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' " ' ' ' ' ' . i " . i V ' ' ' ' ' t i i ' ' ' " " -i " i i i rm' al&iiffiBI 39 THE JOURNAL "in WDWMDEirr kkwsfap-b, C ft JaCKSOW. ...... PnMib4 mrr imlu (onnt Ssadarl wr Snodir etoralrur at JT Journal Build- gooa una 1$ constantly growing bet- j tlon. whether Lord Kitchener, now visionary, a quarrelsome creature, ter, , until men become saints : and j raised to the dignity of ileld marshal and so on, but when Mr. Simon does aij sins are washed away it cannot I at the earliest age of any . English- the same as Mr.-Lane; follows close I a .,. m I pabitiiMr t De ' wholly perfect.- But with i the man in history, Is able to dupllcatelly in these respects his predecessor electorate possessed of Its present this strategy of the east. Is open to I example, be la a very- wise, shrewd powers of review of legislative acta I question. ' . , faithful public servant. One ; was rut a tanuua tr.t. gcruaaa. or. I nothing more Is needed.. The thing htm4 m hi tnMoffiM at Portland, or.. io I to do Is to let It stand as It is and SStT. T"" " v00!" elect the best and bralnlest,men. to j me ooaf ana to reruse to sign peti- Xp2ZIt "22 22 on. for such Initiative measures as iu a parator.tiM. aapartncai jov . i are nere rererrea to. , , it .is 8uca.ru- roaBioM anvBBTisiwo hkpbeskntativb. j tile measures, proposed without con- A RAT MENACE H always wrong, over. In the tall tower because he was' a Democrat: the other,, doing or trying to . do , pre- EALTH Officer Wheeler's 'die- j cisely the same things. Is always sertation on rats and the need 1 right,"- solely because he " is a Tie- of riddance to them was time-1 publican. Great is "humbug. ly.M It ; followed closely the Lmi a. KHatiMw BniMwirk ButMiDi. I sideration or iuderment. that can do recent local scare about the nlague.1 The . sequel . to the mayor s con fJ?" AT'-.ik,'--l!,lJ'r.BvInost-o destroy -direct legislation. J A" boy In California ,'recentlj- con-JtracC tor constructing ' the Everett - . . i i . i au or tnem snouid ' be promptly J traciea DUDonio piague irom a squir-i "mwi waier maia wm oe ne wii JJ S 'VJ:.,r,r:.1.r,JZ: squelched br refusal of electors" to I rei mat ne captured in the wooas. oe cuea as a new recruit to social Mhtivr.. bl . Ham a -cj fvt sign Initiative petitions 3" "T-- submission. . SatirtrttoB Term b mail ar to anr addraM . m nw uoitaa autea, caaaoa ar ,mKvt Oa rar.........3.00 f Oza aiooOl......S M Dm rw tMIOnt month...... I J J , uAILT AKD SUITDAT. ; ; . 0m mr.........tT.fiO I On awota."..! M for their I Another one died' at Lds Angeles ism. . Joseph Simon In the role of ' I ahmir voar ao-n frnm ' thA samn I a SOClailat wnnln InflMtn bA a. .mi iiu' , Tha MAnflnta - Vnnv nnw i tflpla in riaraTwa tha nnffvoa Dtit A -COMPLIMENT TO OREGOJf" itnat rats are a chief ' medium for line mayors water, main contract is Harboring- and transmitting, .the a ions way short or orthodox social Ism. i It la business; A v; Vt.i f, Automobile races are almost, in variably the cause or occasion of sev eral sudden deaths. The automo- V; Anything may become na ture to man; the rare: thing is, to find a nature that la ' truly . natural.- Author un- ; known. . y-:.".y '. : THE MAYOR AND-WATER MAINS HE agrleultural college presl- d,readful dJseaae.- . dents and directors of experl-j ' -me rai.is a sianaing menace 10 ment 'stations paid Oregon , aj80cletJ'' He should have absolute pretty compliment yesterday in Ijr n0 Mylum In a city like Port: niminr nw Varr n t nmrn. a tr. I land. San Francisco srent a mil- s ricuitural t college as president for Hon dollars in an effort to rid. ber-pile i" a very useful machine, and the ensuing- year of their national! 6611 01 ena succeeaea rainy " a 10 associaUon. Dr. Kerr nresided at Tons upon tons of cement vance development, and civilization, all the sessions of the association In were utilized in constructing rat but It has taken and will continue to Portland, and his election yesterday! J"of basements and.sidewalka. The take a large toll of life of people was the sequel to that service. : - 1 worm is- cnasing rats wita me same ww uejiwi w The body Is one of the most no- energy tnat itvees rrom me piague. "bo, table organizations of scientists In 11 tears BD tne ramsnacKie wooaen the-Tcountry,.: Assembled in It -as sidewalks so aboundingly present in members are the : presidents of the some ,of : the ; west side districts of TTITAi"" T ,u land. trant coileites and the dlrec Portland, and which are rat asy- -IV ' , ?n corapVn. UuiB uf the eiPBrimtmt Biailona" in It' Is learning to put Us gai aa lur ai r v ft a n.vMVHi r su rw wa . AT Jk where the rats L-i m& 3d on it It 13 L. (TAILEFOOffl 'fr-TU'rtt..: itatea: of , the union. Page In sealed cans ier main, too comracior, bud- A(. - ,lmv not find and