THE JOURNAL
. AX IKDirKXPCK? MWSrAMA.
southern state to bare strong and
sometimes successful party (opposed
to iths , party now Invariably and
overwhelmingly dominant' Such
condition of affairs as baa Ions ex-
rSmJST mZZSZ rg?MZZ?kS lted in the northeastern states
kc ruu a iman streak, portuaa. u. j pot healthy for that, region or the
country, even less so than the One-
sldedness of the south, for down
(here the dominant party has not
gone into partnership with plunder
ing interests and predatory prlvl
leged classes, as la New . England,
A party that never encounters or
fears defeat inrarlably becomes cor
rupt, predacious and oppressive.
gator st te aostofflee at rrtta4. Or.
rKLEFHOXES MAIH TITS. BOM A-SOM.
ih.ihmiii. iMcina sr ueee
Tn the eaeraaar the Aauaitt yes) wea.
roasiojt advertisi. espbsssntativs.
tfn'iBli A Avatwa- Co., Bntwwlrk BalMln.
tas ntth mm. Kw Xark;
Blldln.
KWT-OS Bare
Tha loaraal to ee file ta tm. aclaad.
t tlx etfle af Tbe Jooroal'e BngUab mire-1
eetattne. K. I. H.rtfy I ft. fleet
t. -tt-; aebeartptloos ana aTruDwu i
"nil e nwim
A "BEDEVILED" LAW
Rnhocrltirtoa TMw b stall ar to ear addrasi
at vans erafe. caaaaa at busk:
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CAitr Axn SCNDAT.,
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Dlspatetr never - undertakes
a Job ' without fust marking
. out " the course to take and
then follows It, right or
wrong, while hurry travels
' like a blind boss. , stepping
"hi and -often, and spends
most of her time in running,
Tinto things, , and ; the . balance .
in 'backing out agin. Josh
: Billings:- .
pixcnoT axu ballingeb :
InpHAT Gilford Plnchofs hobby is
SIDE FROM any economic vlc-
lousness or other demerits of
the new tariff law, it is a
matter .for national humllig
lion, ana profound -.regret that
party leader and legislative dictator
like Aldrich should consider ft al
lowable, if not commendable, to re
sort t6,tricka,; subterfuges, gross
misrepresentations, - absolute false
hoods,: regarding the law, or the bill
proposed, for a law.- 4 Political honor
must have become grevlously vitiated
Indeed when this occurs.' and when
leader who does this .retains his
position and power, without rebuke
except; on the part of an important
handful of .Insurgents. That Al
drlch grossly misrepresented various
portions of the tariff bill in detail
while .under debate, and the bill as
a .whole .on its passage, Is asserted
by. many, close and Impartial ob
servers;
The New Tor Times, for ex-
rood one. if not ridden too ample,' aa exceptionally careful and
fast and too far. and that he I conservative newspaper, asks, "What
4m sln Aaa1w an1 nat vlAt1a1i-ar I shall be fluid of Hd rich?" who da-
t" 9 uvcu nuu t ym,h ivMvaw I w " " ' - -
working for what he most earnestly iciareu mil me mwi 01 ins new iaw
bellavea to .be a great and arrowing I on. cotton goods "do not exceed the
need of the country, and for its good equivalent of the Dingley rates,1
in a. vastly important matter, no one when It has been .computed that the
can reasonable deny. Mr. Pinchot's I new law "advances tne duties on cot
address at Spokane Tuesday was a ton cloths in various degrees from
strong, clear, plain presentation of a 10 to more than . 1X0 per cent, and
very lmnortant matter, and In his J applies to three quarters or cotton
statement of it le is altogether right doth Imports." The Times further
and his words deserve hearing and declares that "the schedule nai
"heed. . The main question with many been bedeviled, and we must believe
people" who agree with him In theory purposely bedeviled," so that it
iis:,: Has be carried or would7 he, if aires up its guilty secrets only un-
unrestrained. carry bis conservation der expert scrutiny." on piain
policy too far, so far as to result in I white mercerised cotton goods, such
imore harm than goodr, by reserving as aro most used for women's, and
from logging, clearing, ' settlement children's wear, tne Aiaricn bin ai
and agricultural and pastoral use. most doubles the Dingley duties,
great areas' of the nubile domain? Aldrtcfi "bedeviled'! the schedule,
"What Pinchot wants done with re- nd then bad tbe hardened effront
ard to the water power1 sites should ery' to lie about it In the face of the
undoubtedly be done; that Is, the American people.' "Wfiat," indeed,
government and states also "shtll be said," or thought, of such
should prevent the acquisition of not paly dishonest-but shamefully
-these power sites, by a "power I dishonorable .Btatesmansnipi
1
pie, and tbe country H and L- people I man's life. Without the least senti-
make business , for the , lines. Rev- j raent savoring of vlndlctlveness, ori
enues that may be light in the be-1 reveogefulness, one may well repre-
glnntng will be heavy In the end, inend these long, delays and post-
There will be more bands to make I ponements on such flimsy and ab-
roads and more purses from which ard grounds, as tending to make a j
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGS
to pay taxes. The product from a
few acres will be greater than that
now produced from 100. Iowa last
year, with an area of but 52,000
square miles, yielded $660,000,000
in wealth, and the most of It came
from the soil.
