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EDITORIAL THE JOURNAL 4!f INDEPENflEKT NEWSPAPER. C. 8. JACKSON PoMlaoer Psbliabwt'eivry eTentng (except Sunday) and ery Stinclar niornlnp at The Journal Build ing. Fifth and YamMll atret, Portland. Or. Entered at tb poatolflce at Portland. Or., for . tranamlaaloa throufh tin malls aa aecoud-claae Matter. TELEPHONES MAIN 71T3. HOMR. A-8031. All departmeuta rencupd by these numbere. Tell th operator the department jou want. FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. Beritatnln A Kentnor Co., Brunswick Building;. 225 Fifth arenue. New York; 1007-08 B&c , Building. Chicago. y- The Journal l on file lo Ixradon. Engbrnd. at file- office of The Journal's English repre sentative. E. J. Hardy & Co.. 30 Fleet rreet, where tubacrlptloua and adTi-rtiaemecU will be received. Rnbacrtritlon Terms b mall or to any addresa 'la .the Cnlted State. Canada or Mexico: DAILX. "One year $5.00 I Oa month $ .50 SUNDAY. One year ?2.50 One month $ .25 DAILY AND 8UNDAT. One year $7.50 One nxnth t .95 What yon demand is here. You travel the world in search of happiness, which Is within the reach of every man; a contented mind con fers it all. Q. Horatius Flaccus. A MISTAKEN CRITICISM IN COMMENTING recently upon the action of the city council in appropriating money for the pur chase of the Sellwood park tract, ;',The Journal made the mistaken .etatement that the price fixed by the ordinance for the property was $80,000. It seems that this was the price asked later by the owner of the i property, but the figure named in , the ordinance was but $62,000, and a member of the council explains "'that this was inserted, not as the , Jjrice to be paid, but as the maximum ' limit, beyond which the city should not go. He states further that the .. council was guided by the recom- ,: mendation of members of the park ' board and fixed this maximum with I out any knowledge of the real value I of the land and without opportunity 5 .to ascertain it. V Such Inquiry as The Journal has y been able to make -confirms these Statements and shows that the pub : llshed criticism or the council in i this Instance was not justified. The ' Journal has found much to criticise i In the acts of the council and there- fore is tho more ready to acknowl- edge its mistake in a case like the present one, where criticism was not warranted by the facts. , Mayor Lane vetoed the ordinance ' for the purchase of the Sellwood park tract, and recommended that 'the property be acquired by con demnation. The council, recogniz ing the value of the suggestion, sus tained the veto unanimously and con demnation proceedings were insti tuted, resulting in a verdict giving the property, or rather a portion of It, to the city at a price of $47,000. A small portion of the tract, It is stated, was not included in this pro ceeding, and another suit must be instituted it this additional piece is to be secured by the city. The. acquiescence of the council in the mayor's veto "shows that the councilmen became persuaded that their original action was mistaken, but the rharge that they were guilty of extravagance and recklessness does not seem Justified. t'XDER WHICH SYSTEM? YES, TT is a good deal of a puz zle to the average voter the ballot, with all its charter ' amendments. Doubtless there are too many of them; that Is, some '. are trivial, or at least not of great Importance one way or the other. In a few years, we may reasonably suppose, not enough signatures can be obtained to petitions for such measures to get thein before Un people. It is true that so far too many voters sign petitions for too many things. This evil of the sys tem will gradually correct Itself, or perhaps can be corrected by modi fications of the law. But cannot in telligent voters at the polls discrim inate, even as to such unimportant matters as these? Most of them can, and come to a reasonable con clusion. And whether they vote these matters up or down Is of lit- , tie consequence, Rut when it comes i to something of iRrpe, general im portance, something that intprepts a great many people who are talking ' about it, we may be pretty sure that ; the people generally will vote on it, and decide right. t But again, suppose the ballot is somewhat of a puzzle; suppose too ? many measures are submitted on it: t suppose there has been too much f petitioning and signing of petitions, what then? Are the voters not learning about their affairs? Do they not think more about them and understand them better? And if l they keep on legislating to some ex- ! tent, being careful to keep the power, of doipg so in their hands, I will they not yearly grow in eom- petencyt in wisdom, in fitness to judge of all public matters? Conceding some of the criticisms I that bare been madeof the present pKtom unrl situation, do the neoole want to drop all the hold they have rained, to give up 'all the privileges they have acquired, to admit that they are Incapable of passing on lo cal measures, of r either little or 'much 'Importance, "to abandon- all power over local affairs and turn, tbem over again to the. politicians, the rings, the bosses and the inter ests? - Do they want to revive the old system under which the masses of