f EDITOEIAIa TAQE OP THE JOURNAL ' KillilMl THE JOURNAL A.N IMiltriiNPrNT Nwsrrr.R, O. . JACkSuN Publisher Pvhltahrd tr Try HdDnsr on inf. Ftftli "j eventi- ten-eft Snnday) nJ iliiv Hi The Jnnrnal .nil street. I'ortlaui. or. AS ONE VIEWS IT M1 Enlerrd t th rn. at Portland. Or., for trsasnilMkm tlirvu(b ilia null oflond-cliM HUM TEI-KPMONF'-MAIN TITS I'.'MK. A-S.WI. All department rrarhr.l It numluri. 511 llir uiwrlir Hi -ff i infill too wu;. Bat Rldo ftfricr, 112-1; K.tt M. rOBKICN APVKH'. ISlNiJ 11 H' K KSK XTATI V K Vr!m1 BnJ.m.'. S .rin; a!ti!"'mt ac.twt ?mnlr I .ii.'ine. I'll.' I Ifih "-i"i. Nt" ori; 1(7 !" -e It nl l.tlnjc . ' ' alwrrlntln Tern. hr mii er to ltr- la Ui InJlrd Ml Cnji.ida elrv: ll.MI.V. Oh fir . 00 On month I .0 PT'NDA Y. On ar 12 SO I On month I .25 PAII.Y AND SI'NIiAY. On. yar 17 SO ! On month f . Let us then to) on. It Is but ft little while at the long est, and no contrary wind can last forever. William Taylor. a SENATE "IXSVRGENTS." A WASHINGTON correspondent, In a manifestly "Inspired" ar ticle, says that there Is a pros pect that on the convening of .,the cent congress & band of "Insnr gent" senators will dispute the con trol of that body by Senator Aldrlch and other "corporation" senators who have been so long In control. ' It would not be surprising, Indeed, to find some "Insurgent" senators to Join La Follette In the next con gress, but when one looks over the list announced by this correspondent as probable "Insurgents," hope of the control of the senate being wrested from the "corporation sen ators" vanishes. This correspondent mentions 26 senators as "corporation" men and Aldrlch followers, and 19 as "in surgents," but adds to this 19 seven more to be elected next winter, as suming that they will all be of the "insurgent" order. Among the "in S eurgents" to-be who are already members he mentions Clapp and Nel son of Minnesota, Dolllver of Iowa, Gamble of South Dakota, Smoot and Sutherland of Utah, Warren of Wyoming, Piles of Washington, and others, and wouldn't It make you grin? Flint of California. The list leads off with Beveridge, Borah. Bourne,- Brown and Burkett and Includes Nixon and Dix on, and ' however It may be as to these and some others mentioned, it Is ludicrous to think of Flint Joining in any insurgent movement against the corporations. Flint was the Southern Pacific's nominee and choice. It is that and allied corporations that he is there to represent. Dolliver might in- Burge mildly, and Beveridge con Biderably, but if Clapp or several others mentioned ever showed any signs of rebellion we have never heard of it, nor is there anything in Mr. Piles' record to Indicate that he Is dangerous to corporate interests. Then this wonderfully imaginative correspondent has a doubtful list, among whom he puts Carter of Montana, Bulkeley of Connecticut, Dillingham of Vermont, Perkins of California and one must giggle now -Guggenheim of Colorado. Think of Tom Carter, of eminently "sane and safe" Perkins, of senators from Vermont and Connecticut, states ut terly under the rule of corporations and Guggenheim, even Guggen heim as possible "Insurgents!" What a people-serving, trust-smashing senate it will be Indeed, when Carter and Guggenheim and Perkins and Clapp and Flint and Bulkeley and Dillingham and some others like them have reformed it! Tom Car ter! and Flint! and Guggenheim! and corporation men from New England! Verily, it might be better to stick to Aldrlch and Rockefeller. They don't pretend to be reformers except on Sunday. This sort of stuff won't deceive anybody. The only way to get what the people want out of the senate is to elect Bryan and a Democratic house, ind then possibly enough sen ators would become sufficiently scared at what, is going to-happen to them If they don't change their tac- j tics to consent to some legislation in ' the people's interest. Dut let the! people pray to be delivered from suc cessful Insurgency on the part of Carter, and Bulkeley, and Dilling ham, and Perkins and Flint and Gucgenhf im! R. T. T. GEER argues In his paper, the Pendleton Tribune, that it would not be dishon orable In the leant for enough Statement No. 1 Republicans to re sign to defeat Chamberlain for sen ator. Ho thinks this a proper means of escape from the horrible act of voting for a Democrat for senator, a man chosen by the people, many thousands of Republicans iih well as Democrats. So lie wants a sufficient ntiinlit r of these men "to resign no that t heir, successors can be chosen in November, when the people will know who and what Chamberlain Is, as they did not before. This last silly pretense, by the way. Indicates the hypocritical character of the whole proposition. Not a voter in the state knows Chamberlain's poll- tics any better now, nor would know It any better In November, than he knew It last June. Men'R concentlon of "honor" dif fer. And men's degree and quality of manhood differ. If a man Is a coward, no conception