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rpT TT7 T AT TT "NT A 'T. I flcW' recommended the extension and to nay to them: "."Well done, J every extreme of weather : X X iJUr JU UIXliXlJJl of the :CpryaWs & Eastern - across J goodand faithful, aervanta.".,---: least be comfortable. I uie uascaaes into eastern uregon. i x ememoer mat tneee men are not can at " ; 1 The Deschutes canyon was then a I cranks, or Idealists, or "geese." but It appears that the wheat crop of 7. """f "V" canyon .and nresented everr attrac-lthe Terr flower of American dtl- eastern, Washington Is disappointing , rMib4 iwjrr - ,EFiJu t,oa ' rQute. nat present now. xenry. They are Intelligent, thought- la quantity, the average yield being in., rift and s.mhili struts, Pnrtuad. or. I Yet. It was in preference to It as a l ful.; careful.., responsible ; men. who ' man was anticipated., in ure- . . . I route for-; a. railroad line, that the do . not easily get excited, and who son, on tne contrary, mere is a bet- innn mm -. i " i - . - i a ... , , . .... & i tntMaiMiaa tbrooj th. u e-ei i recommendation to extend the' Cor-1 know on such, an occasion what they I ier enowing. , in some jocauues east i atta. - r . I -nia tn..- . . , v i .-.a t n.nii... I of th cascades '. f ha yields are a I COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE t . Build,, dig; "storm along. ' r "The law" sometimes la a fake.' ; . - .- Watch. and help development! I wBnis-ii y-'"Tr woiraiiw eastern extension was i Vummins naa lonowea me ieaa " ; ""x" ;, Harrtk tm r ; ..-. f 4D1Sr2,S?L&fJrtS a good proposition then, is it not a Aldrich in Ws upward revision of yields in a majority; of instances are Wurr Coos By, ,0ret country, it iiffon goinjr to m a far greater Shouldn't Hofir ti M.tnt nnt tin at . ii . . : Ut.t'inwTii.n.a. ititPRgsiwTATiy. better proposition than half the Des- the tariff, i these thousanda of clti- greater tnau was expected in tne d v. nniMiM. i cnuies route now. ana mat nan oniy i zen laisni not nare cmnerea in a i t""; v"-- ass rt (mH, ww'-jww to D0 securea arter a costly contact i muraiuae to. express tneir aispieas-i" "a mu.uinw rnmini. . . i , it At . vo.fiira' vnnM km1mki v iiun meToui large yields are reoonea, The TieoniA hoTill hv n r T Mr. narnman s ailment - is ae-1 "'"fw-ui oaroecue. . I Snbrlpt1on Trm ttf DiU or to ny lirm la tb ,CUtI fitatoe. Caoada or luslcet ? rm..,;,,.fl.OB I .Ose: nntli..i... J Bo nr.........tl.Se One awntt..... JB ..'.,..:;:'. ..M OAIX.T AKD SUITDAT. " :', On rr.... STJBO 0a aMMrth......f -.63 Revision upward by 2T per cent. Still Tb Journal I, m ni la' Losdon. !, I tar in prfAnrt th nnrviiTllit A , Uljist- I no . burning In efflBT-? hut them cer 1J ffl5 "I '? ir?1' 'TEfprn In nMr nit nn nrIlel tfllnlv wonM hav hAn no miih n- ttrmt. nitn mbKrlptloai eod .tfrertlwniMtt I r,BfI ,. tn hnlM th . TWehiitea thiiRinRtfR and ihwn wplmmfl ,, BCTlbed In the dispatches as ''rigidity in battle, and because side by they extended to these returning I :U iww. ....... t.-xl-i- I la all. thfre nnht tr hn nn alnrm. i " ' fir.n impni a iTir rnnn i'r m t I h RLHHmKn. . I - - - i r .i j . . . u. - o 1 ... In,, it k. l.iiu.. nv it. I . luuuiinun ib anomor xepre- Dolljver and. Cummlnal" "" -wim, sentauve-, republicans He way run for tiarriman to nave a gooa stui oacit-1 1"'"1!1". " ,.ypiceu parcy. man. bone. c : 1 .B- ' Ha allows' himself to be Been through ' a mlcroecopa who Buffera himself to be caught In a fit of passion. - Larater. - - . ' EDWARD H. HAKRIMAN Atrlp has been of little elcfxyfIi"ai ' ' 1 ffnonuul tn ha ntant nf 11 RAO. line side half the usufruct? I What did : The Corrallis & Eastern has thejdo to atn this notable expression best known pass over the Cascades, ot approbation f They fought the and has penetrated to, within a tariff hill almost from start to fin short distance of the summit. On I Ish, from A to Izxard. They at- the opposite side, it emerges upon l tacked nearly all lta principal eched- on f mm Ann MatAan. It TMUWAM I Ules WOOlenS. COttOn gOOdS. , Ores, through the best timber ; on I, the Implements, . hosiery and gloves, and earth, and there are billions of feet other ' ontrtgeously taxed K 1 neces- of it It Is a route that extended sarles; and the people of Iowa de- to the eastern Oreron border would aired -to show and did 'show their fit perfectly Into Mr. Harriman's heartf approrsj of that course of BTstem. It would be infinitely less conduct These senators failed, expensive in fconstrnction than the they accomplished nothing, directly, Deschutes road. ; Itls route that immediately that is, they sould not was adopted by tne Hoggs arter icnange ua w us uvj aebircu r- b ut ; tneir eftorts were yet not in j, - ta' Jn restoring the health of Mr. Barrlman.' He is homeward financed to the extent of $11,800,- 000 by eastern capitalists ' at the Ume. .If sl was a Kood. mute then. Tain. They and other "Insurgent' senators who followed the eame course La Follette, , Nelson . and y ntbss orxaiioLT "We make i lawe to protect a man's proo- erty, but his peace of mind ; Is sadly ns- lectea, we fine a man'., for - carrylna" concealed . weapons. out tne amateur mu sician rulas homes pie to drunkards' graves than all the. 