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U . uiuj mwi ii asjsaistss i inminii i wmamm n up It- i f , . ',,7 r-'l OUKilMs , THE JOURNAL AH INDEPENDENT HCWSPAPEB. C. S. CESO!... .Pabliabar I versallst church " at Twenty-fourth molestation. ' But, like the others and Broadway, and leaves i at 6 1 It was rejected frtlOck for the south. : . I As the Oregonian says, the legls- It will be seen, that by this pro-1 lature "could" havs , passed these gram, the commitea'a light goes out j measures, but. It wouldn't. But, In at 12 m. Saturday, and thereafter j each Instance, as. soon as the people lis memterg. are . in iouu eclipse, i got a show, they passed 'these four while Jonathan shines effulgent. Heeood government measures tT rapau win occupy a auuo next w war, ot 0t the Initiative. The neonla want me president, ana me committee a-n i,w. .nt rnnH rnnrnmMi tKi i-HONKs-bunt "s. .eoi, a" " tnecuia. mere minpor- and wI11 TOte for them every ttefe T"r"nrT..r " . .7 I wniia ."" ' , wiftnt.'.'hnman Tnflrlflni.fi ahnwa that dlnary units n this town. For al. -,m innimma fcPRKKKNTATI VS. I . vl tv, ..j 'eS'"'lur ' tauuut UD ucycuucu - . . """' "''"K nnn. twwanaft 'fntrta" mil find wayi . and mean to move members, from -the true path One of the best effects of the Ini tiative and referendum is their In- rbllhd arary rtin)n (axcrpt Sraday) an ary Saaday amalna; at Ita Journal BaUd- ' lac, nita aa iuuu nran rwuua. w. Entarad at ha Bnatnffloa at Portland. Or.. fo ranamiaaloa oask the Bails aa ee4-class siattaa. eHea.it ft Emh. Bnawot bqiihui. ..oth dav Jonathan will be the "r' ZjB una irnnt aew ini wnw iwiar - iCi ' IiT v. - w -' j, I UCianS SnlldlDC Chicago. . Tbo Journal n oa flla ta London, EofUnd. t ta otflea ef Tba Journal's Kncllah repra aaetarlT. H. ft I. Hardr Co. SO rtaat itrvt. wb-n mbacrlpUoaa and adartiaoohita ill a rrlTv4. only pebble on the beach, a condl- tion violative of the spirit of our American institutions and the ac Vnnwlalo-et rfe-fita fit thn rnmmlftaa Naturally,' the members 4 of the IlueD ,a legiBmuve asHem- sottacripnoa mat ar sun er w mr aareat i : ' . " . . I ji -.ii . iii.h.. v,.i.. . ki ta united Mftm. Caaad ar ataxic! , i an inaignation meeting y. yesteraay, i u4 w "w-r .. DaULr. ; - i.- ; ' ,- I and they ought to bold others. They it rejects a measure 10. nave it aa r ,.ss.m I oca moth 4 ought 'to carry the war, right into I passed by the Initiative, There is Africa. : " If , justice prevails, that not the slightest doubt but the water suite of rooms next to the president I code would have been beaten by the wjll'be. declared common ' property, I lobby at the last session but for the Jonathan will be given bis proper I certain knowledge of members that share of the presidential at ay, in oc-jthe people would pass It. There 1s cupying it, and-each member of the no doubt but many good laws hare committee will have his turn beneath been passed and bad oneB defeated the shadow of 5 the distinguished jn the legislature of Oregon through groesi. .-vine' commiuee snoma De Cf this review and rebuke bv satisfied ' With nothing less, . and I va Aonla thrnna-h th fnltlAtiVa. SUNDAT. mm mm t M . 1 mm I 0aa yaar., DAILT AND BtTKDAT. .......IT.80 Oaa axmtB. No man was ever so much .deceived by another as by himself. Grevllle. 9 S VUEJT - PEOPLE DID3TT. KNOW j should keep the wire. Beverly hot NM7g has done .o much to cause TTH a characteristic attitude I Justice. and tone of opposition to aU reforms, tHb Oregonian PROTECTION DOES NOT REACH W sneers at the demand of the people for pure milk, and at their efforts ,to secure It. Before there were any efforts for pure food, be fore people cared or, knew the dan-1 ger of filthy and tubercular milk, It Is one of those industries a considerable proportion of people which are so, completely protected managed to live, and "the health ot against outside competition that it Is the state gave alarm to nobody." : enabled to exact high tribute from No, because ignorant, ., in those its customers. The tariff Is the bul- good old, days, the people did noth-1 wark . of Its monopoly, - Its profits lng to remove, or prevent the exist-1 are very great. It Is therefore able ence ot the causes of disease. They I to pay its employes high wages. aid not worry about microbes. . All the legislature to conduct itself with prudence, discretion and Teal concern for the state. It has kept down appropriation bills and saved Increases ot taxes. It has exercised la splendid Influence on the. legisla tive hrwtv. anA will or nn Tnafrfntr tho riAirnitrv - a -m 1 . I o - ;;vfrr,1" " of. that body wiser and better