The supreme cotirt has never said
these laws were unconstitutional,
neither has any other court so held;
everybody, from high to low, acted
on the theory that the laws were
constlutlonal, or If not should be in
force anyway, and this has gone on
for jnore than a third of a century
All this being so, and the fee system
having finally been abolished over
two years ago, the question of those
lawful fees that Is, those distinctly
authorized by statute should have
been considered a "closed incident."
Some of the men are dead; others
have perhaps spent the money, be
lieving It legally and honestly theirs;
Bulls to recover these fees are
brought merely to make mischief.
The Oregon ian says the laws au
thorizing these fees for new or extra
duties were clearly unconstitutional.
Construing the constitution strictly.
The Journal thinks so too. But an
editor's opinion Is not decisive. Near
ly all the most prominent lawyers of
the state years ago expressed the
opinion that increased salaries and
fees were not unconstitutional. So
6aid several members of the consti
tutional convention, including the
late Judge Boise, and nearly all the
heavyweights of tho profession. That
being the case, why should these of
ficers be blamed for accepting fees
allowed by law? They are not un
der such circumstances censurable,
and it is only petty malevolence that
censures them now. But we speak
only, be it understood, of fees specif
ically authorized by Btatuie. Any
grafting beyond these stiould be ac
counted for.
T
HE state railroad commission la
making a careful valuation of
tho physical railroad property
of the state, with a view to us
ing the results as a partial basis for
determining what are reasonable
rates. This Is something that ought
to be done in nil states, and through
out the country by virtu of a federal
as well as state laws, mis was one
of La Follette's rejected amendments
to the rate bill, and It was over
whelmlngly rejected by the Chicago
convention. U
But it is a reasonable, a right an
a necessary measure. It Is la force
In Wisconsin, and though the rail
roads fought It there, as elsewhere
they fluajly submitted, and found
that as long as they did business
honestly and on the square the law
did not hurt them at all. Why should
It? If a railroad's stock has not been
watered. If it Is not compelling the
public to pay interest and perhaps
big dividends on fictitious valuations
it has nothing to fear. No railroad
commission fit to serve as such
going to'be unjust or unfair to the
railroads, or try to cripple them. On
the contrary, the people desire the
railroads to succeed, and that all
should prosper fairly together
What the people object to
is being overcharged on false valua
tlons. and unjust discriminations.
That the railroads fight this valua
tlon movement furnishes foundation
for the suspicion that they are taking
unfair advantage of the people.
The public has a right to know
and in order intelligently to regulate
rates for this is what must In many
cases be done must know, what the
value of the railroads' property is
what the railroads and their equip
ment cost, or rather, what it would
cost to replace them now. The peo
ple's commission having ascertained
this, it will have laid a large part of
a -good foundation for determining
what freight rates ought to be. Sen
ator La Follette's idea on this sub
Ject is wholly and clearly right and
reasonable, and we can see no good
reason for the Chicago convention re
jecting it.
congress there wll! be neither the
panels post nor tho postal savings
banks.
Yet the people want these things;
of that there Is no room to doubt.
And it is equally certain that they
would be good things for the people.
It seems to have come to be protty.
nearly the rule that under the rep
resentative system, what the peoplo
need they can't get.
t The benefits of a postal savings
bank system would be threefold. In
the small towns and rural districts
it will give the people a ready op
portunlty to deposit their savings
Statistics show that in the New Eng
Journal In an editorial yesterday.
But "reasonablo," instead ot "unrea
sonable" was the word intended.
MANUFACTURERS ON THE TARIFF
1 am asked to write one of the two
hearts, "How the Tariff Affects My
uusiness' or "Why I Favor Reduction."
"As 1 am not selfish enough to auk for
land states .the average distance
PEOPLE AND WATER POWER.
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THE CAl'SE OF THE FILIPINOS.
T IS a shame upon the American
people that, on the Fourth of
July, the Filipinos were driven as
a result of our unjust tariff laws,
to petition us for a redress of their
grievances. Actually and absolutely,
the episode was strangely a reminder
of those other days, when wp our
selves were petitioners at the throne
of King George for an exactly similar
redress of wrongs. Tho islanders
ask for free admission of their prod
ucts to the I'nited States. A hun
dred thousand of them signed peti
tions to that effect "asking that poor
boon, and a million of them will have
Rigned by the time congress meets.
In Manila on the 4th, taking the day
and its traditions ns auspicious for
their purpose, t!i Kilipinop held a
monstt r demonstration with parades,
Tublic T'.n inps, t ranspar n 'i"s and
ringing speeches in behalf nf Jhe pe
titions. In other arts of thw archi
pelago similar signlfrant dt monstra
tions were held An appeal was Is
sued to the American people, in
HE city of Milton, according
to the Eagle newspaper of that
town, owns water power to the
extent of about 600 horse
power that it is. willing to supply to
any manufacturing enterprise . on
easy terms; and in another item it
says: "Among Milton's many re
sources unlimited water power is
about the most important. Suf
ficient power can be secured here to
run all the electric lines in eastern
Oregon. That fact is just becoming
recognized, and Milton is destjned to
become an important manufacturing
center in the not distant future."