feed muted a bid within-the ' cltr e y niui ovawiotx neers estimate, and the mayor took L,.,, ,- n. M,A rati in- wont ta: rmdmaiii. it letter ' from a farmer to a wfiOvUHUIIU ;; auvcvtlfiabxvru IfUUIH " - - - . : mvw-... . the contract, f432& -the amount of uZ WmniVi m rwr,Mu True, , chiefs of the national expert- Is literally trying to Uke away an I'w their hd Th the snelter and feeding places so the u uuuu vuu iuo.u w. m viiv., vi.j 1 j I Haonnn hear nr ' rnilimt imut iA v . . i , , awuuni wrixi.ituu auunicun ,111 ....... -e 18 not liltely-to, lose-. money, ln the ' itr,,r,nrtn and wilderness. England is doing It. fhrW?Sl'X ifnSiir.nJ feh with respect to activities of France Is doing It. Germany Is do ?lfZr: li the eoU. It Is very creditable to lng It. Japan is doing It., and Port- Oreeoh to have Its agricultural col-1 land ought to be aa emphatic In her lege president at the head of such I civilization aa the others. an organization, and Dr. Kerr Is a ,fa ... i - i. nviwi isiiiniciiwain . in im I 3 t- "TZ:. i. r tor of splendid executive abll- CITT SPORTSMAN. the engineer is paid a salary to bej accurate in his estimates. The mayor's act Is a significant precedent. ; It-la a: plan - that has other cities; : At a Winnipeg it has been very " profitably employed. In street paving," ;Inr that' city mu i Dwr sir: This her p!atol is to let you know that that deer you shot In my field laat Tuesday waa Old' Julie, Uy, and with an 'extraordinary, lri-j "YOURNALISM ;,IN Atlanta - this rtrfct !tA Mi- Mtattmt ' tn tvnii of i f I summer Is' not "yellow, but en- " o , I - - I ui iioiu tMl A ucsua; W UiU 4UHOt i.iU.finn: ha Mituii. u n L Hrlw nf f.nA vhlta hent ripr- I n - -r i.k A nlclpal paving , pJaC is. maintained th Jtf d aiy! of tne; BolLl Jtt suasion. The J widely ; .known ht- been mi.took for a Jer nil whfinpver navlne ', contractors " . .7. T. I .i . , it.lao often that aha aJradv looka lllra tha 7 .7. ., , . ; I His worn at tne Oregon institution eauors oi iDs vonnmuon bub lM U.i.u .r oJi fail to come within official estimates 7 V'cs"". . battle of. Bull Run. and the spots - , lanv fn& inrin AnnAir atavts An Ann n.. 1 1 i rnu i iv i r 1 1 n wri i jinn mi' v.rKV. t i i . . . . . . .111 v. - . . n All. Anam thk ..Hits Tha u mo ui.uviuy.w v uviv. viuu- 1 - - ' i iiaa Deen xnucKCd oil, iicr iui pi unui ine cny aoea me . paviug. , iuo. re-1 x v V n n .nt.t,i. : -i-a I aro nn rtnnnaltA iIAm nf a. Incstl la. 1 I'll hin n nat v nni.ni,i.r 8h. paving . at very low rates. As a precedent the mayor's bid points to a field of useful Intervention ' by I to the state, 'and' by reason of Pres ident - Kerr's signal talents will- in- 5r municipal authorities, Xer . .securing public work at minimum cost: . It is an approach to the practical bust nesB senBe applied In successful pri vate affairs. If Is a ' method by which, if pursued aggressively, the city and Its people ' can be saved many thousands of dollars,,. crease. A USEFUL MAN , FALLS sue,-and the' dispute la In the lurid f ln't been killed any yet. but she has states In . recent .issue Editor Gray ,,3" ,0V aVeSo declared, that Editor ' Howell "had i ,-uess I U have to ask you to send me een caught red-handed aa a" fakir," I Si by return mall to sorter pay for the And added: " "Mr. Howell has, been I"o, broke down ryiB to,, ret ripped and riven to his sawdu,t 8.WttMak.1 Tt yiriirmi fp.. WISDOM, .whose life heart, the Btuffed rag baby of and "hoot 'V.; ,B.r ... , ii. 4a.....ii. 1 I One feller oome down , here laat year ended this week, was a use-Georgia Journalism. -' ,v r - land punctored one of Jullea tires and ; fni mm a tiainfni , man . K ThBfl are : severe words. It is I then walked ud to where I iiad a soare- Oregon.' In his activities uifflculf to elucidate their meaning, rrf7.0,in,th1. was" expressed very practically the but -the, will be Instantly, .recognized the scarecrow wus ( m ' p, It wua. i- f anll-lf navalnatnant , Wa wa. Afl hot Stuff- . But tfteV BrS HO Hotter I' ? I rr'"Zt " It. . Tit in nrhPs. tnmiAV can bo """" " -----' ,:.(.;. ffl - whre Igmor- can Del, an.rfa-a. - a KAttA I than thA renlv of Mr. Howell. He 1 had - ; iolleda-e eddlcation saved In laying water-mains. It canL .v... J.0m f r-'. aw cha t m rutter I brought p in the country 1m, .avfid In nnvina-- Tt ran tie aavdlvt " u iii1r -. '.---" .!" 