voters could do nothing and know nothing? This is what is proposed, suggested, if not openly advocated, from day to day. And it Is what will be attempted as surely as Mr. Simon is elected niavor. WHAT RIVKRS MEAN- r N ADDITION' to spending $110,- 000,000 for deepening the main stem of the Erie canal, New York is preparing to build the Caviiga- Seneca canal, Governor Hughes hav ing signed a bill submitting tho lat ter proposition to the electorate for approval. ThoiiKh New York is threaded with railroads, the suprem acy of the American metropolis is threatened liv diversion of products through the St. Lawrence U Canad ian ports, due to the cheapiir water haul. Tho water haul movement is everywhere becoming more marked, because it is infinitely less expensive and cannot be monopolized. In Germany canals are being built and rivers canalized with a vigor and de termination In which hundreds of millions are literally poured into the various projects. There the rail roads welcome the canals as a means of relief from the less profitable slow and heavy freights. The movement everywhere is to be more and more accentuated. It Is an expensive business to operate a railroad. Every day in the year an army of section men repair track?. Every seven or eight years the ties must be renewed. At proper inter vals the rails are replaced. Bridges, whether of steel or wood, have their day ot usefulness and go into the scrap heap. Rolling stock is perish able and locomotives pass into the obsolete. The toll of repairs and betterments upon railroad enterprise Is enormous. The navigable river pays no ex pense for replaced rails or renewed ties. It is the government's higrr way, and is costless to transporta tion. It pays no interest charges, no dividends to Wall street captains of finance. It lasts as long as wa ter flows and is not llarrlman's or Hill's, but the country's. Its cheap ness for transportation purposes is so obvious that it is amazing that men have been so long in discover ing and utilizing it. Do Portiand ers realize what her rivers might be made to mean to Portland? THK KKLLAHER PROPOSAL A NXIOl'S TO reduce the Simon opposition to a single candi date, Mr,- Kellaher offers to decide by lot which two shall withdraw and which one remain In the field. (Mr. Kellaher's concern for a concentrated opposition is to be applauded. It is this absence of concentration that is the delight of Mr. Slrqon and his supporters. However, when the ballot was counted in the primary election there was but one anti-Simon candi date. The product of those pri maries, fairly and orderly conducted, was Mr. Simon and Judge Munly. It is on this account and because of his known fitness that The Journal Is supporting Judge Munly. It seems a reason why all anti-Simon voters, Mr. Kellaher and Mr. Albee included, should support Judge Mun ly. All three stand for the same consuming principle, viz , the defeat of Simon. All three stand for a clean, progressive city. All three are adherents of the primary law. All three are exact antitheses of Joseph Simon. How passing strange that all three should be candidates, especially when originally there was but one and that the reason why there are now three is because Mr. Albee and Mr. Kellaher later en tered the field. Several large cities are defending themselves against the glorious Fourth. The annual death roll from explosives and the usual maimed and mangled at the close of our coun try's natal day Is yielding restrictive legislation. No explosives are here after to be permitted In the national capital except in connection with citizens' celebrations, and then un der rigid restrictions. Chicago has a new ordinance licensing dealers in fireworks and prohibiting tho more dangerous explosives. Toy pistols, toy guns, toy cannons aud blank cartridges cannot be sold or used. Firecrackers two inches In length and a quarter of an inch in diameter or under are permitted, but no oth ers. Xo fireworks or firecrackers containing explosives more powerful than black gun powder are per mitted For violations dealers are finr-d $."0 to $200 and celebrators $5 to $200. it is the climax of the anomalous for the fine abstraction of liberty to be emphasized with a riot of dangerous explosives, and it is comforting to observe the drift from an impossible to a sane cele bration of the Fourth. Years ago the "Sunset" or Bell Telephone company somehow ob tained what Is alluded to as a blanket franchise in Pasadena, Cal., but the city l later saw fit to require the company to get a new franchise, under certain terms or pay a license tax under the old one, which of course it would not do. The city and the company went to law and the city won on every point, the court holding the company a trespasser, so the city authorities cut its cables and put it out of business. Up In Oregon the same company Is fighting a state tax, imposed by the people, and the case will go to the United States supremo court. It is a cor poration, long a monopoly, that seems determined, to resist taxation everywhere and to whatever extent posslhle. But after awTiIle it may learn that the people have some rights in the matter. By the way, if a blanket franchise for telephone lines granted a few years ago is