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WHAT WOULD YOU DO YOURSELF,
MR. SCOTT?
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In th United Statca. Canada -r Mulco:
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On year f.VOO ! One month.
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What will the rreat mass
of men be thinking of If they
are taught to shun amuse
ment and the thoughts of
amusement? If any sensu
ality Is left open to them,
they will think of that. If
not sensuality, then avarice
or ferocity for "the cause of
Gcd," aa they would call it.
People, who have' had nothing
else to amuse them have been
very apt to indulge themselves
in the excitement of persecut
ing their fellow-creatures.
Arthur Helps.
8EXAT0R FULTON'S UNWORTHY
COURSE.
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'T MUST BE a matter of deep re
gret to thousands of good citi
zens in Oregon that Senator Ful
ton. In his recent utterances, has
, publicly urged the next legislature
to pursue a course of flagrant dis
honesty. Senator Fulton advises Re
publican legislators who subscribed
to Statement No. 1 to repudiate that
v pledge and reject the people's choice
lor United States senator. Is the
anaa who gives such advice any less
dishonorable than the man who acta
y upon It?
Even the most charitable con
Btractlon of Senator Fulton's utter
ance Is most damaging. Unfortun
ately for him, he has placed him
self before the community In the
light not of a disinterested adviser,
but of a selfseeker who urges others
to wrong-doing In order that he him
self may profit by It. It Is the uni
versal, understanding that Senator
Fulton will appear as a candidate
for reelection when the legislature
meeta next January. His own re
fusal to deny that he is a candidate
gives, under the circumstances,
ample confirmation to the popular
belief. He can have no possible
chance of election unless those Re
publican legislators who subscribed
to Statement 1 prove recreant to
that pledge and abjure their promise
: to the people who placed tbem in
office. Treachery to the people is
the first essential to Senator Fulton's
success: he advises that treachery,
Certainly it is no farfetched con
clusion that the advice is prompted
directly by his own personal am
bition.
Nothing that could have been said
against Senator Fulton by his bitter
est enemies could have lowered him
In public estimation so much as has
his course in this matter. In no
other way could his sincerity and
his trustworthiness have been
brought eo strongly into question.
As the readers of this paper well
know, The Journal on many oc
casions has defended Senator Fulton
from unjust attacks and has been
quick to express appreciation of his
efforts at Washington In behalf of
the state. More than once when he
was assailed by newspaper organs
of his own party, especially the Ore-
gonian which is now hypocritically
pretending to be his friend, The
Journal entered its emphatic protest.
Believing Senator Fulton an honor
able man this paper resented the ef
fort to fasten upon Mm unmerited
Ftlgma and unproven accusations. It
Is therefore with profound regret
that we express the belief that the
course upon which Senator Fulton
has now entered is unworthy, dis
honorable, and certain to cost him
the esteem of thousands of citizens
who have been hitherto his friends.
YER since the June election Harvey W. Scott lias been insist
ing throurh t he columns of his paper that the next legislature
must not elect (jtorge h. Chamberlain to the office of United
States senator. By innuendo, by implication and by direct
suggestion lie lias advised Republican legislators who subscribed
to Statement No. 1 to repudiate that pledge. He has been an un
mistakable advocate of the proposition that these members should
abjure their promise to the people rather than elect a Democrat to
the I'nited States senate.
Jn view of this fact, Mr. Scott, The Journal has a question to
ask of you, and we desire a plain, direct answer, without dodging,
evasion or equivocation:
Suppose that von. a Republican, had been a candidate for th
legislature in the recent primaries, and had pledged yourself to
statement ,o. I, thereby promising to the people of Oregon, a
well as to the people of vour district," that during your term of of
fice you would "always vote for that candidate "for United States
senator in congress who had received the highest number of the
peoples votes for that position at the general election next preced
ing the election of a senator in congress, without regard to your in
dividual preference ; suppose that, having given this pledge, you
were nominated by your party in the primaries, and afterward
elected in the June election, Chamberlain receiving at the same time
the popular vote ior Cnited States senator. Under these circum
stances, Mr. Scott, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Would you abide by your pledge, or would you repudiate it?
Do not dodge the 'question by saying that you would not have
subscribed to Statement 1. 1 hat will not do, for the reason that
you are assuming daily to give advice to men who DID subscribe
C 1 1 .1 . f .
iu oiaicnicH-i a anu ou aie auvising mem to ignore it.
I ut yourself in their place.
Tell them and tell the people of Oregon what vou would do if
you were in the shoes of these Republican legislators wlo sub
scribed to statement 1. Would you violate that pledge, as you
urge them to do? ' .
This question must be answered, Mr. Scott. The Rcnubliean
legislators whom you are advising as to their course have a right
t an answer. The voters of vour own partv and the nconle of
Oregon have a right to know whether the policy you arc advocat
ing is one that you would follow yourself. In the opinion of tens
of thousands of citizens of this state, you are advising a dishonor
able act. Would you do that act yourself?