It would be interesting to know
how "the city of Milton" happens to
own this water power. This is a
strange state of affairs, if true. What
business have the people owning
any water power? we believe It is
clearly unconstitutional.
And how on earth did it happen
if it be so, that some corporation has
not gained possession of that power
so as to enrich itself and have money
for campaign contributions by sell
ing power to the people? Has there
not been some underhanded, mis
chievous, too-previous work on the
part of the people of Milton? The
doctrine of vested rights was never
invented to apply to the people, only
to corporations. It seems inevitable
that, if attacked, this claim of the
people of Milton must fail for lack of
legal precedent.
But supposing the Milton paper's
statements to be true, what a nice
and valuable thing this is for the
people of that city. They have water
power for all needed uses for them
selves, as a city, and a lot to sell to
individuals and outsiders. This is
better than saloon revenue. Why
should not the people of other towns
also own the water power near or
naturally tributary to them? Nay,
why should not all the people own all
the water power of the country, and
lease, its use to corporations or in
dividuals on reasonable terms, thus
eating the tax burden and getting a
little slice of a square deal? This, in
fact is one of the RooseveK policies,
)f
the savings bank from the postof
fice is 15 miles, fa the middle ( west
25 miles and on tho Pacific coast 5 5
miles
People in rural districts have no
convenient means of 6afely deposit
ing their small savings
The establishment of postal banks
would encourage thrift and deter the
squandering of money and so would
make the people more self-reliant, in
dependent and confident in them
selves. It would also prevent the
sending away of a great aggregate
amount of money every year by for
eigners. Finally it would help to
prevent panics. In case of a flnan
cial scare, people would not hoard
and hide their money. Nobody
would doubt the financial soundness
of Uncle Sara. And under the right
kind of a currency system the gov
ernment could on any emergency ex
pand the currency through the use
of these funds.
The parcels post project The Jour
nal has often explained. Most of
those who are opposed to it are so
because they do not understand it.
Congress would not pass a parcels
post law, beneficial to tens of mil
lions of people, and the Republican
convention would not even mention
It, for five reasons, the same five
reasons wMch Postmaster-General
Wanamaker long ago said were the
only reasons against it, namely, the
Adams, American, United States,
Wells-Fargo and Pacific Express
companies. These overcharge the
people many millions a year; con
gress ana tne convention oneyea
them, not the people.
MR. HODSOX KINDS SYMPATHIZ
ERS.
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which the disasters and suffering on
Account ot economic and poltiical that along with the rest of them was
conditions were recited Among turned down, cold, by the Chicago
Ater things the address nays, "We j convention,
hate hecn made to witness thel - .
splendid development and evident
TWO PEOPLE'S MEASURES.
sr prosperity of Porto Rico clnce that
... Island has enjoyed the advantages of
free trade with the United States,
y- and we natarally feel that If it were
'm. J nation ..to so legislate In the case of
Porto Rico, then full Justice has not
Jeendone ibe Philippines."
To this logic there Is no answer
bat a frank admission of Its truth
and force. To this appeal from a
suffering and pinched people there
- is no honorable reply but to grant
their pvtltton. presented as tt u on
the fourth day of July; a day his
toric with stirring events ig which
our vrn sires wr similar petition
era at the British throne. What a
traveety on Justice for congress to
tontHioe. as It has la tas past, to bow
duB la sortaeoess to the wi',1 of the
T
HE Republican platform de
clared In the briefeft possible
terms for a postal savings
bank system, but It is to be re
membered tbat during many years of
power that party has neglected ta es
tablish such a system, and the last
congress not only neglected but af
firmatively refused to do so, through
out Its six months' session, although
urged thereto by the president and
his postmahter-generaL As to a par
cels post, the convention was silent.
On this subject ths railroads and
their express companies would not
permit even ths most perfunctory
declaration. So It may he safely
predicted that ander a Republican,
aamtnistrauoa aaa a . republican
R. C. W. HODSOX. who has
been spending some time re
cently In the eastern part of
the country, is reported in
the morning paper as saying:
'ThrouKhout the east I found a great
deal of adverse criticism of Oregon be
cause of Its system of direct legisla
tion which, through the Initiative and
eferendtim, makes 'possible legislation
by all sorts of theorists. Tho present
system has given the state an unfavor-
ble name in the east. In a discussion
with me one day. the representative of
large interests ridiculed the Idea of un
dertaking to exploit railroads or any
other project In this state. 'Why, with
uch theorists as you have In your
tate', he said, 'and the machinery of
eglslatlon they have In their control,
would be a matter of only p. short
me until they would tax us out of
xlstence.' "
No doubt Mr. Hodson could find
many people in the east who would
agree with him and out here we all
know his hostile attitude to all re
form measures.- Oregon no doubt
has 'an unfavorable name in the
east," among people who think as
Mr. Hodson does, people who are in
favor of boss, ring, machine and cor
poration rulfe, and that the masses
of people should have no voice or
power; such people can be hunted
up to hobnob with In any city; but
it is safe to say that Mr. Hodson did
not get around among the common
people much.
