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..The ;-, most delicate, the
most sensible of ' all pleas-.
urea, consists la promoting;
the pleasure of others. La
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WHY PORTLAND IS NOT A FARM
IT WAS ; her rivers that made
Portland. But for them Port
land would . probably be a farm.
Other spots where the rivers do
not meet and trundle away to the
sea are farms or mere villages.
These rivers not only made Port
land, but they made many Portland
ers rich, ' They not only made Port
land, but they made many cities
and towns along their banks, i They
-made men in' those cities and towns
, wealthy by. giving them the free to
crement on land they phanced) to
; buy at low prices. The rivers then
unimproved, did all this. What
would they do Improved!
There Is a portage road at Celllo,
It was put there to i make river
transportation possible. The pres
ence of traffic on the river was de
sired In order to appeal to congress
; for government, aid , for ! river lm
provements.. Oongresf i Js loath to
give aid on rivers where there la no
traffic"; It prefers, and with reason,
to lend aid to a traffic that already
exists. The very presence - of that
traffic In spite of lack'of Improve-
htAnto fa Avlffttna tnt nci a 1 a a (a
extended will not ! be wasted- In
fact the first question congress asks
, when aid is requested is how much
traffic is ' already there? f A means
then of getting, appropriations from
congress is for everybody to do all
possible to promote traffic on the
rivers. If the rivers,, unimproved,
made Portland,, what would they do
for Portland ; Improved? If Im
proved what would these rivers not
do for the cities and towns on and
within reach of .their banks?
Heavy freights carried by the Co
lumbia river ' boats . reach . r Walla
; Walla, Umatilla, Pendleton , and
nearby points at a less freight, cost
than when carried by the all rail
route. Dealers at those points can
actually save - money by shipping
-sugar, ; salt, groceries and ' other
heavy goods by boat from. Portland
But, strange as It may seem, much
of this traffic -goes' by . rail. It Is
scarcely understandable but It Is
true. It is not only ; a personal
financial loss, but It robs Walla
Walla, robs Pendleton and robs the
other points of a part of their means
of getting, river ;, transportation to
Portland and the sea." ; ; 5 :
Perhaps it Is because we are ac
customed to the rivers that we do
not appreciate ' their value ; to us.
Tet but for them many a man In
Portland who Is richwould be poor.
If. the I Columbia and Willamette
were at Spokane or Seattle, as they
are at Portland, every man,; woman
and child would work day and night
for their improvement. Aid for
them would be- a policy paramount,
and - there would be no rest until
ample aid was secured-1;;- Los j An
geles Is spending $8,000,000 of her
own money to Improve her harbor.
She Is bonding herself for $23,000,
000 t bring water more than 200
miles to Irrigate 23,000 acres of her
suburbs, so more 'people can make a
living and ' dwell ; there. C None of
these cities J , nas the river 4 asset
Scarcely a city In the country has It
as has Portland. ' It Is the grandest
gift' nature ever gave a city. It la
: Worth more to Portland and to the
region the rivers penetrate than two
transcontinental railroads -It Is the
: heart, circulating system and life of
Portland : and the Oregon country,
because river transportation is the
cheapest traffic; haul ; in the world.
If hut a mere, traction of their value
was comprehended ' the - movement;
for the Improvement of these rivers
would be as "the rush 'of ; the ava
lanche and the roar of the. storm.
food staples la eoon to encroach I tain that If Mr. Scott had been sen-
upon production. - They are striving ator and If he had voted as he has
to bring the earth's foodstuffs, up to written for 40 years, he would have
the maximum.- - With the tillable been an insurgent, and with Cham-
raw . lands of the country peopled I berlaln and ' Cummins, Beverldge.
they are working to bring .waBte Dolllver and the rest have voted
ianas unaer production as a means against the painful- Aldrlcn meas-
of adding to the general ; aggregate ure? ; ;He Is voting that way la his
or breadstuffs. More important still, newspaper every day.