'Jim Hill cava a Fni-Mit Amu xhunA 1100. 'That Isn't much, hutvlt will holn and there's lota mora where, that came from. - . t . , , Uncle Bam is aomethlnr nf u avlsfn uiuiBcii,. wiien ii comes 10 Diowing; nim f'f'i He's .quite a gay old sport, all When tou -aee -a"rotm hnv hfrTi. tui' uuibiblih. tdu ran uii v nnn. elude that he is beaded fpr the roekplle ' The DeoDle should ' navor iirranilaf a pai-iicie . oi ie - power tney have with great effort wrung . fyom the predatory The i Oklahoman ? mm- Wtlllam .T Bryan would shine as the leader of a Jack rabbit drive In Texas." Possibly, nnar mm is nis "mission. " The Balftra Journal makes this sug ,,. ii,Bt vJwould It not be wisdom for a rec- have much company In the senate T . laying it would be better for Oregon." ;the springy step of a few months ago, the distinguished patient had to be aided aboard the steamer. On arrltal In New Tork he Is going to his country mansion on the Hudson land to Mr. Harrlman that the bat-1 of making - changes, tie In the Deschutes canyon be fur-f It Is not only the people of Iowa Ither considered and a peaceful ex-1 bo approve and applaud these tension of the Corrallis & Eastern men, but people of the whole coun be undertaken T TVtnie set tha house aflra. pisaled when the flames grew higher, mamma smuea at w line s pranlt, Papa yelled: -'Save Willie ; bank." ON. ABDUL HAMIO. The philosopher of tha Albanv n.mv. orat remarks that "soma nnnnl, hit awfully easy If you throw a stone." Tes Some people write of Harry Thaw, and 1 nioii oil f,o ,of 'rrM-l. oumweoee ana prunes, ,. wow would it is. 11 not Buuuuer j. . e,-. l The singer warbles much of lore sad 1 dent of the Los Aheeles Judce who sen How would It do to follow the prece- ralir0ad policy to cross Mr. Hill's die west." It Is men who dare to - oy ind other tune. urtheTasYurlnS is that becoming' SeXllS paralUhemf' ' be "insurgents" in such a case that t tt lurtner assurance is that nis coming another road that the people admire, respect, and will Sut I must ten my gloomy thoug is In order to complete the absorp- BUnt.ortf men who have the moral ?' I A b-ues. . tenced some "lov" rldera. tn walk til i inroujn ine ausi a raw miles as a Den- nltvT Tha '"anml" riarllnea .nnMn't like, that . " -Wall Street Journal.- On Anmm 1a the United States had a net public debt of a little more than $1,009,000,000, and a combined public and private wealth thoughts. tion of the Vanderbilt roads which appeals for Mr. Harriman's con- support, men wno nave tne moral Tm .feei,ng Wnd of sad i, aid AU will add another powerful system to -ruction 'energies. He approved -1 fenXalush i v i . . i nni. ann nniertooir its construc-t vuuw u j " 4.v ( . mr,,i-j wcnu . m uueaa imcn. I ' - i . . . .... ... ... ...... I ,,mi.j nnu i w i ii Mt Harrlman Is one of the moat tlon. Great quantities of material ttu auuu" " vu., .uu - ma aooui . flsyi are numMrM now, sm ""oi noi less tnan iiao.ooo.ogo,. .. .. : . vrji ..4iine truin aooat ineir norriDie tod- ... i B"... 1 " muub r nuoi, remarkable men this country of re- "" "ou wc aDHCUiuiCU uu - t',,f, hl11 nnwa lt I fr up t.im to shurne off and leave miftiKia imk ii,, nmftinot wa 1. 1 actual construction oeeun ana car-1 " - - -- i wuuu .wi, www, A fm fflfVaTils ovrtlut fhi.' iii1 tha" AmAtv Hed OH fOf BOm montHB. It WflB lean poor boy Into a career of enor- tae ' proposea roaa rrom uram w nuiuvuviunaij vr ruiu viuiiia wobioo i hi a umesa ne nap- mons potentiality;,. He and James voos nay. it is. a roaa mat tne lay- .But tor determination old Hamld was j. Hill are two men of whom it i man knows will pay better dividends J T"EN TEARS AGO a man wanted no- slouch. T enrl . m " "Li. - .fn M,a. n.a.l I to borrow 11K00 on 10ft acrM Henevercopid behead a man unless he bououui n tne country .v. nas . : pro i . i j ' I . , .7 - , I haa A (fflouch. duced their equals in genius for chutes, f Tne uescnutes line wm cost 01 iana iu u iasima vaiiey, in many ways- the sultan hold showed handling railroads. The power of him about $6,000,000. If it has to and couldn't get It from a loan be waauna fraw, each In the railroad world is equaled be built In the midst of a cotistant company because the security was never could get paid. by no other men who have ever battle with a great antagonist, jt not consiaerea suiucient; xne ' care- ""T i"" . , lived.' Both came