The people he speaks of misunder
stand the situation when they say
that the initiative and referendum
'makes possible legislation by all
6orts of theorists." It does nothing
of the kind; only makes possible leg
islation by a majority of the voters,
voting on any proposition, and the
great majority of these voters are
level-headed, intelligent, practical j
men.
One man told Mr. Hodson that
with the "theorists" in control rail
roads could not be built or other in
dustrial projects .carried on, here.
This man it- evidently one who wants
to rob the people and be "let alone";
cne who wants millions of dollars
worth of privileges and patronage
and to pay no taxes and to be per
mitted to name public officers. He
talks just like one of this sort of
men, and so, he doesn't like the peo
ple's power in Oregon.
We suppose Mr. Hodson agreed
with him, and did not tell him about
the building hithep'Of the north bank
railroad at a cost of tens of mil
lions; the huilding of the new elec
tric railroads, costing millions; the
projection of the Mount Hood road,
the lilding here of the greatest
packing plants on the coast, the build
ing here of the greatest wheat ware
houses in the country, the Constant
and rapid growth here, despite the
wealthy malefactors' panic, of Indus
tries, building and business, altogether-involving
tens of millions
more. It- Is scarcely to be expected
or hoped that Mr. Hodson told the
eastern critics of Oregon about these
things, and that the Initiative and
referendum and the new laws lately
passed and eren Mr. Hodson 'a over-i
whelming defeat for renomlnatlon as
state senator, have not interfered
with these great developing tnove-j
ments In ths least. ; "
A small boy up njoar IUtxvllle died
the other day of lockjaw In conse
quence of the use of a toy pistol
This Is the fate of scores If not hun
dreds of fiinnll boys in this country
every year. The toy pistol ought to '"wrr l,r' on wen, soiciy on my own
. , . . .!, i I account, or fotilUli enough to Imagine
be barred from the market, since so that the tariff law will be changed for
many parents will allow their little my wpw ui en.-nt, i win write a rw
children to play with tho deadly little My buxirhs in injuriously nffected
contraption. Doys can be given ,oy,ir, ta.r. rf T"8 dutice on hides.
much hotter playthings than even J building materials Increase trie cost of
harmless Imitation guns, matting shoes in this country an aver-
a v.uuu.uuu il ri'iir inr ina nni m f-iiiiri
Mr. r. v. lioiman in nis aispaicnio try.
By Ex-Governor W. L. Douglas of Msfsschusetts
Of cou rue. we manufacturers do not
finally pay all of this tariff tax on foot
wear. e colloct fully nine tenths of
it from those who wear shoes. But we
cannot collect the tax on shoes sold for
export. This comes out of our own
pockets. This tax. by forclim us to
pay 10 per cent more for leather than
Is paid by our foreign competitors. In-
That was a right good prayer that 6of rk,cfnf ,0aend' "t
freatly handicaps us In foreign mar
eta. With free leather and other ma
terials and suDDlles we would, perhaps.
soon be exporting $100,000,000 worth of
shoes a year Instead of the 17.000.000
or fg.uvo.ooo worm now exported.
7 4a S a. m.lnlv In (ha -rnwi hnal.
ness that the tariff shoe pinches us
manufacturers, it pincnes us very
much, also because of the fewer pairs
of shoes worn by an over-taxed people,
If. as I believe, tariff trust taxes In
crease the cost of living by 10 per cent.
the Oregonlan Indicates that in ill
estimation Judge ParKef is a very
great and good man and Democrat.
Mr. Ilolman was not cnosen as a
delegate.
Rev. Reissner made in the Denver
convention yesterday. He gave the
delegates some broad hints.
Small Change
Also, no mad dogs In Oregon.
What a 6111 world It would bo with
out weather.
The Bell rang the keynote quite clear-J it is probable that these taxes diminish
it ana oorreciiy ai Denver.
Every humorist may be
some liars have no humor.
liar, but
the number of shoes worn about 10 per
cent.