Small Change
Who made the lot worth $250,000?
Let's not worry much about politics
una monwi.
Those British Columbia suffers are
our nemiihora.
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Hope la very well, but It takes hustle
to accomplish things.
Kern has more whiskers than all th
other 13 candidates combined.
about what is meant by that term
or don't they? If they do, how can
they approve and indorse the last
congress and the Chicago platform,
especially in what these bodies scorn
fully refused to do? To approve and
indorse both Is inconsistent, and can
not In an intelligent person be sin
cere. Claptrap phrases about "Re
publican principles" and "historfcal
tendencies" are no answer at all,
only a confession of insincerity and
upHclty.
Here are some 18 specific, plain
practical "policies" that Roosevejt
siooq ior. ine nepiiDiican party
tands against them. And yet, some
editors pretend that a Democrat
can't be a supporter of Roosevelt.
THEY'RE AFTER THEM.
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AX EXPLANATION NEEDED.
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R. HARRIMAX says that the
reason that the railroads are
hard up after years of un
precedented prosperity is that
"they're after them." The first pro
noun is construed to mean Roosevelt
and his myrmidons, and the second
one the railroads. Perhaps Mr. Har-
rlman also means several legislatures
and the people generally, who are
"after" the railroads to the extent
of trying to induce or compel them
to obey the laws and treat the pub
lic right. This he and others in his
position show a disposition to resist
to the utmost, even to the point of
helping to bring on a panic and a
period of business depression as a
means of scaring people Into letting
these big railroad men have entirely
their own way with respect to the
transportation business of the coun
try. The difference between Mr. Harri
man and the bulk of the people is
fundamental, and lies below freight
schedules, passenger rates and meth
ods of service. He thinks that the
transportation business over the
thousands of miles of railroads that
he controls is his own private affair;
the people are coming to understand
that it is their business, and that he
must be regarded as only an agent
or trustee. That is a great question
to be fought out, and "they" will
be "after" Mr. Harrinian and men
like him until "they" win.
They" don't want anything un
reasonable; "they" are willing to
be liberal; "they" want Mr. Harrl-
man and the other expert railroad
men to go ahead and continue to
run the roads; but "they" are going
to assert and maintain the proposi
tion above stated. And Mr. Taft's
administration, if he shall be elected,
will not ptop them from caprvlog
on this campaign.
as decent as such a district can be,
and wholly to abolish It and to at
tempt entirely to suppress all such
houses, would be a move of doubtful
wisdom, to say the least. The laws
if well enforced can do a good deal
to check and circumscribe gross
vices, but they cannot suddenly
change human nature or make a
heaven out of a modern city.
The city administration seems to
have done' fairly well with this
troublesome business, though it may
be about time to move the "restrict
ed district," and there Is no occa
sion for an increase of the police
force on this account. Portland
has a small police force, as com
pared with other elites, but it seems
to get along quite as well as cities
with twice as many policemen In
proportion to population. There is
said to be less crime here than in
titles with a larger police force, and
the evil complained of has probably
been reduced to nearly or quite the
practicable minimum at present;
hence the demand for more police
men for this purpose should be re
sisted, and efforts to eradicate the
social evil should be made wit due
recognition of human nature as It
is, not as Dr. Brougher and other
good people would like it to be.
Boston will go strong for Taft, sure
he iiHOd n spill Infinitive in his accept
anre spercn.
Now observe the Wall street press
make no attack on Taft becaujM of his
attuca; on me courts.
Tho good roods convention and the
cplchratlon or the ood north DanK rail
road w ill chime in very well together.
"A bachelor can not even hold his
own." snys an exchange. He-rlon't care
so long as she thinks she Is to be his
own.
m
Newherg Enterprise: In a short time
wo will henr tho crooked politician urg
ing everybody to vote tho straight
ticket.
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Of course good cement can be made
In Oregon, and hundreds of. thousards
of dollars a- year spent at home that
would otherwise be sent abroad.
The superogatorv edition of the Ore-
gonlan seems to have been allowed to
try to put on a semblance of opposition
to Dad, but this Is an old scheme.
If a lnlted States senator advises
members of the legislature to break
their word to the people, how can he
expect people to depend on his word?
Thoie soldiers over at American lake
should keep a close lookout for tin fit-
tack by the Japs. It Is rumored that
several of the little brown men have
been seen In that vicinity.
One Taft baby, its dad says, weighed
at birth 25 pounds. If It grows in
proportion It will beat Taft s weight at
his age. But probably the excited dad
saw double when he looked 'at the
scales.
SHOULD NOT BE TOO SURE
From th Scio Nws
It seems to be the rule, at tha present
time with Republican politicians and
newspapers, to assuma that tha electoral
vote wlll.be given to Mr. Taft without
the possibility of a doubt. They can
not conceive of tha rorhllltv of Mr.
