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of thorn, regardless of whether they
subscribed to Statement No. 1 or
not.
Nor In this a law passed by a more
plurality or a email majority. Tim
vote for It was 6 9,668, and ajsnlnut
tt 21,162. The majority for It was
Rntorwt at it.. poTmffi.V .1 iMriii.i. r f..r -IS, 560. This Is nearly 6,000 liirfror
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TBI. KHHnMCft -MAIN TITS. IH'MH.
AU 4aartaiii( r.--l..-l hT ih" number,
T'll ttir i.rrtor the drjurtinfiil v.u uu
Hut flil office, 11:444; Kt M-
roKBioN ADvrinisiNti hki'kfskntative
majority than was given fiir Hooae
volt In 1904, and more than 17,000
lurKvr than Chamberlain's total vote
In the election last Juno. This
shows t lint this law was voted for by
a great number of Republicans as
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Wlrk Itui r'rTn Vl.11''- j WI'll ?! a 1 M'lll I1LI ill M. U lO nu rAJMn n
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BuNaorlpflon Ti rnn h; null or to any mldr.-m
la Um United rit'. nai "'
IMILY.
On mr fl.ou I One month I .60
SINPAT.
01 Wear., . to I Onf month $ 13
PA1I.V AND 8i:.'IAY.
One .yaar 7 Mi I One minth ..-.$ .W
80 here hath been dawning
Apothmblue day;
Think, wilt thou let It
Slip useless away?
Out of et&rnlty
This new day Is born;
Into eternity . ).., -
, At night doth return.
Thomas Carlyle,
METriODISTS AGAIXST CAXXOX.
IT IS NOT only the labor unions
that are after the ecalp of
Speaker -Cannon. The Meth-
odlsts of the country are also de
manding that some other man be
elected speaker. This church, which
', claims over 3,000,000 communicants
j . ' in this country, has a Temperance
' 6ociety tnat is taaing an aciive in
terest In eecuring a change In the
speakership of the house.
The grievance of the Methodists
la that Speaker Cannon has prevent
; ed the passage of certain "shipment
. ; hills" that have been before congress
for the past five years. This de
, sired legislation does pot aim to im
: pose prohibition on any state or lo
' callty, but provides that liquor
chipped from one state to another
. shall at once become subject to the
laws of the state which it enters.
This seems reasonable, but the
' Methodists say that Speaker Cannon
: . , has prevented the bill from being re
..ported and considered, giving the ex
' cusa that it would bo unconstitu-;-
tlonal.
As the committee of Methodists
rays, this is of course no excuse at
all, for it Is the business of the
courts and not of the speaker to pass
on the constitutionality of laws. And
, equally of course, Cannon la pre-
venting the passage of this law not
because he knows or cares whether
it Is constitutional or not, but to do
a service to the whiskey trust, Just
; as he does whenever possible to all
the trusts and big "interests."
Speaker Cannon, this committee
cays, and tells no news when it says
so, "absolutely controls the proceed
ings of the house." If he happens
not to like a bill, and he never likes
one In the people's Interests, it can
not be passed. The committee on
rules, consisting of four members be
sldes himself and whom he appoints
and entirely controls, can prevent
the enactment of any bill, and with
the majority party hanging together
can railroad any bill through in an
hour. Bryan in his notification
speech animadverted upon this arbi
trary and despotic power, ana
great many people of many classes
and conditions throughout the coun
try are becoming tired of It, espe
daily when exercised by a stand
patter for everything evil In our gov
eminent like Cannon.
But the Methodist brethren and
tba workingnien and others who are
disgusted with Cannon's sway
congress will not defeat him for
speaker In the next house by these
declarations of disapproval. mey
will only do so when they can get
enough voters in their several dis
trlcts to defeat not only Cannon but
Payne, Dalzell, Boutell, Lorhner
and all the clique that stands behind
and with him, and that works un
ceaelngly for special interests and
acainst the public weal. The only
. way to get rid of Cannon and can
nonlsm Is to turn a lot of the lead
Jng Republican members of congress
"out into the wilderness, as liryan
ays.
A COMMA XD OF THE PEOPLE.
nianda'e from the people, tho people
of nil parties, nil the people.
Ily what right, on what excuse, is
any member of tho legislature, whnt
ever his personal Inclinations, to dis
regard nnd defy this law, this plain
command; of the people of Oregon?
Some politicians and lawyers will
say it Is unconstitutional. This is no
excuse, If true. These representa
tives are elected to obey and serve
the people. Their very name rep
resentatives (shows that. There is
nothing either criminal or impossible
about this law. It can easily be
obeyed, and the result of obedience
to It can nohow be attacked. As true
representatives there is only one pos
sible action for every one of these
mn. Any other action violates the
law, misrepresents the people, makes
representative government a farce
and a mockery.
The politics or personality of the
man ehonen by the people has noth
ing to do with the case. In this in
stance it happens that this law was
passed and a certain man was chosen
by the people at the same time. He
happens to differ in politics from a
majority of the legislature, but the
same voters who passed this law by
so great a majority knew that he
was likely to be the successful can
didate. This did not deter them in
the least from voting for this law.
They wanted it; they meant it; they
are watching to see whether their
specific command will bo obeyed or
scorned.
Observe. Messrs. Members of the
Legialature, that this commancT
copies direct and fresh from the
people. It was "enacted by the
People of the State of Oregon." It
is not a party, or a faction, or an I
organization, or a machine, or aj
clique, or a boss, who commands, but
"We the People of the state of Ore
gon." And the people don't say "ad
vise," or "suggest," or "recom
mend," but "instruct." This law Is
a positive inatructon.