from the denths will cost much more. It must pay ful money lenders doubted whether He'd play his phonograph a while then and. have mounted to the heights: interest on tne investmeni. it musi u iuu w rauj worva an And ter&i7r htwonU dnnk an The proble.m9 of Jlnance they have Pay dividends on the stock. But acre. The man got the money, else- extra whiskey punch, , . erabnled and aolvpil are the ma.rw.1 half as much revenue for these pur- where, somehow, and today. -one Then set his ax and sharpen It and kill i'of jpen. The strength" each has j poses can be Counted on as beforelaere of It is worth all he tried to Und now that Abdul's very sick, why borrow 10 years ago on 100 acres Fruit. He doesn't need to. borrow any money how. The money lend ers would be glad to lend him 150, 000 on the same land that they shown, In the assembliuB' of forces Mr. Hill entered tno uescnutes. ; and prosecution of vast construct- Mr, Harrlman should learn some- Jve enterprises has , not been paral- thing from, what has happened in leled in the annals of finance. There the Deschutes. He waited too long. In reason. to. believe that if life was He can wait too lonsr before building BDared to them for a score" of vearalto Coos Bay. He can wait too long couldn't see $1500 in 10 years ago these giants of railroad strategy for the CorvaUis & Eastern exten- The same thing, practically, If not - would absorb and assemble until all aion. If he does not penetrate "to In quite so great a degree in many the railroad lines In the country all the rich regions of Oregon, some- cases, Is true in numerous localities would be almost swallowed up In body ' else wllL He has seen the in wregon. Ana it is not aiways ' two gigantic systems.-. - turn. In the wheel of fortune at the 'ru11. either. It may be vegetables, There is much Jn the career of Deschutes. History has always re- if, near. a good-sized, growing town, Mr. Hnrrim'ftn' that ' has hTi rriti. npntod ltaelf. and alwavs will. And or alfalfa, ; or vetch. In the course cised. Tet the fact stands out that then, how infinitely" better for Ore- of a year The Journal, always on as men define success, he la success eon for him to build the lines hereltbe watch for these accomslish- pre-emlnent-' He took the Union suggested, 'and is not that which is ments, mentions probably a hundred Pacific ,a few years ago when its good for Oregon, good for Mr. Har- veritable Instances where a person stock was 116 and now it is J206 or riman? bas made from $500 to $1000 in a more a share. He has rehabilitated It and made it one .of the finest roads in the country. " In the same way wherever his genius for devel oping a property has been applied, it has leaped into vitality and most successful operation. YOUNG OLD FOLK U' single year off a single acre of strawberries. An acre of cabbages, or onion's, may yield from $100 to P IN Jackson county a man who 800- 80 wlth other things which I , .11 J.ll. A. V. A 1 1 has been for many years a I we C11' lolK wani BI11 J"4' cueenuuy miner In a small way. never whatever Is asked. There are 10,. getting rich but making a 000 opportunities in a hundred lo- Personallv Mr. Harrlman fa uM I fi-ood 11 vine and lavlner hv ft 1ItA callties in tnis spienaid f adllC to be one of the most amiable of "dust" annually, came into town 1 northwest to do wnat ils nerem in 3; men. There are Portlanders who the other day to have his eyes UJcated; to get more every yeaf off , know him and their testimony is treated; as his sight was falling, j a Bma" Plece oi jana man one nas that In the Bocial circle he is most Otherwise he was auite healthy, and to pay for it. And many people are agreeable. It is said that In alt ''his felt rather boyish. He said he had finding this out , vast manipulations of railroads he not; worked much for the past two Tbe wonder is that enough young ; has never discharged an employe. years, and perhaps would pretty men stay in the towns to do the . . Union Pacific stocks dropped yes- nearly quit work hereafter. He is business necessary to-be done, at ' terday with the news of Mr. Harri- 91 years old. small salaries, when the glorious man's condition. The news from! The city treasurer of the town of country' holds out Buch opportuni- , over the sea has caused many a Lincoln. I1L. elected last year for ties of becoming independent and v . watcher to wonder what will hap- the fourth consecutive term, con pen in the stock markets when this ducts, as this repeated success ai i wonderful man's summons comes to the polls indicates, the duties of his join the innumerable caravan. That office acceptably, and he is besides it win do shaken some is regarded la cheerful, active, sociable man, fairly wealthy with a small invest ment and not very hard labor. Judge Lindsay's