of "honor" can make him courageous. If he is a skulker, his honor would not be hurt by sneaking off the firing line of duty If an opportunity occurred. One would not expect a mirtt with u chocqlaKr-eclalre backbone to be a Roosevelt or a La Follette. If you catch a shrimp, you don't expect him to act and feel and taste like a moun tain trout. The cheerful sound of a whistle was never evolved from a pig's tail. A mouse has Its quan tum of life, but It Is not the life of man. Speaking of "honor" la waste of breath If one addresses a person who Is by birth and practice a sneak. So If Fome of these members re sign, on the suggestion of Mr. (leer that it will be highly "honorable" to do so, manly men, men of moral courage, upright, straightforward men, such as have a ferllng of min gled pity and contempt for the cow ard, the sneak and the skulker, will appraise their "honor" at It true worth. But one thing Is certain : The man who would thus shirk a duty sought by himself, and which he solemnly engaged to perform, and assert that his skulking Is "honorable," Is not fit for dog-catcher In Praggleville, and will be so regarded by all real, honest men. year. It must be supposed that the people's credulity Is unlimited. In California the other day a man wai shot aud killed for a coyote. The Idiot with a gun can mistake a man for anything from an elephant to a muskrat, a goat to a grasshop per. Dl IS 10 Small Change SEE BOOKS I iHlns I pretty well tired out. I iK crnxy In hunt work. Tlay- Th Hit of the mi miner gigcmrnta In nearly closed. girl's en- Ml'S. Louise Fo well-Stevens Vants to Know How 3Iuch Stock T. M. Stevens Has in Companies in Which He Is Interested. glon. There are counties in the dis trict where splendid crops of wheat are being grown with but 10 Inches of rainfall, but the destruction of the humus content Is going on and a speedy exhaustion of the productive power Is In progress Future re sources of the soil are being drawn on in producing these crops, and the Inevitable bankruptcy of the bank of nature Is In store on farms so con ducted. Professor Scudder's Inter esting bulletin offers several Import ant suggestions. It is advised that where the rainfall is not more than 15 Inches, only three cereal crops should be taken off in four years, where the rainfall is hut 12 Inches, two such crops in three yars, and where it is but nine Inches, one ce real cron in two years. Growth of To hold now, as Is contended, that bringing two thirds of the party to the primaries on primary day and making nominations by direct vote of the two thirds instead of by a small fraction of political wire-pullers. Is destructive to the Repub lican party Is a monstrous propo sition. It is an Insult to the Repub lican party, and to the great body of the Republicans of the state. That which has been destroyed is not the party but the boss-controlled ma chine within the party, and it is from these dethroned bosses and . their claquers and bugle-blowers that the whimpering proceeds. Because they no longer rule the party they claim that, it is ruined, a preelous bit of fustian founded upon the assump tion that they themselves are the be- alfalfa, field peas and other legumes I ginning, the end, and the whole ot In rotation for renewing and restor-jthe party. By their domination, fac ing the humus content is also urged, tlonallsm and conspiracies, they are The bulletin says, "farm practices the men who have brought upon it which will build up and maintain the ! all the harm that has befallen the humus content animal manures ap- party, and by their present rule or Cunt may find out that Holland la lilliiir than ue look on the map. Burrows la groin; to speak in Ver mont; he Just about fits that state. It la aald that even the cows over In Tillamook ere bellowing for a railroad. Brldg. 'courthouse. hlh srhool- somethlna; to disagree about all the I An effort Is to be made by Louise time. I i.... ii i.,.,.n- v. . ....ji.i.j n.i,. i.i.H-,iir,rn., iriiuui.i " " " ' Candidate Hlmren appears ao far to be the exporter, T. M. Stevens, to have the a ratner BenelDl man: he len t saying hooka and record of the two eornora- a Word. .. I tin,, In 'Klrh Ktjki'ana la lim.lv In. Ex-Secretary Shaw Is also going to tereated produced In court In order to mump ror trirr ana currency reform, i ascertain 'tne amount or stock bold by of course. I v.i in th. ..m.u. rn. at,. Why don't the farmers propose a rurpos or attaching- the same In the commission to'-improve the condition of I suits or $3,000 instituted by Mrs. Ste- me Biaieemenr plied directly or through pasturing. green manures ploughed under, rota tions with humus-forming crops, the legumes and grasses, and humus- conserving tillage these must be in augurated at once if the high pro ductivity of this soil is to be pre served." Incidentally, the new Portland packing houses with their great mar ket, better prices and large opera tions will afford the farm-owners of