What are you, Mr. Representatve
or Senator, going to do about it?
Here is a clear, decisive test of rep
resentative government. Tha peo
ple have given a positive, explicit in
struction. If it be not obeyed, then
representative government does not
exist ln Oregon. The people do not
yet have control of .their affairs.
Their servants do not obey them, nor
serve them, but obey and servo in
stead some boss, or clique, or party,
or "Interest." Then these members
of the legislature become not repre
sentatives, but betrayers of the people.
Wre bavo been saying that the peo
ple do not rule, have no or little
hand "In government, but In Ore
gon we have worked out a plan by
which they can do so to some ex
tent. Here comes a crucial test as
to whether tlffey can do bo in this
matter of their senators. Who will
rule, the People of Oregon or a por
tion of 90 men commanded to do a
certain thing but who refuse to do it.
Who shall be represented in the sen
ate, the people or a clique, a faction,
and predatory "interests"?
WTe shall see. And don't forget
that "We the People" are watching.
If we fall now, we shall succeed
with truer men next time.
that was a crude affair compared to
the rurs now In use In all, the prin
cipal cities of the world. Sprague
Invented the overhead trolley, and
his nvHtem of control, with some
elaborations.-la ;ln use today. Othom
had . the Idea vaguely; he tnade It
clear.
Only 20 years ago. And now
there nro nearly 25.000 miles of
electric railways In the United Mates
nlono, carrying more than 5,000,-
000,000 peoplo annually. Sprngue's
little boxes on wheels have been suc
ceeded ljy models o far of con
venience, and on some Interurban
IIiiob the cars are scarcely Ichs com
modious than Pullmans. Some of
the long mlddlo west lines maintain
sleeping, dining, cold storage,
freight, express, milk and mall cars.
If all this la not already done here,
It will bo soon.
And yet only 20 years ago the
only streetcars In operation, nvon lu
our great cities, were drawn slowly
along by poor, tired, overworked
horRes, straining and stumbling pit
iably on tho up-grades. What a
change In 20 years! And this In
oily one of many.
Small Change
I'urlu Green waa not auah duaea.
mi mr mi.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE 1
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SMALL. ROOM FOR PQ LITICS.
STREETCAR DEVELOPMENT.
F'
ARE MEMBERS "of the next leg
islature of Oregon to respect,
observe and obey the laws of
this state? Who should do so
strictly if not they? They are com
missioned by the people to mak.
amend and repeal lawe, and It
would seem clear that they should be
especially careful to conform to ex
isting laws, especially laws enacted
by the people, and Rtlll more es
pecially a law er.actf-d by a great
majority, a vot of about three and
a half to one. and addreed -directly
to them.
At the election ait June the i re i r ml nassennere
pie of Oregon euae'ed this law: !!. ; merciallv practical, however, and K!
la nartr1 lit th wr.rla nf ilio C-n o 1 rrinrtn! work lay In Other j
EV PEOPLE ever pause to re
flect how fast and far develop
ment has rushed within the
past few vears. A glance at
the growth of the electric car ser
vice during the past 20 years will
serve to illustrate this wonderful
march of progress. e learn from
the Electric News service that It 'Is
only 20 years since the first electric
car was pronounced a commercial
j,,lf.CppSt in Richmond, Va. With
the exception of cable cars !n San
Francisco and Chicago, and perhaps
a few other cities, horse cars were
then in use, and years ago ttiey be
came almost as obsolete as omn!
buFsc?s or carryalls.
The electric railway motor vrns in
vented by Thomas IVivenport. a Ver
mont blacksmith, in 18-14, snl it.
1838 Robert Davidson, a Scrtr'iman.
produced a small locomotive wmch
moved at the astonishing fpiJ of
four miles an hour. Nine years la'er
Fr-ofespor Moses G. Farmer of Salem.
Mass.. made a locomotive ciai,e i
carrying two passengers. nut, 1
wig not till IS 80 that Thomas A.
Edison constructed a locomotive
... - n r A Attrrvlnff epr-
pUillrg WO HI" "" v-.
l niS B8 ni'l (
HERE1, Is no party business
whatever to be done in the next
legislature except the election
of officers and emploves.
These belong, mostly at least, to the
Republicans, and for this purpose a
party caucus may be justifiable. But
beyond this, party nctlon will be
wholly mischievous. Partylsm in
legislation, is always so. It places
party interest above Eervlce of the
people.
There Is and can properly be no
division on party lines in the mat
ters of taxation, means of raising
revenue, consideration of a water
code, bills for Improved highways,
caring for the state's educational in
terests, nor In scarcely anything else
that the people of Oregon are inter
ested in and desire legislation upon.
The people of Oregon want cer
tain legislation enacted, want their
representatives to attend carefully
and conscientiously to their business,
and In this business politics does not
enter in the legist except to work
mischief and cheat the peoplo out of
the service they have a right to de
mand.
The man who goes to Salem next
winter to play politics, party or fac
tional, Ivill misrepresent and wrong
the people. They did not send him
there for that purpose. He cannot
serve two masters, the people of
Oregon and a party or factional or
ganization. Wre cannot expect men elected to
a legislature to take no interest
whatever In politics; they may prop
erly adhere together If anything
clearly political comes up; but as to
almost all their legitimato legisla
tlvo business there Is no room what
ever for playing party politics, and
those who do this thereby acknowl
edge that the people's service is to
be neglected.