practically revocable, or taxable at will by a city, it would seem that that old permit to a railroad com pany organized 40 years ago to use Fourth street free would not be a perpetual free franchise to all tho successors of that company to the end of time. TAFT AM) CONGRESS 0 F COURSE everything that President Taft says on any public question- is interesting and possibly important, not only because he is a man of much ability and wide experience In public affairs, but because he is president. In a speech at Petersburg, Va., last week he said: "1 am not going to be mean enough to, say that a tariff for revenue is just the same as a tariff for protection If it reaches the same amount" a shaft of humor worthy of a presidential Mark Twain "but what. I will say is that If a man in Alabama is in favor of $2 on lumber for revenue and a man in Washington is In favor of $2 on lumber for protection, they, haven't any great amount of dispute between them as to the duty they want to have put on lumber." Here, neatly punctured, is exposed the pre tensions as to "principles" of both parties, and of the politicians of all sections. It is the thing, the result, that Is Important, not the name, the pretense, the "principle." Rut being president, and a states man, and not Mark Twain, Mr. Taft added: "I am not In favor of a $2 duty on either the Alabama or the Washington lumber." Here is a positive, definite statement fhat is significant. Mr. Taft may. not send any roaring special messages, but he took this occasion to say, very specifically, that he was not in favor of this duty. That was notice enough, not only as to that duty but as to many others of the horrible Aldrich bill. .President Taft is not In favor of them. But he Is not congress. And, uulike Roosevelt, and likely profiting by Roosevelt's experience, he is not going to try to run congress. The New York World, that strongly objected to Roosevelt's at tempts to control congress, now says that "the time has come for Presi dent Taft to assume the actual as well as the nominal leadership of his party." But how? The World would not have him "usurp the func tions of congress or bulldoze sena tors and representatives or seek to bribe them with patronage, but speak his mind frankly and fearless ly." Well, didn't Roosevelt speak "his mind freely and fearlessly" on some questions? And what effect did this have on congress? And the W orld objected to his doing so. Taft spoke "freely and fearless ly" in one sentence of 17 words; if that has no effect on his party, or the extreme protectionists of both parties. In congress, perhaps Mr. Taft thinks it would be a mere waste of breath to declare himself as to all the tbousand-and-one in iquities of the Aldrich bill. The World says: "No other one thing would do so much to clear up the situation as for Mr. Taft to de scribe the kind of a tariff bill that he, as a Republican president, thinks a Republican congress should pass to redeem the Republican party's pledges." But wouldn't that be an attempt to "usurp," or "bulldoze"? The president has said one thing clearly: will congress act on that? No. Then why should he vainly plead any more? When congress yields to his positively expressed views on lumber, probably Mr. Taft will make another remark or two. Meanwhile ho might as well play golf. A prominent railroad official mak ing a business visit to Portland, al luding to the benefit to the people of money saving combinations of rail roads, said: "If the railroads build a new line or expend any money it Is the public that has to pay for it In the end." True enough, and the people have to pay pretty highly in many cases, too; but out here la Oregon they want more railroads, even if the cost is high, railroads tkrough very resourceful regions where there is none now, and where it is demonstrably certain they would pay. And if, as Mr. Wood ruff 6ays, the people pay for the railroads and all the expenses con nected with running them, why shouldn't they have them? A Washington report of the en counter between Senator Bailey and a newspaper correspondent says that the senator's speech was "a scath ing arralgnpient of newspaper men," and that he characterized the writer of this particular article as an "In famous liar" and "a miserable creat ure unfit to associate with honest men." As to this correspondent or his article we know nothing, tnit the chances are that he hit Bailey with a weapon of truth In a tender spot. Bailey has not liked newspa pers ever since the publication of his transactions with a ccftilu Mr. Pierce of Stand " "ij r Letters From tkc People Letters to To a Journal should be written on one side of the paper only- snd should be nc mmpanled by the name ana addreas of tb writer. The name will not ba uaed if the writer aaka that It be withheld. The Jonrnal is nut to be understood aa indorsing the views or itements of correspondents. Letters ahonld be made aa brief u possible. Those who wish .uvtii ivurri reiurneu vtneu npi uaeu suuuju tu close postage. Correspondents sre notified that letters ex ceeding Wki words In length may, at the dls-1 creuou oi the editor, be cut down to that limit. The Municipal Lighting Amendment, Portland, r.,.ilay 27. To the Editor of The