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Five treat enemies to peace Inhabit ' as, , namely,' avarice, Ambition, envy, anger and pride, but If those enemies were banished, we should en Joy perpetual peace. Pe trarch. ,-vi.!-- -?.:. '.-; LET . US KXOW .WHERE ' STAND THEY IT II CO! T IS announced In large type and made the subject of editorial comment that Representatives Ellis and c Hawley bare been given advanced committee positions by Speaker Cannon Instead of this being a natter of congratulation. It should be one of regret, f-.;' : No man can bask in Speaker Can son's smile unless be be completely subservient , to Cannon's w1sb8. Cannon stands-" for everything ' the people of this state oppose. He is against everything we want. 1 While professing to be for the Improvement of rivers and harbors- his actions show he Is against It He Is openly -opposed to the conservation of the public resources in the Interest of the public. He is the defender and protector of the great Interests. He prides himself on being a reaction ary. lie was and is an opponent, opes and avowed, of air the Roose velt policies. " He has publicly rid iculed the protection and present tion of our forests. ! He has twice , defeated a bill for the Apalachian reserve for the protection of the wa- ter shed of the southern states. He Is cynical in his open and confessed opposition to', almodern Ideas. Yet this is the man our' represen- tatives support, expecting, thereby to get anything for Oregon... It is time for plain talk. What can Hawley and Ellis do for Oregon while following this man's lead and taking orders from bim? Of coarse they stand for the lm provement of rivers and harbors. Of c"ourse they stand for the con servation of our resources and any other old thing we want. But what do they accomplish? V ;' What have they done,' what can they do, when their only duty it to sneeze ; when ' Mr. Cannon takes snuff? ; , " '-: :; V ' There is only one way to test public man. He is known by the company he keeps, the crowd ' he trains" with, and It is time Oregon was being . served in the house by men who hy. their acts, as well as by their wordSi stand for the inter ests of this state. There is not a well informed man in the country . who does not know Mr. Cannon's position. It is to his credit .he Is perfectly open about 1U There is not a child who, doesn't know that to retain ' his freindshlp one must blindly follow him.4 Opposition to his policies means failure to obtain resognltlon. He rewards his friends with committee ' positions and : pun ishes his " enemles. He; has re warded Congressmen Ellis and Haw ; ley. It is time to know -without equivocation whether ' these gentle men propose .to train with Cannon against this state, or with progres sives for the state. his principal work, will be to guard against freak election measures.' What ; these freak" measures were is not stated, but the context indicates that election of senators by the people is one of them, and it Is supposed that direct primary nom inations and direct ,' legislation are others. ; These are Oregon's "freak' laws, which all trust serving bosses like Cannon hate; and according, to this report Ellis was placed "where his principal work will be to guard against freak, election measures' that IsJ the very measures that the people of Oregon .have by over whelming majorities approved. What do the people bf this dis trict think of this? . And what do they think of the representative sys tem when under it a representative la selected and consents' to act in direct opposition to ,the people who elected him, and to try to undo what the people have with great effort done? Mr. Ellis was nominated and elected the last two times under this f'freak'.' law, and it would seem that he would therefore stand by the people of Oregon in Its support, but in both those elections he was for tuitously favored by circumstances a weak, divided opposition- and so perhaps he thinks be would have a better chance next year, if nomina tions were made by a machine, work ing la sympathy with Cannon. , It will be for the voters of this district' to say next year whether they, are willing o be represented longer by a man who accepts and presumably sought a committee posi tion where he could work against the ideas, the efforts, the accom plishments, the political progress, the rational, practical reforms of the people of Oregon, doing this at the behest of Cannon, a bitter en emy of the ,whole west, and of Ore gon In particular. : ; a .t '.' THE SUTTOX CASE WORK CUT OUT FOR BIB. ELLIS A WASHINGTON correspondent says that during the last con gress the Irrigation committee of the house (Of which t Mr. Ellis was ; a , member) did nothing; and that "in this congress the speaker purposely eliminated a num ber of