HI failure In Union oounfv- nnlv in
V t . .. 1 - .. ..... ' '
e
stick to lnoIpI. Aak Aldrlch or
Portland la -olnf to ha a bl city;
one cuu build now cheaply.
e.
Hoj.s tuny pay for tha picking-; ao
plekoi-M will have the beet of It.
Thore'a one tood thlna ahnut xart.ln
councllinon; they watch one another,
e
In a word. Mr. Lawaon a4na to b th
Whole Thlug- In the apeculatlve field
Why lof.n't eome patriotic circuit
manner s.inj lir. Tuft a bl elephant
I,a Toilette Innlsts that he la a Ho.
publican but be bus few of the alfna or
symptom.
A Montana town named T ft hurnml
but, unlike the man it was named after,
It waa small.
By -tenacious adherence ta nrtv nan-
pie dopiive themaelvea of the power of
ncu-suvernintiltl.
i e
N'o, the opentnir of the Finnish diet
win nave no erroct on the lower Co
lumbia fish market.
A dispatch from New York say
that "the president approves of leav
ing the question of Governor Hughes
renomination open until the conven
tion meets and then letting the dele
gates themselves decide." This sug
gestion will be received with no fa
vor, rather with contempt, by the
"leaders," alias the bosses. What do
the delegates know about what Is
good tor the party? What are lead
ers and bosses for If not to give or
ders to delegates? Su-h an Innova
tion as this would endanger the ex
istenco of any party machine on
earth.
A local contemporary that seldom
tells the truth editorially about pol
itics reiterates the untruth that
Bryan on bis return from abroad de
clared for immediate government
ownership of railroads, and that he
has slr.ee abandoned that position.
As everybody who read Bryan's
speech on that occasion knows, he
did not deelaie for government own
ership as aa Immediate and positive
policy; only that he believed govern
ment ownership would eventually
prove to be the only means that
could be successfully used to pre
vf i.t railroad monopoly. And a few
years may prove him to be right.
It was at Newberg, a pretty, se
'late tow up the river In Yamhill
cfiiny. "I.at the deadly revolver la
the 1 ai.iin f.f a boy, or two boys, gat
j m its work je.-sterday. The boys
we-r. sc:;f:iinc over it, raeh trying
j r ; i is- .--ire iu i "s.-;',f-tiioii, and like all
i fi:pi-I'seii!; i.iiloade'ii revolvers It was
ji'ia-bd a.Ti went off and one of the
t 1
!s bad'
H v wc; id
p'ris pre'ty
wKb?
If not fatally wounded.
!t do to give the little
rattlesnakes to play
So far the "cmaidlnc" 1nd of th
circuit court haa not hmn rhunra.l
uiiraur man twice a aay.
Pity thona -poor ceonle who will aoon
Have to return from two or thre.i
months' vacation and go to work a little
ut,a in.
"YVRat would happen if Harrlman
should din?" asks an 'anxious Kansas
City paper. Is there any probability
that he will ever die?
It la predicted that Thaw will be nt
liberty mmn. Thon won't ho make the
money fly? And If he luis enough left,
Evelyn will help a lot.
Chicago children held funeral services
over a InrKe number of birds killed by
tho storm. That Is an Improvement
over children killing birds.
"Oiil Falls on Mount Rainier." says a
dispatch. She ctirno from heaven, it Is
suppled. It is not stated whether the
mountain was much injured.
How many more years Is the Nine
teenth street bridge, between Washing
ton and Morrison, and the vicinity, to
leniuln hii eyesore and an ' offense to
every pnsHerby?
Tt Is reported th.it Roosevelt proposed
leavln.c the nomination of governor to
ihe dcleKiitca to the state convention.
it the li.-ss politicians had any doubt
about Roosevelt being- insane, they have
none now.
A Pittsburg man went to. New Tork
to Join a gambler in a sure tiling game
to rob another man of J2.000, and the
g-Mmblffr robbed him of $600, and then l.e
"squealed" nnd wanted the gambler
pui.isued. uotn snouid be equally pun
islie I. and all their money ought to be
com'iscated.
The snnie old, worn, raveled, dingy,
stale scare: No measure or effort for
reform or betterment of political condi
tions Is safe; everything proposer with
tills in view Is humbug-, follv, demagog
Ism, idiocy. Io nothing whatever,
never; let. the corrupt, corporatlon-corr-trolled
politicians and mlsi-enresenrii-
tlves have their own way and rob vou
forever and a day. To attempt anv cor
rection Is dangerous Innovation, is so
cialistlc departure from "principles"
Anybody not for Aldrioh and Cannon Is
a mattold.
Tho Public Accouutant.
Portland, Aua;. J4. To tha Editor of
j iiv journal ine panic of 1907, from
the effect, of which tha country aa a
iiuit una nm yi runy recovered, un-
eurwira bo many questionable and un
lawful auhemaa that defrauded tha in
vesting public, and defalcations urn lie.
coming of auch frequent occurrence,
(nai tne time aeuma rina for tha annlt
iuuii oi aoine eneoiive cnecK to keep
lunua in vneir jegiumai clianneli,
Every thrifty man. aooner or later, ar
rives at a point where ho haa aoine little
nurpiua rrom lila earnlnas. and the de
aire to Increase thla eurplua leads Mm
to look for short-term Investments
where ha enn obtain a fair rate of In-.
terest and have absolute security of
principal. v
Stocks and bonds seem to be tha moat
popular forms of aecurltlea with tha
small investor, yat many refrain from
Investing, and In a great many Instances
actually Imprd their money In their
homos, thus practically withdrawing It
from circulation, because they are
skeptical of tha investment and would
aooner lose Interest; for a certain period
than (aa they Imagine) obtain a small
amount of Interest, and In tha end lose
tneir principal.