via. yci ui iCBaiitcu yrjviicgo LABOR rilB PRESSED STEEL CAR THE PORTLAND LIVESTOCK SHOW N' they did, if boneset or hoarhound trine, air the employes of such an EXT MONTH, a million dollars worth of fancy show stock will be on exhibition at the Port land fair and ' livestock show a..ii-. Mtnnmi. a, on the Country Club grounds. It is believed that the show will com' tea, and hot black molasses and vln- Industry Bhonld and do Receive high PrIs the best IIst of "how animals egar failed, was to send for a doctor wages, and .they should be contented eTer grouped together on the coast, all but as ignorant as themselves. and, happy.. Moreover, they should The best herds of the middle west and he gave them calomel and bled be American workingmen. The expecxea on me gxounas. Many them and. so they died. ;. y claim 1 is that, protection . protects or tnem tnai wm pe oooKea ipr tne Durine those aood old times when American labor aeainst chean for-IA---- I41r later.jwm De Dotn at nobody worried, millions of chHdren. elsm labor, t Whv. - then, have the Oregon state iair ana tne fort- and adults too, died horribly of employes f this establishment ; gone land show. The event should be diphtheria- It , was incurable. STht on strike, resorted to violence, raised one of verT 8reat Interest among doctors said so, because they, knew j an insurrection, and 'made it neces- people m an pans 01 ine nortnwest, no wav to nrevent or curelt. AllrT. In th nnlnlon of this nrotect-1 nd should attract , Visitors fr6m most every child attacked by it died. led corporation, to call out troops .to everywhere. Now a death from this disease, fight the strikers in their efforts to which has been nearly suppressed, I nrevent the employment of the cheap year's show at the same grounds as Is rare. "Croup" carried oft a large foreign labor against , which the tar- "enabled a long list of fancy animals percentage of children. Who hears j iff is claimed to be a protection T-Uhat were the marvel of all visitors of it now ? Smallpox decimated I The Incident shows clearly the fal- Strangers from an parts or the coun communities every few winters. Now lacy of thia 'claimi the insincerity I try eulogized in,, the strongest Jerms nobody dies of that disease. Measles of this. pretense.-' -lTTTt7C-:Z fnowln'r-mtAKfTrom' present ana scariei leyer, now innocuous, i f oe 'Strixers assert xnafjney re-i inuicouuua uu . j were fatal in a large proportion ofjcelved no benefit from ; prqtectlon, I completely distance last "year's ' ef- casea. The same in a less degree is I that they "were driven'to revolt byifort, ana result m an occasion 01 true' of typhoid and other diseases. I intolerable conditions, . that they extraordinary importance. It : may O yes, people lived some of them: were" treated like dogs, of rather be' hoped that all the forces of Port- but the mortality ; was far greater like mules, or slaves; that their pay Jand, will combine in furthering this than it is now, especially among! was not only too low to furnish them annual function. It is an enterprise children, and doubtless impure milk the necessaries of life, but that in-1 that can do much to further ,Port- was then one, of the principal causes dignities were heaped upon them, land's ascendancy as a livestock cen- of these - innumerable needless j There is exaggeration in this, prob-Iter. It ought not or lack or at depths. ' ., , ; I ablr. but no doubt there is enough I tendance and Interest to approach so No, there were no busy bacterlolo- truth in it to Justify complaints and dangerously near financial failure gists in , those days, nobody who (to show the fallacy of the protec- as was the case lastyear. It 1b an knew or cared for microbes la food tionlst theory, so far as employes J activity that deserves a far better or disease in cows; there was no I of protected industries are con-1 fate official activity to compel the sale Icerned. In fact, it has several times of pure foods; nobody was worried been conclusively shown that such FEDERATION OF BOtTH AFRICA bv inspection or coerced br author-1 employes are on the average paid I . . , v " . .'. . ' lty: and . the consequence was that I less than those In nonprotected In-1 - a S AN indication of the trend of tiny graves,; and larger ones, multi- dustries. y ?v ; . . ' v V r i popular government, tne pro- nllftd In everv eravevard. and mil-1 - The military forces are called by I posed . conBOllaatlon of ; the lions of mothers mourned the loss I local newspapers "Cossacks." . In I . - , provinces of South Africa is . of young lives that a little aDDlied McKees Rocks, under their" martial Interesting; If the present : scheme knowledge such as these ridiculed rale, citizens of all kinds were sub.