its western members, Mr. . El lis among them." Speaker Cannon is opposed to the reclamation work, as he is to all progressive measures, and as it is the west that Is prin cipally Interested in irrigation he "eliminated western members," even though some of them "did nothing in the last congress."' This Is a sample of Cannon's feeling toward and treatment of the west. . The same report says, that Ellis was given a place on the ways and means committee and on the com mittee Oh elections, the explanation for which appointments, particular ly the latter, is as follows: ; 4 f "In the last two congresses a number of freak measures,, the out growth of populistlc ideas, have found their way to this committee, and the committee has correspond ingly been' strengthened. - The speaker realized that Mr. Ellis, hav ing had experience with Oregon's freak election laws, was in a posi tion to know a.bad bill of that sort vhen he saw it, and therefore he v as placed on that committee, where -IHE TESTIMONY of a Washing ton surgeon called ,ia the Sut ton inquiry, la that the dead ' ; lieutenant could not. have shot himself in the manner alleged by his surviving companions." This is the view that most of those who have followed the evidence wfu take. Aside i from the military- court which will probably return another verdict of suicide, there will be few who will accept the theory that Sut ton killed himself. Psychologically, it la incredible that a man in such a situation would have turned a weapon on himself, The' obvious act of any man so assaulted would be to vent his fury, not on himself. but his assailants. That, in the midst of 1 what seems to have been an all around' midnight brawl, Sut ton should have executed a suicide Is contrary to ever law of human nature. The story lacks all the es sential elements to make it plaus ible.; The surgeon's statement adds to this and declares it impossible. . A more probable theory, is that in the melee the . weapon- was acci dentally discharged.' Such a strng gle among persons carrying revol vers was easily possible. It is i better theory than one of outright murder of Sutton, and charity, in the absence of the actual, facts, ad mits of its acceptance. The bullet sealed the victim's Hps, and the liv ing, for their own defense are nat urally giving version in which they are least compromised. '.;;;'. : ' As to the inquiry, it is well that It has been held. The proceedings have discredited the former verdict of suicide, and will discredit future verdicts of the same purport , It has also made clear the widely en tertained surmise that brass but tons are sometimes more ponderous than justice in a military tribunal. been forfeited. The suits brought by Chamberlain and the final de cision of the supreme court declar ing that the state's share In the rev enues still exists and that payment easily won over; he did not vote against Cannon or bis rules, but gave him aid and comfort and sup port a,l through. Hence he1 was unusually fortunate" in the make- for the past six years must be made J UP of committees; but whether be to the state treasurer, are recent history.'. This decision was rendered in May last year and reestablished the state in its right to Teceive one tenth of the annual revenues. The amount due' for the preceding years was declared lost to the state under the statute -of limitation. All this loss, -involving many, thou uuf j WM J 1 1 credltor8 including many 'aT''TwliePwitort : small 'means, and yet after a nominal imprisonment of a will be so fortunate next year when be asks the deceived and misrepre sented people of Idaho, to .reelect him is not certain. -- . " 1 , 1 r J. Daliell Brown, a San Francisco banker, in Connection with others, he being the; principally responsible party, wrecked a bank to the extent of about 19,000,000, half of which state officials. It Illustrates the im portance of having In public posi tion onln such men as are vigilant in the discharge of their duty. It exemplifies the means to which-cor porations sometimes resort in pluck lng the public But for the law and the courts, even the remnant of the sums now due from the locks corpor ation would ; be uncollectible . ' and lost. The attorney - general bas ThA man who shot and killed an- been a part of all the proceedings In I other for a deer in Douglas' county iuo iKJixnj ui viic Diaio d e"- ".iiasi wees aamitiea accorainjr 10 the io per cent snare in tne rev- report, that he was grossly careless, enues, and he will doubtless see to I and yet he. was absolved of blame it tnat every cent one unaer me by a coroner's lurv. This : verdict. court's decree shall be paid into thea0ng with the man whom it unjust state treasury. ; The public , will be J i exculpated, deserves severe cen- little over a year, he Is free. If some i