7 "77 lance Is mostly bliss, as the feller says, De savea in paying, h .cm do isiear nt ,. h. m n: a hrnte and a bullv. a thoili.iit. in-t nn iih nf -itnn. Vo DbvrvA. : w gvuiub afcuw vft v uuiii aac I - I i Ti y , . ' .... ..,t, it ,1,1. .ki..t Mnoonnlhla tn rpntHftv or refinement. I ttln t no cash register nor a gas com- Un -'of rn-l M UL"V"'--' wjij .. Vi V. IV 7 - 'Ipany, trat she suits me better than a uue oi He, thoroughly knew. nd sincerely j a hopeless asa." He adds that "fnr- f lot of cows would. She is so full of loved domesUe animal Ufe 4ind ,ap- ther description of Mr. Gray wouia -ou, in other activities and affairs of the municipaHty,iJ It. Js trenchment that - Is commendable, The contractors 'are entitled to a profit, but not to an exorbitant atvAf It " TATTaAti : fi ' rnritno 1 w- sf Aa " ."""" the Improvement of livestock in the standing or otherwise they demand L JtZ tlon, and his prolonged' efforts and exhaust the vocabulary oi contempt land mebbe a, few .fountain pens. Tours Mce contributed much to and disgust." - v-.;. .. . "ooiy, - , . v , , .1.1, valuable advice Mr. Gray -did not tane-tne count, i , A . tariff DEMONSTRATOR. nnAi'i. nwvA Ua . a va nn on ma fionlr amilincr fnr nnfilner I A vi man nnA aaM iik nliht s.ni more than a fair profit 1 is .busi-L I a "rK0i .nrm( winn , Into a cafe, . nessand sound sense lor the city 10 7 . XZ"?TII? Zm H bad an awful appetite and not th. QO me work. - ims I . . , .1, .(.ikn. 1 Tha whrH -came, he aweetlr. smiled. associauon,-ana-vi au aisuicc . lairs and ordered oyster soup. in this state. He contributed mnch dent utter: disgust of ,Mr. Howell, l.efia said. "Coma through with 10 cents Ft i7. policy that ' further rpursed f e ' Improvement of the 9 whJn closln tje yjnt re- nnd win Antm. him to ' aim ' fnrthr Horses, . cattle and sheep, and his macked. that Jherejs no use of furr , ?f twine, - good work will live long In this re-1 ther cornering a polecat. glon. Moreover, he was an honest. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE i-Td- J0 alys a short one Care should be taken' to do a first- xaa juu vcnsus lamng in Portland. . a a There 'will never arafn 'ha A' mrkfA horn " ' 1lec 01 land lor a Peonla aat v.iuuu i ua k espeoiaiiy. a, A mavor nf'a tStir uv. t.i..x .. , ' - J ....v wi want, vol" talnly finds nlentv in An. it n.M. v. --..,, urn aoaai , ail rignt. ' . Many returnlna- vuutinn.n avin a more firmly convinced than ever that u uy piace line noma. a ... Judsre TTunna waa vavamia t. , " ui ui ia AK Alii VI I other da by the supreme court, which ford. " most P80?1 ' Med- Iklanr' rftvurnnr.' liiv. 'mi.j this summer. One day last week seven F tr.5 "at aowa t0 dinner together In that town. . , .. , , , 7 . AbrUKzi- Want'tln a tnnu.l.f. ,U . height of 24.000 feet where perhaps he mused that Miss Klklns .couldn't look down a him. , - 1 " - . ' . - s , - , . Beverly. Mass.. prominence-In headlines that for years has been accorded In vacation time to Oyster Bay,, M. T. Ben Franklin 'aaM that h.r w. . never a e-ool war" ha viu bot u.cl! war beln wKed .n fciiu Anniiniiira ijaayon, OREGOrf SIDELIGHTS will be I Six blocks of Marshfleld paved immediately. e "-. ' The Dalles is determined to do a lot of paving;. "Twill pay. .- -. . ' . a .- e 7. Union County Farmers' union will ln oorporate a warehouse company. - .,- v - ' t i '-" - - Klamath Falls will try to gret the Jandofflce now located at Lake view. ; ,. - a -, , : Some lata Crawford peaches near Cot tage Grove .will yield a very heavy crop. r A 'short branch of a Rodeburg- Bart-i i The REALM IVotnen In the Public Eye." ..x;--?vS Mra. ( Cftnn Cur. tiss .was' captured by the Bain News s G. r v I c e photos'- rapher- as she was 1 sailing- with - her . husband f or France. , Women have not t- yet done very ao , i , i live work In prac-- t i c a 1 aeronautics, - but their sympathy . . and support have , been reaponslble for i much that has" Deen accomplished A Two, men . perished on Mount t i? i .they ventured to call It Mount Rainier ,- soma Tacoma people irvwu say wiey met a deserved fate. Vice " President Rharman haa nun ueina; an oil tana as a rostrum for hla political eechna. .' Wall an nil nir i. au ayprupiiai place irom which to x In Ban Francisco nv.r igfiftft nr a iv.vuv retristereu voters decllnnd to irlvs meir pontics, or announce thir adher enOA to inr nartv. Pnllili-iL inrl unann. enca la rapidly Incrsasliijr. . r ; t-'S- -,-" Perhans anv Renubilcan tinmfnaa rn president ean carry Oregon In 1912, but It is not Improbable that Doltiver would a.inore popular candidate than Can non. But we auDDita If win ha Tf -unless Roosevelt. ! .- , .... a .' r. " V: ;-: Noticing a local news Item about airl faintina beoauaa ah. nil uni. lowrd a pin. the Salem Journal wants to . know why -some on did not rica to the occasion and feed the frlanteaed damsel a pin cushion. ' , . , -. ' ., ; -e ; - A - man told the- N-hr r.har,Mn hat be could't bear to read a utm, paper that wasn't .paid for it ud'ance. it mat -man s taea should spread Mid b-)-,-)me Sravalent.' what, a han.w t rt k. perous lot. of people the country editors would be - - . ' i ; . . a, . It Would Via -a nfca pinlnn denta at Portland to apeak or nod to strana-ers' whom th'ev meet on the streets. . It makes newoomers feel more at home,- and even does those Rood who get frr-the habit of doing -.hla little act of courtesy.Va '7,, ., : V-. .