Journal There are a large num bcr of amendments to be voted on at the coming city election, and among that number there is one that seems to me to be of great importance to the tax payers and light consumers of this city The one to which I refer is the mu nicipal lighting plant. We all know that at the present time the private lighting in the city of Portland Is very pour, and that the present company has not sufficient electrical energy to sup ply the consumers with good lighting. We also know that the city of Port land Is not evert fairly well lighted, and that at the present time there are orders for hundreds of arc lights, that have not been furnished on account of the ex pense to the city. If the expense at the present time is enormous, and we know It is, what will It be when our city is properly lighted? The amount of money which will neces sarily have to be expended in the next three or four years, will startle the tax payers of this city, for if our city is properly lighted it will cost the tax payers at least from $200,000 to (250.000 a year for arc lights alone, and this will increase from year to year, as our city Increases in population, and the limits are extended. I have before me a copy of The Seat tle Times, under date of April 6, giving report of the operation of their city lighting plant, their earnings, etc., for I lie past year, which is in part as fol lows; "Greater Seattle's municipal lighting plant cained $318,643.49 last year, and after caring for its obligations, except tlie construction work cared for by bond issue, there was a net surplus of $610.73. "The operating charges of the plant amounted to $129,795.01; reconstruction charges. $11,775.01; reserve for depreci ation. $6, ,067. 12; sinking fund, $53. 590 63: interest charges, $50,125. These figures are taken from the annual finan cial statement, prepared by Chief Ac countant D. W. Lamb. "Two weeks ago the capacity of the power plant situated on Cedar river, three miles below Cedar lake, was In creased four fold or from a peak load capacity of 5000 horsepower to 20.000 horsepower." It will bo seen from the report of the earnings of the municipal lighting plant in the city of Seattle, covering a period of one year, that it has been very suc cessful. This 1h more apparent when we take Into consideration the condition: under which this plant was operated. You will note from the statement in this paper, that the capacity of the plant up to the present time has been only 6000 horsepower, and has recently been In creased to 20,000 horsepower. Jf tile same ratio of earnings continued Under the increased capacity you will readily see that the earnings of the company will h'i considerably Increased, yet the reserve for depreciation, sinking fund and Interest charges will be but little more than the present charges. This Is accounted for to a great ex tent, from the fact that In the first in stallation of tliis plant they made pro vision and built for thlB increased ca pacity, and practically all the money necessary has now been spent for the constructional part. This being the case tliere ran be but little additional charge to the (.resent one. for the sinking fund, the Interest charges, and the deprecia tion. With reference fto the reserve for depreciation, while we do not question perhaps the policy of petting aside the amount which they have done, yet at t he same lime the engineers In charge admit that the operation and reconstruction charges practically take care of all tho depreciation, and that this large sum of money is set aside for the purpose of preventing adverse criticism of their policy. You will further notice that the sink ing fund is ample to take care of the bonds Ispiied, and that If the setting aside of the depreciation fund Is met every year they will have ample money In 20 years to build an entirely new- plant. It Is unreasonable to suppose that this w ill be neVessary because as before I stated the maintenance fund and recon struction fund, which Is paid yearly will be sufficient to keep this plant In first class condition. When we take into consideration that the maximum price of lighting In the city of Seattle Is only 8V cents per kilowatt hour, as compared with 15 cents In the city of Portland, it seems almost Incredible to think that they can have done what they have done, and It must be understood too. that they have been in competition with two other companies In that city. Tf the past is a guide for the future of the earnings of ttiis plant. It Is safer to say that with the Increased capacity, the present rates In ths city of Seattle will be reduced to at least one half of what they are at the present time, for I understand that the city of Seattle does not Intend to make money out of the plant, but to give the residents of that city the benefit of all earnings in a decreased rate for lighting. I understand that the city of Tacoma is now purchasing Its electrical energy at the rate of 1 H cents per kilowatt hour, and in turn Is selling it to con sumers at 8 cents per kilowatt hour, this being the maximum price for lighting, and as compared with the price paid in the city of Portland, 16 cents. Is a great saving to consumers in the city of Ta coma. Notwithstanding the fact that they are now able to furnish electrical lighting at this plrce they are getting ready to put in their own electric light ing plant. If the statements above made are true, and they are. why is It not pos sible, for the city of Portland to own It own municipal lighting plant and save to consumers and taxpayers of our city the difference between this 6 and 8V4 cents paid in Tacoma and Seattle and the 15 cents per kilowatt hour paid by consumers in the city of Portland? E. H. HABIGH.ORST. Marc Klaw's Birthday. Marc Klaw. one of the foremost of American theatrical managers, was born In "Paducah, Kentucky. Mav 29. 