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rvhHabeal rf evening (as-apt
eery Sander aa)af at Taa J.mI IibIhI.
tt, riftk aa Yamalll iIm. roc liana. Or,
Bafr4 St lb tamm at rartiand. (sr.. fur
treneadaalae tsraufa Ua Mlh M aoua4.Uas
Sua I las.
3.i.ltfHO-Maln TITS; Hour. Arl.
All onartBM:a tMrtixl 7 lhM aahera.
tell Mm imU sraat aepartnent Tu sfael.
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enlaaila A geatrMt fii.. Mrunewlri Bulldln.
KS Mftk ?, Maw Sura; luul-oa Kof.-e
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Kllnijtso of wMln knowledge he
la fr-lrl with aspiration for gov-
rnnifnt oiher than that conducted
I iy a distant and ruling nation. The
raonlhal would (urn in another aub-
i.lrtteiii-e ' than human finish had h
the advantages of the Anu-rlraii
pupil. Id Ira effort to uplift th
nubjxt Hiplo lu the Philippines, the
flrnt And f undarneiital policy adopted
!)' our government after th ostab
llithmcnt of order was a far reaching
8rh(xl syMem. The on and only
hop of complete and final deliver
ance of the world from barbarism In
locked up In tho Question of whether
or not th public school ran become
universal, reaching everywhere, pen
ftratlng to the remotest corners.
Such Is the Agency and such the
dentlny of the, common school. It
la nn activity that appeals power
fully to tho consideration of men
To conserve, strengthen and vitalize
It is a common duty. No endow
ment Is too great, no sacrifice too
complete and no effort Is too prec
ious, when the survival or promo
tion of the common school Is con
cerned. The man who s enemy of
the school cannot be the friend of
tho republic. Because of these par
amount considerations and to do
what It caa to aid the public schools
of Tortland, this newspaper, every
Sunday during the school year, pub-
IJE OREGONIAN confesses that hlshes a school page. A year s ex
it baa a grievance against tho perlence has demonstrated that it
Oregon supreme court. Speak-1 creates a nem interest for the pupils
ing of the case It lost In that! enlists theif "greater sympathy in
TIM Journal la ta ftla la loiV England,
t tba af floe f Taa Journal' Knfltah renre
eeafalfrea. g, J. Hard A Co . Sn rwt
street, waera aaharrlitlna and atftartlataiaete
IU b rscaind.
Sahacrlpfkia -Vraie br mail or In ar addraaa
ka tha (Jolud States. Canada or alesleei
DAILY.
On ysr S3 00 I Oaa snonta.
BUNDAT.
Om raw 1180 I On month.
DAILY AND SUNDAY,
a raar ...T.S0 I On swath.
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Oh. It Is excellent
To have a giant's strength; but
' It Is tyrannous
To us it as a glint.
Shakespeare
AXD THERE YOU ARE
lion for this purpose. They com-1 the grand jury, a sample of which
Mne to get high protective duties for I was that whereas one of them waa
eastern manufacturers and monopo-j named William II. Somebody he sp
illing corporations, through whlchjpeared In the record as only W. H.
the wet Is heavily taxod for their J Somebody. Why will a court allow
benefit, but w hen the west asks for I lawyers to consume hours In talk-
reciprocity In the matter of roclama-1 Ing such nonsonse? It is enough to
tlon of arid lands, many eastern I make a statue of Justice scream.
members of congress assume an at
titude of hostility. Apparently the house of lords has
It was also said that Speaker Can- decided not to oppose Lloyd-George's
nnn would lead the opposition to development bill, which includes.
this movement, which was no news. I new system of land taxes. The
for he Invariably stands with and lords are rather a scary bunch. They
works for the highly protected and don t want to be abolished.
privileged
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CIIANGB
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
No, all man are not fraa and equal:! Oakland has a new Adventlat ehureh.
many are married, i a a
I Creamery at Csnby la doing a Urge,
jtourne at least aenenna on ins DeoDie I rin Duklneaa.
miner limn on ring- pomiriane.
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The REALM
FE.MININL
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4(TANGLEFO0Tf)
BY M1LBS OVmnOLT
SCIK)OI. KOK WAITERS.
FrUhana says Tammany Will steal
anything from a peanut to a rsllroa.
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Man from a "drv" town' aava that nnl
innraj ina riean is Wl line, but the
spirit is weak.
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Hoy at five nlea and aot thorouahlv
in-aeo Dy'nia irata maniiua. Thla urob.