In the midst of this evolution
there would be , mighty times In
Portland. Cannot the Portland mer
chant, the Portland property owner
and Portland capitalist see how sub
urban railway enterprises should re
ceive every encouragement from all
because In the extension and promo
tion of these lines there is wonderful
growth and strength for Portland
and ; every Portland interest? Los
Angeles' Is spending $13, 000,000 to
create by Irrigation 23.000 acres of
suburbs Into which to build subur
ban lines.. Nature gave Portland
adjacent territory such as- it has
given . no. other - western cltf . All
Portland has, to do is to build the
mockery of ' criminal J ustlce.
1
T MULS OVKaUlOLC
AN APOSTROPHE TO THE PIE. ' ?
When I am sad
nd thlnss go
wrong-, .
' And It is almost
time to cry.
I hike ma to the
pantry ahalf.
And oAlmly eat a
Dic of eie.
A pioce of pla, oh,
, raptur swat,
jOli.-.-' Joy, . and
. blias and V
V thtnss Uk
;V- that, - :(.
Tou've got m go-
- lag any time.
Oh rite. I'm tak'
ln off nr hAt '
I care- not who is presldsot,
For fam and fortune care not I,
I only want to live and eat.
And set outald A piece of pie. ,
Though foas may spring along my path.
Ann many niaaen .aangera lie.
wcms I I
RIVERS AND RAILROAD LOBBY ' K I oou
TO. Attn be happ-y And content
if I could only hare my pie,
If war should come Upon the land,
HE LATE remarks of General I With neither sword nor gun nor knife,
tsxii 1 would nave A piece 01 pie-
Ana xinq mat a maae at restaurant!
trust," or for speculative purposes;
yet neither the government nor the
states should prevent the acquisition
.and use of such sites as may actual
ly be needed by -railroads, manufac
turing plants, or other enterprises
It is such ' concerns as these that
ONE PORTLAND ASSET
P'
ORTLAND IS one of tbe richest
cities per capita in tbe United
States, It is the only city in
tbe northwest in which local
need and can use tbe power, and nn- capital aids in financing railway and
der proper restrictions they should otner consiaeranie enterprises, une
have access "to these sites and the heavy holdings of ready cash and
right to appropriate them. .But convertible securities by an unusual
they should be allowed to take and number of local men is a conspicuous
Jiold only what they can and will feature of the financial aspect.
use, and for this use they should be The wonder Is that larger invest-
equlred to pay a reasonable tax.ments of this capital are not de-
Power companies, independent of voted to tne nuuaing 01 lnieruroan
other concerns, seen legitimate lines. No agency is more ef
enough, under due restrictions. - fective ln building up a great
. Mr PlnTinf an1 tnrmmr icf I v Nn rlt In th conntrT 1a more
Hoosevelt, went too far In some I favorably situated for a great inter-
eases in the matter of forest re-1 urban and suburban traffic. Rapid
serves, and this may be tbe case transit Is the factor that extends the
with respect to water power sites. I limits of cities. The convenience
-If they erred, .however, It was in the I with which the Individual can reach
right direction, in overdoing a good, the heart of a. great city while 11 v-
ylght thing, and this can easily be ling five, ten or fifty miles from it
corrected, while the opposite error I Is the factor that brings him in or
of neglecting the matter entirely I keeps him out Tbe ease, with
would have been an irremediable which he can reach it Is the test of
calamity. I how many visits per day or per week
The country owes a good deal to ha will make. The greater this ease
tolf ford Pinchot, for the persistence, I the greater the number of visits. If
ability and disinterestedness with he be a farmer living SO miles away,
which he- has exploited a splendid and if the transit be cheap and quick
idea and Inaugurated and carried on enough, he' practically becomes a
a work of inestimable ultimate value part of the city population, for the
to the country. And this Is true city will inevitably become the head-
even If, as Intimated, his ardent seal quarters of his larger business actlv
in the good cause has sometimes car- ities. The principle Is proven and
rled him too far, and caused him to reproven every day ln human ex
overlook, some very important prac- oerience.' Every business man in
tlcal considerations. Portland knows that the, develop-
As to the contention between him ment of the saburban system of this
and Secretary Bal'lnger, Judgment! city so far has been an imposing
cannot be fully pronounced until factor In the city's marvelous ex
more evidence is in and until the panslon. There Is no city In the
subject, and the acts of the eecre- country in which the eame agency
tary, are subjected to careful ecru-1 has not yielded exactly the same re-
viu. iv i uui iuu mutu vu oar, I an It a.