poor, fellow had '. robbed the 'bank of n one millionth part the amount, that Brown and others robbed it of, he would have been In prison at hard labor for years yet. This Is only one case of many.' Is this a land of Justice? v satisfied with nothing less. ALASKA COAL LANDS T- HE OPERATIONS of the Gug- genhelms .: and J. P. Morgan and his associates in Alaska with respect to coal lands and other mineral lands should be thor oughly, investigated, and if . neces sary and possible restricted. Re- sources of that territory have been subject to a good deal of corrupt exploitation,, many federal officials sent up there have, not been a bore suspicion, and it is quite time that the whole situation was probed into and disclosed. - u is well enough to encourage great capitalists to in vest up there, and develop the ter ritory's resources,' but acquisition of its coal lands by these monopolistic syndicates should hot be tolerated. President Roosevelt repeatedly urged a reaaonable, ' practical plan of conservation of the public coal lands of the country, but Of course congress turned a deaf ear to his sure, it attempts a justincauon or such ' murderous carelessness. Can these Jurymen with a , clear con science face the widow and six chil dren of the dead man? IPGLPOTQ REMARKS ON TUBS BEAR.V ; Tha bolaf bear at , the . city park en joys himself less . than anybody I ever saw. Tin seems to han heavy on his hands. fThat would be mirth-provoking If there were any sense to it) He can think of less things to amuse himself with than anybody. Hour after hour he stands on one foot, then by way - of varying the pro gram, he stands on the other, (The T THE STATE'S : LOCKAGE .DUES 1 HE STATE'S : Interests will doubtless be fully guarded in the pending adjustment of the Bum due from the. owners of the Oregon City locks. Failure of state officials In the past to do their duty resulted in considerable losses and almost resulted in a complete forfeiture of the state's.' right 7 to share in -the receipts at the locks. When - the 'state ; legislature appro- prlated $200,000 to aid theoriglnal construction of the locks it was pro vided, that 10 per cent of the rev enue should annually be paid into the : state treasury for- school pur poses, and that the state should have the right to purchase the property by-payment of the t additional . cost of the locks above She $2007000. ; But few collections of the state's 10 per cent In the annual revenues were ever made. These were in the early years "Of operatloa; and after a time " ceased ' altogether. Moreover; the date for executing the right of purchase came, and. for ' some un known ; reason the ; legislature de clined to take over the property. The $200,000 that the state had ap propriated lapsed to the corpora tion and was lost to the state. How the legislature ever , committed the unpardonable " folly of ' falling to, make -the purchase Is history that has never been explained. . How' far the lobby of the locks corporation ! contributed to it will v never be known. ! .- . '. t In due time the corporation set up the claim that the - state had . no right to the 10 per cent share in the annual revenues of the locks. When demand -was made by ' Governor Chamberlain for the amount, the corporation refused payment on the ground that the " state's rights had bear, has four lees. plea$;JJ0Wlf President Jait. Will .ry.4 t don.t know why I should-take rarrw nnf thia TtnnnAvp.H nollrv. sa I so much Interest in lust one bear this , r . . . i ,i, j, tar as he is able to do so, and It th,ni( u im tbt) ttyl9 t0 perform in that Land Commissioner Dennett and manner, but that is where he is fooled. Secretary Ballinger will work along tne nSrth pole, but up to date bears are that line and save some of the coal I not doing that way here any more. . . xkmj . i. xne most entertaining Dar i ever saw fields, from being gobbled UP- by hwlonred to an Ttalian? The bear was Wall Street gourmands, they Will de- taught to wrestle, and he and the Ital tXtn ...,, -.in ;,lian would wrestle any day for a dollar. Serve .the cordial gOOd Will and BUp-I0n. AfL- - liberal minded man nut a port OI tne wnoie country. , , I nve-aonar goia piece in ne cup oy mis- InS this great scheme Of var led fltn. He wanteA to tive the man his conservation 01 resources no neip or i money s worm. encouragement is to be expected from congress, until a large propor tion of the present membership, in cluding most of the Republican lead ers,-is weeded out;" for any bene ficial, results the' people must de pend upon the executive arm of the government. Taft promised to carry out the "Roosevelt policies"; the people are watching closely to seei whether he will do so or not. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE All visitors' agree that going to be a great city. Portland is In any lottery the great majority of Investors is sure to lose. r .