Here tho questlone arise: 'How can
confidence be restored? How can money
be kept employed In legitimate channels
and at the same time give a sense of
security to the Investorf" The answer
la: "Ily utilising tho services of the
public accountant a man who. by his
fcpeclallied training, la a true business
Burveyor, and, more than any other,
qualified to render an impartial and cor
rect statement of commercial affairs, as
ha finds them.
If corporations Intending to conduot
lawful enterprises would have disinter
ested, practicing public accountants
verify the existence and valuation of
the assets In which the public are In
vite to participate, and then publish
their certificate:, business conditions
would bo ameliorated, enterprises would
acquire a stability that would bespeak
success, there would be no water to
squeeie out" tn a tight money market,
and the periodical trembling of our
financial structure would he greatly
minimized. If not altogether rectified.
In Great Britain, France atjd Ger
many, accountancy has long been a rec
ognized profession, and the accountant
Is regardod as a skilled business ad
viser, since his special training makes
him thoroughly conversant with the I
affairs of commerce, banking, finance
and economics, besides which he has
necessarily to thoroughly understand
bookkeeping In all Its branches and np
plications. This, however, Is not the
sole desideratum.
There, also fiduciary work, such as
restates, liquidations and receivership?,
are assigned exclusively to the account
ant, belonging as tlioy do to his par
ticular province.
This high standard does not yet ex
ist over here, but the necessitv for it
is being felt more keenly every day. and
it Is gratifying to note that rrrost of tho
states are putting through their legis
latures bills defining, tho profession of
accountancy nnd regulating Its uses and
abuses. Among the western states,
California and Washington have such
laws, let us In Oregon emulate their
goofi example.
Remembering, as we should, that this
nation Is the envy of the world for her
commercial activity and aggression, let
UEFgee to it that we do our duty in plac
ing her business enterprises on a sound
basis, and In fostering a specially
trained corps to guard those int.-rests
eealously. We will then be sure to reap
the crop of sound prosperity at home,
and added respect and prestige abroad.
ARTHUR BERRIDGE.
tha eound doctrines expounded In tha
editorial noiumns or 1 lie journal, out
In tha Heml-Weekly Issue of August 7
I find an editorial under tha headline,
r,Art Kxplanatlon Needed." Now Mr.
Kdltor, concerning that article, please
allow ine to aay "Tnat for aounn logic,
'strong common Bonne,' "'unadulterated
truth, and as an honest appeal to rea
boh on tho mind of all who read that
article, It Is certainly beyond criticism
or fault finding from any one whose
mind Is open to conviction of real live
truths and honest facta. Hrnublloan
prlnilplea and Roosevelt policies are
directly com noting, ana one is aa mucu
ntiDosad to the other aa rire anu water
Did not the late congress mOhatlcally
prove thla assertion? If the Republican
principles bo doaily love Mr. Roosevelt's
policies, that tha Republican con
gress had a queer way of showing It
The Republican convention at Chi
cago Indorsed the Roosevelt pollcles(T)
Did that convention know that In doing
no It at the same time condemned the
Republican party In congress because of
the world-Known ract "Tnat this boast
ed Republican principle was fighting
Mr. RooBevelt'a policing Inch by Inch?
If Republican Drlnclrles harmonize ao
beautifully with Mr. Roosevelt's policies
tnon wny in inunuer cua not tnat Re
publican congress aunnort those poli
cies Instead of opposing . them? Why
was it that tne majority rarjv opposed
Mr. Roosovolt, while tha minority party
supported him. and at times even de
fended the Republican president against
tne leaders or tne Republican (his own)
party? Republican principles be banged!
The whole country ia sick of having to
swallow Wall street prescriptions
through the process of Republican prin
ciples. And now here we have Senator Pulton
of Oregon fighting against ' the
masses of the peoplo, advising
Republican Statement No. 1 legis
lators to break their word and
pledge and reject the people's choice for
United States senator, trying to keep
the people from purging the United
States Bonate by sending honest and
trustworthy-representatives of the peo
ple there like Governor George E.
Chamberlain, a man who Is both tried
and true, nnd the overwhelming choice
of the people regardless of party or
political creed. But Mr. Fulton 1 sim
ply advertising his own moral worth
(such an It Is) to the world, and Inci
dentally showing up the goodness and
ttie real tyno of those boaHted Republi
can principles and tendencies. The noo-
ple have oWady had more than enough
of thatxclass bf principles, and can no
longer be led to the polls by the nosa
nnd made to vote for the G. O. P. that
sneezes whenever Wall street gamblers
take snuff.
No. the Republican leaders In congress
did not favor Mr. Roosevelt's (Demo
cratic) policies at all. and the Indorse
ment bestowed by tha convention at
Chicago Is merely a bid for votes and
carries no more real value or honest In
tentions now than any of the other
empty promises ami meaningless
phrases in the platform of that party.
"The tree must be lodged bv Its fruit'
and tl.is tree is grafted too much now.
It. K. JOHNSON.
Oregon Sidelights
Salem Is to have two more moving
picture shows, making six.
Some Powder river valley cherries
measure :i t inches in circumference.
The prospects for a good crop of corn
on tun oanuy river loam n Uiui coun
ty are good this year.
The Union county sheriff uses a flying
machine at least the North Pnwri.r
News reports him making "flying trips."
Albany haa but one mlht .f 4,
Salem has only two. Very few people
in either city need watch!
Statesman. v.
Republican "Principles."