they are endeavoring to restore the
fertility of the soil and make two FREE RIDES AND CITY FUNC-
bushels of: wheat 'grow where but
one grew, before. ; That' In: the end
they wjll do it la as certain as the
ebb and flow of tides. . The effect
will be to double the' agricultural
lands of the country and prepare the
way for a doubled population,
TIONARIES
THE
SCIENTISTS -
work'
AT THEIR
hp HE TESTIMONY of the visiting
I scientists Is that they are de
9 lighted with . Portland. Sea
- " sonable weather conditions are
making life easy for. them. , They
are able, to pursue their, convention
work under the most agreeable sur
roundings. - V--i-. sr- '-i'i'.v-'v
It Is well, for they stand to the
race almost in the light of deliv
eiers. Their work has more signif
iranre to society than any other
flncje activity. A "probiem;"BT'the
li.'ur future i3 how Is the world to
t ? tod? ConsumpUon of the great
T. THE city hall the first In
stallment of books of - free
" passes for use' of officials has
been received.; There Is grave
Thai doubt as to the wisdom of the ac-
process will be Slow, because the new j ceptance by the city of free passes
processes must ; be taught, to the j for city employes and officials , over
farmers of the country, i If what the na" "ne tflB s-reei rwiway com-
scientists now, In' ; Portland know pany;. Either f the city is wrong in
could In a twinkling be communl- 8uch .acceptance, or the - whole trend
cated to every farmer and he at once of legislation and modern thought
aDDlied. the wheat nroductlon of the o ine uojeci is wrong. o cj
eountrv Would be doubled In less I government is wise in accepting ia
than ten, possible. In five years. The T0 "om any pnnnc service cor-
difficulty. Is that we are not a leo- yorou.- if uca i wo inaiw
pie given to speedy acceptance of DT corporations other favors are ex
new forma.' The most conservative pected la return. . The relattoa he
man among ns la the" farmer, and It tween, a city government and public
is he who Is th unit through which "moa insuxuuona snouia ne a mai
revolutlonised agriculture must be ter of cold business. . Whatever the
effected.. . .. . icity gets mm tne corporauons u
But the scientists are leading .the hQu!d : pay for,, and jwhateyer the
wav. At the Montana exnerlment 1 wrporeuom aei lrom iu ui ucj
station, for lneUnce, It has been should , pay for. The . favors that
shown In a manner-that no farmer the corporations , can oestow on
can dispute how effectively cultlva- city government are mighty few and
tion servea as a conserver of moist- u-mai, wnije tne iavors tne cuy can
ure. " The exnerlment was on bench bestow . on corporations are . enor-
lands where c the ralnfalliwas so moua.; The ; price of - a few free
lieht that It was nroven that the sun passes for city officials Is mighty
cultivated soil was never wet y to a small in -comparison with ,the ' huge
depth of more than, two feet below bestowals the city officials can-give
In franchises and concessions. In
cultivation showed.-- moisture at a any affectionate 'relation with ex-
deDth of five feet. Two years of change of favors between the two,
careful cultivation showed the soli It la very certain that the city, will
wet at a deDth of seven feet. , and come out of it with a mess or pot-
ttir vmti. ntna f mt.. MnpMOTnr. tage. , it always nas peen bo, ior
it has been tiVoven at thai same eta- corporations, like men, are in bust
tion that hy proper cultivation two nesa to get all they can and to hold
thirds of the moisture can be car-1 all they get -; ".:.
ried over untfl another Beason. At The offer of the railway company
the same . station oats crops are of free passes Is very kind and was
yielding 100 to 110 T: bushels per doubtless made in good faith. The
acre, wheat 65 and barley 60 on an purpose here Is not to impugn ' the
average, and not Infrequently go purposes of Its officials or of , city
much hiaher. It is accomplished officials, but to object to tne , gen
without the application of a cent's eral principle.. The objection Is tp
worth of commercial fertilizer and close alliance between city govern-
on soil cropped for 40 years The ments-and public service corpora
yields have been more than doubled tions. It to a character of partner
since the land began ; to- be scien ship that is everywhre held to be
tiflcally cultivated. At the Kansas bad. All over tne country tne states
tfttinn Tn ere.ter ' wMmits have are prohibiting railroads from , glv
been accomplished ' by, selection of lng free passes to public officials ot
seed what and hreedlne" of better anybody else. The congress of the
varieties. At all the stations and United States ,.has .prohibited the, Is
agricultural colleges slmUar tesults euance of tree passes on Interstate
of -rreater or lesser lmDortance than railroads. It has even gone to the
these are the fruits of the research extrtae or prohlblUng , newspapers
of these scientists, fvmy; 5 are j the from exchanging advertising space
mn who are foremost in the Irri- forVrallrdad fare. The - utterances
jratlon movement and v tha ultimate of every pollUcal economist of stand
factor in nractlcalizing it They mg against iree pcs ia an,
are literally delivering the country sphere. The proposal of the Simon
from the menace of exhausted lands, administration to accept free passes
and an the train of evils, poverty for city functionaries Is contrary to
anil'i ,rmBthlA , rvo1irt1on that Sil .egisiawon, cont-racj;, w a pnr
throughout the history of the world pounced trend ot thought, and In
na ham th BAniiMl to sThanKted iao viow ui um uitoipirai ,
. . . I. . 1 . mm . -a 1L.
; . luouutiui wpeaieacji! , 11,; vuo ucw
r-1 railway iias girts to give t wouio. oe
CHAMBERLAIN AND THE ORE I better to let the sclty pay foriits
nnvrAV - j I transportation ana apply tne , oene-
importance, wealth and population
by leaps and hounds. It pays a city!
to have spirited and militant men.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SHALL CHANGE)
Though ' he : has been able to
finance two rreat ocean to ocean
systems across the continent, the I in? h tfeiiciou" to th r'7 mora
icseuii raiiroau siinauoa seems to
De mat Mr. iiamman cannot even
get a right of way up the Deschutes.
O, lot's not haro any rnalo row .bout
mo entertainment or rait.
' Heaven inav bo a. rin
. . . .a ..t . . .. . . 1 H..1- ,a A. .1 --. '
a nusDana witn nis wire ana rour 1 u goo onoufn.
fthlli1rn itnrUi) nn tnnf tmm Snga. i . : '
" - l-'TTia, VaAWlhU U.l.,. . ' . . .
v,.,- . vi.. .v., 1.: .v..";. awm 10 mm
'6 vw jBuswu, iuo4 aiug iu . ua m txio country needs drr clean In a:.
couia get mere aDout as soon as if
he traveled by1 train.
flees In perfecting the service and
IRST the Oregonlan rails at extensions ot lines.
