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thing: therefore pt wisdom;
and with all thy gettinK, get
understanding. Exalt her,
and she shall promote thee;
she shall bring thee to honor,
when thou dost embraro her.
She shall give to thine head
an ornament of grace; a crown
of glory shall she deliver to
thee. Solomon.
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REPrftLICAX HANK AXp
XOT WOKKYIXdJ.
FILE
AN INTERMIX A HI-E lot of stuff
has been published, chiefly In
the Portland morning news
paper, to the effect that some
how the people of Oregon have been
duped, fooled, swindled, betrayed,
In the matter of politics within the
Btate, and are likely to be further
humbugged and defrauded next win
ter by the election of Chamberlain
to the senate. It is assumed that
because Oregon has been Republican
Jt always should and must remain
Republican; that it should do so
regardless of what the Republican
party is or does or Is likely to do;
that a majority of the people of this
state are to adhere to the mere
name, without a single intelligent
thought as to what the name repre
sents, or whether it represents any
thing except spoils and plunder; that
no voter has a right to change his
politics, even temporarily or aa to a
single candidate, under any circum
stances; that all voters who do so
are "geese," "frogs," fools, suckers;
that the mere party name, "Repti.b
lican," is more important than the
character and capability of candi
dates, the nature of public service,
the welfare of the people, and all
other considerations; and that be
cause some Republicans have chosen
to vote on a very few occasions for a
candidate not of their party they
have made asses of themselves, have
exhibited egregious folly, are as un
fit for citizenship and the right of
suffrage as insane people or idiots.
Because a large number of vot
ers who are ordinarily Republicans,
have thoughtfully, intelligently, con
scientiously and patriotically chosen
to vote for a Democrat or two on
certain occasions, doing so as not
only a privilege enjoyed by every j
voter but in their estimation a duty
to their state, for the purpose of se
curing the best results to the people,
this croaking newspaper and its
echoes charge them first with idiocy
snd next with treason. It berates
them as unfit for citizenship, both
mentally and morally. And along
'with these ridiculous diatribes run
constantly the false and totally un
founded assertions that the results
shown by the elections were some
how obtained by fraud, by perjury,
by ballot box et tiffing. At the very
worst there was not one tenth the
fraudulent voting that was habitual
ly and systematically engaged in
formerly by the leaders and their
henchmen of this only party, and
wnion was always abetted and ap
proved by this Jaundiced railer at
tens of thousands of honest and de
cent men. And ludicrous in tts ab
surdity is the reiterated wail that
the few Democrats of Oregon
though their number seems to be
Increasing lately, and no wonder-
without an organization, without
any a.-tive leadership, without any
convention or concertatlon of effort,
without any money that these few
Democrats, one out of four voters,
somehow tricked, deceived, swin
dled and hornswaggled the great
Republican party of Oregon with its
40,ii00 majority, every man of them
free to do as he pl-ased at the polls.
Never before in our history, prob
ably, was so absurd, basorpps, un
reasonable ;tri'i pitifully bellyaching
a- plea put f 1 1 n h.
This Por'jaivl organ of machines,
ly res intislt'l to them, the people
not ti a machine, a boss, and tln
corporations This they have don
ami row the orgMn of everything
that rrakes tor the Injury and en
s!.Hr:;unt of the people, the news
paper that derides and defames and
hates the pei'i'ie, is striving with ltn
utmost power t overthrow that law
that result
Tie party plea Is weak, vapid, ir
relevant. The people of Oregon
chost between two men, each prop
erly, lawfully and fairly presented as
a candidate and the Republicans
who aided In that choice did so for
reasons entirely sufficient to them
selves. Tiny knew what they were
about, and so did every member of
the legislature who pledged him
self to vote for the people's choice.
Whence comes this howl against
the election by the legislature of the
people's choice? Not fnm the peo
ple themselves. Not from the Re
publicans who preferred Chamber
lain to Cake. Not from the rank and
file not a whimper. Not one Re
publican voter in 100 Is complain
ing In the least at the prospect of
the election of Chamberlain. Not one
In ten would voice any opposition to
this result, since the election. No,
the uproar is all made by a few anti
people organs, headed by the Ore
gonian, and by a few discredited, un
faithful, . untrustworthy and down-
and-out machine politicians. It is
only these who are dissatisfied, who
are seeking most strenuously to re
store' old conditions and methods;
the great mass of Republicans are
not worrying over the result In the
least.
THE ILLINOIS RACE WAR.
MOST deplorable phase of the
Illinois race war Is the de
struction of life and property
of the innocent with the
guilty. In the burning of homes in
the negro quarter at Springfield, the
savings of a life time by amiable
and honorable colored people were
doubtless swept away. Children
were there, and helpless women,
that fell victims to the irrational
fury of the mob. There is no hand
to restore to them the homes that
are gone. The color of the skin was
the test on which they were assailed,
and it is not a safe guide. Red
blood may flow and a white heart
beat beneath a black or a brown ex
terior. It was a black regiment that
was resistless and dauntless at San
Juan Hill.