recent public charge that corrupt corporations as certain, whether Mr. Harriman's alert to whatever is going on In the had purchased wrong decisions of passing be months or years post-1 town, the state," and the country. He the Colorado supreme .court is, con- ponvi. It has been revealed, how- is a young man in his 97th year, flrmatory. of an .Impression iqng ever, that Mr. Harrlman has an un- His only receipt for longevity Is prevalent in the public mind, and deretudy whom for years he has steady work, without worry. the supposition that tnis is true been tualning to take up the reins A man is as old as he feels, and haB been a blot upon the Centennial of the grea system and hold them how he feels depends chiefly on how state. Some' decisions of the Cal intelligently whenever Mr. Harrlman he Jives. Everybody can't "work lfornla supreme , court,. especially shall lay, them down. Although he steadily" that is most of the time those in the Schmitz cases, have has dealt unfairly with Oregon -"and not worry," and be reason- looked, to say the least,' very sus there Iswlsh that this prodigy of the ably abstemious in all ways; else plclous. It has long been said that .time may be spared for Ions: and we would have millions of these evil and corrupt influences have that he may here do that which he young old men and women. There 1 been exerted in the nomination and has so long postponed. I OTHER ROUTES THAN PES ; . CHUTES T ; IS CLAIMED that the Hill forces have the. best of it In the Deschutes canyon.' They claim to have a. big advantage in the will be more of them, however, a election of California Judges, which generation hence. ? And1 100 years is unfortunate for the people of that from now, when nearly all ofi uB state, as is the alleged condition of have been forgotten, we doubt not affairs In ' Colorado. , Several bccut that centennarians will be common; I sations have recently been made that there will be numerous gather- against the supreme court of Wash ings of Jolly young people to cele-J ington. but except in' the case of brate their 100th birthdays. ; V Judge Root, who resigned, there ap pears " to be no proof of Judicial AND COIMIXS s matter of rights-of-way over private j THE HOMECOMlSa OP DOLLHTER wrongdoing. noiain gs. ai rf tiarriman waited overlong in undertaking construc tion of a line by that route, and Is now -confronted with colossal diffi culties. Even if he build a line there. It might be paralleled by. a Hill line, and the value of his line be cut , half what It would be If built before Mr. Hill entered the field.' Under the circumstances it would seem to be a sane policy for Mr. Harrlman to direct the energies he is expending In this conflict, in building railroads elsewhere In the state. ...-. ,'-.' " Ouce, Mr. Harriman's Oregon of- CARCELT EVER In the coun try's history has any homecom ing senator or representative received so hearty and " spon taneous an ovatdon from an approv ing populace sb that .accorded last week to Senators Cummins and Dol-liver-, of Iowa. Thousands upon thousands of voters, the majority of them, country people,' farmers, and many of them traveling, many miles, crowded Into the. home cities of these , two notable., "insurgent" senators,; to grasp them' by the hand, v Summer turned herself loose yes terday, sending ' the mercury up to 90 degrees and-more.- Tet in Port land-no deaths or prostrations from heat are reported. The same tem perature in eastern cities ' would have had a sequel of prostrations and" death, ' Though we are but a few feet above sea level the air -contains less of the depressing and. op pressive humidity - than ' the ; atmo sphere of ,the Atlantic coast, a fact of great Importance in 'the course of -a lifetime. It is pleasant to live in Portland where the dweller An t '. ' . r '' .." .: :.J. For that's what makes-me feel so sad- he doesn't seem to die, Lltle Willie, lovely child, ' On the track some timbers died. When the train rolled down the bank, rapa aaia: -xnats wiuiea prank, "Tour friend Is quite bald, lsn t he?" "Bald? Sav. he's so blamed bald that he Is afraid to take off his hat for fear of being run In for Indecent exposure." It should not be a difficult csk to awaken the echoes in a yawning chasm. Letters From tkc People Latter to Til Journal abonld b wrlttea ea one aide of tb paper only .and aboold ba ac companied br the nam and addreea cf the writer. The name will not be amd If tb writer aska that It be withheld. The Journal fa not to be understood aa tndoralnf the view or atatementa of correspondent. Letter ahonld be made a brief possible. -Tboat who wish their letter returned whan not used aboold la- close noitaae. Correapondent -ar notified that lettera ex eeedtng 300 word tn length mar, at the dis cretion oi to caitor, d cut aown to tnai iimic. The Albany Democrat makes this hon est confession: Some men selling stock through the valley have a smooth way of getting; free advertisement, and they set It and lots of It, the average news paper, Including- the Democrat, belnar the greatest suckers In the world. . An . exchange (says: - "German phy sicians declare that Mr. Harrlman has Deen living ror 10 years on his nerves." ntr anguajre. The "s" on the tall-end of The German physicians nrobablv don't apprenena the intricacies of the English lanirua the word "nerves" Is superfluous. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Enthusiasm Is Increasing to , Silver ton Commercial olub. .' , Gold ' Beach,t In the oplnlenpf the Olobe, needs a remorseless dog killer. ' Campers-must be careful about start lnr fires. Is the order. It should be oh served. , r . . - , , J . ; T. TTnanti .: a. TTnWinrd 'creek. Curry county man, got 80 tons of :ins oat hay from nine acres. , - to, nl nmvMnd Albanv Com merclal clubrooms for visitors will be fin and many exnioits win pe uiapiayeu. Timber back of Hillsboro should tnak It a city of io.ouo vn tnree years, eya a Pennsylvania , lumoerman, , vjbjuhk that place, t This U one of the big huckleberry years In tha- Blue mountains, wnere man fiiinilraM ivf nannla will aet supply-during the next two weeks. 'Waeonda correspondence Of the Oer- vals Htar: .Aepinwaii Brotners piexea over zoou crates ,or loganDernes - irom is , acres. Tneir grain , yieia ; was u bushels to . the acre of wheat and ii of oats. ., it- - . ; Port Orford Trtbunet Quite a number of lady teachers went , down on Satur day's stage, and that Master Lorln For ty. the driver, aid not drive orx tne grades, shows that be can keep his head though he should loae nia neart. : REALM FEMININE. A "PeedSa," PoIlt"'cdUntT" 0rresp6neTnt says: Bears killed five goats Belong ing to Jeaae Tost last weelc -For seve ral days the hunters In the neighbor hood have had dogs after the.: bears, and two have been chased' out. It Is thought there are more. t a Wood burn Independent: If there was anything on earth that W. M. Grover wanted It was a little daughter. - His greatest wish was granted Friday, when his wife presented nlm with one el the prettiest little girls in the town. : He. s a proua aaaay ana nas reason to ne. The Yamhill Heeord reports that a young man thereabouts . undertook to run a threshing engine, and early In the season he atopped the machine for a half day because -the engine would not take water. . Finally another engineer was called for and on examining It he round it so run oi water tnat it was running out of the smokestack. a - - Albany Democrat: The blind nig man goes to all manner of evasion and con niving to evade the law: and that la all right with his fellows, but If a detective uaes a uttie tact anq some evasion in bis methods, why .that Is awful. Now, wouldn't that Jar a hogshead of pauper makers. - There la Just one good way in this life and that Is to do tha beat rosalble and obey the laws of the . na lon, state and city. , .ft..' j a '; ', The Weston Leader mentions a man who left that sedate city owing several duis ana says or mm tnat .'he- works his an tne time, Dut needed an Ms money for 'liquid cheer which he Imported in quart bottles from Walla Walla. By mixing thla wjth . near beer he could always manage to acquire- a satisfactory lag. He was a tan man, ana naa a very long and thirsty throat." r A WAIL FROM MEDFORD ' From' tha Eugene Register r Women, in the Public Ey?. lira. W. Fl. f.nrmw . c. . - - is . spending . the summer, - - at he 1-iiainau in f ranca. She was formerly Mabelle Oilman, and bas never been able to - get - into "society" in . her J own country, ow ing . tor' the - preju dice ... against . her profession (the A stage) and tha feel- i - " ing arousea by the (- K...fMA,v.ssV.44vU.v.Avh4. way In which Mr, ,. . . - Corey divorced his nrst wife to marry her. However, aha may gain entrance" through foreign su cesses. ; ...,., ' . ? ' Country Women's Advantages. u AlAJVy women life on the farm f I; r T Most, southern Oregon papers favor the new state propaganda. They'll get over It Oregon Journal. Tes they will get over It, when The short-sighted rule ahd blight of the Willamette valley mossbackyind the Salem hog is at an end. ' Southern Oregon is no longer hamp ered in lta. errorts toward progress and development . . . The restrictions of , an obsolete con stitution are done away with. The opposition that defeats every bit or development is relegated to the past southern Oregon has some represen tation at tne national capital. , , . v A few other things are done " that will aid southern Oregon In lta develop ment Instead of invoking the aid of the courts, when all else fails, to aton a worthy