-'-f .'The Balem: Journal .avs; that ""thara are about 600 state laws and 60,000 city ordinances too many in, ure:nn ;.lhx iw Rui nivrcea.' ana . no . aciempi la made to enforce them.. ' One of theso I ma iaie anu 0117 w ajainni saeea Ins; autos and motorcycles. Thev are Violated every minute of -the dav and should be wiped off - the books." But how would it do to enforce some of these lawsT And we cannot agree with the Salem paper that none are enforced. They are. to some ' extent, but there should V ' mora -enforcement; and (lie Mnut A' AnMA ..n.M.ln. 1. I : . . not be amiss. - ! letwpear tree contains 26 good-alsed pears. . ,v-., . The smelter at Takllma. 40 "miles from toward conquerm the air. Meaiora. nas Deen leaaea ana win in - ., s - n... ;a Vi ' operated from now on. . . , i rwuioni... Many fine bred sheep -7 and " other I I - rapidly, approaehlna and earl breeding animals are shipped from Polk 1 I l fall moaei- hava VrnB to' arJ county. especially, from, arpund . Mon-I 1 1 i-i.-i f ' I i,f . ' mouth, ; . - 7 ; - 1 rn Paris in a bewildering - 7 . . I . ... variety or atylea Mediaeval and- CorvalllA Is to have three new bar- I Louis styles are both renraaantAn In tha ber ahops. whloh, the Oasette-Tlmes latest, models that have come from neVsrera M 'U P Th Polonal.e. IcuiraTs!. tunS new newspaper!. 4..- - lni nunniAr r mvii Aftar JJ veara af 'eentlriuous ' iwnei-1 'av'' .w,-s the Frenfth women-Sf ship 'of and labor on the Baker City 1 1"n,0- M T08 bas ejad to thu Democrat, tha proprietors .are goinr to I tailored gowns and coct auits, but. that have a heme of their own. lis another story. - Besides gettlns- muc f - I rrora tha ixuls periods this year's au- TtualnAaa men 'of Roseburc made up I tumn fashion seems also to hv a-ath. a . purse of 1 26 to pay th requivl I ered some points from the atyie ft 116 -Ucense fee for,a circus.! Even -this lThA head dress, .excepting peilupa our a sign of life aad.llb-rallty. , grgndraothera. . beau catchers., is much i tna a&ma. - Man r thA Kni... ... , Tfftcals-an g to estimates or rauroao irimin . S-TrTOen.hrogrie-Ttvert1 l ship this year 466 carloads cen : "l0?- 11 .4 1 1 a.V.a V,la 1FAAA W? HOT W 11a PltlU Vt(l BJ jr V V -ri-Aaa a - . T a .l.u. ll( r. nf naara and SS I In looking over - these morula cars of peaches. , the observer will be struck by th faot a e ' ' that all these styles seem to be made - ' Too bad, that soma Balem people got 'or the moderately slim if not actually stung on the Pratum oil well, says the thin women. There seems to oe notti-' Salem Statesman. On of these fins tng tn the collection that will suit wo- SfftauTra Dorlng0an4Wfin,doir,n J. LlViT'- Th' J " Two Pendleton men, riding in aa auto J";.,.0' viv,.n,.;rI,'H!1WlCl,. Pn'n, h..i,.i. ih. mmmiiinL Mmi I reveals every line of the body, la bound upon a band of five elk and raced after j to betray the presence "of -every pounJ' ' them lor a consiaeraDie qiaianoa. artp. r.r iei ana mua ino navy tng Close T.O ineTO until iie avuriiaM . an, nuiuuiuui." it in ; into the black pins timber. true, corsets, t ghtly encasing the bdy - f . - ' ' ' . ' from neck to knee, and .other eontrlv- dspSt'asnt xShS f tK-' and are coming in on a tour pt insp- 'rh'.Sow.l.r 1 Jl , - --i 'a -a underwear and reduced It to a acant 1 Jobn Chttwood of Astoria, It years 'nlm"rn- It Is true, the Moyen a old, who recently climbed Raddle moun- tyl fivea on mora liberty in that r-7 tain, has the distinction, of introducing Pct, out stUi the lines; of tne undrr- r ka tA..rnr Analna In tha wnnda nf garments must conform to thnae of tha. Clatsop county that has fclnee supplanted own and it is this requirement which ' the ox team, says the Budget. His first causes so much trouble to the volum-.. . trip up the mountain was made when he inous women. Close fitting undergar- was a little over 16 years old. and he ments-sre an absolute necessity f or . says the-mountain has grown eonsid- them.- Pantlets, just as our mothora erabl higher sinoe then. 7. and grandmothers used to wear, tUrht - . . - : - - and buttoned, hwve to be worn -Aith "A Xane county boy of IT was clean- Moyen Age dresses. That is good enouira t lng sn "unloaded" rifle when it went for slim and slender women, but Imag- - off. the bullet striking ? Mm in the ino a fat woman in a garment of that " mouth, rutting -off one of bls lower description! - . ) . front teeth close to the gum. The bul- . .. , , -, , ' f let was cut in two parts -on striking Among the materials for lata sum- the topth and he spat them out of his mer gowns foulards era particularly mouth, but the tooth was imbedded well strong, with pongee in its oountless va - under the tongue and it-took the sery- rleties a close second. - Other good ma- ices of a surgeon to. dig it out of its terlals are changeable taffetas, moires, soft fleshy bed. ,. cashmere da sole, ordure silk voltes'. . . ' ,", ;l.h., ' a !d JaP"ee silks.