the section the opportunity for avoiding the dangers. Professor Scudder points out, and at the same time open to them an avenue for a more lucrative business while sav ing the productivity of their excel lent soil. THE PRIMARY LAW AND PARTY. I N WASHINGTON the new primary law of that state is being criti cised by some voters who say it compels them to be partisan. In Oregon the criticism is that the pri mary law destroys parties. The principle and most of the provisions ruin tactics, including their purpose ful Intention of destroying the pri mary law if they can, are now the chief menace to the party in the state. In their deliberate and studied purpose to prevent the masses of the party from taking a hand direct through the primary law in the selec tion of nominees for office, and in their effort to take away from the whole people of the state the right to choose senator in congress, they, including the ancient one in the tall tower, are doing more than 10,000 primary laws could do, are doing more than tne wnoie Democratic party Is doing, are contributing more than all other Influences combined and then a hundred times over, to disrupt, disintegrate and destroy the Republican party of Oregon. vena recently against her quondam hus band. Two affidavits Indicative of this ao- tlon were filed this morning with the clerkof the circuit court by A. E.Clark. Airs, Stevens attorney. in tne two omplaints filed by Mrs. LOulse Powell- Steven against T. Jt Stevens as defend ant, the Portland Rfce Milling company was namea as jrarnlshee In one. and T. M. Stevens & Co. as garnlsjjso In the other. The two affidavits of Attorney Clark are similar, except as to the namea. He stares that Aueust 11 tie plaintiff caused to be Issued writs of attachment commanding the sheriff to seise suffi cient of the property of the defendant 10 aatisry the plaintiff s claim against lilm Af t. Ann nrl.K I . .1 , . The'sberlff, in accordance with tho writs, levied upon all the shares of stock owned by Stevens in the Portland Rice Milling company and in T. M. Stevens & Co. In each case, however, the offi cers of the corporation have made no return upon the lew and del vered no certificate or made any response what ever to the attachment. In order to ascertain the nnpsttnn of the ownership of stock It will be neces sary that the books and records of the two corporations In Which stock entries are made be produced and exhibited in court. Clark states that the affidavits are made for the purpose of ba.lne thereon motions for onlars reowtrinir K. That ir r eat American institution, the I C. HoskODfel. secretary of the Portland circus, Is again with us and giving de- Kice aiming company, and Frank Uui- Ilgnt to tnousanas or jurennes, not to I raie, assistant secretary or T. M. te Unless Tom "Watson coms out here. he will bays no chance whatever of I carrying Oregon. Full reports of the Coos beyA-nnress snoula h sent to Mr. Jiarriman ana marked "personal." Ah, but won't Uncle Joe Cannon and Cheerful Jim Sherman give a fine re vision of tho tariff? There are various encouraging signs: the New York machine politicians will have to give up to Hughes. It Is presumed that the Cubans are for Taft as long as Governor Magoon has them under bis thumb. If they have heard of the Browns ville affair over in Africa, won t itoose- velt need to take an army along with htm? 'The blind pigs should behave them selves," says the Albany Democrat. Hut we supposed that there should be no blind pigs. John Hays Hammond says bigger and more practical men are nenled in poll tics. Men like his employer. Senator .Guggenheim, perhaps. 5,135 SIGN ike .REALM FEMININE, PEIII1 c Tho Ono Day Itesuite. IRCUS day Is one of the demo crats. Institutions of our Ameri can Ufa. It Is the great leveler, when rich and poor hob-nob to- arethar on terms of perfect equal ity; when ths little brother of the rich Vntpr Alr That n "THo-li "n,',h6 mtl ''tar of ths poor smudge OlerS ASK. J.Iiat a Jllgll each other with molasses taffy and by image Jie Constructed nt Shnv,m. T " . of CMtde- From hundredf of hnm mothers and aunts flock to the city to see ths naruda: to ihrmo v, after the days excitement trudg back wearily the same people, yet not tho eame. They have spent the day and themselves for a definite cause The thing Is accompliahsd and along with the weariness Is the thousht th.V th.X own weariness does not matter slnee I Clay Street at Once to Take Place, of Madison Street Structure. v A petition signed by 8,136 voters was thev have marie the rhliiln The children enlnv It t w... do ypu know, I think ths ones who en- fllsd with City Auditor Barbur this toy It most 'are the .rJu.Kf.?: morning asking that proceedings In 4hs I dened mothers who get m few of the matter of erecting ths bridge be discontinued nriugo ne built at uiav street instead. I ineir races: their shoulder k.n The petition will coma up this after- w V. u9Jlna neavy 'anor. . , n .u. k 11 n bten so much th ilr habit to will also have an ordinance author?,: :dOPklSenTnk ondVread0" lng the city auditor to proceed with the seems nSt worth iht . t b..? ?at safe of bonds, amounting to 145.0,000. ijl the wav Tin nv H.JL "V119." for ths construction of the Wdlson n w huap nX il. tn,,r street atrucUire to consider, notony of toll. Their thfttlffrit tiatr jum wiihi anion win do laaen in me i boon mn ln . .n,l. s. T lZ . ' " nmller n,l u li.l the lirni.ri nt th lJ, "VV cu m Oaiiy net tlon exnec o' amDfi.h Is unc. "Vl"!" 