Fairvlew Farm, Brlgp-son, Or., Aug.
12. To the Editor of The Journal I
am frequently very highly pleased with
Attacks on Gompers.
Portland, Aug. 1. To tho Editor of
me journal I note at different times
attacks on .Samuel Gompers for deliver
ine or tne inoor vote to Mr. Hrvan.
v. iil say as a union man that Is a right
e nine io protect ourselves against an
oppressive svstem of Rovernment which
we have gone through In the last 12
years. Now Mr. Gompers called on the
Jiepunnecn convention at Chicago for
favorable legislation to labor and was
thrown down. And everything In the
platform was voted down. He then went
io me democratic convention and had
oeiter results, hence he adv se.l the sun
port of Bryan among the labor organiza
tions. He had a perfect right to give
advir as to which party la more favor
ably to the wage earner. Just as an em-
i oyer nn co go to Air. Tart and ask
nis aavice as to an injunction to sup
press worklngmen.
The Organs of the Body
By W. R, O. Latson. M. D.
Tha heart la merely a hollow mus
cle, consisting of two pumps, one of
hich aenda blood to ihe lungs, tha
other pumping blood through tha tla
auea. Each Bid of tho hoart hohla two
ounces off blood, and as the heart con
tracta about 78 times a minute, thla
means that' 150 ounce, or about one nnd
on sixth gallons of blood piss.a
through each elda of tho heart every
minute. That Is, about 70 gallons every
hour, 1.0 80 gallons everv mil nr.n
gallons in a year, is pumped by each of
tha ventricles, making tho total work
of tho heart for the yeur J..206.O00 gil
lone Think of the work done by Tffe
heart In 10 yearn, ln-20, or in a llfetlmo!
Ami tha heart welarha .
pound. " . ",l
. i "J??"! of blooi leaving the heart
travels C21 feet a minnK 1 ...
hour, m miles a. day. ai.OuO miles a
year. No man probably haa ever trav
eled bo far as bis own blood haa. For
tha blood to make tha initio .... ,i .
circuit from heart to lungs, thon back
to tho heart, thence to the tisuon, and
finally back to the heart again, require
In the adult about 28 iniirf r h
omaller body of the child the circuit Is
mada much more rapidly and the heart
beats correspondingly faster. For in
stance, at birth, the l..-nrr ,.
about 1S6 o tha minute, and the blood
Btreain makes Its entire figure-eight
circuit In about 12 seconds. At S years
old the heart ruto Is 108. anrt th ii,.,
stream makes its Journey in about 16
seoonds; at 5 the pulse la 88, and tha
blood circuit requires 18 seconds
The bloctl Is the great rlunr nf iif u
stupendous waterway, tho most popu-
1 3... Bl UB "na.gineo. teeming with,
traffic. Laborers soldiers.. rrrii.rd
countless millions of .millions of busy
workers crowd it enmlnir nn w, .
each with his special duty to attend to
In a cubic inch of blood there are 1.200 -000,000
of one olass of those tiny la
borers. There are nearly two gallons of
blood in the human bo-Jr nnfl a or.ii.in
contains 231 cublo Inches. So, by multi
plying 1,200.000,000 by 231. we shall get
yt'TUAiinnieiy mo numoer or erythroc
lesi the red oxvgen-carbondloYbi nr.
rlera. in the blood. If these lltiln ear
ners could be spread in a lsver, tliiy
would cover a surface of 28;900 square
feet.
The red carriers nri not thn nnlv
workers embarked in the great lnterso
matlc waterway. the blood strenm
There nie otbers less numerous, more
intelligent, more adaptable, more versa
tile. Their duties ate various and im
portant; In fact, thoy are the re:U feed
era, tho faithful guardians, and tho ef
ficient repairers of the body.
insurance
Rat
:s Too High
foolishness, declare.-
of Oregon: That we. the people of
-lh State of Oregon, hereby Inrruct
our representative find, attat&r in
our Legislative Assembly. a mch
cfflcsra. to vote for and lct t!-
candidates for United Stales sf nators
from this state- ho receive i;.e h.t'-.-ct
BombtT of rotes at oar scnrral
flection."
This ) a Us cf the tUte, ard It is
a law paused specifically for the pnr
fr0 fcf A:rtlrr5 the action of mrra
tcrs ct the IcelslatBP Jin a certain
mattrr. It Is an absolute raaixja'e
. v . .. v - - a ,
trca tLfra. isa spua tata aau ii
The king of England has frown
Into a prrat figure, one resected
ar.d admired by the world, principal
ly for one n-Mii he works eon
FtAntlT fnr vare between cations.
ison's principal work lay In other i Aji(J rc x.,rrf4Bicn l8 he "came
directions. In 1 88 a par.y oi x- j i.ohps ly" by this bout, on both bis
;erimenter tried to run an pi-ctrir . fa;,.Pr ani h,, mother's side.
car In New York amid the hoots as ! , . ..
jeers of all beholders. ! ir gfrrrjr. Payne, chairman of
Bat In H'9 Dr. Siemais exhibit-) ho o0?o mag ,,r(j means coamlt
ed In Berlin, Germany, a small eler- j tiy yc Ctt Dpt vnt to ron for
trie locomotive, and for some ; ears j fnvrr.or cf New Tork, because he
erperimented. with It with indirf. r- I warts to it(,p Teri the tariff. He
cut success. Through all tbee resr , rf ro jccbt; he want to rTl-e It
the electric car of today war or -Jy j tQ SD,, t)? protj r,terts , wbotn
What Albany needs now 1 rn
electric Btreet railway. There has
oeu xoo mucn
The Democrat.