moyement-iMedforrxribunte. Ordinarily Editor Putnam takes a broader view of things than la contained In the above. In thla case, however, he has allowed his prejudices to get the better of his Judgment Simply because one McMahan of Salem, an attorney, has Interested himself In an effort to pra vent the legislative appropriation of 1100,000 for Crater lake being utilized. the Tribune lays the blame at the door of the Willamette valley. If the Tribune wu examine tha valley exchanges it will find that all the papers have stood for that appropriation and deprecated the movement started by the Salem attor ney. - It therefore, 111 i becomes . Editor initnara to stigmatise th,la valley and Salem because, forsooth, one of lta citi zens undertakes to- upset action of the legislature by , which Valley lawmakers Joined with there in making the Crater lag appropriation. ; :. a Medford may be Justified In wanting to secede from McMahan. but It has no earthly excuse tor calling Willamette valley people moasbacka or Salem resi dents hogs. v. v" There Is no section of .Oregon more enterprising than that of WUlamette valley nor more disposed to be fair In Its dealings 4 with . other parts of f the state. r v..-.. ;fj If southern Oregon wants separate statehood It. will have to take a dif ferent tack than that now belna- in. dulged In by the Medford Tribune be fore It sucoeeda It cannot make a personal fight against a single lndl vidua! the basis for new state bound aries. The Tribune's methods are child ish In the' extreme and If .continued, will make it tha laughing stock of Ore gon. Claim for separate statehood for southern Oregon, to succeed, must be based on something more substantial than personalities and spite. Has No Special Value. Portland, Aug. 18. To the Editor of The Journal I have in my possession a half dollar that was made tn 1853. The words, "In God We Trust" are omitted. Would you . kindly state the value of It In your paper? Or could you' refer me to some parties that would buy it? : F. C. BITTLER. (The motto "In God We Trust" was not used on United States coins until long after the date mentioned.) . They Are Late .Dnkea. Editor Journal Can you give me In. formation concerning the enclosed samples of cherries? -1 : hav$ a tract at Mlnuiorn Springs near Mllwaukle and on It ' was this small cherry tree. People. have-given the cherry so "many airrerent namea. tnat j.,; am anxious to knowWhat It really is. It grows auite large and there is an abundant crop of them each year. FRED R.. PIPER. t The cherries were submitted to H. M. Williamson, secretary of the state board of ."horticulture, jwho' pronounces 1 them the, Late Duke. -' They bave much the flavor of the Kentish cherry, but are sweeter -and larger, and 'when dead ripe become a deep red. They hang on the trees till September. 1; ; ' The cherry Is too soft for much handling' and so Is not practicable for Shipping purpose but is good for home canning and sells well in the local market . though they do not keep well, - ; , . . The Western Spirit. Prom Collier's Weekly. . List to the song of .Centralla!' Mid way between ' Puget sound ; and the broad Columbia, across the cool Cas cades, the paean - rises and from it we catch these shining notes. When the panic struck Centralla the town lest its Job. Its lumber mills shut down. In stead of yielding to the dumDS tha hnmr. ant Centralianai decided that-: this was the - moment to put their.' houae In or der.' Their 'main street -was a sea of mud half the year and a puddle of duat the other. . There were 6000 people and no sewer system, t Not a street waa graded, nor was there a-sidewalk worthy of the name.. They bad passed an -ordinance prohibiting cowa from running at large, ana tnat was about the extent of their elvlo betterment These things they resolved to' change. The citizens field a mass meeting for' the purpose of - increasing their taxes. The as sessed valuation Jumped from $580,000 to 81,688,207. ; They built their sewer system. They paved the business streets. They spent 832 for each man, woman. ana cmia, ana they ingeniously ar ranged, by verbal promises, to have the work to go to local labor. t The result was that hoarded money came out 'to be used when It was most needed, that the Idle , got work, and that a rather shiftless appearing town became a Ut tie city. There are now some 8000 peo ple so the Cen trail ana say. Their stats of mind Is Illustrated by the fact that one of the reasons for the defeat of .an otherwise excellent candidate for mayor was that although the city had had an electric . light : plant for several years be had only recently put lights In his house. ' The mills are running again. Centralla again has a Job. What pros perity didn't do for the Centrallans, adversity