I favor tariff reduction, then, both
for selllsh nnd for humanitarian rea
sons.. By stopping th tariff graft of
the protected trusts tna greatest or an
a-raft I would Increase the purchasing
power of the wage and salary earners
dollar and thus virtually Increase
It Is to be hoped that Helle and Anna, wages 10 per cent. I am not certain
mat, naa me irusis oeen curueu vy me
removal of unnecessary tariff duties In
1904 or 1905, we would have had the se
vere Industrial depression through
which we are now passing. I have
never been a believer In the now ex
ploded theory that a nation could tax
Itself Into prosperity. Protection and
prosperity are not, In my vocabulary,
synonlmous words. To mo, "protection."
as we know It, means unnecessary ana
untust taxation and this means frequent
periods of business depression, reduced
wages, idle working men, aaversny, un
ease ana crime, such as we are now
experiencing In the east
having those side whiskers cut off.
won't have to be married any mors.
"New occasions make new duties.
and new Issues, and new alignments.
Another good thing about Taft: He
doesn't smoke. But neither does
Bryan
This Is what Is called the silly sea
son, but it really is no dirrerent with
many people.
As one sort of a Democrat. Guffey
is no doubt all right. But tne ma
Jorlty don't agree with him.
nt nt nriituxtliui In different coun
tries and of export taxes and bounties
levied by foreign countries on
going abroad. VVmay be certain that
If uny material Is found that will aid
ihn iirnlertlonlsts and stand-patters, it
will 1 nut Inln tho lianiln of all KePIID
llcau speakers this fall. Other material
will' be kept under cover.
The New Tork Journal of Commerce
of May 20 made an even more serious
charge against the tariff revision plans
or the senate ana nousa commn.i''.
said that these plans were "merely In
tended ns a basis for political capital
and that "the whole tariff investigation
noiv nnmllna- has a direct . relation lO
That the Republicans do not seri
ously intend to revise tne tarm '""-
wards, where such revision woum imii
v..i i si i iia rriiui isi rviut'iii
from the preliminary report of the epe
mmmiiiAn vhlch h been Invexll
gating the tariff on paper and wood
pulp. After taking "2.000 pnges of
printed testimony" the "majority re
port gravely Informs us that the ' entlrn
removal of the present tariff would not
have anv great immediate effect on tho
prices or paper, nius ni mo
can mountain labored and brought forth
a ridiculous tariff mouse, this 1h all
the satisfaction given to the thousands
of newspaper publishers who asked con
gress to free them from the paper
trusts by the removal of the duties on
paper and pulp.
The tariff plank In the KcpuDiican
platrorm. Just adopted ai c-mcngu. n
shifty as expert political Jugglers could
make it. It gives a stone io those who
nalrad fnr hrenri Ins tead of promising
A man named Kltchln is running for 'la.vp ""t ' "J ,l " V1.in
th tariff In mv oninion. 11 is a uu
plainly to rcauce opprenmvo ""
duties. It discusses maximum and mini
mum rates and favors "such duties as
will equal the difference between the
cost of production at home and abroad,,
together with a reasonable pront to
American Industries.'"
Think of Itt reasonable profit! Our
pampered, overgrown, protected, 'In
fants'' are not satisfied with duties to
cover the difference In cost 01 prouuo
tlon. they want duties that will give
them areater profits than those of their
foreign competitors.
UUa pa "raamnnh U nmfltS 7 ATS
Steel trust profits of over J16.000.000
made last year, or fully 60 per cent on
the cost price of its proaucis reaauii
.hi. nrnAl"1 It Ihn tariff -IS 8(1
Justed by Its friends'' will this profit
remain as It is? ...... ,
This much talked about -airierence m
lnhnr cost" Is a delusion ana a buhto,
lit fWttnrm Htwpen
At different times, jusi as n uw
tiveen different states. We can never
B REALM -FEMININE
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Metallized Humans.
O MORE "ashes to ashes and dut
to dust." No more harrowln
thud of clod on casket; no mora
hurrying away of our beloved
dead lest the withering flosh
offend, but Instead eternity for body
as well as for soul. ..Our dead no longer
aared but mado ondurlng presences And
abiding with us. How? By a process
W'li'ch iuma? ,namJ,d Bl0CK ha Invent 1
fhf Wiithi iwlllh.uhe ,B. now astounding
the officials of the patent office.
Mr.. Block says that he can make the
dead Into golden statues. If that is
too expensive,, he can make them Into
silver statues. If that Is still too ex
pensive they oa be- made la to wh'te
metal statues, and In any case thev enn
be preserved as long ss the race lasi
It sounded too astonishing to bo tru.'
so I took the newspaper clipping an i
;-af!d upon Mr. Jaeger, In search of
Information. And I was still more as
tonished when he said: "Why not' I
see no reason hv . u
none. And then be went to the win
dow and brouvht li. i.nh '.