Senator Chamberlain f because
he did not, In all Instances.
vote In . accordance with the
last Democratic, platform and then
It laments that he did not represent
the Republican sentiment In Oregon.
Apparently ' Senator
THE LOS ANGELES WAT
I HE ULTIMATE city is what the
men .make It. . Nature' cannot
, do - It all. - Portland Is not
wlffwam city because the white
Chamberlain man .sunnlanted the Indian. It Is
ought. In order to. please the great not ; a City of lc huts because -the
unpieasea, do Dotn a uemocrat .ana 1 Eskimo Inhabits the far north.
a Republican, i He ehould, by aome kyig ;'AngeleB Isfspendlng $8,000,-
process or iegeraemam, penorm ane 000 ; In'. Improving the San Pedro
hitherto impossible feat of voting for jharbor. City funds are. going Into
protection and against it at one and lwhat is ", ordinarily j a government
the same time. Indeed to escape project, because her people are con-
tne ruimmauona : pi tne tower ne lyinced of the fact that self-help is
would probably have to be a Popn- the best way to get results. , A few
list, a Socialist, a 5 Prohibitionist, va year8 ahead the shrewd spirits of
Democrat, an Insurgent Republican, I ner citizenry see the coming of the
a reactionary Republican, a Metho- j Panama yanal. . They It eee that a
dist and a Missourian all at once commerce for the . Pacifio
and even then It Is doubtful; If he I coast is to be consequent and pre
would satisfy hta grace, the critic D08e to reach out tor a share of It
nnaer tne nign rooi. - It is the militant purpose of a mill
As a matter?-'. of -: .renecting the tant toeoDle. and : the ' $8,000,000
wishes of his . constituents it , Is Bpent. by snch men, Inv their, harbor
aouDtiui ir v senator vnamoenain jmnrovement will be returned many
could more ..nearly have : votea the fold, - -- -
wishes of a majority, of the people j 1 Angeles is spending $28,000,
of the state than he has'done. He 000 In bringing water - from the
voted for duties,. on raw,-wool and wens river to the" city partly for
reduced duties on woolen and cottoat I mi.ni.in.i Min,i hr lnre-Alv for
goods. He voted for duties on hops; irrigation Nature failed to do for
and lumber, a position that it is en-' Log Angeles as well as she did for
tirely likely, a majority of the people Portland, and Lob Angeles; is re
6t Oregon would have taken. This pairing the deficiency. I', The Owens
same- majority would probably have river s water system is to irrigate
approved the attitude or .Doiuver, 23,000 acres "of land In the vicinity
Cummins, - Beverldge ; and . Brlstow 0f the city. it is a sandy : desert
rather than that of Aldrich, Hale, BOw. . jtt Is to be transformed Into
Smoot and Penrose. . If this be cor-1 att area of enormous, productivity.
rect Senator Chamberlain came The cost of water for the. district
nearer representing their' view than will be $1000 per acre-' It Is being
any senator who. would- nave : f ol-Isnent hT Los Angeles because there
lowed the lead of Aldrich. r - ' .' the deficiency of population outside
Chamberlain i voted ' agalnatv,the the 'city mustibe supplied : by these'
tariff bill and bo did seven Repub- J artificial means to s . support : the
lican senators and It Is extremely larger population within the city,
probable that the action of the lat- The first nit to Bociety ? is ; the
ter is fully approved by 99 out of f armer.V He is the miner whose ore
every 100 of the ' people of Oregon.
However that - may be," complaints
against V Chamberlain : for voting
against the bill come with poor grace
from the Oregonlan, which is unal
terably against high protection and
which, for many years has argued
with the people.pt Oregon -that pro
tection la utterly wrong In principle
and mischievous in. practice. So be
lieving and teaching, how can the
paper, consistently criticise a senator
for voting finally against a meas
ure of such extreme protection as the
Fayne-Aldrich bill? la it not' cer-
body never fails. He Is the pillar
on which society Is ultimately lodged
and ; supported; ! Los Angeles was
not given by nature a place for his
residence, and is artificially provid
ing it at a cost of , $23,000,000.
Thus it is literally the men of Los
Angeles , who are making that city.
They create whatever is needed: that
was left uncreated. They construct
whatever Is needed that was left Tin
constructed, ''whether a ; harbor by
the sea'or" productive 'farms on the
desert. - - . k ' ";."' ' . ' '
And Los Angeles Is growing in
(TANGLEI-DQTj
by riu-n ovaanoLX
There In nrett-r auro ta ha a nwn.
ward revision of the Aldrlchlaa , aena-
IZ aoems tnax In aomo naaaa tn
la considerable extent. Prohibition. loea
i tnere is a water power trust. It
Will probably . . mix fione-flnlnllv with
Bummer, raJna nn twi.rrial . nw vaa-
tureo la a sort of milk watering that
RlhA AK4an,s A
The peonlewhe jro to -makt a Saah
'or..,u" Pol., uaually ned a Teller ex-
peaiuun aent alter tbem. t j
"Walter Welhnart- la orottv ta, ra4
to start air&ln. If nothlnae haniMna vini
(iiuiaioij avmeuiinc, win nappen.