- Sky blue foulards, -, ' ij -r " ri'lT .n lijm 1 WIW" wnu" wvwvt vvartsa irounai ; 1 1111 r rn I V IllfIlt-VT7- mi yiiFB JOIIIJ ai at I uivsrpr- With ' h unbr kintal,,. wrA,.-ftU aa 4? . Vltfr !.ty'.. Itr,St "" dot- and grwn with dots in the o pautirut homes are being -constructed t,riu. .,lbiim. .,H.M,b j hi.ta Imi ail rtvur tha rltv and rmonle have come 1 1... rr'.: :.' 7.. rr-Iiiji rb- t1lAa Va. 'n. nallaht.i uu" -uwy grmy iigurea ana-mi iWZZ ,A .htrTK t Tiva. w.-A.;t numerous designs or kt-dergart-n Pat. ow,- tha sice of a Menor ana unsifmiiy - opanj -wbikb; i nM(, t. . ,iia. n; streets are being improved, now below I Whit- ni-iM-i and above the bluff Theeity records Si "P"o ar. n HZ .-!,rtUrA,?. show -that less lawbreaklng and crime l", t" --?r,Sndry tJrSu 1 - characterisA these latter days than ver 1 f"a before. Altogether, the signs ara pro- J ln jny materials. pitlous, and ror Tne. uanes, ner ,. pest I days are yet to come. step in and Itself 1 what Mayor Simon has done, and he is entitled to credit for the.ac. will entitle him to credit. V - ANOTHER INITIATIVE ABSURD-1 companionable, trustworthy man, a v. - : , jgooa citizen, a man wnose aeam m IX .' . . I tk .InA Aln.A IK. I. a Inn a aa I Vila I J( ,U1V VI , . 1. V ,B n IUDI t,K IUO community where he made his home, FORESTRY W HAT IS the use of being fu- and to -the Btate And the Paclflc ; UIO 111 yiupuDlUg JUlllUtlTC I nni-najoat . i n-K a tt. . I vu n vy. iBKiBittuuni tiXperienco .nas T A pound of lead, a. bale of Jiay, alsos.a - iisning line; - . , He found a pair oft battered shoes, a - 1 horseshoe and a brick, A deck of cards, a bottle, and 'a willow walkino- stk-k. x HE FORESTRY branch of the 1 He piled this load of merchandisA upon , . . ' I , nm uib mere, United, States government the Then, bowing to the waitress,' he Jollied forestry bureau canue into ex-1 . ""r xor iair. . , i.i... .-hi vZi.m. H said: '.'Behold my assets and do not lstence with the proclamation . show surnrisa. - - . Of President Harrison In 1891 creat Whn I tell you I'm a tariff demonstra- OreglTottTX GREATEST .BITUTARY MAN lng a forest reserve In the state of yu,t g !urift W:bali of twin, and .1. i v J .n,eJta8rl - . Wyoming.;: From this small and as ' listen while I preach lire. ; The people have demonstrated i -.m tmttto affriff,t (v. mn u Lm,j -in,M.i.,t n a,ai About the .tax which was revised to that they are fully competent to dls . criminate between' a ' good and bad law.. In Portland they waded through 35 measures,' and with the possible' exception of the sweeping change proposed In the' commission government, hit the bnllseye on every 4 one of them. Impossible measures they snowed under by votes of 10 and 20 to .1. It may - well then be set down as certain I that It Is the climax of futility to offer them any crank or childish measure for' adoption. .They wrill - beat it mercilessly, as they have done in every Instance in which crasy measures have been proposed, and they will do it again. : - " These remarks "apply to - Mr. U'Ren's plan for changing the pow ers of. the governor of Oregon. They refer also to some other . of his measures.: ' Among them Is one by which any, voter may at the close of a legislative session swear out a complaint r urging that "undue In fluence" has been exerted - 7 In the passage of ,any bill that. does not happen to suit his fancy. The hear ing is at the seat of government and "It the Jury., finds that7ondue ln fluence" bas been exerted, and proof of that kind is usually. easy,, the .ver dict acts as a referendum and the measure must be submitted to the people at tie -next clecflpm This Is nonsense. 7 It la unheard of., : It Is Irrational. : It Is th ppen ing of opportunity tp. all kind .of; folly. It. gives a disgruntled legis lator or a defeated lobbyist, a ve hicle carrying hlsj personal and pri vate fight beyofcd the "legislature, and at the expense of the taxpayers. It could result In confusion: worse confounded. It . is . an expedient w ithout an excuse. The legislature 65 -at present hedged about by direct kgiglatlon Is as nearly perfect as It rsn be made. Its work since direct log L-".itloa went Into eKect haa been I N THEIR affright over the so- It seemed unimportant and scarcely Aoul n?ethinl. i vwi, "e called menace of Germany It is noticed beginning, the forest service Now poorer classes can afford to buy said that the'7 English people bas . grown into a very interesting A. wen as.tchch'S of ld and piace an almost laoiairous trust i ana important pari oi me aepart-i many other things. - In rhA 'mllltarr c-Anlna of TTItrhAne- I mnn nf arr1mUnrA . , I please note that toothpicks, top, are ; ,rr . ,.7 77 ,i.',17li , " -cneap, as wen as hippo hides. He Is the hero of Khartoum and the! There are sow -148 national re- And sawdust also has come down with n.an ' -nhnaA t.nn nnna '..nV I .tf n An aaa 1IH. moving DlCtUTfl slldcg. - .