did. Happy-pioneers! . , . ' Frank A. Leach's Birthday. ; r Frank A. Leach, who has resigned the directorship ' of the United ' States mint to accept the presidency ; of the People's Water company of - Oakland, Cat, was born In Auburn, T. T., August 19, 1846, and received his early educa tion In the public schools of his native Slace. At the age of. SO he began his uslness career ;. as a' newspaper pub lisher in Napa, CaL Later he estab lished tha Vallejo Evening Chronicle and tha Oakland - Enquirer, both of which papers he sold. In 1887 he was -appointed superintendent of the 1 United States mint at San Francisco. His ef ficient work in this position attracted the favorable notice of the secretary of the. treasury and In 1907, ' after a service of 10 '.Tears in San Francisco, Mr. Leach was transferred to Washing ton as director of the United States mint, - y Charity Versus Justice.' ' -By Stephen 8. Wise, Ph. D., In Pacific - . - Monthly for September. Charity Is applied religion. . Religion that is not applied is not. religion. Charity Is the heart of religion and the religion of the heart , Charity is that high morality, which IS. the "science of minimizing human misery." . Religion is the root, of the tree of life. Charity or Social service must be' Its fruit. We can have no fruit without root but we would have no tree of life that were all root or trunk, and that yielded neither blossom nor fruit It may be true, as has been said, that so cial science or service cannot take the place of religion, but it Is not less true tnat religion cannot be without social service.- Social teaching ' and religion are not to be substituted for each other. The social message of our day needs the last and largest uplift of roll el on as truly ; as religion needs to be rehu- manutea ana resoclalised. This Date In History. 1607 First settlement In Maine mads at ins mourn oz tne Kennebec river, - 177 Major Lee captured the British garrison at ramus . Hook, N. J. 1782 Kentucky pioneers - under Col onel isoone created a fores of Indians near the Blue Licks. ; , . . 1804 The president ordered two gun boats to cruise off the coast of Oeorgla and South Carolina to protect the coast of these states, :1812 United States frigate Constitu tion captured and sunk the , British frigate Guerriere. , . . r, 1821 Dedication of the first Roman Catholic church In Utlca, N. X. " ; 1835 Richard P. Bland, Missouri itateaman, born. Died June 15. 1898. 1847 Americans defeated the Mexi cans in battle of Contreras. f 1873 Third National bank or tiani. more robbed of 200,OQjOO la cash and scan ilea. ; , , IfltJ -!& m , . ... uiuim vwreiaoai letter ao- cepung tns .- presidential nomination made public. - . 1891 Bennington battle monumnt . Tnnln . -1. ....... . - uu.uovvu,.. v., ueuicatea witn great display... ;. '''''' ' '" . . 1808 The American battlaahiit , Taxing the-Land. ' y ' ' From the Johnstown, Pa., Democrat Soma folks still insist that th. gle tax will not do It But viti. British landlords 'are not of that way of thinking. They not only believe the -us 1 is win ao it; tney are certain that even Lloyd-George's mild i.n ue tax will reaclf the spot At all events they ars getting ready to unload, as witness this extract from a letter In th Washington Post by the Marquess de Fontenoy: ' .; '. . . . , . . i Lord Darnley Is advertising "the sale ST ' 'L0". of wnoI twn. namely, the Irish town of Athh n r- Meath. The main object of the sale Is to enable the tenants to purchase their holdings; but failing this, th .i i"" wuji 10 me nignesc Dldaer. suggests an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, new laid eggs,, tender " young chickens, pure 'milk, eraam. .,-butf-v. rraah air., restful scenes and a freedom from the xeetraints of society. ' . If the greatest advantam ha has to offer is the gratification of the palate and the chance, to wear a mother hnkha.J .V . . . . . WMHU u,3 a. xi uajr, ana every aay, without being detected, then .the matter Is scarcely worth considering. To the thoughtful woman country life offers rare advantage in tha da. velopment of character. Now character Is determined by three things: Hered ity, environment which Includes edu cation) and th spiritual life and farm life certainly offers advantages over the' city, along all these lines. Country women do not as a rule, llva as too many city women do hot ex actly xrom nana to . mouth, but from grocery , store to paper bag. Taking thought Is what strengthens the mental capacity and the country' woman is forced to take thought to her own an her children's lasting benefit She mua think and plan, months ahead, for her poultry, garden and dairy. In conse quence her .children , are born with the anility lor planning and executing, working and waiting patiently for the