'I? of feeding tain. The "bonda for the'Madlson street Uway b h brklire were voted unon hv the neonla fL Jf,j. . l?at . the . t Of the last "year and order the bridge to 'be ne."" S.nn i'nJi? tMr hunt t MnrtLon .irk.i n rnio. th. I ,navy countenBnoes. Their hands are Drisent antlouated structure. r'-Y "L'",,""u ". i ney nave Whether today's petition can bs voted Ka'rHnS hi ,1 h" h,,,ff,V .nSr Je,8.U,rC upon at tho November election and hold yarlouarts to rslrva th.?r a?" un notion in the mutter of tim nrm.ni ,n various arts to preserve their 80ft- rr. --------- - - - - - . ' I niHH nnn rrmtnnr. Driago invsjjves a legal question which will undoubtedly have to be submitted to the courts. The council can take no , 'hCBp . V.J , vVarlous action on the petition because the peo- P, ?,ch .r.m".2 ?lcxiJlyl$ b car7 pie ordered the bridge built at Mad son '" '' iYh iE Vh iii x TV ,l wl" street, and all that the members can do $Zr, V.th" Lhe -Umit!"Lby th8 man,v s to Droceed with the sale f the bond ul'"n Bma-" income, settle md order the bridge constructed. All cow" ! "e.rV-a u. , , . the counollmon can do Is to place the , ".Cr 3nV I ,i ,iTK 1 T n petition filed1 this morning on the bal- " m rL,?5Ira"yAurroun1de,! by ,nre,'' " ' nuti.j (.liuuinil a. 1 1 flKU Willi the Uhwonted excitement of having a ot In November and allow the doodIa to decide tne question TRACK fSeS HIT mention older people. Certainly let us get Mr. Harrlmnn to visit Portland. If- possible. Portland Isn't as large as New York, but it Is, not ashamed of Itself. If Councilman Baker reslly wants to run for mayor, doesn't that show that he is very friendly to Democrats und Independents, after all? If the new Alaska wheat that yields 100 bushels an acre or more had proved to be good genuine stuff, instead of a fraud. Republican organs anil orators would have claimed that It was the result of that party's policy In general. and or protection in particular. Oregon Sidehgliti vens & Co.. to appeur in court and be examined upon their oaths concerning mutters appertaining to the stock of the gainisnee corporations. Mm. Stevens, it will be rememhered is suing for J3.000 which she rlalnn is due and unpaid as the accumulation of installments to be paid in accordance with a contract entered into between nerseir ana T. Al. Stevens for d v slnn or tne property when he discarded her. FAftilLY RECEIVES BULK OF ESTATE CURRENCY REFORM. I X A REVIEW of crop conditions and business, the Commercial National bank of Chicago, after commenting at leneth on the of the laws of the two states are 1 panic last vear and Its results, savs: identical. 'The registration of the; Rf,portg from tne rouiltrv bankerg voter in each primary must show to Khow Kenerai indifference to the Ahinch- what political party he belongs, and Yreeland currency act. No steps are be- he must cast his ballot on primary ring taken in country districts to organ day accordingly. "Because of this I ize currency assentations under it. Most limitation," says the Spokane ! Of the correspondents indicate that I hey expect any benefits they may derive frbra it to be such bs indirectly result from its use by the bank, rs of the re serve cities. The comments fchnw, that there is a keener realization than ever liefore of the need for a comprehensive revision of our currency pystem Hopes axe entertained that t '.is may be reached through the labors of the . -ngrssinnal commission crentr-d by the Alii rich-Yreeland act. This is commonl- rPcanlc as the most valuable feature of ti meas ure, although regret is fri-j :i-ni,- rx pressed that membership is vho:!v con finer! to members of the two bosses of Spokesman-Review, "the law is be ing criticised in some quarters, on the ground that It. compels a man to be a partisan." And so it does, both In Washing ton and In Oregon. The piebald and tiresome claim that It has harmed ,4he Republican party In Oregon Is the pipe dream of plaved-ont poli ticians. It is the mouse-squeak of the little boss or big oiip. who wants to be restored to Ms job of afore time. There is not on tingle rea son why the primary law of Oregon should bring or ran bring harm to the Republican partv of this state, and every reason w1 y jt should be an agency for bui'dirg up that party. A DANGER SIGNAL. "U The fact that Hop-;!, required to regis''" tends to loyal ize f them. There 1p rr-i doubt but hundred . sands of men in nr. i an voters are ;is Republicans 