1858, and was educated in the public schools of Louisville. After leaving school he studied law and was admitted to the bar. but soon abandoned the legal pro fession for the theatrical business. He became a theatrical manager In 1881, and soon attained prominence. He be came associated with Charles B. Jeffer-. son, son of the late Joseph Jefferson, and with Abraham Erlanger, under the firm name of Jefferson, Klaw & Erlan ger. A few years later Mr. JefferSon dropped out and the business has since been conducted by the firm of Kjaw & Erlanger, which now controls numerous theatres throughput the country, and has under contract scores of well known players. . - . - - , COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Not many people excited Bver election yet. That Newcomers' club Idea was a good one. Oet good and ready for the Rose Fes tival. There Is no enmity any more between the tsl-ue and the uray, Congress is at least not bothered wltn presidential messages. It is doubtful if Roosevelt will find any tigers of the blind variety in Africa. Everybody who has to work might as weu Deueve mat labor is a great virtue Decoration day should be esneclallv sane ana aecorus when It falls on Sun- day. i If thre were manv Roosevelt. Afrirn would soon need a set of strict mmt mws. A good many of the old veterans re yet naie and active, and some, indeed, not yet really old. It is thought bv some that alfalfa is a good foodstuff for people as well as animals. But wouldn't it soon become too dear? Before we read It In the Chicago a- pers we're going to remark that the earthquake throughout Illinois may have been due to the senatorial election. A half dozen silver snoons were fnunrt in the stomach of a Phlladelnhla. man operated on a few days since. Of course he was a politician 'and always true to the party. The completion of the Corvlll . je- Alsea railroad to Monroe was celebrated by breaking a bottle of milk and honey. "O" that was reallv more appropriate than a bottle of wine. Mr. Uarrlman at anv rate hn lnt of very valuable Seattle and Tacoma real estate at the cricks he nald for it Those who sold it will always regard him as a Jolly good fellow. The old Sunday or Sabbath of former times Is a thlnsr of the nt r(.iiri the Southern Presbyterians In their as sembly. It takes some people a good while to acknowledge a long established tact. The widow of a man drowned while drunk recovered $5000 damages from the saloonkeeper who sold him the liquor. If this principle Is carried Out In all cases of death of drunken men, saloon keeping will become a risky business. Mr. James K. Sears of Polk countv Is In other respects an excellent citizen, no doubt, but as a standing and mis cellaneous plaintiff for Attorney McMa hon, he Is becoming a chronic knocker and so to this extent a nuisance. Mr. Bryan's divorced daughter, Mrs. Leav-ltt, is true to her political upbring ing; she will deliver an address at the state meeting of the Jane Jefferson clubs in Denver next July on the sub ject of the upbuilding of the Demo cratic party. Every year a little thinner grow their ranks, as with flowers they march on Decoration day; every year to fewer gives the nation thanks: everv vear we view them grown more gaunt and gray. More of them yearly, wearied, fatter, faint and fall; faster flies among $heir lessening ranks Death's dart; oftener comes to them the final Conqueror's call; oftener from them friends must finally sadly part. Cherished more and more should the aging remnant be: tragic and great the part In our nation's life they played: honor them as they march, and doubt not that victory shall again be theirs whn among their com rades they are laid. FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE Wealth's Opportunity" (From an address before the So ciety for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the 'West, ' In Tremont temple, Boston, May ' 28, 185. Indeed, it Is well, In our golden Bge, when all the influences of the world are . commercial, when governments are swayed by commercial influences, when camps are ruled by the bourse, when even morals and religion are almost obliged to ask leave to be of the till and the cofferthat we should con sole ourselves with the truth that money is as susceptible of moral t In fluence as of secular. It Is a powr without moral character. We do not repeat the monk's exhortation, and urge men to yield their money to the church, but the church ought to yield Its riches to the world. Inspired with a moral purpose, money Is stronger than a king's sceptre, or imperial armies. It cannot control nature, nor