however, that at this stage of the ; rn the case of Portland the great
proceedings the secretary is under advantage to come from, this enter
suspicion of adopting a bad and dan- prise is almost phenomenal. Iowa
gerous policy, and the people will be has 60 inhabitants to the square
satisfied with nothing less than a mne, Oregon but seven. It Is ob
very full and candid explanation of Tlous that this disparity of popula-
Marshall, chief of engineers,
ought not to be aa seed sown
on stony - ground. They were
a, call upon Oregon and. Portland
people to demand and secure ade
quate appropriations from congress
for Oregon waterways. Reasons
were specified and facts cited. Such
action' would make it possible to se
cure completion of the Celllo canal
in three years Instead of 20. Waste
could be saved, cost reduced and the
benefits of the open river be infinite
ly hastened. The same was true of
the mouth of the Columbia,
Though the average cost of rail
road haul la about eight times the
average cost by water haul, the his
tory of waterways in the country for
many years has been a story of de
cay. Parallel railroads save al
ways found a means for blighting
river commerce. Purchase of steam
boat lines and disuse of them, block
ing of river improvements in con
gress and many another means has
been found to kill river commerce.
when tha maiht 4rw nia-h.
I'd hurl It right into their midst, . :
And they would eat it and would die,.
on, pie, you captivate me, euro.
You are the boy that takes my eye.
While springing chestnuts Jet me say.
I love my cake, but oh, you pie. , .
' DIAGNOSING THE CASE.
A doctor whose
Dio-
name was
genes.
m When will the people learn not to send
The 60narea at fintWa, MimAa mm f 9
it oaa ungaiea consiaeraniy,
..... a - ,
Frldar. th ISth. nurht in ha mrt or,
lucky day for tu weeds and thistles.
. .a
Keep your temoer. If It's ariMiil vnn
need it; If . It's bad nobody else wants
We would like to have 'fleneral Mar.
! shall substituted for congress for a few
years.
Evelvn Thaw la "ntnnllnu" h
shi wuuiu ub ii int nan abuuu in.
w v souu s montn.
; Glfford Pinchot apparently had some
thing of real Importance to say and he
. Ellis is s-oina- vtottlnnlnr t VT..il
i If the Islands want him for a repre-
; nuuiuvs, 11107 can nave mm
. The new Harrlman rtA-m
uiimw mi uiisaa street will' be liUO
iMi.iraf, anu wui coat f IVQV a loot.
The Steel, trust has nmAm mA will
U?.l5,t?.-,fi5.f mounts.of excessive Droftta
out of Portland bridges to, say nothing
'5 '
tolf, w i sported that Mlas Kate
ciKiue i ueaonnciea rrora Italian roy
alty. But Derhtpa -Abrussl has been
wuciunni (ivf genealogy,
A man who stole the clothes from a
wryao is aeacriDea aa me meanest man.
bui wouian t a man be meaner who
" UT ii?. "" on a living man who
lnV1 Cof d" Alene land drawing
103.000 applicants. had no chance at All;
the lands were all gone before their
names were reaohed. On person out
Brother Charles Tart has the contract
a suopiy ine fanama laborers with
But , Docior Dlog.
didn't take to
the Joke,
Saying, "Fellers,
you've all
slipped a - cog;
For when I've a
caae of import
to me.
Which takes med
itation pro-.
found,
'Twill not be a joke
when I near
people say: '
'See old Doc. Diag, nosing Around.' "
,B .1 . 1 'uuvij in ruira taoorers - witn
Wf." by Ws beef from his greet Texas ranoh. Bat
friends plain j dlidn't he spend a grest deal of money
. , e e ...
Evelyn aays that It Is a shame, And
that she Juat .can't live, on70 a week
and $300 a month besides. It might be
A uaeful discipline for Evelyn to have
ia ve on aooui t a week awhile, AS
niij, a, povwr woman nas 10 00,
. a V
ine oest lime to flestroy weeds, a
moon snarp says, is from Aurust 14
to 18, when the moon is in Leo. Re
member this, and get busy though the
ISth will also be a wood day to do this
or the 17th. To cut down weeds this
momn. oeiore- mey go to seed, la.a oivio
duty.
a a
A Eugene man who demanded 131.600
for a right-of-way for a water pipe line
was awarded 13600 by a jury. A man
near Medford who wanted many thou
sands, and who has been holding up the
THE DOWNWARD PATH.
Yesterday I aaw a spectacle that was
as good as ay pair of spectacles I ever
aaw. It consisted of a fat woman wno
.nMvnr. in f11mh tntn a milk vaffnn
Tier .rl7 dtrojea tM rtijpln; ZSTS?'? Vffm,,ilKV?lZnViXkJZ
v v - i aui mo nuttcnoiui tiaauiiiiK ui o"vus'i uwavi encounuri iana noara.
orore It from merB everywoero. imiijc to auppiy in aeruanq, ratner man
for the accommodation of passengers, I Something doing all the time scan.