- of federation is carried out. the cen- eff orts have acquired would have Jected to their authority, niuet move trai government wm nave rar great- saved.; In those blissful days It was or stand still at their order, and er power over the several provinces almost literally true in every com- outsiders could not enter , the town. I or states than our reaerax govern munitv that . f'.'-r- lit was an absolute reign of torce. itlment has m our state arrairs. The Thera u no flock, however wu at-1 may be said ' that this was neces-1 promoters of the union have looked tended. ' - r-.-,: I sary, owing to the lawless violence 1 deeply . Into . the question and far But on dead lamb is there, I of the strikers. But this brlnas us I ahead.' but perhaps with some mon- There is no home. However weU de-J Dack to the Question: Why did they archial bias, and propose that the I strike? , Why should they strike un-j several Transvaal states surrender to Aa- ' a " ar1tt :' lav that "nivtot I tha f Ad Aral a-OTBrTlTBeilt Imiwirtant The fight against Impure and dls- An,AP,.a'n labor ' and eniuri everv nowers that in our system were re- eased milk is a fight against death, I vt , -An . walanrA ti tha tttH : tnM.tii etyeciauy Baiuav iuo.hwwm ot Aar fnn,...r,t Th Jnhna.1 almnllMtv and BROnotnv warn Im. 1..11. .v v ill. Jtl ii.. . r- , , i v,u " , town r Democrat, alluding to these portant considerations in the forma internal affairs,1 promotingthe gen eral welfare, and guarding" against uprisings of the native population. One set of , courts with full federal and state Jurisdiction will be pro vided. The state executives, limited in number '- and power,' will be ap pointed by the federal government, as in the case of our territories. In fact, the African states, as such, will retain less power ; than" our terri tories But the people at large,; or in the case of the members of par- I . , WV 4'41'AWl -a JA , f AXIV ' A 1 AJ. V V hJ AI ' aixxiit ' ' ' I ' ' SMALL CHANGB ; ' I OREGON SIDELIGHTS " f but tha I&rrpat. ateadlaat flvar nt all a tua Jjatnor . lima. .... . j- V Harrlman tried ta hold tha Deachutea pas too jona ror aim Bov of IT huntinr with aim: now ha ' . ' - . v v - - - cuaraa or anoi in ma ooweia. ' . a ,,. .. , j Rathlna. trfnm m tn Ka, .nnHulu. uauivuK vy uiBijiuio, win fuyum , iu i iv uivwuuia; rainer uan 10 iwimmiDl, federal ! officers, and they do not seem; to.fear "centraiuation or power," especially as they are to re tain the power to approve or disap prove the acts of their representa tives. Whether -such , a system " would 'Soma advlna tn foola la tha e tion of an article. But It falls to ad Hy one of tnem." The mayor Is bo doubt rlvht'ln think. ln that public Imorovenienla have been cuiuof too mucfi. a McHarg repudiates portion of his re- have been better for this country ir cnt interview that don't read well. not If it had been adopted, "will ever They nearly all do. be an unsolved Question. Certainly I -rir wrth" me," aald the modeia lover It will not be adopted now, though iiV.V.5 -2? there is a drift In the direction ot !,Twr greater federal power In the' matter j A Salem younr woman surnamed Ax or the control or railroads ana otner " -?,:"f.fc71.. uijurea. , t . AKfi th- wwin i m tne- tnu wun ner wi n auuua. nub at 10 uwuvmbb tut, better system for South Africa, as it would be for Central America. WF00T( aVY.nu.as ovaanoLX THE AUTO MAKXAC. ' leoiNvl - Young- Peroy Snlcklefrlts once bought a his" red tourinjr car, He learned to run It anywhere with scarcely any jar, mile he'd make In 80 seconds leaa than any time: , - i Ha had a siren and a horn, also a noisy i chime. -' - , ' Up every street he'd fly like mad with enough that man haa really begun to fly nia unearthly sound, : - u.-biuiij'- nun aucn a oeginnina aa He'd frighten horses, cats and dogs and RJ? f' n;i,tftA'i ? a,r: wake the echoeound. f.n iT il "JfiV,,?.,.1-,,10- He grew morose and taciturn and longed iSnfJ.",,'J,,?icturln wnt wiu ba name. Men Who buv land ' In or around town and do not improve It but hold It iur apecuiauon. ara a. eurae. T.n t na oom munlty. VJ U, . , v J , . ; Eznerta alona- all lines dlamatrtnaflv aiaagree aDout everything tney con Ider. ' There a that Brooklvn acwar. ThoRe water fountains around tnwn are mighty fine thlnas these warm dava for, men and beasts. Their procurement nappy vaougnc The wreck Of tha Oh In via fnrtunata In comoarlson with man v. In that miut of the people aboard were saved, all but even out ot over 190. -., .... . .; a