9 a
Thero la not nnch nhntna. u ia HaV
between a night ioy rldo in an a.uto-
luuuna ana a ennaay ooauna trlD. ;
Tho laat-d-r- of - tha,-MMttia ,mn.u
tion Is to bo Bryan day Thot'a pretty
late.- but It beata tha da-v ftr Kar 1
Ajtbough a man la killed oocasir.nauy I u,,o
u ua) UA' a UOTi, ji UUIUl n.WUIW - i. i.t ,..a , . , . ,. . . . .
nobody ha. yet caught a man In place ot ahusbOT d,u1y0ro,awa;hnad-,h,,;
or a nun. , iput how about buttoning or hooklna a
A PECULIAR DEFORMITY.
It always pains me to aoo a deformity i
In a human being, and for that - reason
I was shocked not long- ago to see a
man who was left-handed on tho right
aide. ; It waa one of the most peculiar
deformities I ever aw. His eyes were1
ahlrtwalatT
The 'Atlanta ' Journal aald ht th
Irrigation congress met In Seattle. That
ia ono ana me only thing tbat didn't
aoppea in oeatue. - v c ,
It Is said that Taft will tinkln Id,
tariff bill on hla tour. It ia Ink, V.Ar.a
uvb Mikico, tviiv,, uum vl . um"B I mm. hub i bo, X no less Bala &tOUt
lert eyea ana it was very ura ior mm uii wmi ma Detter, auring a vacation.
to see grammatically.' -, He would : fro-1 v ; ' a :; ',.
quently atep on the other side of " him-1 ' Annie Beaant, harlnr aald that there
self to get out of hla own way. He oald no- neiv out mat ttio drunkara will
tie nad to wear left handed shoe tring i zni'":Z. """t ";
or he couldn't tie hi. shoea- Z?2XrZi. lu?5f? 11' X
wm,j v wimm .VUAM,a aiAVUK , nail wna.1 la ITT , ,
street when ho saw aomebody who I .
looked familiar, so ho went back a oou-1 . Even If Rarry Thaw were a far worse
le or mocks and anooit hanas withicraaiuro man ce . ia, ana tnougti
Imurf .1,1,1 lVi M tlmu f n, I ho BhOUld hHI M othtT frlanri hla
IS mtnutea before he discovered that he mother would stand by him and do all
waa talking to himself.. w or him that a mortal can do, . Thla U
Lat fall, ho aald. bo woke nn one way si motnornooa.
night and heard somebody eteallncr his I " ' ' e .
chickens, so ho got up and went out and I Thero Is ono reform that Mr, Taft
uiiii uwunn "ft"1 1,1 hi couia inaugurate ana carry out all by
ho turned on tho light oo he could see himself. That Is to boll down hie
who the thief was, be discovered that It annual messages to a readable lenarth,
was himself, . - .-.- say about 1000 words. Roosevelt's pro-
. When I get to thinking that over llxltlea. were "something fierce." ' .
sometimes I can hardly believe it. But - o e
wk .hniiM a H fnVTn n. a n ,nt , Ha . '
abont hlma uf avh.n or. ara an man I A ?w" A1 "hartt ,. Of
physically perfect men to lie 1X1?:??
In a eirtain Portland office building 51"".. J,.tifui-to. lc!nl.ty. T
there is a firm whoso door bears this "'""V!" ""WV
legend: "Heal - aetata i tlmberland and V"7 .
horseradish," all of which Is a very I ' '" ' '
pithy advertisement ..Ton!, 'Watson, predicts that the tariff
' , 'y , i uiu wiAj. apui, una country inio tour alS-
Let. us legislate against tha -house tlnct and separata republics. WTiloh
across the street. There la whore the showa that Tom IS as crazy as over.
phonograph is located, where tho noisy iei no ainaeo a gooa laea, occaslonaJly,
children are and where the- doge and as he -did when ho 'fought persistently
cats congregate. If we. can only get rid for free rural mall delivery. ; j j
of the house across the street tha birds .-"--- - , ,:i4 .',
will alng sweeter and life will bo one .- The president wilt scarcely add any
grand panorama of gladness and a lot thing- to his strength In the west If, as
of other poetical things that I can't renorted. he will enub Senator lav vi.
think of now, , . ; j i lette by cutting Madison, the capital
r r , . s i . , i of Wisconsin, La Follette'a home city,
I used to have a friend by the name out of his , ltlnararv. wiatr.
of Teer, but I lost him. He aaked me I and altogether right or not, La Follette
to name ma xirst cnua. i catiea it I has a t host or friends and sunDortera
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
, Xreilrirton creamery will be reopened.
Myrtle Creek Is properly proud of Its
,.ur aflKAl V 1 1 ( .. .
MUTT WliUVl ,
"I love my money, but O. you fire
water," exclaimed a dusky klootchman
at xao Daiiea. . , .
.'-''.- "'':.; e.':"''-"; ''.'-'t ' -i'..
When we ret Irrigation In thla val
ley, we can beat the world In fruit pro-
aucuon, declares tne Eugene register.
Albany Democrat: Come here, Mr.
O'Brien, we want to talk to you. Why
under the sun don't you extend the
corvallls 4; .Eastern and get in ahead.
It can be done and the Hill gang
beaten many , months. .. . . - .
..-:,' ; - . ; ..-":.'t ; -y--:.--:
An E3nbower correspondent of the
Roaeburg News says a man near there
has found, coal that "ia the genuine -and
seems to be in 'Abundance. Farmers
hero are talking of buying it in prefer
ence to wood, as it -is only fi per ton."