-. i- f . . a -. i .-. ; v .''.- - ' ..Well the mayor needs an automobile; this Is a big town In area, -v---r-v , . ., -i!:z There's nothing on earth, of above or below, upon which all people can agree. - ' : : . a . . Mr. Harrtman had the field to him self and no one to contest or oppose for years. - .- . ... . '.: " ; : Vv .. .. -i - Seoretarv Ballineer. aonarenflv Mi the criticisms of the . chief forester ni only pin-shots. - - , . 1 uncit j oa lixea nn r aMim man Who betrav the lntarmli nt M n.rf ui iua country. ' .... . ine rnie ourm to be that a man snouia own no more land thin lit ran cultivate .or actually use.. ... . - a ' A. eountrv that allnwa a. mara IM to be Its king cannot expect to have a saie ana saqe government. , . a e , Mr. Hawlev will offer the neinnle of the- Willamette valley no congratula tions on. free locks at. Oregon. City, ' ....... . . .u Gtranra to 'say. considering tha feel of the morning atmosphere all - this monio, were has oeen no lau 01 snow, A Boston man wants a systematio re vision of the Bible every 10 years. He must think the world hasn't nearly pouDie enougn. It's nice to be a member or an ex- member of congress and travel about the country and tha world on an ex pense-paid Junket. . ; . . That 18.000 mile Journey of the resi dent's this fall will eat ud a large proportion of that 125,000 appropriated tor traveling expenses. A California nrofeasor savs that though a flea haa eyes, he can't see. This may account for . his selection of places on which to light. e .. : ' A report comes that Walter Well man is about to,, start for the pole again. But a kind providence will nrobably send aJong another accident. . In lilt Canada . will hold - a great lubile to celebrate 100 years of peace n ana ror that Dominion, tsax uanaaa has always been ready to give aid and oomfort t4 John Bull If he bad a fight on hla bands. 4t,- . . . ., ,. i ,;-J -:.. .': ' -i - : ' ' ' Tls summer, yes; It's a fact of which we all must be aware, for so the truth ful calendar eulte plainly does declare. But when, these nights, folk have to use four quilts to keep them warm, they can't be blamed If Inclined to think that Miss Bummers in had form. 'Tls August, yes, tha harvest time, the dog day. season, too, when everybody's sup posed to ask, "Is' it hot enough for you T" Ana yet. tnese mornings, sour and chill, one shivers at the Joke, and vows that ne'er again will be put his overcoat In soak. - ' OREGOX SIDELIGHTS 1hs REALM xXMININL 1 ' Albany wants and needs a fourth mall carrier, . , - Glendale's box factory la now running night and day. . " In the past year 48 houses have been Duut in ieoanon. N' Fads and" Fashions. ' EW YORK. Au. 14. from, Paris indicate that there , Js a growing tendency toward increasing fulness of skirt and Sleeves nnttnAnhl. In ,fA Capacity of Eugene broom factory creations of tha rammm Pari. H.t,n.a..u . will be Increased. , . , s . ... (This is interesting news to tha-AmnrU ' , lean women of fashion, Of course It" Big Improvements being made on thKmln" to be seen how far this lately tale fair grounds. t ; aeveiopea tenaency will go. The flow- .... . ouicjiv vi silver . BunuiH iiuiii t ,i m.w . . . .. e. . a, ' -Mt mt t M m IWVCC (JlillKlIlK I O U Tl ll H. L I fll I ft Wtllnri lhat. vi Th'e son'Trou? . M fc . . . . . I and drapery In hetvler mat,Hni in ' Crabapples in eastern Vmatllla eoun- f? -"S-i1?!?1 yoke .nd cu,ra? -6ee COntrCt,t CDt' .ccePtedV".rho"stCC of models along of h pound. ' - A man near Weston sold tlTO worth or Mrawoerriea from hall an acre grouna. . - v ' ., ...".: -e.e .I, .-.- ;v,f Out of Es votes east In Weston en a bonding proposition not one . ' was against it. . ;. we e .--A Wheat around Weston vlelded from 40 to 65 bushels ' an acre; a number of Lieiaa over 60 bushels. A Black Minorca hen belonging to a man near t.ugene laid an egg meas uring ihl Inches. ' -- -. .i - . a e . .k' There are few if any more delightful or nroductive spots than the Walla Walla vallnv nnrth untnn . . ! It la " estimated" that tha nronoaad dam at Turckenham on the John Day river win irrigate zuuu acres, - a ... e .. r A nan near Milton bag five and one half acres of corn that he expects to yieia irora 40 to to ousneis an acre. 'I.: - - ' A carp, caught near Astoria, weighed on pounds and - was SO Inches long; us scales were as Dig as a silver ool It . is claimed some of the jRow river valley oat fields eaat of Cottage Grove will yield $0 to 100 bushels per acre. ..... : s - Bait Lake people have bought J500 acre of timber land In Wallowa county and will erect a 40,009 .feet a day miu. v . . , - i - It has been ' demonstrated that deeo well ' water can be secured in almost any part of Vale at a depth of from 1.00 . a , A - .. . W 11U AWW : r 160 acre wheat farm near Weston sold for 1 8.000. The buyer "started with a shoestring," says the Leader, and now owns too acres. ........ e .". e James Lanrlols has served IK rears as lighthouse keener of the lonely Blanco lighthouse, and the' government is going to buna mm a new house. a e these lines haw been launched. Some of -these mniipla ar hliar,. and trying and Darticularlv imiiai-nmins to women of too voluptuous development A fat woman in a princess trotting' frock of cuirass effect clinging tightly around the hips and perhaps half way to the knees where it meets a flounce or plaiting is a sight to make a cat laugh, and yet they will wear such -frocks. That is so much more-inexcusable as Shere is such a variety in the. season's modes that something be coming to any figure is within the poa' ibillties. '. ,-- The corsage mar be allarhtlv full instead of flatly clinging Where fulness is , more becoming. The corsage and skirt have come back to the consola tion Of those for whom the nocmlar Moyen Age princess lines are altogether too trying., rne new skirts present so many arrangements of fulness that ' every figure may be suited. All that Is needed is good taste and a knowledge of one's own limitations. - Tunio arrangements, often but little deeper than the long cuirass, are some times developed in contrasting lace or . embroidery -net or some other supple material. For example, Z a charming frock of - rose sllK moussellne had . full soft skirt of the moussellne an-1 . a- draped . bodice . of surplice fichu effect, of the . same material - Over this -rose frock was draped a little tunlo formed frem a shawl of fine black Chantllly, one point running up over the bodice front in bib fashion, -another point falling over the skirt . front, but reaching not much more' than half way to the knees. , Speaking of draperies, en of the In- : novations that aohleve success in the late season, at Paris was a picturesque arapea manteaa in sort material, wnion was brought up to the left shoulder -in the back, fastened there and left to fall free, much after the traditional fashion of the page's cloak. - Foulards are atlll much liked for ¬ th utility frock and the newest models all show much fulness in the skirts, the lonar skirts often being frilled all : around the waist band or draped, while ,. the trottlnr frocks - of foulard are Cape j chiefly of the yoke-skirt variety. The eicirt yoxe may run on up over nw bodice in some on of the pretty prln- , oess effects which are so popular, but A mountain of "tha" ffnaat hntMtnv I manv of the best models have a bbdlo stone in Oregon lies six miles east ofisngnuy iuu ana neia in vy a. giru , Joseph, says the Herald. The rock is of nearly every ' different ' ' color and when taken out Is nearly as - soft as wood, ' but becomes, as hard as flint after being exposed to the air for some time. Women and roosters wear combs on the ton of their heads but a rooster lets it go at mat.- ' ... A BOLD BURQLAKT Thai lahni. .nnfll. I. S.M.nl. ."' "" "'" . .-.w " -w , ........ .I, th nk T an nt 1. started in a disnute over wages In ticai and aturV Mtl. but I -moulil rathap the woolen and cotton Industries in take chances on thatthan to bave some and around Stockholm. It has the !t,po5t!r;?el,ohJid of r U nrt, " . m all out of shape. -n . , . t aspect of; a lockout J-ather than a ret night I killed a man.- He wis strike. At zirst employers locked a burglar and I ruthlesslr shot him tint IS -000 workman tn theiu fndno. I before he had a chance to repent tries, and soon other industries rr.K-Zr came Involved,. among them 30,000 window, with my last breath I would foundry hands, until the number of swear that h raised the window, even mnn tnted work bv Mia TCmnlnvers' though it was founa closed and locked . . . . . . this morning. , ? Federation amounted to over 100,-! I keep a great deal of money and 000. - The employes did. not Strike valuable lead pencil with me at all uiAiici "ei v a.4i, wuv wo neara aoout . uiscnignt I had IZ.lt 7 employers insisted On a reduction Of on my person -not exacUy on my er- ' . - son, either. ' I remove one third of my wages, and employes not consenting clothing before going t bed. But any to this the factories and shops werelway: . .." V,. , 'J .' ,; dosed. Employers say wages must thr i winZw'd" be reduced to make it. possible fori attentively to see whether or not, my them to compete with manufacturers Z .7 hi.SSr.1 EFZJ&SS In Other countries, and the workmen unuer my pillow and extracted 'a large. av 1t Is ImnnssihlA a llv nn Ipbs I burglar sie death dealer and, pointing say u M impossiDie to live on iessitt ,n the direction of the sound of the wages man tney nave oeen receiving, i burglar s preatn, t puued- the triger. Tha Bltimtlnn