open .the eyes of the blind, nor awake the diDmb to speak. Riches will not make a nan eloquent that is slow of speech, nor wise if stupid, nor powerful and f,wlft to sail along the courses of thought which set through the age In w,rttch he lives. Yet It will give him coptrol of learning, of eloquence, of sclencie, of moral influence. A rich man may rake open the hlunts of Ignorance and bring forth a thousand gifts of power and wisdom. Riches live in them no esthetic fineness, no erestivte art. But the esthetlo spirit Is often born fn the bosom of poverty, and cannot move. It Is In the power of wealth to ,touch that victim whom poverty, like a.'fabled sorcerer, has enchanted, and set t free. Wealth cannot preach, but it can rear up a thousand fiery tongues, like, golden mouthed Chrysostom, that shU go Whet Is Taft? ( From the New York American. Not from a Democratic senator if, Indeed, that classification meant any thing more than meaningless f noise against the Republicans but frpm the Republican. party"s own ranks shouts the demand square Into the face of Senator Aldrich, the acting president of the United States, exacting answer to the ouory if this tariff revision Is not the same old story the framing of tariff schedules, not by the representa tives of the people, but by the manu facturers directly Interested. Said Senator Dolllver, the cihief Re publican representative of Iowa, to Senator Aldrich: "McKinleyJ In des pair, turned the making of the wool tariff over to a mass meeting of its beneficiaries. And Governor' Dingley's avowed purpose to reduce thy McKlnley rates was vetoed by the threats aj)d clantor of -outside interests!?' 8enator Dolllver aimed ( his shot "straight at Senator Aldricli, who Is bossing the tariff revlsloni- He de manded to know why the present re vision was not made in accordance with the same principle as tivhen, long ago, Mr. Aldrich himselfN "labored month after month, night after night, with William A. Allison, t make a schedule for wool end wosleris In which the public welfare would exceed sordid private interest. f Tnere appears to be now only one NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Roseburg's motto. Is, "Keep smiling." Medford merchants have formed an association. A single branch near The Dalles has 60 full grown apricots on it Over 60 people are on the payroll of the Eugene woolen mill, a full force. Nearly 1000 people attended the sec ond rhododendron festival at Florence. Fruit crop around Brownsville will be larger than last year, says the nines A new oil company has been organized for the purpose of prospecting for oil near Lacomb. Until lately Tillamook was served by only one boat; now there are three, and there will be more. ' The latest champion mean person is In Tillamook; he robbed a bank or small Sunday school children. The project to build a railroad up the Calanooia valley from Brownsville Is not dead by any means, says the Times. Enterprise la experiencing .a building boom and several handsome structures are being erected, and many more being planned. '. Stay ton Mail: The fact should be heralded from afar, it should, be em blazoned In letters of gold on a thou sand hills.' Stayton has no brass band. A farmer offered to bet the Condon Times a new hat that he would have 30 bushels of wheat to the acre this fall. rain or no rain. He says we have cold feet. K. E. Cabell, a pioneer mrfner, says the Sumpter American, has made his home on Bellevue mountain, and during all these vcars has kem. when at nome. a complete record of the weather, and this spring he says Is the coldest and most backward he has ever seen In the Blue mountains. Coos Rav TCews: Some bright, aspir ing members of the last legislature had wild pigeons placed on the list ot pro tected a-anie birds. These nests are only with us In the spring and summer, dur ing which time they eat up the freBhly sown eraln and destroy the orchards. The farmer will now have to stand by and see his crops and orchards ruined. Verilv. the foolklller lias not Deen at tentive to his duties. Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendle ton who delivered the commencement address at the Weston state normal school, has accepted invitations to de liver commencement addresses for the Bellingham normal school. June 9; Pa cific university at Forest Grove. June 17. and Willamette university at Salem. June 18. It is doubtful If any other man In the country will be called upon to deliver so many commencement ora tions i.i a single season. Salmon trout are running in Ochoco creek this season for the first time in many years, says the Prlnevllle Review. This trout has In several ways the ap pearance of a steelhead salmon, being without the red scales almost entirely, although the meat is pink. It follows salmon to their spawning quarters in order t" feed upon the eggs, and Its presence In local wants would Uullcate that salmon have come Into central Oregon once more. A Mosler man. according to the Bulle- ! tin lias for some time been wearing aa a wateh eharm a copper cent- of the coinage of ITS 8. which lie says ne iounu Th. .r.t 1 tiiainnert wltb "MassacliU- selts Commonwealth" on one side and heart with how and arrows on the other. A traveling