.in.... -V - v4 me.-.,
iiiiou iuin you nava seen Ihum i "
tho Jewelers' wlnrlnvw t..l.. n-i..-
explained Mr, Jaeger, "are slriiDlv frai,'
roses, metalllxed. Tho process was Jt
vented by a Spokane man. The fresh
rosebuds are dinned Intn m.t.i uri. '
, , . "'"ciia a ueaviar metal is ap
plied, and then the rose substance Is
burned out, and the metal which tt
malns is the perfect shade of tho roe
bud, but Is hard and durable. These'
hat pins are all made In that way. Thu
process too has been applied to beetles,
to small insects, to leaves and 111,1.
rosebuds with a areen leaf fop d K.
tonlere. It works all rlirht with
such small article, and f see no rea
son why It could not be applied to the
body, although as a question of tasre
there might be a difference of opinion "
We are In the niMat nf unn.,. i
the new things that science and experi
ment are discovering are always start
ling. And very often, too, our gon.l
lasie ia a matter of education. Wo
usually condemn what Is new and dc-
wo wm nave none or It. By and
by we find others are adopting It and
rr .'iiniiKa our minas.
There Is certainly room for lmprove-
.VT j uunai ousiums. wnethT
una miuHH-ime cnange is Die thing
we have been waiting fer, remains M
be seen. At first we will declare tht
delusion and a snare, f' f"" - '". .
different countries i ', P ' """ uoay
hlraself entitled to the cake.
The Democratic convention doesn't
have to view with alarm the trusts
bursted by the Republican party.
In eastern cities the same tempera- perts are
ure that here Is quite tolerable Is
murderous. Residents of Portland are
lucky.
Parker at Denver forbore to enote:
The Caesar's pageant, short of Bru
tus' buwt, did but of Rome s best sorti!
remind ner more.
t-H. tariff
iiri,-ai munAiiver to hoodwink the Deople
and tide the Republicans over the presi
dential election. It Is partly a scheme
tr, iiu... ty,a tariff ovnerfs in the various
departments provide campaign material
ror tne nign rarur party. i
now compiling statistics ui
ot our aeaa preserved when the soul
that arave It animation h r n;.
.....I viww unvn again alter majiy otner
cycles of time and need It.
And yet. If we think of It unblasediv
Is It any more distressing than th'n
taa tn mnlrA manufacturers
nrv mimtrv show their books
inn the tariff should be re
vised and revised downwards, not by
the "friends of the tariff" but by the
friends of the consumers the entire
people.
Iron and Steel
Pittsburg
Iron.. Trade
Candidate Sherman Is a member of
the Dutch Reformed church, same
Roosevelt." The church
a good while &go.
Correspondence
Review.
The beginning of the second half of
the year finds the Iron and steel in
dustry In an Improved position. ine
aituAtlnn has been clarified by the
was reformed elimination of several Influences wnicn,
whether or not their presence naa actu-nll-iz
restrained an Increased trade, had
Carrie Nation says she will tear off unquestionably furnished tne means ior
the first sheath gown she sees. But Keeping tne market, in a state 01 un
wouldn't that be a sort of Jumping out certainty. Principal among these was
of the frying pan into the fire? that or price reductions. in ime
I Mill V III UU" nt"nvH ill l t l ...--
Well, since Bryan Is to be the can- ?t.i. ",.uJ , ",'" r i
dldate. why . shouldn't ne dictate the L. R..nnA division nf onlnlon
platform? Then If he is beaten he, a Vn whether the cut In several prod
nt blame tne -platrorm builders. ,.rM h h..n arie,m.it there now re
mains little opportunity ror uirrerences
A Puget sound bride' and Broom are In this resnect between manufacturers
spenain tneir noneymoon in a row-1 and consumers, rertalnlv mere is less
boat and their friends are speculating exDresslon of doubt as to the stability
on which will rock It first disastrously. I of the present level of quotations and
more connaence mat tne reaujustmen
In the main has been completed.
The market clearly has a more favor
able outlook. Buylne for the first hal
has been close to real needs and stocks
throughout the country held over from
the beginning of the depression have
generally been absorDed oy tne trade.
The railroads, which have kept their
purchases at the lowest possible ebb
are showlne slsrns of awakening In
terest and are expected to increase their
orders in the near future, ueneraliy
there is a disposition among manufao
turers to take a fresh hold upon the
situation and to more actively co
operate in an effort to reclaim pros
perity. It Is the belief anions: conserv
fltlve interests, however, that while
business may gradually improve, no
decisive recovery mav be anticipated be
fore the closlmr months of tne year.
The turnlne point into the second
half Is naturally a time for slowing
down temporarily, nnd the past week
has been an especially quiet one, with
the exception or steel nar material
The estimate Is officially made that
since June 2. the date of the reduction
In bars, 650,000 tons of bar mill prod
ucts, including steel bars, noops. bands,
small shapes, etc., have been placed
under contract with the different mak
ers throughout the country. Including
old contracts rewritten at the reduced
price
trioiiKIit or the deail hnrllea nriahin
little by little, or tho swift crematloi
wnicn.reauces an mat was dear In the.
riesn to a nandful of ashes? We plat
' uuma ui our great men aDout.
museums and art galleries; we ifdori
our public parks and amusement places
wltH the arflflaa nf -.,it .i
Love of light is the greatest heritage ve may be thought to be an !nc!.i-
Incandescent Lamps
camD fire, every age has sought to Im
prove on the methods of dispelling the these "presences clear
darkness between sundown and sunrise. ImZngVim unnercelve t?