Bryan's election. Their Dumose evident.
ly Is to hold In line any wavering Re
publican who may think that It might
oe a gooa pian to change th political
complexion of the administration. They
also know that many voters Ilka to be
on tha winning side and hope, by mani
festing ineir ausoiute conridence that
these voters will give their votes to
Mr. Taft. Mr. Hitchcock, chairman of
the national Republican committee, as
suma that every northern state- Is sure
for Taft and that even some of the
southern states ar In the doubtful list.
Is there not a possibility that these
people are a bit too sure? Is It not pos
sible for them to mistake the temper of
me American peopier now. it is rreeiy
admitted by the unprejudiced that the
reatures wnien make president Koose
velt s administration so coDular. are
things which Mr. Bryan advocated, tivm
before Mr. Roosevelt was elected vice
president. And much of the popularity
or Mr. Mryan is aue to ine raci mat
the president has thought there was
merit In the measures Mr. . Bryan ad
vocated, sufficient to cause him, Pres
ident Roosevelt, to recommend to con
gress to enact laws that would make
the execution of some of these measures
possible. The people through the ac-
lon of President Roosevelt, have been
rought toisee that the measures ad
vocated hjf Mr. Brvan are practical
me.anuresAf government; the tendency
f whichare to administer national af
fairs infthe Interests of tfhe masses of
he people rather than in that of the
lasses.
The people have about concluded that
Mr. Pryan Is a true patriot whose pur
pose Is to make the condition of th
ommon people more toieraoie. i hey no
onger believe that he Is the political
monnthnx- whlnh ReDubllcan newsna
tiara and aDollblndera hava proclaimed
him to be. The people, thanks to tha
uresldent no longer believe that po
litical and financial ruin would rssultJ
with Mr. Bryant election. Even th
bankers of Wall street. New "Vork. hv
given him a respectful hearing and wore
compelled to admit that his theory of
finance and banking was worthy of
consideration.
Mr. Bryan In all of his public speeches
ana writings snows a desire to protect
the interests of th common people
the wealth producers. While he would
not deprive the wealthy of their hold
ings Illegally or wrongfully, he believes
mautne weaitnv can u saieiy lert to
protect their own interests. Ho rightly
argues that labor Is entitled to a larger
per cent or ine weaitn it produces and
would have such legislation enacted aa
would make this result possible.
Mr. Bryan's continuous advocacy of
measures wmcn would mage an men
equal before the law has given him
such a growth In popular esteem that
Republican leaders have en-eat cause of
alarm. They may bluster snd declare
perfect confidence In Mr. Tart s success.
but down deep In their hearts there is
a wen grounded rear. And tney nave
ust reason to rear. Never in the nls
orv of our political affairs have the
people so completely taken the bits In
heir teeth. The old time prejudice has
about disappeared. The waving of the
bloody shirt no longer serves to
arouse men to the point, "Right or
wrong, I'll vote her straight." The war
Is over and the vast majority of tho
people know but little, experimentally,
trie
of
hates and prejudices which made
men do deeds of oppression and crime.
The hitherto method of campaigning
tnrougn appeals to prejudice win in
most cases, this year, prove a flat fail
ure. The average voter has concluded
that he has voted as the boss directs
long enough and next November he will
vote for Whomsoever he pleases.
lheREAUl I
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A Wider Ixok.
IIS Salome erase has hit Gotham.
writes a New Yorker, and so far
th police have not interfered.
Th leading roof garden shows
are offering Salome dsncers as
their star attractions for the summer
months, and although th ministry Is
united in condemning the performance,
the Jance still goua on and will prob
ably continue until Anthony Comstocli
and ills "vice squad" get on to their Job
again In the cool autumn days. At
iiiunmersteln't theatre, Gertrude Hoff
man Imitates Maud Allan, who has
bHuii the KuroLieun sensation In the
Haloma dance, and has proved such a
drawing card that the other Broadway
shows are falling over themselves to get
Salome dancers. While you can go to
your Bible for the tacts of this dance,
the theatrical manugers have devised tha
flan of telling the story of fcialotne ami
ierod by moving pictures. However,
when tho story reaches tho point wher
Salome dances, the picture machine
gives way to real flesh and blood. In
the meantime the ministry Is agog, for
a large part of the public seem to hav
The Portland Review says: "In the
olumns from time to time will be pub
lished essays written by various Ftu-
cnts of the public schools of the city
rom the seventh year to the high school
enlnrs upon the subject, 'Beautifying
ortland.' The object Is to create au
merest In the work, as well as to rn-
nurficn the pupils in their work In
English composition.'' This "Review''
not published In Portland, Oregon.
or in Portland. Maine, but in another
Portland in the I'nited States big en-nigh
o have a newspaper and a hiph school.
low many school children, or adults
it her. of Portland. Oregon, know that
here was such n town, or h-news where
t is? This scheme of tho Portland ?)
aper and school children might be a
pood one to Rdopt to some extent in this
arger Portland. The subject ought to
be a very live one here, In which every
body tiiould be interested.