'm! partlsanize ibe slightest Olendale's new box factory has start ed out successfully. Prospects are good for a water sys tem in Jacksonville. The will of the late Phillip Selling, who died on the 13th of this month, was admitted to probate this morning on petition of the exerutors, Caroline Selling, wife of the deceased; Ben Sell ing and Moses Slchel. The petition states that the value of the estate Is The payroll of the Wallowa Valley over $10,000, but how much over can- Mvrtle Point people may fruit and vegetable cannery. build Cream company was $700 last month. There have been more campers at and near Port Orford this summer than ever before. The Freewater-MIlton district's out put of fruit this season will amount to about 600 cars. A Morrow county farmer cut 33 tons of bluestem wheat hay from ten acres, worth $10 a ton. Surveying on the new electric line, which is to Invade the interior, Is on at full blast, says the Condon Globe. From Prairie City to the Blue Moun tain springs at the head of the John Pay valley, a distance at about 12 miles, can be seen almost one continu ous field or oais, says me jluub moun tain Eagle. Newport News-Reporter: One of the Industrial conditions In this county that should not prevail is that'"' having to ship In a large amount of lumber for home consumption. With millions of feet of Bs fine timber as there is in Oregon, with sawmills at Toledo, Wald port. Elk City and other points. It would appear that we ought to manufacture a sufficient amount of lumber for use. .ppo- past, have been unonmpromii nents ot currency reform Here is ono of the strongest counts of the general Indictment against the last congress Tor years the rie. ,1 of currency reform has been appar ent: repeatedly the dominant pam promised It. The panic last fail probably t hou- ;fhn wprj how urgent was the need of con who, from j n rhanRP ,n ,ne currency svstem Yet reasons of independ.no or lndiffer-; ror,Krtf,s (ilrI nothing. The lead -s ence were never before identified ; rould arf,e on nothlnj? Aldrlch In with it, have, as a result of this re-j,he 8PRatP and Cannon in the house qulrement, registered as Republicans would consent to nothing that did Answering: misstatements about (he Harney vallev crops, the News says There is no part of the grain raising t nrrttnr r. f Or(in that efl n mnke anv corgress and to individuals ,., i iheirveiter showing this vear than Harnev countv. In several places tne yield win be as" heavy as It was lat year, which was a bumper year, and in every place where there ha been proper cultiva tion and attention to the groun.l. there i a fair crop, in fact, a much better rop than was expected two months atjo and voted that ticket ever since the Dnt it r,.rtaln er(.at fir,.nrla ,nt;,. I primary law went into effect I he ests tendency is airectiy raviirfc-rne tu Jfj .Morgan & Co., snd the Rocke- ers l ne panic was relieved hv Fred Morgan of Jackson county while Mopping at a creek to let his horse , Hrink was bitten In the hand by a rat- ! tlesnake. which he killed It was as thick as a man's arm, 6H feet Ions i and had eight rattles. It took five hours for Morgan to get to Ashlan.l. but he had tightly bandaged lis nrni Hla finger vn rut to let the p.,lsonil M..od run out, and three pints of wl.is- , key 1n his stomach and one pint in , lected failed to make him drunk, ami Mrvchnine was administered all night Exactly a week before, he had fallen 35 f-t down a well, and escaped bar!v In ; time to miss a blast of dyramtre. people up there are wondering hat 'NDER favorable soil con ditions, to produce a bushel of wheat and its accompany ing straw, renulre tho eom. plete use of about 40 tors of water." I strengthening, instead of weakening a heme ca'rula-ed tp put many mil'- n,n to happen to Morgan net We quote from a bulletin just Issued ! ,ne K,Pnt11Pan ',arT- """ a" I?j lions in the pockets of these patriotic tty Professor Scudder of the Oregon ! complained In Wasnlrgton. ' Tt com-1 FPntr, a, tl)P people's eipense, and Agricultural college, who hojstg a pels a man to be a partisan " ,y, ti, . passed in the last danger signal to eastern Oregon not at present be estimated. Sam Si mon, A. Buchanan and E. Bowman were appointed appraisers. u ith the exception of a few minor bequests all of the property of Mr. Sell ing is lert to tne members or ins Im mediate family, his son, Ben Selling, getting t lie bulk of It. A codocil at tached to the will provides more gen erously for the grandson. Herbert Slchel, than did the original will. Provides for Widow. Phillip Selling in his will directs first the payment of all his just debts as soon as practicable after his de cease. To his wife, Caroline Selling, who is now 77 years of age, he be queathed all the household goods, pic tures and other effects which might be on or about the dwelling house and the buildings and grounds connected there with, further, he says: "It is my purpose and desire that my beloved