iv . . iT,, j 'omtmmA 1 w it-m- u j uv w Hu luu, uivnifin, vnHusur, nrimi, causing
vucji tuuiumcu uvnm i"ugi i Qiscoveroq tnai mere was not enougn i laugnter nere inere crying: nirtha, bap-
tha rates. Always the DOliCV led to door to go 'round. The door. In ita I Mama, marrying, dying; crasy fellows
. . ,. ... poor weaa way ineo iw accoraoioanw
the same end, and its inevitable lr her. but realiilna the honeleaaness of
tlmate wai-ruimiof water commerce th;"itAtio lt t,,OKoniy half way
mm mm, v,---9 wet - v - i ivi wtaiu tixrr loiirau duo veaa ivi
Congress has always been a use
ful tool in the policy of blight,
River and harbor bills are few and
far between for the sake of the
roads. Its servility is conspicuously
exemplified on the Snake river,
Prom the mouth of the Snake to Ri-
parla tbe river Is as yet scarcely fit
for navigation. From Rlparia to
Lewlston thef e have been -Improve
ments on Improvements 'until nav
lgatlon Is easy. Until the Lewis
ward that it was the closeat fitting door
ane ever tried on. Tne dairyman ana
his seven cans of milk were strained
until both began to feel blue and de
spondent, and it looked as though fhey
might go into, the hands of a receiver.
Finally a brilliant idea struck the
horse which was attached to the wagon,
ao he ran away and Upset the- vehicle.
The paaaengera picked themselves uo
. one at a time, and after looking at tbe
scenery for a few minutes they arrived
at the conclusion that they were no
longer aboard the wagon.'
The. dairyman carefully counted his
money and aaia: -juaaara, you nave not
only ruined me financially, but you have
made a dlahonest man of me. You
ton railroad was built tne railroads leaned on my milk cans, until the con
,v .,. .w -1-,. ahnvn tents were strained ;s thin that my
wanted the stretch of river apove eU8tomerf wiu 8Wea thtt i ara ,einng
Rlnnrla im Droved lor DoatS. ana KOI I whitewashed water, and thev will turn
it. The boats were feeders for the J"h.t I wa". turned over so Tduffl
railroads and congress iook me ran-1 our recent elopement that i already reev
road tip and poured government .tSSST."-1-' v'Twar,, V.'i
funds into the river. -iThe railroad rer. i shall now get a Job selling fruit
nonsense spouting, fans on bleachers
wildly shouting, railroad magnates In
a tussle, politicians on the hustle, sud
den rise or fall of stocks, terror "caused
by earthquake shocks, people rescued
from a i-aft, golf game won by Bourne
and Taf t. jokers found In tariff bill,
fellow loved a girl to kill,- mlllionhetress
buys a count, cashier stole a large
amount, seven kinds of suicide; death
at end of a Joy-ride; wealthy couple
are divorced, law. is going to be en
forced, congress of some sort meets,
avlatots- perform feats. Roosevelt gives
the world his views everyday 'some
sort of news. Love atMl hatred: work
end play: progress, triumph, loss, dis
may; folly, wisdom, fighting, crime
something doing all the time.
OREGON SEDEIIGUTS
Fine - sags ben shooting ih Cnlon
county. , -.,f
Roseburg Catholic will build a 41 by
130 onurcn.
"OH and gas
Burns News,
5
1he RE.ALM
FEMININE,1
assurrad,'', says v the
An Vnfemlnine Victory, i - -
N AMERICAN - woman, prominent
In social cJrcIee' abroad, has re
cently won distinction and news
paper notoriety .in a manner
Bandon-Port J Orf ord railroad surtey 1 credlUble to the averaae inalviduai.
nearly completed..- I A number of women of high social
- - - . , , ' laianoing engagea in two smoKlng con
Oood opening for factories In J after-1 testa to while away the rainy hours at
son,
A
says the Review,
.a a
Train in two sectionscarrled 700 peo.
pie to Mewport iaat eunaay.
.-, .. - .y. ' : ' e .'.". : --
Rattlesnakes are 'fairly plentiful" At
Telocasset, says a correapondent, ,
-a. a .-
Kontharn Pacific' will make conaldec-
Able improvement In -Central roint
Whmt viM in Gilliam county was
aiao . muufi ii )w,v
the fashionable Goodwood raoes In Eng
land and American methods proved su
perior. The - following dispatch from
London gives a splendid , idea of what
a daughter of the United States of
America-, can do when she is out to the
test. - .. . . ,. -
Orand Duke Michael af Ruaala atarf.
ed cigarette smoking contests, the wa
men being the competitors, be provid
ing the. cigarettes. The first match
was At blowing smoke ringa, the grand
duke being the-judge. After earnest
efforts only two oonteatants were left.
une was Mrs. eamuei bioan Chaun-
1.
w m
(train ' nrnn in Hamev valley battel
than expected, feame nearly everywhere
in Oregon.- ,
Firm n( SAO arrea near Falls City
sold to Mlisourians tor 17000 will bs
set to truit.
a - e v
the v prolonged
Regarding
Union, the Republican says:
! in linn Kninl In Bnthrlln. Dour-lcey. formerlv of New Tnrlc. sho .m
las county.' will be finished by October I Alice Carr of Louisville. Ky. The oth
Mrs. Rupert Beckett, born a. Paa-nt
and so connected by marriage with
Near York women. ,': ,
Between these two . the ' grand duke
was unable to award the nuim. Th.n.