The Afterglow
THE ENEMY WITHIN Ol R GATES.
S"jJ
HE OREGONIAN keeps up a
persistent attack upon the im
provement of the rivers of this
section. It aoes not come out
openly and oppose It, but Indirectly
it never misses an , opportunity to
"knock" any enterprise or movement
having for Its purpose the use of the
rivers for navigation. It grudgingly
admits they have some scenic at
tractions and may be navigated be
tween some points to show these off
to advantage. But for inland navi
gation as an aid to distribution or
for commercial use generally it has
only slurs. With the neoDle of this
Oregon Sidelights
Eugene, asserts, the Guard, will dou
ble in size within' three years from last
Januarv mark that prediction and
brand us as a false prophet or worse
if It docs not prove tru.
Currinsvllle correspondence of Ore
gon City Courier: The coyotes are al
most biting at the men's coat tails.
wantliiK them to get out of the wav so
they can have their own run catching
the sheep and goats. They catch them
in the day time and almost in the barn
lots.
i
In spite of the fart that our bar Ik
Maid to have less water on than a lawn
with heavy dew. Yaijuina bav has dis
played all the signs, sounds and sights
a busy harbor, says tiie Mail, which
mentions the presence there at one time
of six vessels, of which three were
launches.
Rrlio Register: Pendletwn Is threat
ened with a Mormon Invasion. It
miitlil be worse. Wherever this pe
culiar people settle, things commence
to be doing right away. They build,
plant, develop, Invest, beautify and mul
tiply. All of which would not hurt
Pendleton, and might help some.
How hushed the air Is. All the world Is
still;
The winds have ceased their winging;
Faintly I hear the tinkle of a till,
And distant cow bells tinging-
Mow bright the sky Is! 'TIs the after
glow, That depth on depth of rose
Floods all the west, and duplicate, be
low. Reddens the silvery Sandy where it
flows.
The shoreward birches, mirrored in tha
flood.
Are touched with tints of fire;
The leaping rapids quicken with the
blood
Of passioned day's desire.
Soon to the primrose by the river's brim
The sphyrrx moth hums:
Tiie veery chants her weird, mysterious
hymn.
And twilight comes.
Over the shadowed stream the bats ard
flying,
With eerie sweep and swoop;
The nighthawks through the mellow
dusk are plying.
With dive and hollow whoop.
Over the hills I hear the herd call ring
ing. "Co' bos! Co- bos! Co' bos'";
In fancv. see the barefoot boy a-swing-Ing
The upland knolls across.
And soon the hollow rumble nn-i the
rattle
Of teams across the bridge;
The diiim beat of old Gus. who dreams
of battle.
Like echo, from the ridge.
Comes the clear mellow hum of hive
bee. homing.
Swift through the paint,ed gloom;
Ami on the dew-bush of the summer
gloaming,
The smell o' clover bloom.
rovernor
Hugh
es
From the New York Times.
The most Interesting feature In the
situation created by the announcement
by Governor Hughes that he will take
a renomlnatlon Is the fact that he rep
resents, by profession and by courage
ous and conspicuous action, open oppo
sition to "boss" rule. Yet It is tha
bosses that will be called on not merely
to consent to but actively to support his
nomination and election. It is the situa
tion of twoyyears ago Intensified, and,
for the bosses, made still more nearly
Intolerable. Then they had great fears
of what might come of Mr. Hughes'
success, and now these have been
abundantly realised. Then they disliked
him, and now they hate him. Then
they were suspicious of him, and now
tney aread mm. I hen he was a men
ace, and now he Is a concrete peril.
But they will probably eat their leek.
The cudgel of Fluellen has been laid
energetically and cruelly about their
shoulders, and they have no appetite
for more. The exigencies of a presi
dential campaign are too urgent to be
irineci wun. i no powers inai d in
the national councils of the party ap
pear to have marie up their minds that
the renomlnatlon of Mr. Hughes Is Irrt-
Hermiston correspondence of Kist
Oregonian. Many sales of land have been
made to parties In all sections of the
country and new people are continually
coming in. Parties are arranging to
prepare hundreds of acres for cultiva
tion next yeir, and rapid strides will
now be made in the way of agriculture
and the upbuilding of the country.
Two Itoseburg men returned from a
hunting trip to the Can Illahee district,
some Ml miles from that city, and say
the woods were full of game of all
kinds, and they killed three husky
bears. Hesldes this game the hunters
found plenty of deer, but owing to the
long distance from home, only killed
enough ior trrelr own use.
Sheridan Sun: Bears In the moun
Still in the western skv the glory lingers.