For the guilty villain whose dev
ilish erime brought on the war at
Springfield, there Is no compassion.
There is no adequate atonement
that he can make. There is no pun
ishment drastic enough to fit his of
fense. Yet it would have been so
much better for that punishment to
have been meted out by a court of
justice after an orderly trial before
the Inevitable jury, that is the
proudest of all boasts in the Amer
ican system. That would have saved
the members of the mob from them
selves. It would have saved the
blood of innocent victims. It would
have saved the future consciousness
of guilty participation in murder,
death and wholesale destruction of
the property of poverty. It would
have saved the militiamen of the
tate from an awful alternative. It
would have saved Springfield from
a night of horror, and the con
tumely that night brought. It is for
such reasons that th orderly and
self-contained people of Oregon are
wont to leave to the courts and the
laVv the administration of justice
and punishments. -
Kollotto. As Mr. Bryan well says,
the Republican party, as at present
constituted and controlled. Is utterly
Impotent to reform Itself. Ami It
acknowledges no necessity for doing
better, because It construes every
success at the polls to be a complete
Indorsement of all it has done or
fulled to do.
Of coiiiht'. If the people really like
and desire a eun! inuuiiee of the pol 1
cles of Aid rich, Elkl is. Cannon,
rvne, and that type of public men;
if they reallv wish Rockefeller and
Morgan and the (treat combined In
terests to control the government.
why they should vote the Republican
ticket and so approve of things as
they have been and are; but they
should not In the same breath np
platid the "Koiitievelt policies," or
carry on the pretense that this Is any
longer "a government of, for and by
the people."
We are sincerely confident that it
would be a good thing, to discipline
the Republican party a little, even
if its hidden and undlsrover.ible
'general principles" are all right.
If the Democrats got Into power they
would be even bigger fouls than they
are charged with being if they did
not do a little better, for fear of los
ing their Jobs, also, if for r.o better
reason; and if the Republicans
should regain the ascendency they
would not forget for a while their
chastisement and the reason there
for.
To change parties occasionally -
and the record of the past 12 years
affords reasons enough for a change
shows politicians that the people,
are awake, alert, watchful of thei
interests. It is In fact the only
way for the people to protect them
selves from various predatory, vain
pirish gangs.
Small Change
I-et all pull for prosperity.
Aro the peopl fit to rula -Humbug.'
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Make tho mvt of whal'i left of iiini-
Kiigon and Medford are ettlng ex
amplus.
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W'ii Tins Fang says he never Bald It
Curious.
Well, a rood many are building now,
In i'urtluml,
Hope springs eternal in the Oomo
crntlo breast.
flood afternoon, Mr. Harrlman; bet
ter "build now." '
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If Harry Thaw iroea broke Interest
In him will bo lost.
The Democratic platform Is doubtless
also unconstitutional.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF ATLANTIC
CABLE
Old Abdul Hamld
'Humbug, buncombe."
also mutters
Hot n million John W. Oates. with all
his tunnoy, cun t win In Texas.
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What do th Incumbents of the fed
oral offices think of the scheme?
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Some grnphophona political talk
sounds as if It came through a hat.
Rut tho newspapers didn't get
Stfvonscs Into tholr news columns.
the
OVERDRAFTS OX THE SOIL.
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NOW REALLY, WOULD IT'
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bosses, cor
plunder- f r :
that, and is i :, :
sf If cea.' i- i,
mary law. w '
brings )': .-, i
masses, to iv.
terly lost
Statement X" i
hates holy : 1
people the t i:
that they hae , -electing
their f-na'- r
havinr. senatorFr ip hm
rupted and rople-rr,;r;
tnre. Heretofore ser.a
rprentd the? p :
to, W th people did n
Corporations oirn rot
ators today, and them to rob
u;s. corruption and
has always been
'''e of changing it
'" ;ittark the prl
: aus- that law
er home to the
' --. w ho had ut
T: -. p per hate
the- kir.g of evil
( ,v;--. it Hi v ? the
r.d the means
d".ir-i o
. '.r,s:ad of
Eht In a cor
'!r,g legltiv
hare not
lid not bv
; elect them,
of the eo-
OULD IT be such a terrible
thing for the country if most
of the leading Republican
senators those from New-
England, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Cali
fornia and West Virginia, and Gug
genheim of Colorado, Du Pont of
Delaware, Hemenway of Indiana,
Long of Kansas, Hiirrows of Mich
igan, Carter of Montana, lians
brough of North Dakota, should be
turned out of the senate, and men
like Cummins and Borah, Repub
licans, and Folk and Chamberlain,
Democrat should be chosen to fKl
th?Ir places0
Would the country suffer a great
calamity !fv Republican members i.f
the house wlo agree wfli and s'-and
by these senator: should be ret!r d.
and a very different type, say half
Republicans and hScf I 'ernocra's,
should be elected In trVr stead?