amid breathless, if not-smokeless , ex
citement. . Mrs,; Chauncey, summoning
All her art. blew five imokt rinra in
such quick aucoaaeton that each, as It
circiaa larger, was pierced by the one
that followed, and. greatest of all tri
umphs, All were visible At onoa The
applause nearly split the tent Grand
Duke Michael, offered the prise of, a
gem studded cigarette case. to the lady
who Would donaumt a- ilrt In nm
fewest whiffs without taking the ctgar
tte from her Hps. Mrs. Chauncey won
again, for she inhaled the smoke.
a iinwnn -io competitors were soma of
the most swagger women in society.
hat Mrs. Chauncey'g "stunt" ctttt only
have been accomplished witn and
careful tratnlns-. and tha whnl. ittmtr
obviously subsuntiates the statement
?f ait?52a c,SrttA dealer to 4ha af-
juci m practioe or ciaaratte amok-
row in
"Oo to it.
week about. '
The trees around Irrlgon 'Are doing
splendidly, says the irrigator. ; Tne en
tire town looks like a grove when s
half mil AWAy, t
pArson" ringer has left Baker. City,
where he tried to do good. He will
point -out the straight and narrow way
eomewnere eiae.
.. ..
.A TCIno-slav. ' Wasco county, firm has
a safe made in New York., In 1(43. and
brought to the coast tne next year, it
looks with a ky.
a a .
Th eon.tantW Inereaalni nroduction ini I. li-a.V-V:- ."L"rL"""
large additions to the Haines warehouse! ' ; , f
I&CUllies necessary, I foreign .women are tnnnh nnu m
' v I dieted to the habit of smoklna. than wa
Tn a diatriat in the eastern end sf I are and smoking anion wnm.n !
Umatilla county, but one man voted regarded with such dlstaate abroad as
against a tag for a new aohoolhouea, bis lit Is at home. - ...
argument being that Abe Lincoln went I It may be quite true that women have
io scnooi in a lognnuae, ui oa um nvi i wit mini rigni to smoae mat the men
see any need for a change. have. and. according , to various argu-
e a . i mama, mere may pa no harm In lt. but
A crv goes tfn from all over Tills- "J"1 are sun eld fasNloned
mook county to give us more bouses forlenugn to reel that It is unwomanly and
the new aettlers that are coming In. I a most, demoralising example..
aays the Herald.- A few years ago the numDe"s of our women drink In
nrv ravaraad. and the anneal was I PUbllO as Well aa la Brlvata. anil al.
aent out to give us more settlers for the I though ws my not 'approve, vet ; for
neuaes tnat we now nave. II i ,l ' , . l not-snoca
I n or a woman smoking.
Nehalem correspondence: Trolling for ii ;'u vLll,'T or 5u,i,m. or
salmon Is very muoh enjoyed by ooth
residents and visitors, and much sport
is given by a 85 pound salmon to the
fellow at the other end of the line. The
salmon are biting- well, and every boat
possible is pressed into use.
a a
Tillamook's five great trout rivers,
and her bay famous for salmon trolling,
being the more dangerous Indulgence.
jut, aiaa, one does not need to go
abroad or even to Kew Torit r San
Francisco to see women smoking. Right
here In staid and respectable Portland
it IS OUlte (MtaalhlM tn mmm m.nJZJr l-
ul'n.l nol ve" ,n PrlVAte but in the
publicity of our parks on a summer
And her bay ramous ror salmon trolling, I evening N tkiM. . r,n " iZl
are attracting the attentlon of the fish- S?y a few i.ita a2 Sl I I
ermen ot the city more and more, says $ ln 'SJ " VlockV waa Jin-,,'i
VUltlng auto- "have been au,A" .t m'E"Z?,l -!nW'V A
the Herald.
gumeroua. and every motor boat and sail
oat at Garibaldi. Hobsonville, Bay City
ana jiiiamooK vuy nas neen in nm
..- ": e a . , ; ; ' r i
Several Salem People were eSmned
ont In Tillamook icountyand sone day
caught a lot of fish, leaving, them on
the ground over night. Bear canje along
ana ate aoout mil in mem. wnen
woman woke and Screamed. Bear ran.
everybody waked ud. rest of fish were
covered up insiae teni, roias wfnt to
sleep again. Bear came back, and rooted
and pawed for fish, scratched man on
the back, everybody got Into a panic, In
cluding bear; ropes eame loose and
down came tent, men ran In darkness
barefooted for safety,.. bear footed U
Also, scared half to death, women . In
hysterics; all right next morning.
Reasons Wliy Republicans Wer'e Defeated
bis acts perhaps not then.
A GOOD SPEECH TO REPEAT
tlon cannot long continue. To ex
pect that the population of Rhode
Island will continue at more than
400 per square toll and Oregon re
main at eeven Is . unreasonable.