The city can't scnulre averv daalrahla piece of ground for , a park. ' but -certainly Council Crest would be a splen did possession,' and a constant and win- nwg advertisement. ? , 1 .. And yet another man shot for a der up in utne county. The press of the country ought to unanimously demand severe punishment of men who make inese mistakes. A nnnltantlarv Ar an auuuui uuia mum ior a wnue. Tweaty-flve keaa or kaar mhi ntr aicainrr in xnbw iora naroor rioated straight for a fort on shore. Needless to say, the visitors were not fired on- as hostile Invaders, They seemed t know where they would meet a friendly recep- The contests at Rhelms are proof Prince Menelik of Abyslnnla is com. hopeless errand. Prince; Uncle Sam will send your people bibles and revolvers, tracts and whisky, but he won't'fight Europe on their account But here's a valuable hint. Prince: very likely you I n capmra an American mmioniieirees, He'd killed three thousand animals and erywnerev ... ; - i""" ,ZZ'.r. m over to tell Americans of his" en It is to be remembered that last " ifher spheres. ; lrr f "V, He United buus T6 famish some amusement for the Fi""J1 " 5ea" W"" airia. tha uttia deara. England, Germany and France. It is a And so he tuned his autb up to travel - .- . faster yet, .- - He bought a noisy honking born, - the : blearest he could set. He was looking for attention, to get tha naak ..awM dara VilorhS- ham taraTS.l tA I .. W kill a dosen men, .- , ' I' The 'nations are -'watching with in To entertain the girls, you know, to 1 terest keen the latest and greatest ai ' m.i. -mm lnh nA tKaii I trsvellar scene. Their national hlrHaami He'd try to catch a' Sundsy school and beasta are loud, and Speak through the slaughter eignt or ten, , .- 1 . ' ""iBing crown, ana touaesi And make a trip of eighty miles, and f-au . the Eagle screams at what he motor back again.- I vlewslooklng down on Rhelms. No Alas for Percy Snlcklef ritav he adn't ranger cners s ooudi tnaa , with money thought of Mars, V4 nd skill a -man can .travel through air As coming down so close to earth from will, and airships soon wiirbe com uo among the stars.."' mon things, sjid the rioh.will vie with And when he speeded up the car, some- tne Diras witn wings. The fulfillment how he lost control !?nT. ttlntUir.,e a8???"? maJr oow or braaes ana noms ana steering gear, 1 blessed little children of the land. troubles, puts the case forcefully in I tlori ot the plan. For example, there Ana n is against tnia movement, one printed in part in another are to be no state legislatures. How, . iV'i f'r1:7'. . column of this page. , . then. will the federal congress get me oauies, uwi me morning .1 . 3 it. senators? .i la It oosslble that COXCERMNQ LEGISLATURES I they are to be selected by popular vote? 'rTes." And isn't that a fatal of paper aims Its shafts of satire. TAFT, BOURNE AXD THE 003I- r D ISCtfSSINQ what it calls the 1 mistake at the Outset? The decision "pernicious" ; Initiative :p i end I to abolish state legislatures entirely referendum, "the 1 Oregonian I resulted, we can 'reasonably infer. iHE COMMITTEE is righteously ; says: "Not k single, useful from a careful and . comprehensive indignant. As the program fori measure has been enacted in Oregon! study of the United States, and its ,the president in Portland) by popular initiative that could not! many legislatures. After ? such stands now,' Senator Bourne is I have been secured as well and more study, it is no wonder that trainers to have the president all to himself easily by ' representative or legisla- of a new federation decide to cut at least three-fourths ot the time tive authority.? . - , them out. - t- i and the members of the committee 'But the trouble Js that the legis- 'Neither will the Afrikanders have hardly; have ' a "look In." Accord- lature would not act. r. A law giving a separate complete system of courts lng to the arrangement, the sched- J local option :ito Incorporated ,4owns I for both federal and state govern- ule stands this Way; President ar j in "Oregon was" presented to the legis-1 ments. There will be""ho Successive rives in Portland at 7 a. m. He la I lature," and was promptly rejected! series of courts, through, which. liti- met by, the "committee"., and- local J by- that .body, i A primary law was 1 gallon' may fce prolonged,- and by escort, and taken to Hotel Portland offered to the legislature, and all which cases once determined can be lor breakfast with the committee. He over the state there was strong de reversed, and still appealed and per- cpends the forenoon with staff and mand for lt, The Oregonian was haps