Now, really, wjemd it
.llll TJt "J . W .11. I k' I I, .I"
Mran party In chttfcres? and in d-1- '
partmentp cf the government f jr the
past 12 years before us, might it not
be well for the country, as Mr
Bryan fays, to turn a lot of the lead
ers "T tnfli party out irtn 'nc :.-derm-SB
to fast awhl" Of oi;.-.-: .,
that would be very d isncree? t ' ,
thse politic tans, who hare found arf
the service of special In-eres's verv i ,,(..
pleasant ana perhaps ier;. pro; ,i-i ( jjg j.
j abl. but might if no )..- a good
(thing for the masses of private citl-j Wh-n
zens?
HEAT vields in some if not
all Willamette valley conn
ties are below what was ex
Tiected. Instead of the 3 0
or 40 bushels or other vears, the
average in a few districts is 1 fl per
acre. It is Impossible to continue to
draw money out of the bank forever
and never put any In. It Is lmpos
sible to take hay out of the barn al
ways without replenishing the sup
ply. It is eqdally impossible to draw
from the soil forever without giving
something In return. The fertility in
'the land is the same as the. money in
the bank. It has been scientifically
demonstrated, and can be demon
strated again at any time, that a ton
of wheat taken off the farm, takes
away $7 worth of fertility from the
soil.
If that fertility is not put back
the account, becomes overdrawn, and
nature's bank ceases longer to pay
on demand. It is the constant pre
sentation of drafts on the account
that has brought on the 15-bushel
yk-dd. It is not the fault of the land
but the fault of the farmer. If the
land be treated as we treat the
banks, it will go hack rb its old fer
tility. The wheat yield of Great
Britain by constant cropping was
reduced at one time to eight bushels
By modem farming it has been
raised to an average of 30. In Hol
land the average has been raised to
40. In the T'nlted States where once
we grew 3 0 and 4 0 bushels with
ease, we are down to 12. We shall
go lower unless we give the sou a
square deal.
In Oregon, wo are to have mag
nlficent opportunity to do so. The
new packing houses will soon offer a
great market for livestock, a market
that It will tax the northwest to ade
quately supply. It Is a business that
made farmers of the middle west
comparatively rich. Along with It
are the continued heavy demands at
perennially good prices for Oregon
dairy products. Both industries are
soil builders. They put Into the
bank all and more money than they
draw out. They increase the soil's
fertility Instead of exhausting it.
This ir-acie yield on Willamette
valley farms is a striking warning
to their owners, a wordless but nn
eloquent warning pronounced by na
ture here!f. It is the notice from
nature's bank that the act'ount is
overdrawn.
If the Rnvernor enn't got Harrlman
to build roii ils In Oregon, nobody can.
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No doubt Vr. O'Brien would like i
Ik Job of railroad building 1n Oregon.
rolltlcs Is warming up over In Wash
InRton, Oregon has a little on hand, too
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Brother Charlev wants to go to the
senate. liat a nig sacK he must have
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In Kansas the people are Raying of. If
not to, one of their senators: So long
V"s'
Sankcy. the Rospel hymn writer and
sincer. was a man of immense power In
the world.
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Are Rroat numbers of voters going to
no Foared Into voting against their In
cllnatlons?
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Perhaps Mr. Harrlman could be In
duced to come down and attend that
Hill railroad celebration.
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If a man wants to find the pen and
ink at home, lot htm tell Ills wife he
wants to write her a check.
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A good many Democrats will welcome
Mr. I'arkor more cordially than they
would have done four years ago.
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Before accusing somebody of theft, be
carcrul that you nave not 10m or nils
laid the missed articles yourself.
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A MarshfleUl man was not shot for a
duck, but ho swallowed shot along with
a duck and so came neaj dying. He
was probably hungry.
Of course, entire elimination of a city
council will be a very tempting prop
osition for the charter revisionists who
have been watching recent councils.
Oregon Sidelights
Pallas
work.
Is doing much Improvement
yield In the Klamath
The alfalfa
basin is good.
Dallas has no night watchman, and
its jail Is empty.
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Junction City has organized a Boost
club with 50 members.
A Wood river vailey ranch of
acres sold for about J60.000.
960
New York, Aug. 17. Today Is a no.
table one In the history of submarine
telegraphy. Just 60 yearn ago, on Au
gust 17, 18Cs, the first cable message
wus sent across the Atlantic. The mes
sage was of 80 words, from Queen Vic
toria to President. Iluchanan. It took
P7 minute to triAisinlt. Today soma
23,000.000 words are sent by cable be
tween America and Kurope each year
uiid the various lines have a capacity
of 100,000,000 words. But It was the
little message sent 60 years ago today
that afTordud tho first tangible proof
that one of the greatest attempts of
man In the Meld of science had suc
ceeded.