results. They also reap th benefits of plain food, fresh air and a free life for tney ar born with strong bodies and steady nerves. . The city is popularly supposed to of fer greater advantages than the Coun try- in the matter of education. The city schools take 'the children at four or five years of age and put them in the klndergarteu. isot because that Is ' the best place for a little child, but be cause it is better, than the street In the grades they ' otter ' a carefully planned course f study, but small op portunity for the development of tue indlvlduaL ' It Is yery different In the much de spised country school. The children are not required to enter school aa vouna and happy the child Whose mother baa the courage and foresight to keen her children at home under her own' influ ence Just as long as the law will per mit -Luther Burbank has said that a country child should be kept at home to grow strong ana' develop cuaracter until 10 years of age, la the city a 10 year-old child who has not been sent to school must be either a hot house plant -or a tough, -"-"'" ',-- -:ss "to- the country schools the teachers can and do pay mors attention to ths Individual. Nor la the schoolroom the only" place that lessons, are learned, for all nature is an open book. 1 - , "Country girls soon grow to be conn- . try women, end we who have been brought up to love the farm are the ones who enjoy the full advantages of country life.. ' . "If one member of the family Is bene fited, all are. If the little child la started right the boy and girl are mors' easily r kept In ths right way. On a farm as nowhere else we see brother and sister playing together and pre ferring each other's society to that of other children. We see the young folks and their parents taking their pleasure together as they have worked together, TThe wife also Is In a position vto know how her husband's business Is prospering and to help him tn many ways. - The advantages of the country woman and her family are legion." -,';,V, -.....st at New Um for Dog Leash. ' From ths Boston Post t PUT the baby on a dog laasht Thafg ths latest freak : of society: ; but, like many society freaks, this has the sanction f medical men. who claim that it Is a lot better to have the child on a-leash than to yank it along the street, dragging Us little arms out of ths-sockets. ;,.'-v,.. In the gardens , with ' their .children in leash and - from tha annearanc nt mothers and children It seems as though all are Pleased. The Child haV a - little more freedom than it woild have If It were being held bv tha band. and the women well, they have more ireeaom,-too. . The baby leash is made exactly Ilka a dog leash, and It is bought at any of ' the harness stores. The mare elaborate ones have a regular little harness, but the simpler ones consist' of the ordi nary strap passed around ths middle of the child's body. fastened with a buckle, and with a long enough end to give a yara oi ireeaom. New Use of Ferng. ' T HAS recently been discovered that the .leaves of ths fern plant, which grows almost anywhere. Is an excel. lent preservative for packing articles or rood, rruit ana even meat. it is said that on the Isle of Man fresh herrings are' packed . In ferns and arrived on the market in as fresh a condition as when thev ; were shinned. A number, of ex. periments have demonstrated that pota toes packed in ferns keep many months longer than those pasked in straw. In fact cotatoes packed 4n fern leaves are as fresh In the springtime as when they were first dug In the falL Eternal Progress. . is ir - Romance and Reality (Contributed to Tb Joorjnl br' Walt Mason. th famon Kansa poet . Ell proM-poem r a regular taatnr of thla eoluaiB la Xh Dally JoarnaL) The maiden watched by her cottage door for her lover, who cam to her side no more. Such stories as this have th poets told, since ths world was young7 tnat is now grown old, and the maid forsaken all drooped and died, and over their couches the bleak winds sighed; or peradventure, 'they lived for years, and sloshed around ankle deep In- tears, leading a life that was sad and strange, like Mary Ann In her Moated Grange. Oh. - bushels of stories like - this are found, of maidens poisoned and maidens drowned, or . maidens, brooding In dark ened halls, with tumbling turrets and moldy 'walls: and ghosts of maidens whose loves broke up, are thick as fleas on, a. yellow pup.' The maiden Watched by her cottage, door, for her lover,, who came to her side no more; and he did not rail, and she did not scoff, but gently murmured: v'Ths stuff Is off I I've drawn a lemon In my bold knight; for breach of promise I.'H cinch him tight So off I'll his to the court alone. and soak him for many a golden bone!" (Oonvrlirht. 1fWV k ' K Oeors Matthew-Adaaw.)