wife, Curollne Selling, shall have and use such a proportion of tho Income as she may require for her sup pott and maintenance . . . the amount to be fixed and determined by my said wife. My executors are dlreoted to pay h'-r during her lifetime such suras as she may require or demand for such purpose." The grandchild, Lawrence Selling, eon of Hen Selling, Is left $10,000. to be paid in two installments of $5,000 each, two and five years after the death of the testator. The original will pro vided for the other grandson Herbert Slchel. similarly, but In a codicil added a year later it is provided that Herbert hp -he, who is row ,21) years or age, sh.ill receive $5,000 on the completion of his collegiate education, $10,000 five years from that time and another $10. iiuu five years after the payment of the first $10,000 making a total of $25,0-00 for this grandson. To his granddaughter, Mrs. Rae Herrv. daughter of Ben Selling. Is left the sum of $3,000. To Mrs. Rose Selling, widow of the testator's son Simon, he devises the sum of $5. Keep Building In Estate. I direct." the testator goes on, "that all the rest, residue and remainder of mv estate remain Intact and be safely and securely Invested and cared for by mv executors until the death of mv wife, Caroline Selling, and that In any event the Interest In the real property owned by me JolnlJv with Mrs. Jose phine Hlrsch on Tenth and Washington streeta ahall not .be sold and aha!! re main undisposed of for' five years after mv decease." The Horde, a corporation under the auspices of the Ladles' Relief society. f Portland. Is a beneficiary under th meal in a restaurant or lunch room that this is an event In her life? Do vou think that this Is probably the only day In the year when she sits down quietly nci nas ner rood nrougnt to her Instead f bringing It to the table for some one else i Do you ever realize that the 15 or 20 cents she spends upon her lunch on this occasion seems almost like extrava gance, something qqlte out of the ordi nary a nit 01 selfish indulgence? You hear a gool deal these davs about the average woman. She ts just so tall, weltrhs so much, snends so much i wo communications were received Dy money a year, lives so long statistics the mimeii this mnminir from n m are Bvanatue to ten ono all this. - I O , , . 1. -, n i , i ln.l,,n n.M.,.l . .V,. D .jut. uu.il i-i ill nui" " otnil.I lili lt, uvjo.j... i-.tTotit.ui .y. ..in mom"" and the facta of the average woman's Railway, Light & Power . company. in life may be read from her face and which he said that th railway eomnanv benrlDg, and the mariners 'of her ehll- jtrort with har W,, L- r, f ka .- . ., t would not pay for any other kind of h1v Btmuo-io to ieen tin ciiiidr..n r..,i pavement between Its tracka on Grand and clothed on a small Income, to keep avenue save tnat wnicn is piacea in the house clean and to allow the hovs the body of the' street. Ills communl- to have a certain amount of schoollnn cations are slmilaf to the one he sent before thev must turn out and work for to the executive board and refer to the their board, back of all this runs the Installation of Belgian blocks between one llttlo etreak of romanre. tne tracks. Once she had a love story, ana still Heretofore the city has always com- deep In her heart she keeps It fresh. pelled the company to use Belgian I He was young and strong and eager. He blocks in paving between te tracks, lovea ner ana sne reiurncq nis love, but because of the excessive cost the and they were married and now hero company has decided that it Is not in- are the children to care for and to spend cumbent upon it to do so. Inasmuch as herself for. Perhaps her husband is the fiaiit'lilse of i he raiiiiimnv nrovlHua good to her and perhapa not, but she that tne company Khali lav such nave-1 .o 1 1 s on. ments and make such repairs as the city deems fit, it is not thought that the company can very successfully refuse to install the Belgian blocks If the council so orders. The pavement to which the communi cation nfers Is to be laid on Grand avenue m two sections, one from Holla- day to Broadway arid from Holladay to the end of the bridge on Grand avenue. CONFESSION LEADS TO ARREST OF BROKERS As a result of the arrest of Thomas Perkins, the 17-year-old 4 clork who robbed Love's drug store qn Grand avenue after being discharged, and his con- fession, Bin pawnbrokers have been arrested for buying goods from a minor. This is expressly 4 prohiibted bv ordinance. Perkins pawned a number of articles stolen from residences about the city. The pawnbrokers took friem in violation of the city law, and will almost tin- jdoubtodly bo fined In the muntel- pnl court tomorrow. Those ar- rested are P. Dorfman. W. Chemis, J. Swartz, G. Zaik, P. Schneider ami Max Toukougy'. It is expected that five other 4 brokers will be arrested today on a similar charge. Letters From the People IjrUr to The Journal boull b written on one tide of the rPr