When a little company of men. under
the leadership of Cyrus W. Field, began
to organise for the numose of br nt-
Ing the old world and the new within
speaking distance by means of a pro
tected thread of wire across the At
lantic, they were hooted at as madmen.
Capitalists who Invested their money
In the scheme were thought bv their
friends to have become bereft of rea
son Few Imagined the foat possible.
The first stop In the program was to
he the laying of a cable across the
Oulf of St. I.awrence. from Cape Bay
Cove to Cape North. The flrst trial was
disastrous, because of a furious storm,
but In the following year the cable was
succewsfully laid. Newfoundland was
to become the western terminus. Tho
work of laying the cable between New
foundland and Ireland was then begun.
The first attempt was a failure. After
300 miles of wire had been spun out
the cable broke. A second and a third
attempt were made and finally, on Au
gust S, 1SBK, the eastern end of the
cable was laid in Trinity bay, New
foundland. Twelve days later the fa
mous messages were sent and received
between Queen Victoria and President
Buchanan.
But the scheme was not yet destined
to bear the fruits of victory. Soon
after the Initial message had been sent
and the press of the world had sounded
loud prnlses In honor of the triumph,
the cable was again severed and the
work of years was undone. In St5 an
other unsuccessful attempt was made to
lay a cable, and a year later the first
operative cable was completed.
In I860 the French Atlantic cable was
completed, this being the first subma
rine line to stretch actually from, the
shore of America to the shore of Eu
rope. The landing of the American end
of the French cable was made at Dux
bury, Mass.. and was the occasion for
a great celebration. On Boston com
nmn 100 guns were fired, and the na
tional colors or France and the united
States were displayed on all the public
hutirllnas.
Within the brief span of the 60 years
the world ha hunt more than znn.ooo
miles of submarine cables, sufficient to
glrdlelie globe eight times. Besides
the-' 1200,000.000 investment In cables
there is a fleet of 42 cable steamers kept
constantly In service. And .besides the
entiles already In operation, several
others are In various Stages or con
struction. F.very effort la being made
to annihilate the distance between dlf
ferent parts of the world and unite, by
cables, or by "wireless," countries sepa
rated by vast oodles of water. The re
suits In the business world are huge.
The cable service of most direct Im
portance to the general public Is that
of transmitting the reports of crops
and general commercial conditions o
widely separated nations. Tbis service
is intimately tied, up witn a most in
teresting compilation of these reports, a
system which enables the exporter In
New York. Seattle or Oalveston, and
the dealers In Chicago, Minneapolis and
other cities to govern their business by
world-wide conditions.
In the early days It cost $100 to
pend a message across t the Atlantic
The cable companies made a charge of
Jft a word, and tho minimum amount or
words to be transmitted was fixed at
20. Recent developments In cable
making and operating, combined with
healthy competition between cable com
panies, have proved instrumental In
bringing down the cable tolls. Big
businesses use the cables eagerly and
vast sums of money are annually ex
pended by hoards of trade, exporting
houses and newspapers In obtaining In
formation from foreign countries.
By means of "duplexing" the copper
wire coated with gutta percha a pro
cess Invented and perfected by Pr.
Alexander Mulrhead the efficiency of
the cable service has been doubled. This
device enables messages to be sent si
multaneously from both ends of the
wire. The leading cable companies al
ready have "duplexed," or are "duplex
ing" their cables In order to get the
fullest benefit from this Invention.
REALM 4
tfemhiniI
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W and the Children.
HILB mothers und fat hern!
pondering over the questlil
to tho occupation or bus!
that the newly graduated
or daughter la to take un 1
thm summer vacation la over, a buJ
1 irt n. . V. , . .... 1
"Jr m oroer, which la ml
this try to make up to the chll
the thing that you missed.
Robert, for instance, la much llkl
mother. His tastes, character, l
ana desires lie much along the
Ines as those upon which her chat
is founded. Ami thox h..i,.. I
along the lines of literary work o
mo, ,,, ,-inueii oi literature. The ml
knows that she would have been al
deeply and has the gift of lmpaJ
It, A It ...... 1
... uu, "j i- nium jiuve oecn .
for a well brought up girl to thli
"" uu"ii inn mage and sol
laugni sruooi, ana men married. I
here Is the boy. lie Is not to hiam.l
ins tastes ami anilities lie along
"'"" mica. wiHi ne nas nis mol
riiiiiiionai temperament and her
nc-nn ui tvvw I or me nrr nr i b
i uese are ine tningf, that are niJ
to him. and to smother which wll
quire the -best nart of M Ufa til
Is his father's only son and his fl
warns nim to learn the hardware
ness.
Now look at It saneH- VI,l,.h i.
ter, that he should be a s-ood notnil
vnry poor narnware merchant, to
mo diiicb nmi oaianres Ann lha ,a
ui a Dtininess lire will always
eif miiim b, wno win lie down at
with the weight of chilled steel
mm ifnn rise to confront a nrl
dreary routine of plows, kegs and!
and steam shovels? In other worl
it nis tire he has to live nr nml
eiB8."