Adjustment must 'come and come
T ! AST MAY, in a speech at Char
: Jotte, N. CJ Mr. Tart, pow
president, urged a more equal Lulckly. The Willamette valley, which
Uitu.uu "i is denominated by all observers one
southern states between the two ot the most favored spots on the
parties, and said mat "It Is the duty emh and one that will snnnort an
of all of us, with respect to political enormous : population, is a remark-J
yMug.u.wy, w "t uwh lines i able field for an extention or jnter-
as rar as we can ana to see so far urban lines out of Portland. Over
as we may, mat in eacn state tbe
tolerance of opinion shall continue
until there shall be 'respectable par
ties on 'both sides, because it is es
sential to have a good opposition to
bsve a good government." ; ;
Now thst Mr. Taf t Is to spend
some weeks up in New England, and
near. the New Hampshire line, Col
lier's Weekly suggests that be re
reat this portion of that speech up
there. It la quite as important' for
the New England states as for tbe
vast areas of this valley the ultimate
will be a family on every five, ten,
twenty or fifty acres. The." swift
movement , in this direction observ
able Jalong'the Oregon Electric is ex
ample of how, interurban transit
works. Instead ot a family on each
quarter or half section, and .in many
cases a section or two, there wlH'.be
a thrifty home on every few acres,
and) business for all the suburban
lines that can be built. The lines
will make the country and the peo
nower is potential in the halla-of
legislation at Washington.
-If the Celllo project is to be com
pleted in three Instead of 20 years,
the railroad lobby, at Washington
must bs vanquished. When that
project is completed Portland's su
nremacv in tbe inland empire is
complete. Then the claims
and peanuts on a railroad train. Tou
have brought me to this. Once "more,
fArewell."
And he picked up his hat and lied tbe i
scene.
Letters-From tKe Peopls
- Tbe Oregonian attributes all the
woea of the Republican party to the di
rect primary Iaw. J j
That law la clean In piinolple and
operation And Democrats were elected
to off Ice before It was enacted And will
be Again.
A - Democratic district Attorney was
elected In Portland because Republicans
permitted wide open gambling In hotels.
Traveling men, state and county of
ficials, Judges And federal officers
bucked the tiger and lost large sums.
George E. Chamberlain was elected
district attorney and Tom Word sheriff
as a rebuke to a Republican machine in
open partnership with crime.
- Wholesale robbery through pool rooms
and race track gambling was . tolerated
by the Republican machine in Mult
nomah county.
There was then no primary law to en
Snare and - defeat Republicans.
Manning's election as public prose
cutor was a rebuke to vice.
Mayor Lane was elected to office as
a protest against a red light district
tbe farmers of the inland empire day's Realm Feminine of ThYwrnU Tot blcaui. rseWvice ex-
will get rates that will save them relative to young girls expecting men i,tad i Portland's no Ah and and ten.
millions of money. But to achieve IrVi1 .V9;,0 extravagantly in the derloin,, but because the machine plaus-
lt the power of the railroads t LetcT.Ts aiitti'e bit huh 4 ... I i.Li"?ini.ir?fc5?2i.w K1 oan
. a . j. A . - 9 1 - TA.e I ... , ' V niUHLf WSr U UWHIWOIMJI WV t-U
wasnington must oe orwa. irurv- oeo,. , - f.V. , f A rancher or business man caught In
land people must join with the peo- Now, I think it should b the young the tolls of the tenderloin would be
pie of their own and other statea In lTSiZ Z wueaieo airr-
" . . ii.,, sntly and not have so much false pride
a campaign and with a slogan that and endeavor to impress on every girl
will bring results. It is the most they meet that they are well off, when
Important of all the issues before the girls themselves soon, find- out all
this state today, and General Mar- &&!.'
shall's words respecUng it deserve , have workd ,n MMfle for 0Tep
to be Inspiration for emphatic ac- four yaara and have met and aocom-
tlon. ; r - panled many different classes of work
ing men ai ajrrerent time to enter-
Letters to Tbe Journal aboald be writtaa aa
Ml. miAm n ihm turn .nW .twmlil
Of I eorapanled by thr name aid addrrW ( the I
Puget sound that wheat should go NSS--Tt aT.h. .SJSS
there instead Of down the Hver to h aot to ba aiulaitUMd a tadotstog the views
inere) innwa oi uwwa vm. ,uu,w.tl of rrpondntt. otters skeald
Portland Will be a8 a mole squeak b mada as brlf aa possible. Those wbe Aria
In the teeth of a storm. Then, at a J whe " ,boui ta"
onot mint tlmpa lnaS than railroads OorreapntideBt are notiflad that lattm .
v. i , v ii.m, nt Ih. eeedlng 00 word, Id length (nay. at the cls-
can baul. lt, the wheat fields or the ier,tlon ot u ,t down to that Umiu
Inland empire win pour tneir oner- .
i-. k..t. mnA VinrcroB for - " lb -
ii6 a vo r.imhia Th.n Portland. Or., Aug. 11,-To the Editor
inuiiui( ww. " pi Tne Journal Tour article In Tues-
her escort was hla.
.Tt W2B t"r "r,vl'aA to smoke in.the
ii.i.1. " i Wtt"i"a to, nut it-, was a
shock to see her and you ' could
not help wlahlng that, f he would po dS
.l1 w're' not1 common "And it
tO be Slnceralv hnnail fh.t- ha .a
h.m..i . i nt 10 "tlntuUh
M cuiurw njf caniasts.
at at a? ,:.h
' "A New fitrle.