la nniianal In that I Alter waning reasonable leqgth of Bituauon is unusual: m mat tIme s aecided to get-up and throw country, and remarkable because of (the corpse out of the room, it wasn't apparently Increasing prosperity in inera ,ninKinar tnat .tne burglar must J v v ' have gotten outside he room and token foreign countries as well as In the the corpse with him, I went out doors United States. I and looked, but it -was not there, either xiiu iiiviiiius it wm poui.ea ajut mat small tree growing near the window The railroads, declared General I whose branches occasionally scrape wnat naa caused Then tha raat of the boarders laughed In. unison a ooio, cruel heart rending laugh. . , along the pane was the burglarious sounds. - Marshall, would put every inland steamer out of business. .True, and tills explains in great measure why k is o auucuiiMo get appropna- , . Th, n-te in nitnr. uons lor river improvement anal ij32-.The first Iron ferryboat pro canal building, and why. important polled by steam was put in commission nroiecta of . thia : kind ; srn .delayed at Boston, and puttered with through; score! ntlliT ttTTltor ffrmed b' 1861 General Fremont declared mar tial law In BC Louis. 1870 Admiral David O. Parragut aiea. uorn juiy , iboi. ; v ..: : 1888 Kimball chouse, : Atlanta, de- of years, if undertaken at all, when they could be completed In one quar ter of the time or less. 'The rail roads . are very powerful at Wash ington In both legislative and execu tive departments, and the prospect la, will become even . more so in the latter department This being the case, :it. becomes exceedingly import ant for the people to send men to stroyed y fire. 1889 Ex-Judge Verry assaulted Jus tice Field at Lathrop, Cal., and was killed by a deputy marshal. ' .. 1900 The allies reached Pekln and forced an entrance Into the city. 1902 Bear Admiral James K. Cogs- congress who will look out more for r.TiT . . ,.i..i., : -t . ,. lucir irnucan avuu uo teiss uuuiiuatou i per ZT, 157, by railroad influence than most of the men now misrepresenting the people at Washington. ' " - A Washington dispatch says ' that "for a new member Representative Hamer of Idaho was unusually for tunate" in committee assignments. There is a reason for this. During the last campaign Mr. Hamer pub licly said that if elected he would not vote for Cannon for speaker, that Cannon Was. "too strong a re actionist," and that "he is not in the trend of the '.times.1' Yet A Hamer seems to have been w quickly and Arthur E. Brown's Birthday, Arthur Erwln Brown, who is Interna tionally famous as a naturalist, , was born in Bucks . county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 18(0. After receiving a com mon school education he . went abroad and spent several years In study in European universities. - Upon his return to America he became a lecturer and writer on oology and biology and soon established for himself a high reputa tion among scientists. For a number of years Mr. Brown' has been vice pres ident and curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and maatager of the Vistar Institute of Anatomy. In.. 1907 the University of Pennsylvania conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. , LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE , On the City Park Subject, 'Portland. Aug. 18. To the .Editor of Th Journal I have heard it expressed and also read in. the Telegram th arti cle by V. Bogue Channlng, as to the site of th Mock farm on th Willam ette boulevard for a large park site for the city of Portland. This Is a matter that should have th attention and ef forts of the various commercial organ isations of the city of Portland and the different push clubs of th city. Portland, in five years, should easily have a- population of 600,000 people Every large city 'has gome large genera1 park that has - a national . reputation. Portland should not neglect Its oppor tunity to provide a park f this char acter for such, a city. . r All Its parks are .small and sectional In character and do not In any sense ap peal to th general populace or the vis itor within Its gates. v . ?' Park property Is th beat Investment a city can have as it will add as much as (0 per cent' to the taxable valuations to th city: ' r"-i i:' ; - ...