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
An- a meat many American voters
j so a:' raid of a few big "groups" that
' t!i v don't dare to vote as they
! woui,i like to do? If so, then they
are no longer free nien. They are in
bondage to fear, the fear of masters.
They have not the co-urage to be-
i
Occasionally, It must he admitted,
1 and not to t lie count ry 's credit either.
i Ftate militia very much needed.
la'.- ly -at Springfield. 111.
ave t.' , r. better if It had
Mtp.n quicker, but the
seem to have done pretty
it was
would '
tien inti
ho
:i.
IK
n
1st
.;(.! cunt of the recent
y azatr.as. which ap-J
i : i rdaj 's Journal, wag
v M;P Gertrude Metcalf.
isr: of the organization.
It is immaterial to the people at
large whether the majority in con
gress la Republican or lmcrra: ic.
It is Terr material whether that ma
jority serve the people or their op-i
pressors Therf Is little in !-mo-
iian joins a mob. going
! forth in I, urn atd kill, be must not
con,; lair,
down by
society.
f he finds himself shot
t il'.et flri d t-y organized
fiv hirn richt.
Hy build ine now men not only
take sdvantago of low prices of ma-
rrptlc history for 50 ypr to rom-: ttrial ar d labor, hut help to revive
mend It. hut the thicg. important to , prospf rity. whkh is a patriotic duty.
h don Is to gt rid of thes fa!
the p0ie. But thf -people of Ore-1 representative and tearh the R-i Mr Van Oavo i cut with,an
goo. Republican a- well aa IVmo- j pehlicn party a lon, and the othr b-1f-k. ln'endH to ware timid
craU decided that thry would rhooj j only y to do that Is to elm eitBr j rotem Into a urr&der cX tteir pt
tttir U3ri ftn4 tr Uem Clrct- Democrats or RrpabUcaoi Jii La UUcal freedom.
A Hood River Early Harvest apple
measures 13 Inches around.
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People of Mist are generally repair
ing and Improving their buildings.
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A Black Republican cherry twig near
Estacacla. 2 feet ajid 6 lncnes long,
had on il 130 fine cherries.
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A famllv living near Waltervllle on
the Makcnzie has killed 12 cougars
since March, three of them In one day.
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Twenty men have liep.n emnloved dnr
Ins- the summer at the Corvallfs brick
yard, and when the season in finished
ioU.uuu DricK win ne me output.
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A South Dakota man who recently
came to wopuburn sola his UaKota
place of 480 acres. Including ull stock.
utensils, rumiture, fcLc.,jor
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The sound of tho hammer Is heard
in Hillsboro, from early morn until
evening time. A great many new res
idences are going up. ana many new
comers are settling in our rnldst, says
io Argus.
Port Orford Tribune: The beeches
near ttie mouth of Koguo river
re richer In blaeksand, gold and plat
inum metals than anywhere else on
the coast, and It seems that capitalists
would first try to develop the cutlery
teel manufacture in such a place.
rather than where the sand has but lit
tle of these rich metals.
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I-ast Sunday J. S. Macomhiir of Dal
las plucked from his lemon tree a
fully matured lemon much larger in
size than Is generally sold in the Mores.
There are 31 smaller ones 0:1 the tree
not yet fully developed. The tree Is
grown In a tub and kept la tli house
in the winter, but grows out of doors
during the warm weather. It is pro
lific and thrifty In eery respect,
a a
The Ontario Oil A- Gas company will
soon commence operations near that ctty,
says the Democrat. There Is no ques
tion but that the ga that flows from
the 411 wellg In Ontario which is found
here at a depth of 150 to 20o'fet Is
petroleum gis, and the formation en
countered In boring these wells Indi
cates that our citv is in" the heart of
the laruest oil field that has ever been
developed.
J. DonaJda-'n of Tillamook county
uses fnur milking machines t.i milk his
TS cows. H" tells the Herald that some
old' cows held back their milk at first,
but they soon got used to the ma
chine, and with the voung conn there
never was any trouble That the milk
ing machines did the work andMhat it
made a wond rful diff rone,- in the
work of the ranch. It was much mere
cleanly and sanitary. It relieved the
family fmm work around the barns, an.
allowed a rancher and his family to
enloy life the same as any one Irr any
other line of bufiners.
a a
Several years aim a man bought M1
aerea. or lanil near latskanle aays the
I'btef. wt.ich had been logged off long
rs ago when timber was plenty and
-heap. It w. r-itomary then to Wve
from !x to e'.grt feet of the stump
rin eun ng k tree, ana as a result
thai land w ovrred with these rem
nants cf the fn-mer forest. supiosed to
b rood for rethtig William How
atson put in n small ahingle mill along
about the first cT March of this year
and t--n cutting the cedar stump
Into shmglf and up to th prtsent
time, over 1 "i 1.0 n hare ben turned
jt The oal tr of the h1r,gie is Mid
' be better Wan ordinary owing to the
tooehne the tree at the biitt and
ot-er jur!t1e of exf-:ene. There U
noHk-h niarrhantaHe timber In th r-fTMini-
titTr to keep tfc mill go-
Philosophy of Socialism.