A. r5, lLr,?"t- ? TheKreU!sTrU?n'.VyeJr'
General Funston, according to his
own account, was a newspaper man at
one time, which may account for his
ready response to newspapers for his
views on, the Buwalda case.
As soon as Abe Ruef,, was released
from Jail, the great fleet of warships
steamed silently away. uncle Sain
doesn't propose to take any chances of
leaving vessels In the same town with
aba.
When a large committee of suf
fragettes asked for a "brief conferenco"
with Premier Asmi.'tli, he locked the
doors against them. Evidently he
knows something about women's "brl-jf
conferences."
Oregon Sidelights
"It was a very nnreasonabl plea
that ths Filipinos made,' said The
A Bandon girl mnrrled a young man
rnmed Sweet. But she was sweet before.
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Blnger Hermann recently visited
C;myonville, where he taught school In
1S84-6.
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John Metsker, over P0 years old. is
ramping out In Lake county. Ho has
been the father of 1 1 chllJren.
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Junir is now nappy because It has a
Sunday mall, and can gt the Sunday
Journal on the day of publication.
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Every newcomer expresses surprise
hum nciignt on arriving at l-akevlew,
f.iys the Examiner, and gives reasons.
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Wasco will soon bo ornamented by
one of the finest hostelrles to he found
nry where In eastern Oregon, says the
News.
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Within a siiort 16 minutes' wa!k from
Pumpter, says the American, the pre
cious metal Is being wshed out In
goodly quantities by hydraulic placering
et the f'avles pincers, undTr lease to
three Chinamen, working day and night
shifts.
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How is this from the Port Orford
Tribune tor a flsh-llon story? George
Forty and his son Robert ani Walton
Miller went out to the reef ln.t Mon
day, and killed 35 male sea lions, which
Ceorge says is his record for one
day's killing and he Is proud of the
fact that he lost none and fired only
34 shcts
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A. P.. Hemre haa bought back his big
ranch near Union, sold a year or eo
ago. nnd will remain In Union county,
fjvs the Republican. Having traveled
all over the r.nrtnwest in search of a
more favorable location, and having
failed to find It, Mr. Hemp comes back
to ni first love ana will remain In
the Grand Ronde.
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I.akeview Examiner: It Is reported
that 12.000 lots of the Oregon Iaod
rompary have been sold, or more than
one half of the entire tract of half a
mHUnn acres. Poei any one fall to
comprehend what that means for Lake
view? Mare people, more houses, more
goods required, railroads and prosper
ous times for everybody here.
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Prospecting has taken on some ac
tivity on Canvnn creek s few miles
shove Canyon City during the past few
weeks. Ther are r-parted to be about
eight or ten working along the rrrk
No strike of any particular Importance
haa been reported but tt Is understood
that tome very encouraging prospects
have been found.
This Date In History.
1386 Swiss defeated tho Austrlans
at battle of Semtiach.
1746 Philip V. the first king of
Spain of the house of Bourbon, died in
Madrid. Born In Versailles, December
19, 1683.
1737 Edmund Burke, the great ora
tor, died In England.- Born in Dublin,
January 1, 1730.
1802 Thomas Davenport, first to dis
cover the principles of the electro ro
tarv motor, horn in Willlamstown, Va.
Died In Salisbury, Vt, July 6, 1851.
119 Ellas Howe, Inventor of the
sewing machine, born at Spencer, Mass.
Died In Brooklyn, October S. 1S67.
1850 Zachary Taylor, twelfth presi
dent of the United States, died In Wash
ington. D. C. Born in Orange county,
Vermont, September 24. 1784.
1 895 Twenty persons killed In a rail
road wreck on the Grand Trunk near
Quehec.
l!ow LI Hung Chang made viceroy of
Chi-11.
With two -brtck buslneao buildings
definitely assured, other buslneeo build
ings contemplated and with a dosea
handsome re.Menoes projected. wb
ays Brownsville la not becoming a
towj of the flrat tnacntmde asks the
TlmMt Some day, reader. var town
will be the market pbj'-e for the timber,
fruit am dairy belt of which tt Is the
natural entrepot.
Charles B. Landis' Birthday.
Charles B. Landis. reDresentatl ve In
Congress from the Ninth district of In
dians, was born July 9, fca9. In Butler
county, Ohio. At an early age he re
moved to Indiana. He was graduated
from Wabash college in 1883. and en
tered upon a newspaper career. For
several years he was editor of a news
paper in the nty of T-ncansport, and In
1887 he became connected with a paper
at Ieiphl. He neoame interested in
Republican politics soon after he left
college, and for two years he was presi
dent of the Indiana Republican Edito
rial association. In 16 he was first
eleoted to congress, and fV has been
reelected six times. In addition to his
editorial duties and his work In con
gress Mr. Landis has devoted a consid
erable part of his time to public speak
ing and In recent years he has become
well known on the lecture platform. Mr.