- ' Go to any city where large reserva tions of park properties, are . held and you will find In every Instance, that It attracts a large- claas of people with various slxed . Incomes to make their homes there, and adds greatly to the taxable valuations because of Increased values. '; ' s. The city park on the west side, or tha proposed Mount Tabor park on the east side, cannot be made parks In the large sense because of being too hilly. There should b a large body of more or less level land with opportunities for baseball, tennis, bowling, driving, small takes for rowing and aquatic sports. playgrounds and swings for children. -It should comprise not less than 100 acres and more in on body if it can bo secured with an outlook and good -view It adds to Its attractiveness and ad vantages as also largely to Its value. I have heard men say that know something about th possibilities - of parks, that , the Mock ' farm - could ' be made, with terraced blnff on the Wil lamette side of the river, on of the most beautiful, parks in the United State. ' Where is the civic pride and energy In Portland to undertake this project? It should b Initiated by the Peninsula Development league. v 1; - I MARMADUKm - Argues for Prohibition. J Prinevllle, Or.. Kng: 10. T the Ed itor of The Journal From a letter ap peering in The Journal of August I, by G. E. F1., I Quote th following, .which may appear to some as reasonable ar gument: ... , , , "It is a safe premise that saloons ex- 1st because there is a public demand for them. While the -use of intoxicants may be indefensible, nevertheless, that use is so universal that it must be met as an outright condition. It would seem that the economic argument you quota, Is rather against the use of liquor than against - the saloon, which 1s a vehicle for supplying a demand. That that de mand will be supplied regardless of pro hibitory laws is so well settled as to make discussion of it superfluous. The writer hereof. a druggist by trade, who doe not violate the prohi bitory .laws against ; liquors, nor the one against opium or other0 narcotics, would like to ask Q. E. F.'s opinion in the case which Just happened in the store in which I am employed; would like very much to know if O. E. F.'s mind is the same in th case as if th demand had been liquor.. v A party came into the store and asked for morphine pills. . stating that , hi mother was suffering from Intense pain brought on by an attack of grip. When informed that he could not be furnished th" article without the approval of a physician and his prescription for the same, he became very angry and went out lamenting about all the nonsense and red. tape. He wished a three grain )ose and had he been furnished the same and had his mother not been ad-, dl.cted. to. the. use of the drgg,.eucb dose would have killed her; . - . The two articles, liquor and morphine. both nav a recognised medicinal value. while the smooth' fitting yoke of, th skirt has a very deep flounce or plait ing Joining it well below th hips. It may bs tru that th lingerie , blouse is not as popular this year as In fnrmr anaanna owlnsr to the voaru of the princess styles, but Judging from the large numoer or wen oresseu wuwuu who wear such blouse on suitable oc casions, the reported decline of this garment popularity is rather prob leraatlaaL TCh lingerie blouse Is too comfortable and practical to lose Its hold on feminine favor altogether. Kaon and both have properties 1 very similar, season the designer develop new blouse later having by xar the' arrester field I Ideas, althouxh alter an tnese reasons of usefulness and the demand for this the thing would seem Impossible. . - artlcl and all other narcotics Is not Th,s yer !..".ve.r. T7?i XZ places withth Chinese nation, mor- ,7 true thlVlnnoat presents om phin would be as great a problem to rather difficult problems - to th as -tne liquor, witn wmcn we are I laundress, Dut it cannoi oe uram .ni bow dealings and but for our prohibitory! charming effects are produced by these laws, on tha sale of the Daprnttlca. whlo I touches of color. The blouse material ' - - . . ' - 1 - ... m aa as f Ins t w X raaail latea being popular in thia. cU anil .. -it tk. .Aiiiit M-iinnn-rfl in would rival th liquor ouestlon today In ;"w.!f,ir Ji,Z whiia. There are. too. our land. . . iaoma dainty batistes and linens barred The writer wishes to know of O. E.lin color which , make up smartly, F- "whoever he is." If he would advise at and occasionally one finds -a - pretty "regulated licensed opium dispensary" to supply thla demand so that th -proprietor of th same could obey or dis obey th laws at his will, and should he blouse of white emoroioerea u oyer in some small design of color, usually-' a dot or ring.-r iqi.'i. mr,A ashltai f-nmhtnatlons are all r disobey the laws Intended to regulate the rage for hats Just now. The style his business, and bis attention should was really originated two months ago b. called to the fact, he could answer and has not lost Its popularity. . The -. "to n with th law. I have paid my t"t thing lor miasumroer wear license and Z . am going to sell my heavy jwhite lace on black ; straw. This k rnnAm" - - - . . z. - I IS PUt on in uiuui, in wuua, gooos. , ; t- if" - ir avrnl"lnnr,a fastened I wa raised In prohibitory territory I IrilTl... cn.