Portland, Aug. 15. To the Editor of
The Journal Society Is mado up f two
elasses a laboring class and a leisure
class, a producing class and a non
produclng class. The simple denial of
this statement of classes does not re
fute the facts or change the truth
thereof.
The distinction between these preda
tory wealth and wage-earning classes Is
not a lino of demai katlon over which
none mnv nasS. for there Is continually
a migration of the people passing back
and forth, mostly forth. across this
line, as the gamble of successes and re
verses for wealth continues.
Modern Invention and discoveries
coupling tho machine with the powers
of nature, has enabled mnnkind to dis
regard, In part, the Uible Injunction
which declares "In the sweat of thv
brow shalt thou eat bread," as he is
able to produce comparatively without
effort, and his normal power of con
sumption does not compare with his
power of production.
This In a logical and practical sense
would Insure both labor and leisure for
every one, with equal opportunity for
all, and at the same time furnish sus
tenance In abundance lor tne enure nu-
man family.
Now If we are able, through rontinuea
production, to produce beyond our nor
mal ability to consume, there must
necessarily arise a surplus of products.
tnrougn tne employment 01 an in. -n-
plo. Wither wo must nave a correspond
ing period of leisure for all. or there
nwist he a class that consumes and does
not produce, with a corresponding class
that produces more than tliev consume.
That the foregoing Illustration truly
describes our social condition of pro
duction and consumption challenges con
tradiction.
Now, one more statement to close the
contention, viz.. that which applies to
one nation applies to all nations, as all
have tho same classes; nonce mo 101
eign market is merely a matter of ex
change of products and the question of
production and consumption remains un
o li ft n 5 ci
The continual drift across the line
from thei side of predatory wealth to the
producing class, with the exceptional
lonesome few returning, ever swells the
producing power of the nations, and
contlnuallv diminishes the consuming
power of the non-producing class. Here
in lies the crisis toward which all the
world Is fast traveling and without po
etical agitation will In Its own good
tlmo precipitate a social revolution
through Its natural course.
Could the migration or transition ne
changed from the producing to the non
producing class, proportionately to the
Increased power of production, then
might the profit system survive and one
class continue to always remain lu
slavery. .... ,,. I
The resultant raiture inrnugn me -mlnishlng
few to consume the products
of the ever increasing producing class,
whose wages cannot repurchase thctr
production at tho demanded profit,
forces a lack of empVovment and forme
the problem of the age
This unemployed problem Is the key
to the new system, which demands pro
Inn fnr use and not for profit, with
a corresponding amount of labor and
leisure for all.
We ara. bv following the lines of least
resistance, drifting steadily toward the
goal of cooperation. Not because w'r do
Fire It, nr because it Is better, but be
r.nticA rf nnr Inn bilitv to oppose tho
r-n.ii- nr oolal evolution, we take the
course of least resistance let It land us
where It will. .... ...
Ever slajre Jacob peeled the sticks
that marked the coming herd of Iaban's
cattle, bv which means his share was
increased and Lahan's correspondingly
diminished, the profit system has per
mitted the intellectually siron 10 oe.
ru. iha Intellectiiallv weak, and by
means of cunningly devised schemes ap
proprlate his rightful goods and pro
ducts. , ...
In more ancient times oerore m in
vention of gunpowder, when pnysicai
strength counted for all. th" ptiyslcayy
weak were disappropriated hy their
more powerful neighbor, of their good,
chattels, wives, etc.
For protection against usurpation
from this source. governments were
formed, with tatutes and ordinances
framed for general protection which
were enforced by police and military
power. Trtii was society protected.
The present (lav parallel Is found In
the scheming and eorruption practiced
by the unscrupulous, cunning and alert,
on their more honest and les runnltiK
neighbor, which has engsgod the "big
stick" unuccesf ully for the past eight
years.
The remedv or present relief He not
In the impossible, the enforcement of
law hut In the removal of the cause.
the profit system, and thereby overcome
the effect. This would modernize our
social relations to parallel of our me
chanical age and retor to society a
proper eouulbrlitm
Thl Is our logical defense and th1
only possible mode left for the con
tinued habitation of the earth.
The oft aasrted claim that this will
destroy Incentive. nJ cause odetjr to
deteriorate. Is like ail other spook tht
have h Hunted the social change of all
are, if Incentive ronalst In the run
nine craftiness of Jacob for th getting
of fllecltlmate gain, rather than forthe
betterment of vcl"tr, let u endeavor
to find something other than lnoectlr
for our parpoae la lif.