With softer radiance bright :
For there the twilight, with her dusky
nneers.
Still holds a torch of light.
Till paler fades the film, fcncstral glory
Into the gloom nrV1 grav;
And evening, crooning o'er the old, old
story.
Sings to the sleeping Day.
De Roy Melville in New York World.
Disrupting the Party.
entlrn section RtriirlTitr with oil v,i.i tains are makinir themselves quite nO'
tin men ,,,,. ., j ,.. . ..
hut what is brought In close proximity
A TIUH BLESO.ME yi'E.STION.
T
HE JOURNAL quite agrees with
Ir. Brougher in sentiment, and
approves his apparent motive
6ocial evil." but it cannot agree
the Idea refently advanced by
that It would be wise to take
means that might be employed
NE OF the things we would
like to know of some Republi
can editor Is why and how he
can support the Roose velt poli
cies and also approve of the Repub
lican platform and the last Republl-
- Can congress, that rejected and
corned those policies. It is no ex-
Ijjlanation to Fay that Roosevelt has
. - forgiven if not forgotten this record. the
lor It is due to pvtrv man from 'it 1
himself to exercise his - an Judgment , him
and form his n a opirinr, ' -v. t
RoosTlt, at leat 8) far as words Including a largely Increased police
could do so, promulgated and urged f'rc? and "moral squad" to suppress
certain policies. Ti e Republican? , this evi! or even fo scatter it as
' in eongress snd In the convention I much a pcFsibl. It is In our pres-
tamed down tho policies, laughed I cnt stac of clvlliiatlon one of the
- thera to scorn. Th Republicans ho
did this were In the saddle In the
convention, and wii! b in entire con
trol of the next congress. un!ps tb
Democrat should gain a majority In
the house, Mr. Taft speaks well of
the Root velt policies, though tsk-
tr. and wilhont src-Inf Into parttcn
!ra, and fet be arFrorea of the ac
tisi of the convention and of con
r Fa da all the part editors.
.y . r tMs is a tnrioBB position tr
! rj tfceee e'ltors apsrore
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might to free the Willamette at Ore
gon City and to open the Columbia
and Snake rivers to navigation they
find their worst enemy right In their
midst.
How can we-hope for the best re
sults, when a leading paper in the
community constantly belittles the
work. It is doubtful if its parallel
could be found anywhere. New York
state votes over $100,000,000 in
bonds to Improve the Erie Canal
with railroads girding the state. All
over the country the demand for Im
proved waterways Is Insistent. Yet
It Is left for the oldest newspaper In
the northwest and In the city of
Portland to oppose the Improvement
of the rivers running past its doors
and to solemnly announce to a wait
ing world that their use for the fu
ture is limited to the production of
scenic effects One wnnrto,- it v. ,
p.nd purpose, with reference to I , ,. ,h K . e
. . .. .. . Is anjlng the shape of nroeresn or
the bettering of conditions this pa
per will not oppose. If It be, even
to a slight degree, repregentatl ve of
the spirit of Portland or Oregon, then
God help us.
sni ttsad for the
': :. a ill know
necessary -vils; It It something that
cculd not be entirely suppressed If
this were attempted.
What should be done is n all
prsrt!rs.bl to discourage this
evil, to kep It in seclusion, to dis
connect It from saloons, and to ren
der It as Innocuous as possible. This
has ben done in Portland better
tbxa In most cities. Tkonch the
city ess gTown greatly la tbs mean
time, conditions with respet to- this
evils arc Tastly better. than they were
four or ftvs ysars ago. ' The -rv
ctrlcted. district" Is jrolsaV.j aboat
Ths two big Williams went to
church yesterday, of course, and if
all their political followers had done
the same the churches would have
Imagined that there was a great na
tional revival of religion, and If It
Is good for the two Williams to go
to church why not for the rest of
the people?
Of course the ultimately Import
ant thing is the control of federal
patronage in Oregon if Taft should
be elected, bat a mors Immediately
pressing question Is tbs has d ling of
the sack. la the whole acnedale
of "principles" taese- two bead tba
list.' - . . ' - .
to them The huckleberries and other
wild fruit have a great attraction for
bruin, and he Is sometimes seen picking
hemes rrom the same busn with his
human neighbor.
M o. I.ownsdale. head of the Yamhill
County Iievelopmeht league work, says
prompt returns are coming In, In re
sponse to the advertising literature al
ready sent out. Inaulries for more In
formation relative to our county have
been pouring In from all over this coun
try, ann also rrom foreign lands, sucn
as South Africa and the Panama canal
zone.
The Tiallas Chronicle: The reserva
tlon and other Indians always send run
tiers, or advance agents, to the huckle
berry fields to ascertain the stage of the
berries These Indians stay In the
berry patches a while then return and
report the ripening progress of the
berries Just now the advance Indian
are arriving here, and In a few day
will leave for the huckleberry patches
n-ar jiouni Adams.