- t.nthina--la worn and have, sine leaving there, studied on the hat except a big Slower or but the liquor subject for a number of terfly of coarse lace, and the effect years, and I know to my own satis- is quite elegant. -One stunning black rictlon that th liquor question is not crln hat was trimmea witn wnit point nearly so great In prohibitory territory d'ePm edged with , narrow Valen a. It is wher the saloon li licensed S"1. T.b h.' .7" -I!?"..?'!?... ej aijiKoiaw vvi auu weaei uua.v not to say but what It 1 bad enough, lit-hi. uut tnere is another point which must . tarfe outstretched wings of whit not oe overlooked. Where the prohi- are used on colored and black bats, bitory law is in effect w have to fight They are handsome as well as durable, the liquor subject alone, while under or- " rule, summer millinery is all linanu aii . ,, that Is chea looking and Derlshabla. which makes theliloon I predVminltins k'"dl.i..bAa.0.l.i1.!:e,r.?. "S, EZS I d . ?U5h tonvict a te?-( ar, beinf; pu m big black net. blind plgger of a violation of th pro- hats in a modish house, and ar becom- hlbltary law, but to convict th blind lng to almost sny woman. The shape i plgger of violation of regulation under that will be seen most in the late sum- , license Is quite an impossibility. - mer. it 1 said, will be the big black , The writer ha been a resident of hat with rolling brim. v ,:',.. -v .. - duced In place of the prohibitory law. I ,v., i. . rf-i.n .f th nnrtinn Tb result of th experiment need not be (over th elbow, hinting at a return to ,. "" wnu.ior la every instance mey i the long lost old leg o'mutton sleeve, v soon went back to tha prohibitory law. I Drecoll In Paris is exploiting a new There was never failure more com-1 sleeve, which fall below th elbow i plete than these attempts to regulate over an undersleeve of sort mull gath- the saloon. ered into tight band at the wrist. This Th people of the sUt , hay worked S-0" "Sftlt Ve'leev fUs c'loVel? hav gained after many yeara of hard which set over th fuller undersleeve. and contmuous fight. Th writer Is Slipper made entsly - of cloth of entirely familiar witn drug store gold are-a great deal used, and so ar abuses In that state, ana is One who Bronse shoes and slippers,, some of, has long hoped for a law relieving the "He11 are wonderfully wrought with , drugman of th responsibility of "Tq"r aointiiy111 'fLOREEFAIRANK ' handling. The neonle of Kumaa it a deserving blow to the saloon drugstore and th writer hopes for the same in this state in the near future. The prohibitionist Is unwilling to vote uie laiuon Dusiness a special priyllege, ooiitrnated te The Joar-ia! by Walt Masoa. placing It on an equal base with other the tamoua Kanut poet. Bla proae-poetea are . commercial -establishments, for he has regular feature ( this column ta Tba Dally, learned from experience that that priv- lon"U ' - . - ' , , ESSKHSrH ffrsr sss surs 55. 7 Home and Motner liege in tha way. They have the law en their side and with the same evidence as is required in any other -offense, tht party so offending can be made to an swer for it ' The writer Is not a prohi bitionist as O. E. F. sees them, but does believe that prohibition is the best form f risnove traffic - - . "I"" knees a-scrubblng. O. E. F. says there are more arrests for drunkenness in dry territories than In wet That is a significant fact that drunkenness is not tolerated In dry ter ritories, nut does not argus that there is mor drunkenness. Observation as well as reason shows that in licensed territory a drunken person is not mo lested until. he becomes boisterous or commit some other crime and In the majority of cases is kicked Into a back room of a saloon somewhere, where, as is often the case, he is relieved of what little cola or other articles of value he still has on his person. RAYMOND V. CONSTABLE. 1 in her place no more we'd see. Mother washes all th dishes and she's sweep ing up the floors, while th girls ar In the parlor doing Paderewakl 'chores; mother's breaking up some kindling at' the woodpile by the gate, While tb boys ar fn the ' garden with their hovels, digging .bait; mother's on her where the careless footprints are, while the father sits la comfort, toiling t a bad cigar. , Mother Its with weary fingers, and with bent and aching ahead,' sewing,- darning, - for the children while- they're all asleep In bed; mother's up before the sunrise, up to labor and to moil, thinking ever of the others, in the weary round of toil. What la home without a mother? Tnst we'll never reallie till the light of life has faded from ' the kind and patient eyes; when the implements of labor fall unheeded from her hand, and the loving voice la silent then, at last, we'll un derstand. ' ICopjriirbt. 100, tvy ' Jy Oeorsa aUttbta Adas.) M2aK' lva)