Tbe fact of thl matter Jt. that the
freateet tncentla- of feumaa effort
in Gurxig - goon rmutwr uoaB
with a system that stimulates fraud and
deceit, the human family would long
since have destroyed Itself, where thfc
contrary Is self evident; and we have
advanced toward the tjlvine continually.
All changes have begun with the
lower strata of society and through this
class. In the present as in the past ages,
will enine the new.
These men and women have been
hated and despised. from Mosos In
Midan through Christ on the cross, to
our modern heroes, who hnve bv tMlr
Indomitable will dragged society from
its fossilized moorings to the new civili
zation. Iet us forget that while majorities
rule, minorities revolutionize.
C. V. BARZE.
Organized Labor and the Charter.
Portland, Aug. 15. To the Editor of
The Journal Your editorial In the Is
sue of August 14 on the revision of the
present city charter Is most timely, and
in my opinion Is the best mode of pro
cedure at thlN time. The present char
ter has served Its purpose for a small
city, but with our phenomenal growth
during the past nve years It has ne
come obsolete In some Important par
tieulars. The conflict of authority be
tween the different branches of the
city government leaves a chance for
litigation, if any one is so disposed, that
retards the growth of the city and
causes many Inconveniences that, could
ho dispensed with. Our laws on such
important subjects as water, fire pro
toctlon, lights and bridges are ambig
uous, to say the leuat, and should be
made plain enough to place the respon
siliillty where It belongs.
The Galveston commission plan was
tne result or tho need of Immediate ac
tien mi many Important matters after
the disastrous flood, when the people
realized mat tne centralizing of author
It v whs their only hope of maintaining
t lie city's commercial supremacy. While
I have heard many arguments In Its
favor, I am in accord with the sent!
nient expressed by The Journal that,
wiui our present city charter amended
we could get along for somo time vet
especially as we have the Initiative and
referendum laws to protect us from the
different machine politicians that might
come Into power. The various labor
unions of the city have been working
aiong tnose lines ror the past six
months and today they are practically
unanimous In doing their share to have
the city governed In a manner that
shall be a boost to us on the jputslde.
" he city work should be TBone at
home and mechanics who are property
owners should at least not be subjected
to the) Ignominy of soelng the work they
are so capable of doing going to an
eastern firm that can afford to compete
wiin local nrms ny employing unorgan
ized labor on starvation wages. Iet us
have for our new slogan, "Portland
first, last and all the time." Organized
labor Is closer together at present than
has been In many years and we In
Then here is the uirlr
From her babyhood she has lovl
neip mother put things right il
inline. mile iikos simple, nnmely
loves to try to cook and mess al
in ine Kitcnen. to Iron smooth. H
smelling, dainty clothes, likes to
company and got the dinner hrnll
It is mother's desire that she shonl
nave these hard things to do. H
can arrord to pay for her oducatlol
It Is decided that she will go to a II
ing scnooi as ir education werel
finished In this world and theil
win be nttea to teach in a girls'
nary.
Jane does not dare to frustrate!
nign nopes for her, and sha dufl
tries to be Interested In Frencj
algehraio formulae, and the technic
or literary erudition. In reality
her father's own practical home-l
luture, and would be quite happy
"hro not expected to know any
lnnguago than the one that hasl
her native tongue: would ho oulte
If she might only be left alone an.I
with her mother and help her met!
stockings and lay away the llnl
sweet-scented piles, and nlav will
nany, witnout snouiaering any II
responsibilities.
mil inat would ne throw nn a1
good education, her mother thlnkJ
so poor Jane stifles her feellngl
perhaps goes off to be "finished I
such an aching heart that her pill
scarcely largo enough to absorb al
tears at night.
it
tend to do all in our power to make
Portland what nature Intended It to
be Gods country.
MAURICE J. KELI.T.
R1
Rear Admiral Schroeder'g Birthday.
Hear Admiral Beaton Schroeder, who
commands the fourth division of the
Atlanflc battleship fleet on Its present
trip around the world, was born in
Washington, D. C, August 17 1K4. He
was graduated from the naval academy
at Annapolis In 1S68 and reacned the
grade of lieutenant in ISTi. In 1 S 7 1 ,
while attached to the Pacific squadron,
he took part In Admiral Joh 1 Hodgers'
expedition against the Koreans. In 1 ; 9
he was one of inose in charge of the
removal of the obelisk from Egypt to
New York, where it was placed lh Cen
tral Park. In 1SS8 he was executive
officer of the battleship Massachusetts pickle Is a special delicacy, parti
It is not only the parents whose
are sufficient to enable them tl
tholr daughter the extra touches!
influence her. Often It is the
girls who have ambitions to "do
thing." One Is preparing to teach I
In an academy. One la going to
stenograpny ana take a position
father's office. One Is planning
come a doctor, another a nurse.
are you going to do?" they ask I
and she, poor child, hnsn t the ci
to assert berseir and say I m gol
Rtav at home and beln mnthpr 1 I
is' the burden of her heart' longlrl
sne forthwith tries to reconcile it
to a life of school teaching or
color painting or to learning bul
metnofis. which really are dusl
ashes to her woman nature.