only, and honld be tic tompnnled by the name nd ndiireni ef the writer. The ntr. will not be ned If tlie writer ask that It he withheld. The Jonrnn! Is not to be understood lndoraln- the Yietvi or tntrmentu of eorrenpondenta. letters should b made aa brief as potvlble. Those who . wish their letters returned when not ued-should In close postage. , Correspondfnta ar notified that letter r feeding; 3on word In length niy. at the dis cretion of tb editor, be cut down to that limit. Frf: U It ont $hft eiccllence of the tai" ' when selected is-tbe nominee of the Oregon soil, and emphaelies it? pre-,-"n".aSP. and not of a few bosses in ent high productive power. "Kircept 1 the partx, Over 40,V'O votes were for Jack of humus," ha Rays, per-. cast In the Republican primaries last haps nowhere In the United Pistes 1 April. representing nearly two third of the Republican voters op But a stronger Influence in the (lours of the session merely to say: farmers. In this bulletin he points same direction Is that the nominee t!lflt soniPtr,ing had been done, wss not ln'-nd to accomplish any good' for the country. j A commission of Investigation was appointed, but as the Chicago bank-i r ml'dly suegest. It was composed almost entirely of men known to be the state No such number of un't 1 r pps-d to any real currency reform in the i-c.rtv ever before ioinf-d In o sn..th(ng beneficlsl to the) people, making nominal tons as ha been VheyThe commission was appointed by rule flnee the primary law went InO Vice - President Fairbanks and effect. It was notorious under the Ppe-afcer Cannon, snd the country old system. sav In case of a few (ceds deliverance from or protection local contests, that a few politician ' against anj- currency sefcems that rsihered In a precinct, and named i the men would faor. And yet voters are asked to heller that lh sstne men who thus treated the enr- Value of Irrigation. tn to the extent of $S00, to be paid as ... . r. r.,rijj. i fo.jn sa practicable. The Baby's Home From the Grants lass t.rwirler j, , f . f ,100 fw.. thousand The inauguration of a thorough and , ar. 1- devTaed lt ths Council"? eomprehenslve .ret.rn or system. of dollar. Is , devised o th, Councl 1 of irrlaration in tm peciion win mean a v-..i.i . j ..ii-i v.i. .i r, Vv. r,.M eomp.ete rerotuilon In the matter of Y'.o;"7.rti cable. " Tru'traislrig antj larrning in tne rt"gu, ftlver valley It will mean that one acre thoroughly watered and rroperlv Twr rtitrd nf all tha remainder of th' estate, real, peraonal snd mixed. Is left to the testator's son, Ben Belling, and la thera a soil better adspted jo sue restful agriculture under semi-arid eondltlona Iban thM found in east ern Oregon." Humus. If rosy be n plained, 'the pa-tially decayed plant matter accumulated In the soil, and both - physically and chemically It is th most valuable of the ,n coBipoDenta. It Is 1 y constant crop- plnf f-UB teretla that tha h-imusj delegate snltable to the county boss rontett H redttcd. and thla. Pro-1 and that the ordinary county rem fesMtr Scudder polnta out, la the dan-"i Vr-nt!nn s a predict, not of theirencv queton In the last eongrei gef that attends farming la tie r-j m tut of the county machine, j are gvii. to fix tt ii? all right next " nS'..P' rnr arr. now l?t? h. rem.7nmg oneThTrd to hTrdaulhtiV". aa much a the im srre now rielda n. r,,,,u ri.Iii rmtb of theae be- wl1' "J.JJTIV?. r.V, L" Jlfr I Phillip Felllna s wife, Mr Oyollne ducflon, thla tnrreaje -ill be nowhere near tn proportion t th additional crop production. Mei-oTer. the farmer and orcbardlat will b praetlcally as.ured of a maximum, rl earh vear Tier should be practtejil cnoperatir.n Mtinnt the farmera to the end that IrrirMInn throrjchmit the county Shall be secured at H rmfllest riowlble date Thtre I nothlrut b gaineej br watting Noj other one tfctfig wil) attract eo many new residents to both the tow-n. and tb orchard, of the valley Irtimtmn hrold b th ilm tbrouahoat ths Hofnt Rlrr TSJley- ' m nf th flnewt FYenrh tanfrr i m nnf t rjjf ma s'nwty that tif ar- (t easiiMPi fro4nr rsera tfa tM guars fart-la vfr. - . i Rrlllnfr f The ttatnr appoints his wif;. Caro llr Pelllng. his on. Ben, anl his son-in-law. Mnari Slchel, aa hia executora, to rre without bonds or other security. Th will 1a witnessed by Jooeph Bimon and George Taswsll. G. A. R. Mesa oa the Way. A telegram recelred this morning at the Roc Island offices from General A went C. A. Hunter, who accompanied ths trregon delegation to the O. A. R. sneimpm'tit a far as Halt Iak Cftr. announce that special tratnload of 1 cars of O A. R- sseurslonlsts left Salt IjS tost ntgbs Mr. Htinter will re turn from tho Mormca citar tho kas( of lfc erk. -, w Short Weight In Ice Deliveries. Portland. Or.. Aug. 25. To the Ed itor of The Journal There la a gen eral complaint, slnco th Ice oompanlcs consolidated, of short weight In the article and now there Is talk of oblig ing the wagons to carry seales for the