MRS, FRANCES HODOBON. BUR
NETT has stsrted a fashion on
. her own Account bv AoneArlnat on
the beach at Bar Harbor with a naraanl
tp match her bathing suit: says the New
York Press. Tha idea has caught the
fancy of many women, and . parasols
nj osining suits or tne same hue now
are to oe seen, not only st Bar Harbor,
but at Narraganaett Pier and Newport
inis is not the onlr novelty of the
bathing season, .whan Mr. ninn.
Glyn was . In this louitry a year ago
She Professed horror at h. .nit. m,r-
rore there .was any direct primary or D'Jn" "J""1 or women,. but If the
Diaiement no. - , i ri . wi wnn us
From the alcm Journal
The Portland marhln. damandud Ih. "n" ""Bl ima reai
reason for
esthatlo self.
robbed of a gold watch or 1500 or
$1000. '''.' : -.'
Appeal to the police brought him ho
relief or proteotlon.
' Like card gambling and race track
gambling, vice-Was encouraged by pro
tection. . '.i-. V'-y. 's.-i- .v. ,
The pollea would make the habitue of
the tenderloin give up tha plunder In
whole or part and keep It or divide It
with tha machine. ' , ; ,,
' The man robbed would be told to keep
still or he would be scandaUsed in the
press.- - - :''." . .Vi,". ' " i
And be would keep stui ana tne com-
ffhe August number .of Better hi1!. '! T
Fruit Is devoted principally to wal-J manner as one would expect from men
nnt cnltnra. There are seven ar- of means, while all ihe time I Vn.w
1 1 aI a. aa tha anhtort li etvnnrta and
their circumstances and knew that thev I blnatlon would steer the next , victim
"7 liinatra 'bould not have done so. . , - I into the tot!- , v -
a profusion. Of instructive lllustra- , many fcases. wnere I knew the It is ths general belief that Mayor
tions. Walnut-culture is a rapidly party well. I endeavored to Impress on I 8ltnon will not- restore the machine
growing and very Important Indus- him my ideas of how much better-It partnership with vice at Portland.
trv in nortlona of western Oregon wooW e If. after the theatre he would If h ,e' th people.wlU rebuke th
try In portions JJ take me home where I could get a machine by wiping out the Republican
and . this Issue of Better Fruit will muc am-AmA and f.i . i .. artr in tha state and the legislature.
be especially valuable to people with morning when I went to work: but no, Pennoyer was elected a Democratic
young walnut orchards, or who con- b no. It would, never do! A lunch, an governor twice before there was a ,dl,
.rt,i.I nintin walntit trees - Ice," etc.-home on a late ear. and both rsct primary law or BUtement NO.-1.
template, planting yalnnt,: trees. of us cross And cranky net morning Chamberlain was made governor be-
' lifa .1 r mi ii .-- - . I ... will a. Al V.a.a. .- - - V.
retirement, of Governor Oeer becaus Th, prlncew bathS. suit h.."0." in.
they wanted a candidAts who could put iid it U .triight 1 'i 00 wiTh th.
up. ' ivi? slightest possible suggestion of -a skirt.
It is reliably reported that the.Seott- The dlreetotre effect le obtained even at
Matthews machine demanded 116,000. to ott t comfort of corsets, so that
carry the Portland primaries ia thst J?.,hA rvomln slavishly follows
campaign, and got It. . h 2 n hnsr! ZnXtl mtle.CF i10 pl,M-
There was no direct primary then to ure 0,n ,nt-h- surf this summer,
defeat and d.morall.s the RepubUcsn . - Oriln of FcII. C -
The party then had all' the -glorias of T1 following history of the origin
leadership by able men who were organ- I I of football shows it to have been
lws. - I , a bloodthirsty gAme from the ba-
uovemor ueer to noid nis own nsd 1 ginmnr: iroothaii la a .m. h...
vo organise nia inenaa ana tney spent m aaies oaca to tne Uanlsh Invasion
money lavisniy in Marion county. ; w bo. tn ma year fsz the clti
Who does not recall the colonising " .' Chester captured a Dane." en
of wood choppers at IS a head and the l"lt 52ltii il2tio9',S, !?' h"1
4 per head lodging house vote? , v v $ hriAll Lit wt.epted whenl
Statement Ho. 1 then to demorallw tbe In After times, as It was not possible
Republican party. elwaye to obtain a man s head for "tha
The demoralisation All came from the purpose rf entertainment, the. shoe-
"higher-ups,!' and sack-holders of th "JAkerA of the city were bound by their
maohlna - chArtar-. W eroytde, balls of leather
Jack Matthews get his reward, but ShiMnaa "t ' of value of four
the men who put up their money to "J""- 1 - 'to
buy the governorship and the senator. . . "
ship continued to act as sack-hoMers. . r.rmf, j1 V '
Then -aha direct primary law was en- 1 j tJBEFUl, gift for the friend who
acted to sever the Republican machine A "ttlng out on a long trip br
And vies. ; . , rail Is a sleeping car apron, made
And the sack-holding leadership has of an ordlnarr damaak towel. The bor-
been holding An empty sack ever since, der at one end of the towel Is cut off
We do not believe that Mayor Simon 1 Tk . bfu or f Alstband, eked out
wlU reatore that nartnershin ""' by hemmed lawn strings at the back.