Iandla is a brother of Judge Kanesaw
M. Landis of Chicago.
Ready for the Dollar.
Marjwie, a red nine, had not been
having very satisfactory renorta trnm
orhoot H-r father finally sld: "War
Jorte, for tho first 100 you get 111 giro
yon; a dollar. Time wertt on an the
reward could rpt be claimed. Ona day
the child woo taken violently lit Ht
mother sent for tho doctor. When he
had gone. Marjorlo said, "Uarna, am
1 ery llir
"No, dar: roar temperature la a little
orr ISO, trot the doctor thinks yon
will be all right In a day or ao.
Finilea broke through MarJorta'S
tears. -.
Now. mama, I can bar my Enlist.
ri-a said ne would alo It to me U
tould get lt la aa thing "
of the human soul. And since primeval live to youth
" 6'"" . ures nreservert lntt-rl of an o-n.,-..
remembrance of them? 'Why not hnve.
In the place" as
en they dwelt
fine themselves to the most Important L, " 71 ',;
notoii- anH vent and readers are too I1,"" thought of Mr. Block with
prone to associate tne people or me
past wltn tne conveniences oi me ind
ent. .
Pew realize that nrevlous to tne in
vention of the tallow dip, by King Al-'
traH tha lrtArlnr rf tC Kfltflll CRStleS
and banouet hal s in Encland were llglit-
ed with torches held in iron sockets j
on the walls. Of course they smoked
and flickered, and it Is written that the
wind blew sparks all over the room. In
his metallized human beings.
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Fragrant Raspberry.
f-k ASPBKRRIES. both black and re-3,
Kare not only especially valuab'o
for pnnnlni, on,? ..,...,,!. . .
valuable than even the delectable straw
berry," as one authority Sava hilt jaat)-
ancient Rome and Greece the torch was i;a';,ea.t? variety or agreeable forms
the standard method of Illuminating
buildings and streets although lamps,
nurnina iat irum a rusn wu:., wcio ex
tensively used.
The advent of gas lights was quickly
overshadowed by the discovery of pe
troleum. And then, after thousands of
vears of eronlne about in almost ab
solute darkness, the electric light, dis
covered only about a score of years
ago. gave the nearest substitute to ac
tual sunlight known to man.
Since then great strides have been
made In artificial lighting until only a
few days ago tha scientists announced
the new tungsten electric light, which
Is predestined to revolutionise electric
lighting .
The llirht from the new tungsten in
candescent lamps Is pure white and Is
very closely allied to natural sunsnine.
It Is the first artlftc al lllumlnant by
which all colors can be distinguished.
Color Is an ocular conception. Without
light there is no color. Red is red
only because 1t has the auallty of ab
sorbing all other colors in which the
yellow, vbjlet, or red rays predominate
cannot be used to match colors. Un
der the clear white llsrht of the tung
sten lamps violet Is not blue; pink Is
not red; and blue is not black as wnen
looked at under any other kind of arti
ficial light. The most delicate tints
show clear and true.
Dress Allowance for Girls.
of dessert. To betrln with, thev mnl:
nil cAi-vuirn i Hiiurtf-HKe mil in a la tr-n.
of many other fruits not commonly cf-
ivir-u in mai way. Blackcaps, m par-
10.11ml, ri-rvra in snoncaKe witn a rich
berry sauce are most satisfying This
special shortcake nf black raanhorri,.
.) . . ' I
"r tu oe Detter Known. This is
tne recipe as given In the Country Gentleman:
Raspberry shnrtcaka Sift n -.,r,
ruls of flour with two teaapoonfuls rf
uniting powaer twice and rub Into It
morounniv two larire tnhlosnoonf nl
uuuri, witn a pincn or salt and al
dessertspoonful of ouirar. Mlt onlclrlv
iiu iieiiiiy wnn a cuprui or cold water.
uiviae into three parts and roll out
eacn to tne slie of nn ordinary ave-
cake. Bake in a auick oven. With
light handling the result will bo an ex
tremely light, creamy shortcake Snroa.l I
each cake while hot with a little sweet
butter. Have ready a quart of fine
black raspberries, crushed bv rubbing I
witn tne oack or a silver tablesnoon.
and well sprinkled with suttar. Pre
pare these before baking the cake, and I
use mem 10 put together while warm.
covering the top layer with a few fresh
berries. With another suddIv of ber
ries make a syruD by nressinar through I
a sieve or fruit press and sweetening to I
taste. ay scalding the berries wlthi
sugar a somewhat different flavor may!
be had, but the fresh fruit lulce has its I
own merit. inis is a reliable receipt I
for shortcakes In general, and good I
The uninitiated who read the sensa- with rhubarb, oranges, strawberries or
tlonal newsnaners flrmlv believe that peaches. Cream In addition Is to be a
the daughter of the rich has a private matter of Individual choice, but not
income that would support a dozen or- neeueu wtn tne oiack raspoerry.
a tail n
ent to "0
allow- I
at a X
phan asylums, and that she never wears
a frock but once, and then only for
half an hour, says Mrs. Oaborn In the
August Delineator.