purpose of weighing their goods The average housekeeper is without de, fenes against short weight as few kitchens are provided with the meana of weighing large masses. But the housekeeper has, nevertheless, a sure protection agalnat the failure to weieh the block of Ire delivered as weighing so much at 79 cents the 100 pounds, sad that Is, by measuring the cubb contents of the block delivered. The heaviest clean lee welgha about S7 pounds cubic foot. A block weighing 100 pounds should contain almost exact lr J.000 ruble Inches A blrn-k meas uring 12x12x10 weighs a trifle less than $0 pound. The housekeeper ha -thus a means of protection, which It appears Is Just now greatly needed. Iet her get out her tap measure and she will find a means of protection, though she -will at flrat encounter mm brow beating which- after a few bouts jn the police court will be reduced to courteous treatment 8. ' Gaardlaa for Harold Marsh. On petition of ftertysjna Smith for th sppolntment of a guardian 'for Harold D. Marsh, a minor of 1, Judge ebter tls morning appoint the boy- choice. Fthel M Gmbb. Th. real property of th ewtats tsi -arue1 at i.oa -arid meav Itn4 other persVrnkl prooerty at an additional I M 06. Perhaps her sons grow un to honor her and to lighten the declining vears with tenderness and love; perhaps ono of them makes money and Is able to cive her manv comforts in her old ae-e and perhaps they go off, one to sea and one to tho mines and one to drift about the world with no aim or purpose, nut the mother heart holds them all; they are hers always. And If nothing comes in to lighten the toil, she still works on. Uncomplainingly and faithfully, without other recompense than seeing the children grow up sturdily; without thought for her own pleasure or con venience. She is Just an average wom an, born to work and bear son, and then to die. And what has It amounted to In the end? Just this that tho average woman's faithfulness is one of the otrong levers that keeps the world going. Much to do Is made about the lovely ladles for whom men shoot each other but these things do not belong to the average woman's life. She had her .romance, and the memory of It Is still fresh in her heart. She loves only her husband, and for him and her children she tolls. She sees her duty snd doe It and when her sons go out Into the world they hive her example and her unswerving faithfulness for a strong anchor to hold them to the thing In hand. An average woman's life It stands for- these things. Courage, unselfish--ness, devotion, simplicity, honor, duty and work, always work. And that Is a pretty good creed to live up to, and something that may bo handed down as a good heritage to her sons. All honor to the average woman, and a benedic tion upon the circus, which brings her for one dsv Into touch with her kind and gives respite from toll. Rt.lt French Dressing and Mayonnaise. RENCH DRESSING Olive oil, tablespoonfuls; vinegar or lemon ulce, 1 tablespoonfuls; stilt 1 ts- hlespoonful; garlic, 1 clove, paprika 4 teaspoonful, chopped parsley. Rub the bowl with the clove or garlic. Tut In salt and pepper, adding gradually the oil, stirring rapidly. When the salt is dissolved add the vinegar gradually, lemon Juice or tarragon vinegar mny be u Fed . To vary this a teaspoonful of Worcestershire, sauce may be aided or a few dropaVjOt kitchen bouquet. Mint Is excellent chopped fine In French dressing over tomatoes. Mayonnaier-Pressing Put the res beater on loe. Separate the yolk nf tii egg very carefully and put into a bowl. Beat until the yolk Is sliahtly whtpped, then add tho oil. a 1ror 0' two at a time, beating steadily. Then add the oil In little larger quantities beating all tho time. Now alternate the oil and lemon Juice or vinegar, until all are well blended. Put the season lngs In. mustard, paprika cayenne or .i few drops of Worcestershire sauce a liked Pour all into a pint Jr, screw on top and place in refrigerator whre It will keep for two weeks. When wamei for use tt may be thinned If liked with white of egg br whipped cream. m . The Dally Menu. BREAKFAST Grapes. Cereal with cream, Kidney saut. Coffee. LUNCHEON Veal loaf. Baked potatoes. Oreen pepper salad. Arris sauce. Gingerbread. Tea. DINNER. Clam aoup. Pot roast of beef. Stewed carrots. String boans. Tomato Jelly salad. Sliced pineapple. Whit cak. Black coffee. Tomato Jelly Salad OranuUted gela tine. U box. oold waten cup; toma toea, H can; celery, 1 stalk: orflon. 1 allce; bar leaves, f; salt, 1 tablespoon ful; lemon Juice. 1 tablespoonful; tarra gon -ingr, 1 tablespoonful ; paprika, H teaspoonful, mavonnalao. Cover th git1n with a balf rap of cold water: ooak half aa hour. Put into a tew pan tomato, eelory. bay reave and ontoa. Boll gently It min utes. Add tb gelatin, and at rain through a fin sieve; pot Into tb mix ture lemon Jub trrron vinegar an 1 paprika. Turn into a moid asa aa. on Ice to harden. err oa Itttoc loaves ila BaayooBaUa ar.-. - V