And by this method- which wel
admit Is all too common we succl
having our kitchen work done!
woman who would Ilka to ho an
our schools taught by girls who 1
like to Do doing the cooking, our
ness letters written by women
very souls cry out for fresh air a
blue sky, and the delights of a ci
life. We, got our natural born f:
huo the milplts and our ethical nl
phers on the farms, and our poil
mud tne bank counters.
We are so afraid of not glvb
children a chance, that we install
their being what they are not ntt
Just to satisfy our own Ideas ofl
ress. We are afraid of what peoil
say If we let our boy take hil
verslty education out onto a
farm. We are afraid we are not I
our best for them unless we star
orr on our own preconceived r
tame and nonors.
But If we had real courage arl
ainaness we would look Into
hearts and Drayerfullv consider!
their Creator has out Into them!
snouia not ne afraid to let thl
wnatever tney can he best, and le
worn out tneir lives along the
least resistance- not for us, bl
them. I
It will take some shanlng. son!
appointments, some hart! knocks, J
tney Degin to make their work I
but If we are to do our best foil
we must let tnem take the knock-
their own road. not along tf
imiurai paiim uiai we nave maprl
ior mom. regaraiess or tneir o
cnnations.
K K It
Oood Things From Tomato!
IPE Tomato Tickles. Select s
large, red tomatoes (not toe
.ay them In brine (saturate)
tlon of salt and water) fjr ti
then wipe, put Into a Jar with!
spire, cloves, peppercorns and
cinnamon and small button onh
sliced onions, In alternate layers
inatoes. srlce and onion, having
of spiie on top. Cover with colJ
tnegAr and seal. 1 ney win
ready for ue for two month
snd was advanced tnree numbers for
his conduct In the Spanish war. From
1900 to 1903 Captain Schroeder was
frovernor of the Island of Ouam and
ater was stationed at Washington as
chief Intelligence office.
-.. Thl Iat In History.
17S0 Americans defeated British and
Torle at battle of Musgrove Mills.
175 David Crockett, the hero of the
Alamo, born Died March 6, 1S3S.
107 British army Invested Copenha
gen. 1817 Andrew Pleken. American gen
ersl of the revolution, died In Pendle
ton, f. C. Bom In Paxton, Pa... Feptem
ber 1. 173i.
1 S3 British parliament passed the
dissenters' marriage act.
US The first t'nlted States explor
ing expedition sailed, under Commander
Wilkes.
1M fieneral Resrney took peaceable
possession of Santa Fe, Mexico,
160 Jose l fcn Martin the "Wash
ington of South America," died. Born
February !S. 177.
Xo Long Smart,
From the Woodbum Independent Rj
M-tmwnwr near, iiior or tne Pen
dleton Trlhvne, 1 now oppod to State
ment No. 1. H I smother disappointed
on. Th people understand hi ailment
but they o not understand why urh
men. o dead rw s of holding white of
flea), hax-om 4 emblt tered through re
pef ed dUaaTvotntment that tney attack
rherlehed right of th people A smart
poll t -t in the old co t reri t ion da y
mllod wh defeated, for ncntoatton.
Now they kill themeelre off Hy anuir
enlstng ftatement No. L They r
longer isiut
nice with baked beans.
Old-Fashioned Preserve. Tak
pounds ripe tomatoes, flv pounds
a bag containing two large tabl.j
ground ginger and cook till quit.l
Allow one lemon, sliced to evervj
can of preserve It can be cook"!
the tomato or Uced Into the caJ
Is being filled. J
Butter to Serve With Moats
the ripe tomato ar cooked, l
put them through the colanderk
move the eeds. Have ready ait,
amount of sour apple sauce, well i,
add It to the tomatoe. weeten se
and let It boll until the mixture!
to thicken. B careful thst It dfl
burn. Put either In Jelly gl?l
can. Thl Is very rood erveH
meats.
m m m
The Ially Mmo.
BREAKFAST.
Ciaura Melon.
Minced Sheen' Tongue, Cr
Gravy. N
Hot Tot. Coffe. I
LfNCHEON I
Xut Batter Psndwlrhe. J.rdlar
Feche nd Cream. Oak, f
DINNER. I
Clam Chowder f
Cold Rnat Beef. Horeerade
Fllc-ed Beet Cucnmhore
Tapiotm Custard Banana
Black Coffee,
Nertlco Reformer will orerh L
tormioologle. "Rebate" 1 y
vulgarism and will be replaced t
eeaiaion-- -Theft" I like IM I
In refereewe to enal mtnniercH
atlon ard rbl b ur-llaeie H
animated tra,nj-Hon For ara' I
e-e OmtKsp BtBloa In tb t
OU cava. 1