man came along ih. other rtav and ortereo Mr. nirnm in (n, n, a coin, and he took It. Soon another traveling man offered the new owner $20 for It and ftih ""'" num. who claimed to know, said the coin was worth $760. By Henry Ward Beecher through tho standing corn of the Phil istines, and burn it to ashes. It ran build. not alone canals, aqueducts, warehouses, ships, stores, and stately mansions. It can 'build schoolhouses, as well as churches, academies and col leges. Wealth gotten of the seas may turn again, and. standing on the shore, in a hundred voices, and a hundred languages, speak to every Island of the ocean. Riches gotten of the spices of India, and precious offerings of the east, may gather up from the Immortal tree of life, gayer fruits, sweeter In cense, more fragrant and dripping gums and spices of the gospel, and send them back In life giving exchange. Why should money be forever stigma tized as sordid, as selfish, as groveling, and penurious? Why should It not rise up and assert its moral power, and take Its own appropriate honor, as a supreme dispenser of benevolence? Have you repined that your hand was not gifted with the pen of literature? Then let a hundred hands be created by your benevolence which would not have moved but for your wealth. Have you repined that your tongua, like a dull and heavy ship, carried your thoughts with slow voyage? Then avenge yourself by chattering clipper tongues of other men that shall go over the deep, free as the winds. Ther was never an hour when it was so much given to riches to stand in the robes of universal benefaction. It Is the grand propelling force. It Is the creative and stimulant Influence of tho world, and like the natural sun. lt calls up nil manner of growths, good and bad alike. It Is tho province of piety to exclude the weeds and poisonous fungi, and to give growth, by wealth, to the fragrant and fruit bearing. nai'ional party, and that Is the Re publican party. But that party has developed two parties! One Is tvnlfled by the granite Aldrich, and the other, for the moment, expresses Itself through the protesting Dolllver of Iowa Mr. Dolllver Is a politician of chiv alry. He hurled his plumed chapeau at tne - nattiementea rocks of Aldrlehlsm, and It was not picked up. Mr. Aldricli represents simply the same old story of the special beneficiaries of extor tion! in oi wiucn attests tne point we have been making editorially, all tho wnue. vis.: where Is Mr. Taft? The Modern Farmer. From the Athena Press. The difference between the farmer of today and 30 years ago Is the difference between the old A drag and the four horse harrow; between tho stable made of a few poles and a straw pile and the red barn that takes In all out doors: be tween a hasel splitter and the four square bulk of a thoroughbred perker between, oh that's difference enough! Isn't It? Perhaps we might add the dif ference between a mortgage at 10 per Cent and a time deposit at 4 per cent Interest and that's only 14 per cent of the difference. v The Cove, t'nlon hood will have an county, neighbor immense crop of fruit. , , . The RE.ALM FEMININE. Fads and Fashions. N' EW YORK. May 29. The newest lines which dressmakers are fol lowing at the present time sre running in two different direc tions as regards bodices. Soma of the latest models are very long walst ed, while others have the modified short length. Both plaits and gathers are how seen at the top of the back of skirt mounts at the smartest dressmakers, giving naturally an easy fall of skirt drapery, which at the bottom of the skirt means an increase 'in width. This will be welcome news to .those who ars not only opposed to scant skirts, but anxious lo make use of some of their last summer's costumes. Sleeves In general are long and tight fitting, but one also sees a tight fil ting oversleeve that reaches from the shoulder to elbow in length. but It is cut up into a round opening or a square one on tlte outside arm. For summer wear this oversleeve will show a long sleeve of net, mousseline or lace under neath, some being in full bishop shape. Draped princess tunics on the bias are among the late creations. They al low the waist line to be naturally placed and closely mold the figure with much grace. Fine striped fabrics are used effectively. They fasten on ono shoulder and on the under seam of the sleeve attached to the same side. "Panel tunics, where long silk fringes trim the bottom of each panel, are exceedingly smart and so are stole tunics, the stole being a marvel of richness in handi work, in soutache on net, embroidery, painted mousseline or bead work. The petticoatless walking skirt of two and one half yards width proved highly unsatisfactory during the past winter season. It catches up the dust on the heels as no plaited nkirt ever did, and it wraps about the knaes and ankles every fourth step, as if one were en cased in a tube. A most charming mod ification of tliis skirt is one that breaks with a small group of wide plaits at tho middle of front and buck. A broad em broidered girdle hinds the hips 'in a straight band, fastening in front with a slide and one long blunt end of the embroidered stuff that hangs heavilv between the ankles. The lonir wafsted