fi V.. aZ. :,; Tbe other end of tha towel Is turned up
le-fJSVWw tfv?.re0n WP half the border making a pretty
crusVlt and put the Republican pArty finish Alon the upper edge of this
out of bueineas permanently. turned.up flap. Three rows of feather-
It has never been- charged that the stitching divide the flap Into deep pock
dlreot primary was open - to corrupt t lni0 wh,eh various small toilet needs
tnanipulation. - 1-,4- P , -T- wnmy ba alipped. . ; ..- - - v
mistakes may be made under it" 'f v l!. -' . - '
Incompetent men may . occasionally ' Pineapple Sandwich, '
get Into office under It - .,- wwAKE an angel food cake. Cut thin
But the people will prefer cleaner men VI slices and ' cut this In round
of lees Ability to leadership notorious if , pieces with ,a cake cutter. Be
only, for corruption and degradation Of tween two laFers of cake nlaee A larre
the commonwealth and It. principal mu- .SfuT of ah'redde UlVlSoVr
nlclpautiesr.- ' - V- - Juice over It and oile high with whipped
But tne Republican party has never cream. It la delicious. . -. . ,
-11 -m.A m A Vh..u . . , , '
of the enactment of the direct primary
lAW. -o.;. v ','-.-:". -- '
It hAs been' rebuked 'a number of
times beesnaa of ita tnirulnr tn h.
Vicious underworld, when Us off Iclals ihi K.liJr.0B,iV. I'1
wlnfc. m ,.liK. mmA i. . ! ? Kbsm pot. His anaa-pocmt are
. v j .v. .., . . iiAuiu-ia reyuiar
in-glove partnerahlp with tbe criminal I Joaroal.) .
elements or aociety. .
Tic A
Justice McBrlde ot the supreme I they are. or Imagine. In their fnnttah 1 about. vou In no time, end she is lsugb-
court paid Murderer Finch and his pride, that the girls win think they are ling in bar sleeve to. think how "sAsy"
ittomeyithe courtesy In bis decision
of discussing the grounds of Finch's
appeal seriously", though he-did not
refrain-frpm characterizing some Df
those grounds as frivolous. Since
the-case , has been decided. It Is In
order to say that the grounds of ap
peal certainly--were; frivolous,, fa r
leal antf nonsensical.;'-; ,Tbey , served,
however, which may have been their
purpose, to delay for awhile the cul
minating act of the tragedy1, and pro
long for a few months the doomed
"cheap." A girl would think ten timaa
mora of the men If they would bs sen
sible and show that it la her manner
and conversation that they enjoy. They
should takr-some thought of ber health,
and so long as they both have to work,
plan thslr fun so that they can get a
sensible amount of rest and be -ready
for their work the next day. 4 ,
; It Is the same thing with dress. If
you. dress so exceedingly well she will
feel aa if you were ashamed of her If
she does not have everything In the
helghtb of ''style. ' , "
Hew-foolish you young- mea - arej
How long, do you suppose lt takes, a
girl to sum ' you up? ; ghe knows all
vou are.
, I remember of a boy who was let out
because' work was -alack, winter -was
coming on, snd chAnces for work -were
slim. Nothing would do but I must
continue going to theatres, etc., as be
fore, end he became very angry when I
gave "my reasons for , refusing, - raise
pride again. ;' . 1
'I believe In fun.jiaveall you can, let
more boys And girls go, together to dif
ferent places, but be sensible-about en.
tertainlng, Don't try to Impress on
every one you meet nat you are get
ting $100 a month when you are getting
only $50 or $80.
Do away with your false pride and
don't think that you have to spend $5
or $6 every, time you take a girl Any
where. She may object! The foolish
-ones may, and those who are trying 'to
get every cent they can from you, may
Jeer ..and laugh, but there are others
Who will reapeet you all . the , more,
Portland has too big a class of young
men who spend everything they make
and Ara always In debt. - We need more
young men -who will live within their
Income and save. a penny now and then
for tbe future. A WORKING qiRfc, .
' The tramp from . Seaside to Nehalem
and Tillamook over the Necarnie moun
tain trail, the most Interesting perhaps
In the great northwest. Is more popular
every year, says the Signal. -
I regular f nature ef this eolosia la Tha Dall
The ships are sailing overhead; they
float upon the gale., their wmsa and
thingumbobs outspread and X shall let
tbem sail: It is a nleaaant ttiin .-tn
sport above the highest 'tree, but this
old earth, where I cavort, is , good
enough for me. The aeroplanlsta have
averred that It's a Joyous thlngto rids
the sephyrs like a bird that soars, on
tireless wing: that such experience has
worth, It Is .not hard to see;' but this
old trusty, solid sarin. Is good enough
for me. It's nlcs to win enduring fame,
and medals by" the peck; but I consider
my fat frame, and likewise my fat
neok, more useful than awards from
thrones, or all the kings that be, and
this old earta. while X have bones. Ig
good enough for me. , - -
Oaorte Matthew Adams.) MtXJk' fH