The demand for small houses to rerji
in Hood River is far from being sup
piled and there Is not a vacant
house in the town of any description,
says the Glacier. It is claimed by real
estate men that good lota for the erec
tion of small cottages containing from
four to five rooms can bs bought for
J 200 and houses erected on them for
M0(l to M00 These, they say, will rent
readily for S 1 0 to 116 a month.
A farmer nsr Arlington, says the
Record, who has a large number of
promising Thanksgiving birds. In order
to protect them from the coyotea,
hunted up bis sleigh bells and placed
one on the necks of about a dozen frisky
gobblera Now they strut around In
perfert safety, reminding one of Santa
Claus on his annual visit, while ths
measly coyotes remain afar off, shed
ding tears In fear ana wonder at the
srelrd and uncanny noise but not d ring
to approach the feathered bell ringers..
Dalls Itersfter: At tha oil well just
north of town tha drillers are now down
nearly 400 f-et. and Indication seem
to point to a natsral gas deposit as
well as an oil one. Thy,ars w Nr-
rnr In .a hard clay Friday as extra
ordinary number of bubbles were no
ticed and Henry Pro touched a mates
to them to what would hsppea. Tha
stuff took firs Instantly, showing they
were almtWy gas. A nturl Fa supr-ly
would omi ss awfnl rood thing fey
this eountry ard Is much more to be
desired than oil. lrfo"ftant develop
aacats are sxpected sborU.
From the Mfdfonl Tribune.
The Portlind Oregonian has renewed
its policy of disrupting the Republican
party JuM before a political campaign,
so that factional strife tlierehy engen
dered will make possible Democratic
success. .It is now demanding the re
moval of W. M. Cake as Htate chairman
because he Is a believer In Statement
No. 1.
(Here a Quotation from The Oregon
ian Is reprinted. )
This Is a sample of the rule or ruin
policy of dishonor pursued by The Ore
gonian. whose editor still cherishes the
delusion that were Statement No. 1 out
of the way he might buy the senator-
J ship, and because It Is not out of tho
way, una uiunc ciecieu will not violate
their solemn pledges, he endeavors to
create rriciion enougn 10 carry ine state
ior Hryan.
Cake's removal or attempted removal
will stir up such a rumpus that It will
completely wreck the (J. O. P. campaign,
and then The Oregonian will point to
Statement No. 1 as the cause of dis
aster, when it will not be Statement No.
1 at all, but the feuds stirred up by the
paper.
What the people of Oregon think of
forcing legislators to vote for popular
choice for senator was shown by the
tremendous majority given the proposed
amendment at the June election, when
only a few thousand votes could be
mustered In favor of the old system.
neratlvely necessary, at this time, and
inni decision cannot lie disputed.
The position of Mr. Hughes Is re
markable It must be admitted by his
most bitter opponents that be has acted
throughout with dignity, self-resnect
ami Independence. If he has beaten the
bosses, he has done so only by a direct
aixl manly appeal to the people, not by
Intrigue or manipulation or the use of
the powers of his office. He has built
up no machine, "and has tried to build
none. He has made no bargains and
no bids. lie has not concealed his alms
and he has pursued them by perfectly
fair means. The policy and measures
he has adopted In his public office have
been plainly stated and pushed by can
did means only. Men. not politicians,
have questioned the wisdom of some
of them. No one has questioned his
entire Honesty with reference to them
or his devotion to the welfare of the
state. And the politicians f themselves
are undoubtedly convinced that, much
as they hate him, he is tHc strongest
candidate his party could select. If
he were not. Mr. Roosewelt and his Im
mediate friends would not have any
use for him.
Why Polks Go to Newport.
From the Taqutna Bay Mall.
Whftn ail othnr const rasnrta a r At.
serted, when times are reputed hard all
oyer the country. Lincoln county pros
pera snd her beaches are thronged with
visitors. It is quite natursl to ask why?
'ine reason is plain: wi put on no
airs, we allow the scenery to do our
iMKing ano ine passional uude, com
monly known aa "Fine Clothes," is not
with us. A man can come to Newport
and fish, hunt or loaf In his very oldest
clothes without exciting; the contempt of
anybody. A woman can weir her hslr
In any style at all. a skirt that Is In
distinguishable to cut, tailor or goods,
shoes as large ss she dare and she's
lust as beautiful ss If she wore a
s7.3Z creation. ir on nasn t much
money he Isn't mad to feel his crime
too hesvljy. We never despise the man
of modest means any more than we can
help. Ths nappy family In a tent have
lust as much of of our good thing ss
the man In the automobile. And nature,
that a real democrat, treats us all silk.
no matter how much or how little we
have. In this regard. It Is true, a brass-
bound bell boy could gty natur
oolnta But aa sh is. w hav her
down her on Taqutna bay; and. harJ
times or soft, every Urn her I a good
time.