corsage is laid In small flat side nlalts also at the center of front and fmek. cm,,,,, aw iim; u, 1 1 I J I 1UCI fl 1 JftHtl tnSt encircles the round neck. This gown In linen or foulard irlves the straight ef fect desired and yet plenty of room for walking. Blouses for summer wear have nnm from Paris recently in a large variety of styles and there are so many charm ing patterns among tne models shown that it is difficult to choose. Cotton voile leads as a material among ths lace trimmed hlousr-n. and sheer limn seems to be a Parisian favorite for tlin tailored models, which, with the French. Is never stiffened. The more simple models have been developed In strip-, 1 as well as plain material. The pin stripe in linen lawn Is positively fas cinating for wear with the linen suit when It repeats the gown's color. Striped voile Is a favorite and sheer batistes m delicate shades vie with colored hand kerchief linens. Valenciennes and Irish crochet are the popular laces. Hand tucks and band embroidery are favored beyond all other trimrrilng methods. Always popular In Paris are the models with pleated frills down one side of ttaa front Some of them show an Insertion of lace, others are hemstitched, and the more expensive are hand scalloped. The French blouse- maker, he i;,ie ever so humble, realizes the fall value of the shnuMer strap, whether It be plain or tucked, or a Tnere band of la'ce or embroidery- Its advantages are evident to the liomn sewer at it glance. Jt tends tri glvn firmness at the straining point and it loins Ihe front and back artistically bv concealing the fact that the tucks do not accurately hit in the Joining. Tho long sleeve on the newest blouses shows the tailored cuff with or without tho ..111 , . . . V. u 1 H . . . . J . . i i iji. hjiiiuukii iiir, i ."n vji iniiti, ii ir II, 'L passe. K me of the three quarter sleeves sre gathered Into a lace frill at this lower edge, while others show the laca and t'irks as part of a fitted sleeve. Dutch necks sre much in evidence among the blouses. Just as they am among the gowns, and the stock that fastens at the hack Is shown without even a suggestion of a Jabot or with a narrow black velvet cravat. The Mouses shown in the shops Include every va riety, from the plain and almost se verely made blouse for business wo men to the most extravagantly decorat ed blouse wThVh may be worn for cer tain society functtons during the hot season. A coat and sktrt of linen In a medium dark shade, with half a dozen blouses of fine soft texture, make an Ideal bus iness outfit or wear In the city, whero light frocks tare not in best taste for street wear except on scorching hot da vs. The linen suit, however, requires frequent pYtention with the pressing Iron, even ff It Is dark enough In color not to soil easily, and If the business girl cannot have the use of a hot lro-i at any time she will do wisely to have her hot weather suit of light English mohair, which Is very cool and nlsn sheds the dust satisfactorily. A nsvv blue or stone gray mohair coat and skirt suit will be a wise choice and ti e coat should be lined with the thinnest China silk or with dotted foulard. Ihe only objection to the coat and skirt suit Is that the oont mav be worn only with Its accompanying skirt, and some business women are welcoming the return of the separate coat or top coat as It Ir now called. These coats are being shown In light weight broad cloth, covert and serge, black being l lie lavorlte, though many tan covert cont.i are seen. One model, called tin princess. Is particularly graceful, hav ing the length and cood lines notice able In this year's beat models and the seams lapped over and buttoned down, another modish stvle feature. Verv lieht toncnats reaching to tho dre.-s hem are shown In erav mohair and in shepherd, checked fabrics and these coats are a veritable boon to the business woman, for theyjnav be worn to and from business over cool frocks of sheer material on those days of which w- have so many, when tho sun sulks under lowering clouds, yet th humidity makes anything but the lightest raiment intolerable. White pearl buttons In every variety of carving and some with a Frenchv decoration of gilt lines and flowers are used n irreat deal this season. FLORENCE FAIRBANKS. Carrie Nation (Contributed to The Journal br W!t ' Mason, the famous Kansna poet. Fits proae-poeroa will be a regular feature of tola column la Tb Dally Journal.) She'll seek again her native air; they don't appreciate her there on Britain's dull and gloomy Isle, where It's a sin to . heave a smile. The Briton with a cigar ette is apt to fuss around and fret, when Carrie with her axe appears, and knocks his lid down o'er his ears; and he for mutiny Is ripe when he ohser-es bis trusty "pipe go flying from the train or boat, and sinful words rise in his throat. When Carrie smashes Jugs and Jars, the men who run the public bars aecllne to take it as a Joke, and Carrie -, finds herself la soak. It gives us all a sort of shock to see her mournlnsr In thn ,dOck, knocked .out hjv barmaids evidence. ana paying out. ner Diooming ponce. And so her homeward way she takes; hers eggs are used for making cakes! tCmwrieht. 1909. fc? ftK fft Oeoris liattbew dm.),Mc&jtJ