- . i , i i i Ndw, in tbls Ust I think you'll find Just fr Vi a Iaat nvaelr r9 vool orotn a wm thai AAA AAA anAAa 'inAQlarl In TB crntad I ' t aw wo inov duwa vv cow.autw JJ ta VVVVVV ucsr iwi,v as v nmVtg Wimi liJ pwr ITlOn nefJO"- - Boers. 7"He ' has been" called' from and territories, including Alaska "A.. nfe? . n,7"a1.rI" nd 1 . - a vntl v aw 1 1 I 'SI 1 1 r A AT 1 1 ff d & Just . then tbe' boss. a foreigner and . uoeci xo ui, RevlAed the stranger downward with . the butt end of an ax. Letters From tke People his position as eommander In chief and Porto Rico, of the English forces In India to be The main office of this bureau is come Inspector. general of the Eng- of course at Washington; there -are Ush garrisons In the Mediterranean, branch offices at Missoula, Denver, He will have supervision: of all the Ogden; Albuquerque, San Francisco English forces In 'Egypt and of the and Portland. It has grown into a s-rnat "tt-BteHrnl Tort at Olhrnltar vnat and varv Imnortant hunlnMi: and Malta. Ills . new poslton Is re-jFlres are guarded against and In a j 3 tJ"" , garded as the most Important In thai large measure suppressed. . Refor- J. Th" me tsriiiBn army auu n is mrmuea tnatl estauon la encourageu aau ' pro-: writer aaaa taat it De witurteid. Tba loaraal the appointment came to him as a moted., Water supply- Is studied $ rtemenSf epo" enit.' ,VZl part . -of, the '-gineral ' poller ; ot .pre-1 and vco&aerred.' Altogether.-, It ,!". br'M p?"lble-.TboJ wlmh pareaness , now maniieBt turougnout j worK wen meriting tne attention oi ickwa potra I-ThavA; frequently , been" asked " how long a period during .tha year a steam boat could' successfully navigate A the Snaka river between Lewlston and the mouth of the. river," said Captain Biggs, of the steamer Twin 'Cities to tha Lew- Is ton TrlbunA. -. 7 ;r? . - n "My reply to 'the question- has been Wist t bad - no definite idea, - for that pODtlqn of the river between Rlparia and the mouth of the Snake was new to me until my present service. ., However, I do ndt hesitate to express the view now that the river channel can be "ao improved by concentrating the flow; of water at bad, points, that boats can run the riveij to - Lewlstoa ; throughout .the fntlre year. '-.-J am convinced now that tha- river .carries sufficient volume of water:- 77 -j -; 7 - 1 -. . . Captain Riggs' mads- the statement a shori: time after the Twin Cities bad reached' the TLewiston 'dock last even ing after another successful 'run from Kennawicfc" , There is- now only , a Z.2 stage at the Lewiston gauge, so Cap tain Higgs haa successfully brought the Twin 'Cities 'over the atretclr of river below Rlparia at & stage of water fully two' feet lower .than the lowest , stage the river has ever before been run. In the pioneer steamboat days,, when .what1 CorreaDondentS are Bottfled that lntt.r. aw. AMdlnc S(K words In length may, at the dia eratloa ot th editor, be eel 4owa ta that limit. .. '-: The Land Lotteries'. ''iTjTf V" -, Kditor The .Journal Dear Sirs .Our Great Britain- as i a i result of the Uncle Sam's eagle eye and the in stalking ghost of TQerman Invasion, tervenilon of his strong hand.- ?J' . There will ; be challenge of the . a. . 1 t T' English claim that Lord - Kitchener The ,- military authorities . " have Is the greatest Hying military genius, done right. In dismissing the seven government officials do many wrong His fame rests on minor struggles, students who cruelly and brutally things,' sometimes maliciously some He has seerr no campaigns like the hazed young Rolando Sutton from J "!! )rl. !?r8ilKJ7D,'. "d great conflict that gave the world West Point, This Is an act of com-haat may be tie case in the recent ian5 Von Moltke. His triumphs 'In com- mendable justice." Not io much can lottery. ., , i . parlsoa with the conflict that be said ot'.the false verdict of the ,(,vt,eB erI e-tlclsms on the brought ; forward Grant. Sherman naval court . In the case of the other uer T ?CTed .Ethen "usual and Sheridan were-of trivial conse- Sutton, wno lost his' life. '. That' he cuckoo. Now, let us look at the wrongs quence. It , Is true that all these killed himself purposely nobody be- t lottery What are its two chief military Toasters' are dead, but theVe Heves. That he was partly respbn- Wa?"St JJ? !5srk Wn'"av the wouid- ts the latef struggle In which Russia elble for his own. death Is probable; ialn acWparded uMailywithVisilS! waa beaten Into lmpotency by the But. there 'has been an evident de- resentation. , . - Japanese. BehInd