Th i is why. when money is scarce.
Taqutna bay Ml! up with peopl while
other resorts echo th lonely call of
th calm and the vault of night hears
""I th sole of th desolated sea ser
peat. ..
John P.'s Diplomacy.
From th Detroit Trews.
Which ver of tha tw pills wins, we
wowld susrest that h name for secre
tary of stal tbs elaeeeeet d!pkait In
th world. J ohm Pavldsoa kiockefeller.
John has a home la tho Pnrantir) fciila.
Near It Is an Irish befvltai. The red
mof ef th hospital hnrt John's eye
ft tr M that if ths IrtsH ou 14 only
agree t IL b would srjpplr arreea rialot
for th rnf- II ricked the oas oeior
that could make the bovpltai . people
coaseat te th rdecoratka.
Manufacturing Prosperity.
About July 3 dispatches from Pitts
burg published In the dally press an
nounced that 50.000 men were to go
to work In the Pittsburg mills on Mon
day the tttli. These dispatches did not
help the prosperity of John T. Mll
roy of Jersey City, who spent $28.60
to learn that the thousands of unem
ployed In Pittsburg are mill out of
jobs. Here Is his statement as pub
lished in the New York Evening Pos
of the 15th:
"Nine weeks ago I lost my place In
the business office of an iron company
on account or dun limes, and abou
two weeks ago. after searching: In vain
here for work. I went to Pittsburg to
look for work. I was lei to make the
trip by a newspaper dispatch which
said that 60,000 men had been put back
at work. I though that If this were
true I would surely be able to get
place.
"When I got to Pittsburg I found the
newspaper report to have been abso
lutely untrue. There are thousands of
men out of work In Pittsburg, snd .
was told at two factories where I an
plied for work and made Inquiry about
the calling back of the workmen that It
made people feel better to have the
newspapers print sunshine news. May-
ne mis is sunsnine news to many peo
ple, but It cost me $28.60 that I could
not afford to spend. I am back here
and still out of work. If the news
papers would print the truth I think it
would be better; or at least. If they
can not set forth the real situation,
they might better remain silent. If
the real facts were made known, how
ever. It would more speedily bring
back prosperity. But this seems to he
the American way to hide our wounds
in adversity, and talk about our pros
perity ad nauseam when w are really
prosperous.
"I auspect that some stock Jobbing
game has to b furthered by these false
yarns, as a man I met In Pittsburg said
he had been In Bt. Louis recently look
ing for work, and he was told that a
prosperity movement was started there,
not by the merchants, but the Union
Pacific railroad and other lines; that
the orders were to lie as much, as nec
essary to bring about th good feeling.
Great is prosperity, and great la humbug!"
Joseph Ashbrook's Birthday.
Joseph Ashbrook. a prominent veterin
of the civil war, was born In Phila
delphia, August 4. 1140, and at th ag
of 16 entered upon a business career
In that city. Soon after th beginning
of the civil War he enlisted In the one
Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania
regiment snd served throughout th
conflict. Soon after b ,wnt to the
front he waa severely wounded, snd
upon his recovery h received a com
mission. H waa bravetted major for
gallant services la th Wilderness cam
paign, and subsequently served aa ord
nance officer of th staff of General
Griffin, commanding th first division
of th Fifth Army corps. H wa de
tailed to receive the arms and ammuni
tion surrendered by the Army of North-
era Virginia at Appomattox courthouse
In April. lPf. Arier trie cioe of th
war he returned to Philadelphia and
ha lnc fceem engaged la business la
thst ctty
Wby H Is for Bryas.
"A Republican," In th New Fork World.
I think soy preeldeatiaj nreferewo
this year Is for Bryss, aithouah J am
fgood Republics. 1 admtr Ur. Taft.
think be Is a rood and great maa, sad
believ the eotintry would he aaf In
hi bands But I think greater prog
ress along certain lla of reforas ou.J
re mad vnder th leadership of Mr.
Pry. I regard Mm a the -Americas
a,4toi the greatest snsa la Ibis
country s.nc B.'a.n. I
gone mad over the "Merry Widow
waltz, t hu sheath skirt and the tialom
dance. In spite of their persistent teac ti
ngs.
With a large Dart of th population
of Manhattan going wild over Saloma
dances at housetop ineaires, wun oau
columns of news exploiting the Sheat
skirt, with the stirring of the Mood o:
others with the "Alerry Widow" waits,
and Its sensuous enticements. It Is easy
to grow pessimistic over the decline of
morals ot our people, and to held up
bands In horror over the peraistence in
human nature of the love of sin. The
surface Indications seem to point to a
laxness of moral thought that alarms
well lntentloned people, who long earn
estly for the millenlum.
Yet there is always to bs found a
counteracting sentiment and It Is to this
that we must look when th frailties
and follies of mankind oppress us too
heavily.