A Jersey bull has heen n,in tn
the dormitory herd of cows, says the
x-.ugene uuara. Liionv brutes, to liav
a dormitory to live in.
Finned for 21 hours under an Im
mense tree, with one leg and three
ribs broken, was tho experience of
George Ward, a homesteader In the
pf legate COUntrV. On S.llnrrln- n,l
Sunday. He was found bv his wife
who had searched all niglft and theri
had to go three mllea for help
Vale Gazette: The local nrtM.Tn tow-
Is being as well enforced In Vni
could well be expected. When a m.-ri
who wants to get drunk is compelled
to resort to Jamaica tHnirpr onri ,
sence of peppermint we fee reason
ably sure that the town is dry. T'Je
merchants aro already feeling the In
fluence of prohibition In easier collec
tions, and wo believe will be benefited
more and. more as the months go bv.
Medford Tribune: Henorts nre roanh.
ing the city continually to the effect
that limber wolves are ral-Mnc havne
v. iih tiie deer in tills co mtv. In on.-
Instance five were found where thei
had ben slaughtered. A bounty should
be offered and this game protected
Deer hunting and iroit fishing add
much to the attractiveness of southern
Oregon, and all evils whlrh tend to In
jure either sport should be promptly
remedied.
A train from Seaside was heM un r.r
Carnahan station by a big doe deer an
delayed the train for at least five min
utes, says Th- Astoria hu.lget. It
tood on the 'ruck and shooK its hes'l
at the pilot and the engine.r stopped
nnu iuui Ft.-wr.ii snois si it wit h a re
volver but wlihout effect and all the
doe did was to waik up on the sid
bank and make a pretty sight f'ir tns
passengers aa the train passed by.
From the Fan Francisco Chronicle.
The people of every city in the
United States nre protesting against
the exorbitant charges of the Insur
ance companies, find there is every s'.,:i
of a rebellion which will make theye
corporations more trouble than they
ever had before. Nobody denies that
the price at whlli insurance- is now
sold is very far above cost and reason
able profit. Kates were rained through
out the country immediately after the
fine in this city, and reasonable men
recognized that the safety o all re
quired that the depleted treasuries, o
the companies should be replenished
and that something must be done for
stockholders if the needed new capital
was to be obtained by underwriters.
The public stood the raise very pa
tiently for a year, but It is not In a
mood to stand It any longer. If com
panies at. present rates can pay from
A Umatilla Wheat R
aiser
20 to 40 per cent a year as some "f Ing 64.U00 bushels of wheat, and
n nra!ljd rream. A Tear after
the New Torker shonted la troi
at an lectrie car, on that proved a
aoccesa. InTented by Fprfj. $'M 4
aloes tha rails La Rlchmon i. Al4
Is his bo nines o aerTe.
The latest French "crisis" did BCff
tonait to much more tbaa tha ordi
nary Frenta tfnel, aa usual.
' ' .V 7S
Fulton's KorruhJIenntMn.
From the Eiui Oregonlan. '
The Orcgonian s.i s th.it tt will be
tmpoR-stbia for a strrpfui rnmpalRn
to le earned oa for Taft and the K
publican ticket tn Oregon un.l.-r trie
leader.!:!" of W. M Coke as chairman
of the Republican s:ate eoniT-iltt".
for the reason that the Fulion ful-
lori will not etani for it" n'akes
leadership .
If thla is the q.nlitv of Fulton R-
pirtU'ranlsm tt Is t:-ne hones? an-i am
eere mra'Dftl of tt, tart-.- rne .dlr.g
it out
If Fiil'on end h;. fl',ors ar -sin
cere It telr dl- for the suecesS of
I.ruMien rrtTir they ru wwk
with anybody leadT If thv wish
the pa'tr to ufi they will jvt step
to ask who Is cbalrirmn brfora getting
Into tj-e hrn "
Tmrr. t: r F -Hpa is -Unm the
r"l"r rf the r-artT In Ton tm. Id
I JtstifUd In tlTrg' that he Is a
MmlM. e!f-ek:T riltlrtan. r U f
HrHr ambition for th rrty t1 aa hil
pwn rwra'.Tial triamrh.
Orrm U tri) ir.4 a Democrat te
lata ky FuJicw. .
them do insurance rates are too high
and ways and means will be found t-i
get Insurance cheaper. a ho exorbitant
rates now charged are endangering
mercantile credits owing to the Impos
sibility which confronts some firms of
carrying proper Insurance and continu
ing in business.
Bv next July It will ba possible for
all "to get established in permanent
quarters, and thon the shacks should
come down, for they endanger other
property. . Except as to those risks, It
Is now time for Insurance rates to re
turn to those prevalent before the fire,
which proved ample for everything but
the conflagration risk. As to that, it
ought to be provided tor by a small
special premium on every policy, to go
into a trust fund under control of the
t nlted StateB government to pay con
flagration losses of all companies con
tributing to the fund. There - ought
to be state and national legislation
looking to that end.
l nless the companies spedlly return
to reasonable insurance rates, things
are llkgjy to happen which wise men
would regret. There will be not only a
great extension of "mutuals," some of
them not very fare to insure in, But
all sorts of schemes for state Insur
ance will be proposed and a new line
cf agitation started. Any one viewing
the situation from the outside enn see
the vltnl necessity of some movement
from the companies to restore rates
to a reasonable figure while at thoi
same time providing for the confla
gratlon rick.
Gilliam County AAbeat.
From the Com'on Times.