the colors of the termination allthe way through tol cn enyone say these two elements latter there was a mind of vast prescience In 7. the game of war. Whether it was ' Field Marshal Oy amaor some unknown , strategist near, him Is jiot known.7 i But ' that there waa a millUry mind. and that It planned and performed with mas terly precision is the testimony- of the great eastern . battlefields. It overthrew the Russian ;;0 resistance wherever: encountered and amazed the world with the effectiveness and perfection of Its military, organlia- disgulse and distort. the. facts,; and thr country will have little respect fori the l prejudiced'' 7 conclusion reached or for those, who report, it : "Mayor Simon is also., having or Is likely to have a tilt.wlth the JJnlted Railways 'people on account of their alleged failure to perform their con tract with the city. 7 Former Mayor Lane had 7 considerable difficulty with .them and was by some called a crank, an Impracticable fellow, a were in our . present government land dealt .1 think not, exoept in individual instances, unavoidable Jn all cases.' I dealt in the Louisiana lottery, my broth er in this mA. I doubled my money and he lost out. -From my observations the two lotteries were about aa much alike as we were.-' I; was a sporty fool with luck and ha was. a moral man trying to get a home. I-uad some loaded dice given me and he had a fair chance, though tha chance was small. It tempts me to believe that some big fat fifty thousand dollar pocket book man Is sore because poor Mr. Selig .got for nothing, whAt the.firty thousand dollar 'gentleman could ' have NAVIGATION OF SNAKE RIVER got- for a soryi mat xur. eeug aiant have, when , X.TeaO tnese eaitonai. la- roents..!'!. '''-.. j "0 -'- " - ' - There conld-be an improvement In the system. TO rat mind it. would ba mis: Dlvjde the land according to value. If 10 acres ara worth 60 acres on another part of the whole piece, make each a farm. Tha two Important things would be to have It appraised as correct as conditions would allow, and make -each piece. the else that would be considered a comfortable home. ' -7 7 " Follow this up with that any man, For all r around summer afternoon wear, foulard gowns and coats ara un doubtedly the most favored at present. As a coat material foulard is new this ' season, but it has become marvelousty -popular in a short time. While the liltraif aalilnnahla wnman amnlna 'aiiI.m 1 ia known aa -"Tha Wash Bowlt ehowad -ly-or what -they terra "little morn. aoova ine sunaoe oi mi water, steam- lng ureases,", the number -f these :s boat navigation, on the river below Rl- comparatively - small considering ' the parla ceased, s "The Wash Bowl" la a large jnumber of good dresses that go to rock near. GranltA Polnt,7 few miles ?,V? below TLewiston. The Aurfac. of this hdBy VS in bUck'and rmu fVlth t-ock is now over two feet abova HtVwe- touch pf burnt orange, which saved the ter- line. . - - v ' effect- from the, hardness of printed . On the run to Lewlston the Twin black, and white. Altogether .the cos Cities also .carried a cargo of 60 tons tume was striking and exceedingly be of freight, while in pioneer daya during coming to ita brunette owner. . The f ae- a normal low stage of waletv thA boat Jn.K"? of oa.t. 'er , h,T.eII!5 ' carried only a few tons. The, Twin Cit- tnd wbU cords braided together l. t, th. trip to Lewlston used the line bIr?ofi!ei Itrllita but once. This waa At PlnA Tree rapids, marine blue, that ' rather bright blue 15 miles below Rlparia, the Una being In which there is a su.stlon of gray. used slmnlv to steady tha boat and thus I The surface was dotted with black and guard against accident 7 7 - 1 there , was a d.eP border effect of . re.d - Captain .Biggs stated .that whila-as- lSi?-JtnAJmA: ""ZFt n0t b: tlon Sf thAlbuhlnT up of the over- "- v "isKirt at tne daos. wnicn is remimscer Ipw water, that step would not be taken I of the early ; '80a - The Bhawl colla' until conditions forced such a result I of the 'co&t was trimmed with frills The dredge boat Umatilla has dellv- of black lace. Tha hat waa of the- , ered a drilling scow to Pine Tree and a Bam" "hade of blue in coarse straw second ona will be tken to a point !1'immiltwar.h'n,an-lria0 ! Anmn - tha rival- Tha TTnA11l Which Were made Of Allk mU8lln.' X?r?Z?.i. Ja -Itv a- hA 7 . -" y btttle ' treen, maroon, mole v will contlnub the work on tha dan At rray .nd tobacco brown. Tho stems of Long Crossing, whlls the. Wallowa will the wheat were woven in a fancy band soon finish the dam . at Monumental surrounding the light crown and tha ' crossing.. ' - : graceful heads dropped Just enough., t a The Twin Cities will depart for Ken-1 ?.,v' careiess eneci.. -wnicn is one or newick this morning, u ' ? Virf,uf VT I"lure". un- Fashion prophets preglot that drand This Date ta Hlatiorr. ' - I toques win be m vogue during the ful HJ1 The TJukA of Tork deeded his J., aVwV" 'Th.