At tWs same time when amusement
seekers are flocking to roof gardens to
see ilano s which have been much talked,
about, and when some women are adopt
ing a style of dress which belles mod
esty, and when all surface glitter and
shams and follies are patronised by hun
dreds of people, there are quiet deeds
of heroism being performed which put
heart Into those who. watch for the signs
of a quickening of the publlo consclenc
and who desire the establishment of a
better order of things.
Ilnon the deck of an outgoing steamer
stnmis a vniuiK elrl afolna Into volun
tary exile to care for a leper patient I
told you her story In this column not
long since a frail slip of a girl risks
her life to save two men from drown
ing we heard of her but a week or so
ago women who mighj live In selfish
amisement are giving time and talents
in settlement work,' foregoing ease and
the pleasures of life In order to bring a
little light Into the lives of unapprecla
tlve tollers young men full of vigor
and well grounded in knowledge that
would bring them honors and gold in
mercantile lines are going out Into the '
wilderness In . preach the gospel of
righteousness to careless and Indiffer
ent people, and truly losing their lives
that they may find them men and
women are giving more largely than
ever before in the history of the world
tn riKa which look to the betterment
of the lot of other human beings tho
list Is endless. One might take that
same daily paper which laments the per
sistence of evil in the human heart and
cull from It 20 Items which speak of
sacrifice, high idaals. unselfishness,
sound morality, keen love of right.
;
Curiosity, the desire to pass an hour
or so In amusemoni, a uesire io iev
life In all its meanings, may lead to
tolerate for a snori imie inings which
in reality thev do not really approve.
No one of us lives constantly up to tho
best that he knows. Our desires are
fickle guides and lead us often astray.
and vet. and yet. we come back after
stumbles and falls and bruises, after
waywardness and trials and false jotir
nevlngs, to the path that we really lpve
and which we strongly desire to follow.
As it is with anv one of us Individually,
so It Is with us as a whole. Those who
cater to that desire to see what Is new.
to test all sorts of life, rely upon thst
fickleness In human nature, and know
its transient quality and that Is its chief
quality. . , . .
No one can look over the pages or nis
tory and not be . convinced that the
world es a whole moves upon a larger
plane and Is concerned with a larger
humanltarlanism than ever before since
history began. False and misleading as
are manv of the things with which
masses of people fill their leisure, yet
h rotrr,i for the weaker brother, th
desire to make lives count for some
thing, the whole-hearted zeal for right
living, was never so abundant.
Evils there are as every one knows,
falsities and shams and follies and even
black wickedness, but, after all, the
heart of the whole nobple responds tr
sound principles, and cherishes truth
and goodness.
The Oabblst" a Failure.
OMAN has been tried and not
found wanting In a good many
which the world
occupations
supposed only men equal to but at last,
a wording to advices from Paris and
Berlin, sh has met her .Waterloo. It
appears that as a cabby she is not a
success. There was a long fight In the
rnh eaoltal over the question of
granting women the cabman s license;
the women who wanted to do It were
..-a ikiiv could drive cabs, but there
was strong opposition to the Idea. Rut
at last the opposition was overcome, tba
licenses wer granted, ana cerim,
equally liberal, gave women a chance
to drive motor cabs. In both cases the
work proved unsulted to the sex. Ths
Parisian cabwomen found they could
nut andura the long hours and the ex-
gosur to rsin and snow and cold. In
;erlln th police found that women
nnt a success at driving motor
cabs through thick traffic; they lacked
the dexterity or else me nerve.
B W. St
The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Iced Cantsloup.
Scrambled Eggs. Rolls.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Beef Ptew with Green Peppers.
String Bean Salad.
Stewed Loganberries. Wafers. Tea.
uirrE..
Chicken Broth. Baked Halibut.
Green Pea. creamed potatoes.
Lettuce. French Dressing.
Chocolat Blanc Mange. Cakes.
Black coffee.
This Date in History.
14M Bartholomew Columbus, brother
of Christopher Columbus, laid th
foundation of San Domingo.
KOI Hudson discored Cape Cod.
ll Frontcnac Invaded th Onon
daga country.
1791 A general treaty of peace was
made with th Indians at Montreal.
17H Crown Point taken from th
French by General Amherst.
172 Death of General Burgoyne, th
British general who surrendered his
srmy to General Gate at Saratogb
1121 William Floyd, one of the sign
ers of th American Declaration of In
dependence, died.
I21 OHvr P. Morton, th war rov
ernor of Indians, bora In Salisbury, ind.
Dld In Indlanatolls. November 1, 1177.
1111 Th president ordered a draft
ef IPS men to serve la th army
ate months
lr I Charles M P'hwab M!aod tb
presidency ef the Called States Steel
eorportln and was ssoceedd by WUV
tans EAht Cory.y
What Is thwht ta fce valuable iron
oee has hem found hear Ilasel Urers, la
Columbia count.
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