H. Cohen, commercial agent for The
Oregon Journal, was In town on Monday
looking oyer the crop situation. In his
opinion the account of the partial fsll
uie of the wheat crop In Oillinm county
has been very much overdrwn. Lord
Mesa his oul .we could tall bint . that,
but eastern t ireeon can afford to laugh
over these gi:eFse at the amount of
wheat we are to have. Of course we al
low that the crop Is not as good aa we
could wish, am in some sections It Is
very short. But where the land waa
properly handled and the ummer fallow
worked down a verv fnlr ylld is in evi
dence. N'ew wli"Bt ! selling for 82
cents per bushel and may g. hla-her.
so tnct tne price win in a ret mmi
nrr counteract any Bhortnesa in the
crop. Mr. Cohen Is an aTeib! fellow
bp1 hss the Interests of all parts of the
duntrr t heart, he Is also wise to the
I'urt that not only will the country town
suffer from poor arrlcultural methods
n,l snort crops lr mnnien-e, hut that
Portland and the lsrrer oltlea alao fe"l
the effects He waa therefore verv
pi-? s-h to find that eastern Oregon la
pTl, and GlU'sm rourtr In r-a-rtlni-
isr. wtil send many nunargir Trutn lost
of whi-u to the seibnsra iwrere the
firnt snow whiten the stutb.ef ielda of
the frat Columbia basin.
Arnri'.rm to a report from Paris the
larre-st submarine ynt troUt will snortlv
b launched at Cnertwnirs:. Th Teasel
will b 2M fet long, with 2S tons
SlsrOacement. and ahe will derelnp a
ireaB cr-ed nf-la kants. Hhe will prob
ably, adds te report. . haws crew
miat la sir firth ta that of a de
stroer. .
From tho Pendleton Fast Oregonlan.
n. Mury mat reaas like a romance
of-the world of finance Is contained in
nie wheat crop being harvested this
ear oy v . r. Temple of this city.
V 1th u yield of 70,000 bushels on 2,650
acres ot land owm.d Individually by
him, Mr. Temple may be justly termed
in o wiiem King or i niatuia county and
one of the wheat kings of Oregon.
In spite of the fad that no rnln hna
fallen on the crop since last April, the
uv.-iase iri.-onie rrom ins z.fioo acres tor
19DS will bo $L'0.77 per acre, while tho
average for the past 10 years hua been
but $18 per acre.
All of Mr. Temple's 1908 crop has
been sold. Ten thousand bushels were
sold at .5 cents several weeks ago. and
the remainder has been sold this week
at 80 and 81 cents per bushel, and his
1108 crop Is now in the bank.
acres Mr. Temple is thresh-
g 6-1. UU0 bushels of whent an.l nn 9.111
HcfV-a he will thresh 6,000 bushels of
uuriey, maaing a total or 70,000 bushels
from 2,65n acres, or an average of 26.4
busncls per acre.
This Immense crop has been raised
on land which was once considered
worthless, and at one time Mr. Temple's
father wanted to have him osmina
for Insanity when he borrowed $20 000
from Pendleton banks to buy land ad
joining his original homestead north
west of the city.
Hut the result of his farming In that
bvuuii oi tne county has amply Justi
fied his early Judgment, and he now
owns one of the largest and finest
blocks of farming land owned by any
. ,.iucw ... vaaivin Oregon,
By a etrnnge freak of rtrrnm.iin
Mr. Temple now owns the land on which
he did his first day's work In Cmatllla
county 25 years ago when he was but
a boy. This tract was then owned bv
M. M. Wyrlck. for whom Mr. Temple
worked for 1 per day. He had Just
arrived from Iowa, where wages were
on cents per aay, nnn tne II per dav
received by him lookod like a young
fortune. He worked for the first year
mm wi-u reniea wne&i jann:, and then
pegan one oi me most interesting strug
gles with the Boml-arid' land, of Umatilla
county that haa ever been witnessed in
the county.
Mr. Temple bought and rented land
all Rround him and farmed It himself,
working early and late, hauling water
for household purposes 11 miles from
the t'matilla river, and one vear when
he worked hardest he cleared but $100
In 865 days' work.
At one time everv neighbor In the
entire locality abandoned their land and
left the country, bat Mr. Temple staved
and farmed and worked and hoped, and
when he came to Pendleton eight years
ato, then but a young man. he was out
of debt, had a handsome bank account
and owned 2,600 acres of lnnd.
Since then he estimates that the in
come from thts land. In rent, has added
200 acres each .year to the original
tract.
Nothing Is more interesting than thn
body's methods of economy. For in
stance. In Its work of taking In oxvgon
and throwing off carbondioxid, it needs
space, surface. And so there has been
evolved a method by which in tho lungs
the inhaled air reaches a surface of
1.C00 square feet. The peculiar little
openings, or vesicles, bv whlrh this
economy of space Is gained aro (100.000.
000 In number. There pauses Into r.nd
out of the lungs in one day no less than
400 cubic feet of air. Each outgoing
breath contains two cubic inches of
carbondioxid, and contaminates 5.000
cubic Inches, about half a barrel of air.
The lungs exhale every day an amount
of carbon that If caught and solidified
would about equal a lump of coal weigh
ing half a pound.
The air breathed out Is moving nt
a speed of 43 Inches a second, and Is in
haled at a speed of 2 inches n second.
In a BUddon Intake of breath, as In t
sob or gasp of surprise, the speed of
tho Inhalation may be much greater
10 or even 20 feet a second.