';-;.''.-"- - . . -,v
From one-third of an arxa nf Ttnval
Anno and English Marilla cherry treeo
Dr. Scarborough, near Cottage Grove,
Kts a net profit of about $100 annually.
mU year 126 acres In Italian pruneu
harvested 18.000 bushels, end hrouarht
112,000. This farm has 171 acres In
different varieties of fruit, and last
year s, crop netiea about 117,000. v
i
REALM,
FE.MININE,
Women in the Public Eye,
Dorothy Lawson,
20 " years y" old,
daughter .of Thorn
as W. LawBoa
to ' marry Henry
McCall... son , of
Congressman Sam
uel MoCall. Mlas
Lawson is an : ex
pert rider and whip
and a good ama
teur actress. Mo
Call IS a graduate
of Harvard, 1&09.
We ia a good ball
player and a mem
ber of the varsity
nine. The Weddln
will occur In Janu
ary. Miss Lawson
will an to Kumna
.5" a1 In September. .
1
2
Do You. Save Money? y:
...a , LITTLE story of a young man
with his bank book as a moral
offers a suggestion to ' women
'as- well as ;.to; men. K;- -. ';,
A
The company the young man
YnA hMri wnrWtnir . 'alias! a rA k.
. Medford Tribune:1 Over-2000 nennla I had to ; aaek nthai amhlnvmant Ha
have visited Crater lake so far this went to another firm where they rather
season and the rush has Just - begun, fancied him and asked for his recom-
Each day sees many, more arrivals-at tnendatlons. As he had neglected to
the lake and, the camp . there has been ask his former employers for them, he
weu io iib , utmost cpacuy. .- More i naa notning to otrer out his. bank book.
tentavSO In number, are being put up lit showed a good balance and such
for the accommodation of visitors.':. I regular deposits that it was accepted
a- . i as aumcieni lnaorsement ana ins
The Rogue river "has Its source in t young man was engaged.
thfee mammoth springs, each about 12
or IS feet in diameter, from which the
water -gushes in torrents. The SDrings
are close together ana are- located lour
January," because it was the first of 1 in tho west.,,
the xeer. now oia man leer refuses
to speak to mo because I dldn t name
Another case In point is that of a -
young woman who' held a clerical po
sition In one of the banks. The presi
dent soon noticed that she alwavs do
or five mles. north of Crater lake and I posited S5 a week, and he knew that it
may have their source In tho under-I must of ten mean "a sacrifice. After a
ground connection with the lake," says I time it was necessary for net to ask
a, iYur hi me Dana, ana aiuiouga me
presiaeni anew notning vor ner, tne
a forest supervisor.
- A steamboat man tells the Marshfield
Mail tbat more hunters are scouring
the country surrounding ' Gold . Beach.
ana weaaerourn man .ever berore. Tne
country has been little known to out
siders, but each year tho word goes
out from those who have hunted there
that the country is tho- best In tho
world, and each year sees an Increase
in tne -numner who come.
;-'v .i-.'-V.-T.-Vi'.'.-v-' -' -
HoDrrowera of the ' Willamette val
ley, especially the owners of the large
yards, have been waging a battle royal
witn tne neajcy noo louse, ana more is
reason to Deueve tney nave eonquerea.
Spraying . operations have been carried
on -vigorously for the past week or
more, and with the aid of the warm
weather, have materially ' lessened the
number and baa effect or tne vermin.
fy'.y "''":"""! .'- ?':';..;
Newberg Oraphlo: The - prevailing
oonaitions this season knock out the olq
theory that the absence or hot nights
was responsible for short corn crocs In
the Willamette valley. 'While the sum- j
mer naa been exceptionaiy cool, bom
oy - oay ana ... oy nignt. growing corn
Is looking the best we have ever seen
In the valley at this season of the year,
and no doubt the fine rain wo had Just
at the right time Is largely responsible
ior it -. .
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The Ic
. ' Tha "tnna Tifwllma.r la In raeMnt of I
the following reformed speUInf fetter ( Ln,l",2.,r1
from a nraanhort , "to tha Rdltor of tha I T9 rMn ?n,,r
lone Proclalmer slra I see a sketch 1 "taction to ail m
published In your paper to tho extent
that my dads-hter Bvalyn' was married
tot' Ocorge Calkins In May and that he
came, to Madras to meet pis wire, mow
I openly say a blacker lye never. waa
weekly deposit was enoueh to make.
him grant the favor - without ' heslta-"
tion. . . " : . ' ... ...
Why not be prudent -and start a savS.
lngs account right now? At once thatV
question brings up such answers as "I
naven t any money to start an account '
with, and I haven't anv money to save
if I did start an, account." - In almost
any Dana wun .a savings acpartment
you may opon a savings account with
the aum of 1, whfch does away with
the Idea of no money to start with..