reveniMrfhgain, with ttie prob- membersif local committee, "motor- hearty advocate of It. .But, as ability that In the last decision, if it lng about the city. He lunches at UBual;;' the legislature ; rejected it. reverses the first,, there is less Jus- the Hotel Portland '; at ., noon, - and Politicians and lobbyists were al- tice, as is a ' common ckse , In; this after luncheon becomes the guest of ways at the capital, and they found country. And under this proposed Senator Bourne., The afternoon will ways and means to -defeat .the peo-1 radical system; what, chance will be spent by the president in the ho-1 pie's wishes. . there be tor an army , of : lawyers, tel with Senator. Bourne, and no one j . A- corporation franchise tax law 1 who through these series of disagree- in Portland knows what they will be doing. In the evening, the presi dent dines with Senator, Bourne, and later delivers a public, address at the Armory. Sleeps all .nlht Rt the hotel as the guest of Senator Bourne, the committee being in' en tire ipnoraace of what may be gclng oa. Sunday morning at breakfast is the guest of .Senator Bourne, stays with 1'onrtie all forenoon and is the fix ft of Bourne at luncheon. In the il a, lays cornerstone; el Ud1- iSJe'RLALII V Corvallls Is going ahead with paving. 1 Oats near Clatskania will vield from bv 10 auv ousneis an acre. a , i A Swan lake. Klamath county, man estimates his oats at 75 bushels aa acre. - , ' ; ' a e y ' .. . - , Bumper crops around Lorana, Lane i county. . , v. A 13 acre field of oats near Cottage Urove yielded 16 bushels, an acre.. a e ,,-.) i The Lake Odell re si on. Klamath ooun-i ty. is reported to be a sportsman's par-1 About 10 beonle. : all hailing ' from Red Oak, Iowa, held a reunion in Free- water. . ;- J, a. e A aarty of Salem fishermen brought I Daca irons lajl, a-ameiia stvv tian, mostly trout. , Eugene Wheeler, a 11-year-old boy of T. I . m 1. Llllul m MnAMa.AW K... Aiiuian vicrcm, uuim m miwii.wi ww. i with buckshoC 1 . ' " ... 4... .,' Everv- form of business industry Is feeling an Influx Of new life, says The uaues cnronicie. a Mrs. Aura Raley. , the first white woman - to reside in ' Pendleton, cele brated her 80th birthday. ranhv la a larra ahlDDer of not only fruit, vaaetablea. meats, notatoes. hay". gram, carries, etc, out 01 woou. . : , ; . e e :. ; , Keho IS arotna some, save the Register. Irrigation enterprises all around and Ini Deiween, east, west, norm ana auuia. . e A Farmers' and Buaineaa Men's Tele phone company has been organised in (jurry county, wun a captiaa va tv,vuu. !, e A recent shipment of tl tons of ore from the Buizard mine on. Elk creek baa netted the owners of tha mine lasta - e A salmon' eaua-ht at Bavocaan Park and brought to the Sheridan cannerv was zeet jong ana weignea pounaa e e Two vouna- men who attended the O A. C laat year have bought 40 acres at Garfield. - Clackamas county, for a . 1 . iaav uoneiraj. a ramous uanaaian That Scio and vicinity is on tha eve 1 1... ..... 1 . .1. . of tha axeataat Havalonti.nt f h.r hla. L u ur ii tory is a fact which will soon be patent English smart' set have 1 met with w everyvuui aaya m inwi. :a. w. ., j . 1 failure H at Si - ' ' Silence Is Golden. - f HERE is ho use denying' -that . : many women and men talk toe much." Some do it because they . like to, some through a mis. taken . sense of i necessity and .V I e From a "cherry tree near" Htllsboro 1600 pounds of cherries ware sold, for 118, purchasera picking,' and the family 1 used all they wished. ,The treahas beenl In bearing 25 years. " , A. -., ."I ii""-. a. v . - - -I New buildings being. erected on farms n every direction are evidences of tha POTh.n beca,M they can . not .ndura si. Harrisburg Bulletin ,.. - . l11 . 1 . . . '. . ' '- '" rAUrrnnM.n TSnt,HM' Vawil-aa. vsr mMt is the person who feels a ord: Seven orew binders have bean Bold I call to talk all ot the time. Such con- to the farmers on the Grouse flats this venations ara very seldom enllghten- auninior anu ant-n dm qu u ins ,wur i uig. or eriieruuning. More onen iney tuav u wu.vvaiui n " v are an enaiess series or personal trtvi- 1 !', ' I al It tea to which vmi are forced tn Of the ;Gervals vicinity the Star answer polite monosyllables while vour -a". ur uwa, own thouiht la. busv with anvthins hut neaithrui.v section ana no , violent I .. . " ' . .u.. : " . . . , , . ( 4 , I WW V Li Cfl III V MW. J Blip- -,r-wt-hBf0.B(MVon eosedl llsbenln to with rant atten- 'VT'fV- r. wp.M'rrYtl.