-,.. ' hiah' . . X right-to the Delaware province . to Wil-I first seen at the races, psoved oultA A r 9ohn L Thurston's Birthday. ' John Mellen Thurston, former United States -senator from Nebraska, was bora in Montpelier. Vt. August 21, 1$47. At the age of seven he removed With his parents , to Wisconsin ana was educated in the public schools of that state and at Wayland university; After leaving college he studied law and at the same time supported himself by working on a farm and doing other manual labor. He was admitted to tha bar in 1869 and began the practice of law In Omaha. In 187J he entered public life as a mem ber of the Omaha city council. Later he served as city attorney of Omaha and as a member of the Nebraska legislature. As general counsel of the Union Pacific railway Mr. Thurston attained a .wide reputation in the legal profession. He took a prominent? part' in Republican politics and in 1889 waa elected presi dent of the Republican league of the United States. His term in the United States covered the period from 1895 to isoi. . . ' . '-- i 11am Penn. ' 1757 Josiah MelgS,' who ' served as second president of the University of Georgia, born in Middle ton.' Conn. Died In Washington, V. C, 'September 4. 1833. v 1786 Oliver Haiard Berry, American naval hero, born. Died August 13, 1811. 1805 By a treaty with tha' Indians, their title to almost the whole. of the present state of Indiana waa. extin guished, , . -7 77;-'5-.-," 1810 Marshal Bernadotte of .Francs attractive , and " have elnce v thent'-beea copied in Londoa'-and other European ' fashion centers. ', FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.- Progressive Travel sav worth mora than ona thousand, dol- - . . n . . i . i ii iv u rAnB KAnann. r A a lara; could not tour ma giame, unieai . . . " th.t r,nt anoua-h under 81000 were en-rch0Ben prince royal of Sweden, tered at the time. - Thia would give the landless and poor a chance to get land that the papers lament so much, ana in the same breath accuse the government for building a sinful mole hill so the money fellows cannot erect a mountain to keep outers out, . j. u. nuiu (Omitribatrd to The Joarjnl by -Walt Uaana, -the famoua Kwaa pot Bla proaa poaina are regular feature ef tbl colama In Tb Dally. JoarnaL) '"C-.?.-V...-'f. ,.'...:...-. ..-t. r The man on 'horseback Jogged alofig: f - 1851 Great riot in New Orleans. I noB ne bummed a little song; ha saldt v. growlng Out of the Cuban AiDedltion. : I "I P1 that loot. who Plods along the ' 1858-Wllson Shannon removed from "M "0t:.?d. thT.l" the r?7. r" , tha Aovernorshln of Kan a. a . oe xnan pounu urn n.gnway wun my ... . . . - . . , i vwra. a aiaicijr wun.jo iiiBn ruiien rrt 7Fh.Vrn - m r: the fellow In . it heaved a sigh. from or Chattooga. "OreAt Scott!" he-eried. "I'd be a corse. . "9ifwr BC a McMahon,-Rornan before I'd travelori; a horse! To rtd -j Cathollo hlahnn nf 1 TTirlfn. ,j lu. . .. jit i a , ... , . vvuu, gpuD' an oiu whiib mare, ana gc air--- 1908 The Prussian granted to women the privilege of high er education, y covered with her hair well, that's the government limit and I vow, I'd rather ride a cow! " wiuj many a chug and and . jar there thundered, past car; its owner, namg tnua ; m style, glanced at tha carriage with, a smll. "A" relic of the ages dark! I'd rather lat s. the v I Ide upon X : I ind roar a motor X.! Roles of Funniman's IIoteL " Irttia Tilnilim Tl t.Vtitm Guests sea requested not to speak r,da ln Non" rk! Ju8t th0 llvl B W mi - raiviv UllTtl 1U IU1 to the dumb -waiter. If the room gets too hot, open ' the window and sea the fire escape. .Don't, worry about paying your bill; the house la supported by its - founda tion.. .-.--.,.- - , .. , , .. Guests who wish to do a littla driv ing will find hammer and nails ln the supboard. i . - . Guests wishing to get up without be ing called can have self-raising flour for supper. i If you're fond of athletics and like good Jumping. lift the mattress and see the bed spring. If your gas goes out. take a feather out of the pillow; that's light-enough lor any room. - eyel They travel 15 . miles a day, and pant and sweat the whole blame way, and they are apt to buck and pitch, and dump the outfit In a ditch. Jr Cannot: see how any chap will ride in such a blooming trap!" An airship . whined o'erhead, afar; the drjver watched tha motor car, and to his passenger said he: "I'd ride upon the gallows tree be tore I'd leave this trusty ship. In such a car to make ' a trip! The driver makes some slight mistake, and then tha whole machine will break, and there ' will be a sick'ning thud,, a dust cloud and a shower of blood!" gMattl.w" Abf.m.) C&Wtdly$