The external surface of the body' bus
an area of about 20 square feet, nnd
contains 7,000.000 minute openings, per
eplratorv glands, out through which the
blood pushes certain of Its poisonous In
gredients. The skin has a respiratory as well as
a perspiratory function. Through a
healthy skin we take in about one Hlxth
as much oxygen as through the lungs.
This. Date) In History.
1741 Fphrlng, tha navigator, discov
ered the ftast Cape.
1769 Napoleon Bonaparts was born
nie(Wlf 6. 1S?1.
1771 tlr Walter. Scott, norellst, bora.
Died September 21. 1J!.
ISO: Bonaparts Invented with power
to nominate his successor as ruler of
France.
1804 tVork begun on the first public
road between Oorrl and Tennes.
ln. Francels Julea Paul Ortr,
president of Franca, born. Died Sep
tember i, 1$1.
14 Mm, Patti sued for divorce
from Marquis d cam.
1S The Bering sea arbitration
ara.rd w-ra delivered.
1 e7 JoTtf -JiwMm, tha celebrated
Tlollnlst. died. Bbrn 1811.
Tha problem of prndsjern 1c ta
smsU euan'ltlaa quickly ana cheaply
hie, apparently, bea aolTed br S
French Irrentor. woo has perfected a
marhlna which is cheap, simple of oper
ation, practically- everlasting, aad thor
otighlr practU-aL It may be opaYatex!
by a belt connected with a strata n
rlwa. a atr-sU Hctrt TnMor. or far
.band crank. -Tachclcal WorleV i
The average number of hairs on tho
human head is 120,000. The li.ilr. par
ticularly of blonds, has a very high ten
sile strength. It has been estimated
that If tho hairs of a blonde could be
plaited Into a rope, they would support
a weight of 80 tonB.
The hair on the head grows at tho
rate of about one-flftleth of an Inch
each day. or about seven Inches a year.
An eyelash grows much faster, sav
bout one-twentieth of an inch en.h
day, until It reaches a length of four-
tentha of an Inch, when it falls out. Tha
Ufa of an cyelaah is about 120 days.
It lust talu-s about the same length
of time, from 120 to 140 days, for tha
fingernails to bo entirely renewed. The
toenails grow more slowly, requlrlnx
from six months to a year for their re
newal.
e a e
The average length of a baby 15 days
old Is 19H Inches. During tho next 1R
days the baby grows an inch nnd a half.
By the end of its first year of life It.
has grown to be 28 V4 Inches long. If
the child went on growing at this rate.
by the end of Its third year of life tt.
would have attained the height of tho
average adult man, five feet nine inches.
By the end of his fifth year he would
be ten feet seven Inches tall, and by the
time he reaahed his tenth birthday ho
would be a veritable Colossus, with a
height of Blxty-elght feet three Inches.
After the first year, however, the rato
of growth gradually decreases. During
the second year the average growth of
the body is three and one half Inches:
during the third year It Is only three
Inches; during the fourth year It Is two
and a half Inches, and for the next ten
years It Is about one and a' half Inches
a year.
As might be expected, there Is a simi
lar alteration In the rate of weight in-
crease. During tho first 22 weeks' of
life, tha infant doubles Its weight. If a
child of average weight continued to
grow at this rate, long before his fourth
blrthdav he would weigh two tons.
The human eye can discern an object
so minute as one elx-hundred-anl-twen-ty-flfth
of nn Inch 1n diameter. An o'.i
Joct of this s1xe makes oh the ro'ni.
or sensitive plate of the eye. an lmngo
one twelve-thonsnnd-flve-hundredth of
nn inch In diameter.- With the help of
the microscope the eye can discern nn
object one fonr-hundred-thousandlh of
an Inch In size.
Nerve messages travel at the rate cf
110 feet n second.
The body contains Over ?,000 miles of
tubing.
Tha body secretes eh. day ahwit
four gallons, or SO pounds, of digestive
fluids.
James Kelr Harclic's Birthday.
Jsmes Kelr Hardte. M. P. and a p-om-
tnent Socialistic labor reader In F.ng-
land. who will nhortly visit America.
was orn In Scotland. August 15. 151.
the son of Scotch working people. Hi
beran life aa an errand hoy nnd rlvrt
heater In a machine shop wben .pnlv
8 yeara old Tn hl n'rth year, nt
being able to make etifflolent money ta
aid the family exchequer, be Jf: b'
poaltlon and began work ss a "donke""
boy" In a eos.1 mine. At tha age of
IS he emancipated himself from the
work In the tfHres V becoming seor
tary of the miners' union, devoting hla
spaao time to writing for newpsper.
At tne ag or 25 he begun his c."irer as
a labor leader. In 1 ha tried to
become elected for parliament, but wnt
defeated. Four rra later, however. h
was elect ed by a large majority. h was
defeated araln In 1895. but was ee-tl
araln In inns. Ha la now rwirnlrHin
the leader of the Radical wing of the
labor imiip In the Hrlt!h hnvre of com
mons, and Ib oonstdrd one cf the nrvt
powerful mn rprnt;og the 'shoring
classes In F.ngland.
Will He Ixsietonie.
From ths K irns iImi )
Th bo fours f t K g-nlw
fr ths pa months rnd',i-v -,
ds1r for tha corrpleta d'Wtrnr' on of
tha FepoWlcaw partr In frgon;
thn wrist Ra.rg-;,t tender !' o'i
TStemT If B the T-adr who at-nrt
the "reorsnrilsatlon" -will flnd th-rr..
selves mighty Uneon ,
Tfe' rr Va'plts clr-nls'toB o- fSa
rrlH Stater Is wd tT onlr in
otbar country sf I ti p-ori a n- T r J n ra.