- . Wmor Macartln. Lane ha Very ' Tha n.takant . Ttn,a, wisely.. aaid tnat ."women or aetaii has completed a line connecting up T the "omen who Indulge themselves in de territory between that place and Marsh- J tails and. repetitions of 'the little af land wnlch will Drove a great con van. I fairs . of life, have driven mora men ienoe to the people living In both placea to perdition than all the Delllas ever ' 'k created.' Taaulna Bar News: Deep sea fishlna ' ': . --9 raa one 01 ine most DODUiar Daatimea I nn mat nntaMInn In an manv last week and large catches of irnt i..k. - h. n .i,i.. Ti-hi.lv? ,..- i-h a f! that ta done, talking that is of no lm- rce,h.5 ll"! i!h- TSS. 'r?Ji. lL5 portanca and generally In the form of over 40 pounds. Many very Urge psd OT"cn" not.prnnfc There tha car- bea-an to rolL And pitch, and then It rose on high and soared and soared and soared; The girls dropped from the car at onoe; 1 but Percy stayed aboard, . And soon on Mars he found himself; the heat was most intense, . . The auto glided swiftly over chasms, 'B.,Ml 'rei"r,la '"'ji-'.'. ...1 : Tha question tnat most In "sued 1 the Tneeing'caVr " . present Is whether the While frenxled Percy gazed upon thai American people still bate liars as was , iinrtH imh from afar .-- 1ii.i.'m, a. wu..v. .v. v. . taJSS.fS bather to the point ot admiring the boldness of Just then there came a rumoie ana tne line laismer wno carries ms point Dy , ground began to cracit, . 1 chicanery and deceit Ana unueruvakii vuo ,i,u.ri vm m vii.niii groupers were also caught TKe American People Honor Deceit From tna Philadelphia Nortn American. Rep. onenad wide. The car remained on solid ground, but Percy fell Inside. The planet shook, the chasm closed, and Mars kept on her track, . ! But 'twas tha last of Percy, tha auto; , maniao. . , 4. ,. Little WlUie; sobbing, cried. ' That the old house cat had died, Papa said; "Well, goodness me, That is a cat-astrophe." , , j- Letters From tne People We see that they endure the double dealer posing as the statesman. We think It a serious pubilo question which It will require action at the polls' during the next few. years to answer whether the policy ox swap and swindle by the masters or national legislation is not only to be iandured but embraced, ap proved and : indorsed. And now soothed with the sop of free hides and certain counterfeit semblances of. partial reductions . In half a dosen other schedules reductions planned in advance to be granted with seeming re- luctance the honest, easy-going presi dent, deceived to the last has been flat tered into believing that he has gained a glorious victory zor tne people and lttmrm to Tha Journal should ba wrlttaa aa one aide of the paper only aoo aboold be ao nmnmnlmA K .. -ti natTi and adilrMM nt tha writer. The name will not be ,oaed if tba I wrung real concessions from the leaders writer aata tnar k m wiuneia. xoa oaraai WhO have moulded him tO their pur a a, aV. su .1 aw aaj-rwi rf ttai lnjVmlna Iks vIah I 1 ha narta aa hrlef aa noaalble. Tboaa who wlaa I It . would ' require JWOre ' Columns Of their leftora returned when not seed aboold in. I space thanjwacan spare to tell In detail cloae poatase. . . .. I of all the shameless trading, tha cheat- vorrespoDaciiia .1. jduuiioi uiai, mwwrw k- eaedlng SUO worda ta leoirth. Day, at tba dis cretion ol toe editor, be cot dewa to that limit ''; ;- Spare the TreesJ1 Vancouver, Washw Aug. J. To ths Editor of The Journal I have- seen comment In ' the press regarding the continued destruction of. the grand oak trees in the state fair grounds, and as a frequent camper en tne state rair grounds I wish to add my condemnation of the cutting of the trees In order to satisfy the fool whim of members of the society. ing "Jokers, the utter disregard ' of party honor .and seemingly of personal' fair dealing and self-respect Tha scandal of Cannon's relations with the worsted men and with Lit tauer, the New York glove' maker and lobbyist hss been exposed. v The swindle of the "Dutch standard" for tha sugar trust's benefit; tha cheat can be, no objection in the world to talking about people If It '.Is 'the right sort of . talk but the peculiar part of it is that it la so often of a derogatory nature). If you do not believe this, take any company of peopto who gather for a social afternoon or evening, listen to the conversation and see what a lare-e ahara nf tha talk la AnvntttA ta ot "punched and unpunched" structural criticisms. , ' , , steel for the steel trust; the final breach Probably none of us realise the num- of faith in ; the shoe "Joker " all ara ber of unnecessary comments which" recalled . , we make on the lives and affairs of ,-,iWS ..- ,,.. al Jmm. mm. mm But such trades and lite treach.rv ""r.