Economy and savlnw are both largely
questions of habit, and when the habit
of aavlng Is once formed -you wlU . be
surprised at the amount of money you
have to put away. Ten cents m day,
or even S cents, does not seem like .
much to save, but it grows with amaz
ing rapidity and In a few years It will
place a neat little sum to your credit
When you really want to save there
are many little ways which will sug
gest themselves. Working girls fre
quently cut car fare where it ls possl-
Die: tney cut on can ay. gum. aoaas ana
treating other girls so frequently. Many
young girls go to the Y. W. C. ,A and
iavra- 10 mua ineir uwn cjowiea .-ana
hats and they then put away the dif
ference that it would have cost to have
those same clothes made. ..- j
Married , women who have started -
savings accounts are learning to eoon-
tneir expenses ana -
homes with as great sat-
tne lamuy.., ,yi.
One woman had a novel method ef
saving which Jnight be- adopted, by
many, .women. She had ' been - in the
habit-of patronising bargain sales and
PUbTn'd-fartheV th.TrY.-
correction made for tho samo I ' will
enter Suit at once, my daughter Is to
rouns; even if I were willing she Is only
6 years old. so therefore It la a scan del
as - well as a reproach on my. ranuiy
so l,wato a reply".
.Letters From tlie People
Tart Anxious to Stem tne Tide of Criticiflm
From tho Detroit Neva (Rep.)
Presidential Jaunts have as definite
on .Ida ot the paper enly and ahould, be ae- "wings around the clrcla . Every change
compaolea by the nam and address of tha of direction has a purpose, and every
wrttr. The am i wul Jf n?d if the scheduled stop . Is dictated by expedl-
L" ; ;...rl "T":i" "" ency. Bo, when President Taft atarts
aw su v iw u suutusiwu mm iuuuibiuk tuv vivns I .... . - . m . .
or atatementi of eorreapofldents. LetUrs shonld I ""W Beverly, Masa, on September , IB,
ba made as brief as poaalble. Those who wlao I and travels across the country and back
their letters returned whea not Med should la- again, arriving Washington November
'. .-. -' I 10. there Is a purpose in It all. With
wnamuraiaa ara Bvanea uiai nran v ..a - ,..a . ii.ti. ,-.
eeedlng 800 words In lenrth may, at the dls-1 Taf of course. It Is "Just a little visit
rattnn Ka aj.fm ha - u, I h.lra. hinA, m r A m,m. a.Mi.tni '
m. " w vim iMmw wv UW. M ia a, I -" " " ' "".. a ' - ... .
- -- ' :v; I But , Taft: Is pretty well acquainted
m ms inui, K . i witn . tnis country; moreover, ir .-. . suiy
Portland,1 Aug. IS. To tho Editor of serious .study or the country waa his
The Journal Now that our representa-1 object, ' ho Is too thorough a man ' to
tlves in congress are returnlnr home I hope to gain "any substantial inform a-
eacn one or them emulous to make it ! "on Dy aevoung oniy zo oays to- i
appear that he was faithful to s tha states and 01 cities.
wishes of his constituents, let it not ha I The facf of the matter la that thers
forgotten that Bourne, Ellis and Hawley s,a herculean effort being put forth
were at all times found working- with to make -the beat of tha psychological
tho Bourbons of the Republican party, moment' in which the country, seems
never once breaking away from v tha disposed to analyse Taft as an inof-
Cannonlsed sway of the protected in-1 Tensive, good natured, pliable fellow,
tereata All ot them recreant to the I though wholly honorable, '? and let it
party pledge to revise the tariff down- o at that Taft has not. manifested
ward as their platform was Interpreted I the strength that calls 'forth strepfrth
by President Taft Hawley is already to oppose or criticise him. The ; pur-
on the ground and it la Dreanmed a I pose of the trip Is to v, have ; Tafl
large crop of whiskers has reached Pen. throw hla tremendous personal i. popu-
dleton In the person of Ellis. It doesn't! lanty into the scale against the arrest
matter where Bourne Is, playing golf weight of criticism that . has risen
somewhere possibly, as he i rnnfoMod against bim.r if Tart exhibits his well
his Inability to think, and let Aldrich known tact If ho does not cloy, the
control hlra In tariff legislation.
These three recreant public servants I
will attempt to placate the people of
hub state Dy pretense or navlng voted
its wishes and It Is therefore neceasarr
that it be pointedly known what ' they I
American nature with too much light
veined talk, if he Judiciously handles his
present Inclination to confess that he
made a muss of the tariff business, it
la possible that he may convince the
her- home that she never had and prob
ably never would use. She. decided to
put away the-monev that, she would
spend on bargains, and for the month
of January she saved $18. 1-
one case which came to the notice
of a San .Francisco banker 'was that
of a man who-ran up. a balance ef t4
in one year, startlntr with 1 cent. Sun
day night he set aside a pennv, Monday
z cent a Tuesday cents.. Wednesday
8 cents, Thursday 10 cent a Frldav IS
cents, Saturday 04 centa That made
a total vfor the week of $1.17, . and on
Sunday night he started with a cent.
again. - i w x ..-.;). : , ;
. Thla plan appealed to another depos
itor, who found It more convenient to .
people that his tariff "Plajr. doesn't I begin with 4 cento on pay night W
muuub in uiuvu vi, wx r iuv uiuvr, winu up wun a cent on eunaay
although in this event he will be buy
ing their tolerance at tho large price
of their serious respect Tho country
did . not lightly regard Taft's : tariff
program during the, campaign; It can-
In many eastern cities, such as Kan
sas City, Mo Pittsburg, Pa., : East
Hartrora. conn.. Norrlstown. Pa.. Sno.