On the contrary. It Is quite a rail
among the fashionable at pres
put their daughters on a dress
ance and not a large one. either a
very early age. I have seen girls or
16 and 1 strugcHna with the problem
of keeping within their Incomes that
promises well for the well plannei
wardrobe of the next generation of
American women.
They are very conscientious about it,
too, these small business women in
short skirts. The mother who In
stituted the allowance Is only too often
he weaker member of the contracting
parties. It Is an amusing reversal of
old conditions to hear the daughter
arguing economy and common sense.
The mother. wcaklv. "But really,
darling. I think you ought to have it."
The child, kindly but firmly: "No,
mother, I do not need that pink pon
gee; my white linen Is good enough."
It is quite a nobby of mine that you
cannot begin 'too early to give a girl a
sense of proportion; to develop her feel
ing of fitness of things tn dress, to
educate her taste a carefully as you
would train her voice fir her mind. She
ought to 'be taught the beauty of com
pletion when she is dressing her dolls-,
and discrimination of color when she'ls
picking out her hair ribbons.
The mother who keeps her child's
clothes entirely In her own hands until
she has reached voung womanhood Is
doins:. her a great Injustice. A well
drraeed woman ion' t msde In a day. and
a fine discernment and discrimination in
dress only comes lth years of experi
ence, during which the faculty of se
lection can be developed to a very high
degree of perfection.
- - Thought Kh Knew Htm.
from the August Delineator.
A short time ago a sunreon hal three
leg amputations In a meek. The un
usual number caused talk In the sur
geon's household, and "his little daugh
ter Dorothy was grvetlr Interested. A
few dsrs after the last operstlon the
surgeon's wife and little orothT were
rummaging In the attic, in a trunk
n found a daguerreotype depicting a
g'rl about elrht days of age. The por
trait, through a peculiarity of pose,
showed only one leg of the sub tact- tha
other being doubled op under her.
"Whoa r '- IS that, mam mat"
asked Iorethy.
"Mine. It was taken when I waa a
Child not Much older thio you are bow."
"Did you knew tana then"
"No, oeer. Why do yon ask?"'
I tnnvgnt maype voa da.
you'vs only got, cue leg."
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Peach Dainties.
From the Delineator.
make a rich and delicious peach I
ice cream, pare and stone enough!
peaches to make a pint of pulp I
when pressed through a sieve. Add tol
this pulp one cupful of sugar, or morel
If the peaches need It, the juice of haifl
a lemon, and one pint of rich cream. 1
Freeze as anv other Ice cream, uslnsl
three parts of cracked Ice to one
of salt. '
For Deach sherbet. Dare and stonel
enough peaches to make a cupful andl
a half Of pulp; add the Juice of threel
oranges and one lemon, and a syrupi
made bv boiling one quart of water!
and one pint of sugar for 20 minutes !
Let the syrup 0001 before adding tnei
fruit juice.' rreexe tne same as inn
peach Ice cream. .C
For peach shortcake, prepare a avia
dough with three cupfuls of flour, halfl
a cuprui or lard (or butter), tnreei
heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder. I
half a tea spoonful of salt, a henplnf-l
tahlespoonful of sugar, and enough!
milk to make It soft and kneadable
Roll Into a round and bake In a Jelly-1
cake tin. Have ready about two doz
en ripe and mellow peaches, pared.
sliced and, mixed with sugar. Whenl
the shortcake ls done, split It and but
ter both sides while still hot. Lav
one on the serving plate and cover with
tho peaches. Lay the other half of the
shortcake on this, and cover In turnl
with neschea flfl a little powdered!
sugar over tne top layer or peaches anil
end to table at once with either plalr.l
or wnippea cream.
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Shrimp Salad.
Ytrr lutie!eavsft"a salad bowl.
Y open a can of shrimps, put In let-
tuce leaves, pour over mayonnaise!
dressing and garnish with hard-boiletl
eggs cut In rings.
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The Dally Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Cantaloupes. Mince.i Liver on Toast
Coffa,
LtNCHEOV.
fwe-"t breads. Beef Tongue 8 A ad
Gooseberry Tart Preserved Ginger.
1 -DIN.NKR.
Cracked" Crab. Cold Roost Mnttoo l
Mint Maura.
Pis and Walnut Salad. --
Raspberry Shortcake. Cheesa,
Black Coffea.