-i'.uJl -."aVLl" "V " have been, known In the past. What ful to them or us. How mucji better never has been seen before was the ac- it would' have .been to have left thorn knowledged leader of a. great party ae- unsaid even -it dead silence had reigned cused day after day of wilful falslfica- f"r tlle pace of a whole . afternoon,, tion and being unable or unwilling to re- Ther would ,(le le" ""r pel the accusations. v .i".., r"Jry-t1.kin.Sn. . !" .,t.h H There was the denial bv Aldrich that h,.";.' k "1"-"'" the German government's report on I youth. It waa ?Wlth the help of God, wages was on hand. , And then the ez- I promise to say nothing against any posure followed that it had been aent tn I human being so long aa I live." his committee, but returned to tha atatai It la not always necessary to talk conversa- department whence tt raarmaar ni. ?B trrand, learned or Important-topics on tha nt v. t ....... 1 ir ugni ana even invoious conversa- ?? ; aar: 01 tn nM Passage of the tlona are of genuine "benefit at times. ''.,-' v 1 niir ir iss naaaasisisi rv vra laast rn m nnora tiAn mm- . I mrmmm mm, v(v fiwvww, m W a) vse a - liJWUVl 4J Va V II There.. was the onen and nndan a1 AmA In ta.lV . . ' . ; . . j laratlon of John Norrls of New Tork, Continual talking Invariably leads to representing newspaper ' publishers 'Snl tn P'tfail of goealp and criticism and their effort to get lower duties on duId thing to be avoided. "It-. -Is not i a . . . I nsjnsisisisarv in rn 1 ir a rsnsavtw - fn t d talk all of ttieitlme, for and the person T- the dairies can be regulated. We also 'wlBh to. congratulate you for. the splendid editorial In voor paper They ought to be ashamed I a few days ago. on the Question of the or xneir worn ana mere ceriainiy is no rights or Hill ' on the Deschutes road, law tat will permit the destruction of The article waa commendatory -of J. J, trees. I saw where a fine oak bad been Hill, and was weir deserved. We be- cut away in order to display tha new li.va that It had Its effect noon the entrance. The man who ordered it done courts In their decision In tha case un muet be inaane. I found that nearly 80 0er controversy and which- waa cer camplng placea, tha very best on the tainly a 'very wise administration . of camp grounaat-nau vraa uraerea vacaiea 1 Justice... Z H. ti TBUMroUN, lulB year auiu 1.110 ciuhhoi a iiuv uut inm tha sun. . -7 1 naa mtenaeo camping this r protection;-Strikes; "Cossacka. "hwX Tr 'a:"! From the Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat ti inatead. I find that thera la nniv I And all this time the tariff ta corn- half enough shed room for those wholpletely operative. , Protection Is In full take their teams ana ir a person is late, I flower. .". Are . these . its iruitsi xnou- or rather the late ones must send their teams to a livery stable, there being no room. Everything seems to be for show and not for comfort PERRY C BENNETT. . was proposed to tho Oregon legisla ture., 1. T. Harris, now Judge, then speaker ' of "the house, Introduced the bill and made a 'strong fight on the floor for Its adoption. But, Just and fair as the measure - was. It was, rejected,' ' rj ," '. - :- v . . ; A bill to prevent corrupt practices at elections was proposed in the leg islature, It, was a measure to put ward heelers and election strikers to the rear and to give the elector the privilege of casting his-vote without lng courts can join in the chorus of our national prosperity at the ex: pense of - pugnacious and well-to-do clients? ' With no legislatures to make liundred9T)f new laws at every session, 'and no complicated and. con flicting series of courts to construe new laws, how. can the new federa tion claim to ,6e ' recognired ' in this country as a tlvllized nation? ' ; In South Africa a single central parliament l3 proposed, which will legislate for all the BtatesjcoatrolUng Duty of Food Commissioner Bailey. Portland, Or., Aug. 18. To the Editor of The Journal-We have been reading your interviews with Mr. . Bailey, the food commissioner, and It appears to us that you have considerably the best of the argument : Mr. Bailey la a atste official, and U certainly appears to us that as he Issues licenses to dairies, that' It must xiome within his province to see that they furnish to their cus tomers wholesome milk, free from dis-- ease or infections of any kind. This Is a matter of extreme importance te the residents of Portland, and there should be found some method, by which sandS of men striking against low wages end harsh conditions. Women and children -In deadly fear of home lessness