kane, wash., 'and Atlantic City, TJ. J.,
not at his. bidding UghUy regard It 'h ' U..: " rl" 'n
now without somewhat more llghUy J vatlon all of the cities where tho sys- :
regarding him, y - - ; Item Is established are more than en-
criticism ror a man who has com-1 tnusiastie over the plan.' In Atlantlo
manded such universal - commendation I p""" alone 8100,000 has been deposited
as. has Taft is a serious matter. And I bT ,yle ch0I children since the spring
it is not the savage, rabid criticism OIa,l i-!1 ,1 "'l'i'l..l';
of pugnacious par'tlaan.hlp, but tho .avTl tPh. -Ve. hbTH'.nJ'
u , lgrnanf pro te,t , I their possession, and it Is. sarprtslnc
uiiugiiuu ircvyis Kim 7o iiioi wn wusi a numDer or nenniea von can aava
ueen aouuiy uea.n wun.. juui ana weaiiin a xew momns time.
and south dissatisfaction with the tar-1 The following statement made hy ona
Iff bill has been expressed. The recent! f ln n" wun a savinga oepartm-s
....ti. tk.i .aii, - h. . n.a.i- I snouia oe an inspiration . to everv jt n-
u R la ,w uiu uiwucuil . i . j ..... -"..
waa 1nt allnwlna- mmu n. run n m" ?Ba saving inue or tne
aTT .Ti tul hiiaT .V. vl I money tnat is wasted every day:
knowing all tho while that be had 'up I tt la freouentlv difficult ta aava,
his aleeve a tariff commission card I less there Is aomo Incentive, and that
wmcn ns couia piay, is a mm oeiatea, i is wnere tne savings account la of such
also somewhat v Inconsistent consider-j value. It Is wonderful what a feeling
lng the Start with whloh Tart woke I imirarapa conws wun me unowi-
Ptnchot's Object Right
From the Wall Street: Journal. v
Whatever the merits may be of the
alleged . differences between ; Secretary
helped to fasten on u. in the new tariff ,th.e J.n!7.r B?"!5, "1 UJiU
bill. In the first place 65 per cent of
tne articles in tne uingley bill, were hot
States Forester. Qlfford Plnchot, as .to
the administration of the public lands
dlaturbed at all, left as they have been lnthe nr.thWe'': " c"taln jat the
foe . hmhAr m. uJi . 1ZZ I policy which Theodore ; Roosevelt car-
: ...T - ' . ""-l t-j -1.1. rHiih ,haiiiii Inanan.
oucea yvh per cent or our last year's " . " "rv- y 2 . V""
. . - . ... . ltt,a V. fWffrirA Ptniilint f-n tha A ( ar. m
mftMri Mii ona.ii.if n., a.n v. . I f ort of public land swindlers all over
ports producing nearly fl per cent of ?n wf,l..na wa appv every
revenno under the Dinrfov hm . nonest citwen . tnrougijoui xne country.
nraaaau. a n iv,rn tf a 1 na, ,Mt .ra 1
ibu r. tit . ww. u a servant of the people of the United
t per cent of oar duties tho rates ware ?te baa h advantage of any doobt
reduced an average of IS per cent ha BBay.r,B in, the Question and the
Taken as a Whole the bill our represent- een OI pruui. uuuu , ma owrewry
atives helped to- fasten on the people of th Interior to demonstrate that the
Will nrnriiina I( !U DOO nun than an 1 ctuiuucii uuiiiir vi uin YcrnineiiL
equal amount of Imports under th late M PPlled. 10 thm ioc"' concerned, .Is
preraiUng Dingier bill. Stick these fig- Pf-: ..v.
uraa In vnur hat. and whan vnur ntm. I -- ".' '"' "'f'
T y . . . . . Cc . I wnoee value the government haa not
'Of 774,000.000
sentatlves come around.- lrlns
. ... - .. - 1 MAMA IMIIO III
meir anona to legislate ior mo people, l acres , in the public domain nearly 70
draw them on them and ask for an ex-j per cent is still unsurveyed. Many" of
pianaium. ineae. ngures were put outline, iracis are anown o private inter.
under government stamp from tho bu-rests - contain enormously valuable
reau or statistics of
commerce and labor
. .irfVn-W.:tZA7 .'.rr.w , " tion enterprises, aa to wnicn the arov.
vl ' -""'""" vi ui wo ernment has a policy of . Its own and
iuuiiu uuuiucii xiinuio i counter to wmcn private interests oo-
fractions. - caslonally run. . Further - than ' that
tt Bourne, Hawley and Ellis explain ! grazing- and lumber interests In not a
tamp from tho bu- e'S io contain enormously vaiua,Die
f the department of oeposits of minerals. Other areas wrill
at Washlna-ton. an a"ord splendid opportunity for Irrlsa-
tfa' .fa!if..K a d tion enterprises, aa to which the gov.
their ' seal in ' giving , us an Increased
rayier than a decreased tariff. "
CHARLES P. CHUKCH.
Touthful Ohio Realist. :
, From the Cadis Democrat' -
The teacher in-room No. 7, Cadis pub
llo shool, one day- last week asked the
class in English to give some examples
In composition by writing a few per
sonals such as are contained In the col
umns of newspapers.
One of .the younger members of the
clans Won the plaudits of his fellows by
writing: -
The college boys have retumed'to
their, schools to wait for another vaca
tion, . . ' ..:'..
few parts of the northwest have been
deprived of pasturage and privileges
that they formerly enjoyed with prac
tlcaly no compensation to the public
treasury. ' Finally, it Is true, as - the
chief forester claims,, that the game of
grab Is being played in desperate earn
estness on the part Of syndicates bent
on corralling water power locations on
public lands. ' - - ' ; '
-Against these forces Gifford Plnchot
has fought the fight -of the people for
fully 15 years. ' After such ' service it
ought to take a great quantity of proof
to the contrary to change popular con
fidence in him as a faithful and. fear
less -utodtan of the national forests.
Fortunately, President Taft Is a level
headed man with a great capacity for
the start with which Taft woke I ?
euge or a nine money in tne Dank and
how it will Insnire- to , greater efforts
little , or. nothing ,to. ailay, the , wide- here are J 5 da vs In' 'a 'vear.? Take
spread dlssatisfaotion. - ;: .-; ...i?' tl, eat tt Sundays, and It will leave-lis
I working days In a rear. Now .If vnn
weighing all sides of a "conflict between ST?,, t'iCh.0ri,,?,r .?a?.th?-i"rwJ.n.?
any two publlo of fleers. , Secretary Bal-1 years have" '
linger, by adhering to a narrow Inter
pretation Of the law, aeema in effect to
speak for local Interests and - for pri
vate parties. In contrast with the na
tional . interest represented in. a policy
of conservation' and careful 'valuation
of resources before the people, through
tho government should part with this
portion of their national heritage. .
There is apparently no need of haste
in alienating public property to private
ownersnip unaer tne circumstances, in
the administration of its forest reserva
tions the poltcv of the past has proved
eminently satisfactory as - a matter- of
public housekeeping. 1 No amount of
pressure or Intimidation, no matter who
its spokesman may be, should cause
the government custodians oft the pub
lic forests to abate one Jot or tittle from
the strict Spirit of the (established pol
icy to .dispose of tho public lands only
o fast as the development of the com
munities In which they are located may
really Justify. If the law has really
been - strained - toestabllsh the policy,
then the law ahould Immediately be
amended to give the proper authorities
full power to protect tho publlo inter.
est Mr. Plnchot in his alms at least
ahould have, unqualified support .-,
'": , Tnls Date in ITistoiT, .
1871 Cornelius De Witt patriot of
the Netherlands, assassinated - at The
Hague. Born in 1628. - ? i
1776 Fight in the Hudson river "be
tween American fire-ships and British
men-of-war. .. ' ' . -. ;
' 1813 Fort MImms. in Alabama, can-
hired by the Indiana -
182 S The Russians took Adrianople.
1838 Ben lam in Harrl son. . twantv.
third president of the United States,
bom at North Bend. Ohio. nial at
Indlanapolla March 13, 1901.
1847 United . States troops defeated
the Mexicans In battle of Cherubuseo. .
1S63 Lawrence, Kan., burned and
sacked by Quantrell's band.
1886 Eight of' the May market anar
chists sentenced to death In Chicago.
- 1908 The Belgian chamber of depu
ties passed the Congo annexation treaty, j
.Amount Interest Total
Dennaitarf Farnul Amount -
le flay, 8 yrs.8 158.KO $ 11.14 8 187.84
25e day. 8 ra. y 891.25 27.88 4 418.1ft
Roe day, S yrs. ' T88.80-88.70 888.10
81 -day, 8 yrs.' 1,888.00 ; 111.40 1.676.40
$2 day. 8 yrs. S.lJO.on 822.80 t 3.853.80
The above Is flsrured on v 8 oar rant
rmsis. -, . .... y j,' - . . ..
Jolin Bunyan ,,.-
Oontrfboted te The Jonrjnl bf Walt Maaoa.
the famooa Kansas poet Bis proae-nocou are
a resiilar feature ef this eoloma la The Pall :
Joaroal.l i .. . -'..i-----.. )-"'
V The village marshal,, watchful wight,
was bound to hold his Job down right '
He' sav John Bunyan running loose,
and puthlm in the calaboose. Now
John, tho tinker, had renown for Jarring
up - the .little town, and all the local
sages said that he would never die In '
bed. But when ho found himself in -
soak, ho said: "Tho sporting life's
junuj . iicj a wnere i' cut II out an
strive to snow the world that l m alive
Ana in mat aarx ana dismal den h
brl wun raiwr. ma- .nn non nna wmi.
the- book that people bold as being
worth its weight in gold. The Job was
hard; in eell beneath, they heard . the
grinding of his teeth;, whene'er be wrote
a sentence - wise, ho had 'to stop .and
swat tho flies; the grub was poor, the
water foul, the Jailer sombre as an owl;
tho Jail was full Of dirt and dust 'the
chains ho wore were . brown with rust.
Tet through it all. by hook or crook,, he
tolled and Wrote his matchless book! 0
authors of the present day. whose books '
are dry as bales of hajr. who grind "best -sellers"
by the ton, which last from
rise till set of sun, who roll In comfort
and ice cream, dictating, stories by-the -ream,
try Bunyan's plan it may avail -and
write a masterpiece in Jail! , .
(OooTrlrht 1000.
Oeorss liattbcv Adams.