at the approach of winter. Hus bands 'and fathers living like bunted animals as they struggle to . dissuade other workingmen from coming In to take bread out of the mouths ef help less dependents. protection T W see it here as we saw it at Homestead, as we have seen It so many .times be fore. Protection T Here are seen its workings outside the dream' books and the fairy tales of the organs and the orators. Protection?, It protects the monopolist. ' It -insures to htm .a cor nered market It puts him In position to extort all the traffic will bear (from the consumer. But does It compel him to divide his swag with tha men who do the hard work and take the terrible risks of .mill and foundry and furnace? and paper, that In one statement T to th. 1L l J ...... . L . . . "... . mnnca la iruiv Koiaen F"" error, or tact- or which he quite as accomplished as the one who Tfam uuuiiu w cu(iunncg, : , .. i i Knows SOW to. talk. : aunrv uin llllKlUK denunciation I as ., a mm c w a UDiiUDiBLD a i OL.E mj a. ai ssji si rn I mnrsstsifi a s . . . . a tatlon by Aldrlcb of tha cotton aoham OIrI farmer. " I And not one word of valid defense was P IXTEEN-TEAR-OLD Edna ,1 Bit- he able to make to Dolllver and La Fol-I A : ting Is tha youngest farmer m letta .. , ,-v. . ... br ;-the United States and is conald. Ana mere was ua Drur.h nf I irM nn. ofi tka.mmf .,rt .r,..,,. iwu) ana promise-Dreaung to his soutn-lor agriculture in New Jersey. Today era Democratic friends when he tossed the ln complete charge of Hillside asldeitha promise for free cotton baa,MLrm at Harbourton, N. J.,' a property TMm tn Ku i- Wa. a .vA .. She directs 'all the work on the farm ...'h. .m.. n.-. .7 ,Dfl attends to aU business matters, fronts the country. How will the conn- New Yorkers and Phlladelpnlans who ry answer, iw ,;,;',' ., ,.. ..- . . . 1 summer in the Vicinity have, become rreatlv Interested in the srirl and bun vwo.u wnai. na muu ii the state cm her the girl wonder and they do not like hla , terms thav ran I admit that Hillside is ona of the moat quit They can strlka; And then what? pp"-ous iarms in, xmw jersey, The Cossacks. They are always at oo A lJear 'AntL em mand.: Tha Cossacks stand guard whin the monopolist sends out over the coun try ror otner . unfortunate tollers-' to fill the vacant' places. , Desperate men (Contributed fcr The' Journal br Walt Maaou, do not Stop to consider the fine points tb 'oul. Kaaaaa poet. , Hli nroM-poema ara et Uf. They feel 4n soma waf that inrSlxi T t tnU uW,nft - tney are oeing cheated. They remember ' tha magnificent talk of the tariff ora- My eountC, beauteo'usJ land! I'll sing, tors. They recall the testimony before If you will Hand, a song to thee! My congress of. tha manufacturer, bow he harp is rather coarse, my voice is neeas protection in order to pay high I somewhat hoarse, yet will X try to force wages and to give steady employment j some melody, -yalr land, that saw my iiiera are anxious wives sna .hungry ! birth, gem or the whole blamed earth, cnnaren in me uttia ' sorald homes. I nark to my i screeds! ; Tell me, O tell WlllJw !",not ar awy " Prices are me why prices have soared so hlgh"that "" , xnn oi inese tnings is man can scarcely buy things that he msaness. Ana naturally mad acts fol- needs. .Thlnjts that a man must eat- low. Some heads are broken. Borne lemons and prunes and4tneat cost like riotous scenes are enacted. And then I Bam Hill; ctrpets and rusa and mats. the Cossacks then martial law then ! neckties and shoes and hnta hirin tn hide his als. empty his till. All through the (week I work, like an tin Uundered Tark, for . a few bucks.- no Odds how ha-d I try, of wealth Tm al ways shy, aid when I travel I ride on the trucks. They say that half a plunk bought mon and better Junk, in the old days, than rill two bones or more, in the big mukrn ' store, since prices learned to soar, five hundred wavs, My .country hear my word! You are a hummingblil, also a peach! Splendid Jn peace ar! war, thou most. effulgent star tell ns why prices -are clear out of reach! - . " i CopyrlghtJ 1009. by A Jfy Mattuw Adama.) MQXv U W 7 the peace that reigned In Warsaw. Meanwhile the tariff and the Cossack work together for the monopolist ' The on shuts out the competitor; the other puts down the rebellious workman who demands a fulfillment of tha bargain. It la a fine- scheme and ' It works , to perfection- in the Interest of monopoly. But it is pretty hard on the man who voted W set It going, v . t Unsatisfied. 5 From Ufa, ' Doctor Have you any last wish? Patient Tes. I wish I had soma other doctor., . f.. . .-. , ., - ... George i