I "i j aavtMi nia me.
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It might ba a rood thlnar In the end
If the bad ron1n were a good dral
worse, quite Impanoabla.
l'ads and Fashions.'
EW YOWC Out. II Some fashion
say that not wlthatand-
remoto poaalblllty that a
ting baaoua ahaned coat
Will ha favored by aoma darlnar
aus ant
NEW YOUIC. O,
authorltiaa ai
Ing the remc
llght-flttlng
court It says: "It was a case of their work, while at the same time
email Importance, not even worth attracting a larger attention from
public mention. But since it is the parents in tho efforts of their
harped on by one and another, the children. To produce this page is
Oregonian will say that the parties an arduous work, entailing addi-
Jn the case were not dealt with on tlonal duties on many of the teach-
equal basis; since the, court holding era and involving added duties and
against the Oregonian. laid down the cost to the work of the newspaper,
queer doctrine that though the con- but the Importance of tho schools
tract wasnt binding on one side, it and their relation to the future of
; was enforceable on the other. But the country Justifies all
miscarriages of Justice are very com
mon, and the Oregonian is well
; aware thai it must accept its share
: of them."
Exactly so. That behind these at
tacks on the court there was some
sort of personal grievance was wido
. ly suspected the moment the fusilade
,began. It Is the Oregonian's way.
For, 40 years men who chanced to
cross the personal path of Its pub
WHEREIN WE FAIL
Tfvy XHQOLtW W
Portland should be atreet-linnroved
and beautified more nant year than in
my iwo previous years.
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A Doite-laa county woman has been
rreated for selling real beer, but It
combinations, wherever
found. Though a middle west man
himself, he is a perslHtent, implac
able and malevolent enemy of the
west In every matter and movement
by which it seeks for dvelopment
of Its resources and a square deal
Senators from the western states
will bo entirely Justified in com
blnlng and standing solidly together,
and If necessary playing politics, on
nis question. The interest sen
ators do this constantly, and there
by win. Aldrlch picks out enough
senators who have special interests
to serve, fixes his bill to suit them
all. and It goes through. Rut the
senators from the states west of the
Mississippi river, with a few farther
east who will stand with them, are
enough to demand -and enforce rec
ognltlon, and terms, on this matter,
nd they ought to do it
Mr. N'ewlandB points out that the
arid and semi-arid states have near
ly one third of the senators and
can Bnape action 10 me ena aesirea. dined at all grades of restaurants should
They are experts on irrigation and prepare the text books. Here are a few
can shape legislation on water so fules that are offerd. They are per-
thAt tha Hrora and treBrr. v,- naps weak, but they might help some
. a w wavaaau v.aa.b a., . . . . . . I PI v
made to serve all the several ends , . J T. a. !VD" enou1 10 ?.lct. one -John whereas. it admitted
desired. He States that the region lid; otherwise It will not be lona- until known, here and yon. Wherefore tho
controlled by the rivers which flow all the stove litis are devoured. I Indictment la clearly no good, as your
Into the Gulf and Pacific ocean com-
at a guest: It might glance and break dered, he must go free.
a noie in me casn register.
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Central Point nursery sold 11.000
pear ireca in one order.
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Canhy dryer will hava about 110.000 I '"reach makers, and the nrohahllltv that
pnunua vi aneq prunes. i" ciuaa-ritting three-quarter lengta
model will meet with deserved sueceaa
Peonle of Rlanfteld all lined UD and I ", part of the rallahla taiinrmaH .
had their pholograiiha taken. mAy safely bank on the oot.ilnn.nra n
1 1 1.. . - ---
I " r "paraie coat. Indeed, many
a variaty or noiaio raiaea near urim "ai monaia aireawl v shown ana-.
la call d the "Mortgage Lifter." I geat a consideration of last vear a nn.t
' a a I comfortable outdone p,n. w v.
aava V V V M SaV V
again the double-breaatait Hmioi
erans will be organised in Cooa county. I showing a fair degree of room tnsldo,
ouiwuinnnuinr prociajtiat ion that all
uixrviev examiner: An maun iuan ara 10 m iiitai wa hm. , h..
broiiffhrinahlghmdof fine, large almon long, straight dart from shoulder - to
trout from Hpregue river. Tl.ey ware ero ,0 .haw, coUr, d th'"l
snappped up In a hurry. It la aald that low rn.nn.. Zt? r7f
the IndUna are able to catch them there "" on ample coats with the
only a few days In the fall. I,' fovea seen lost year.
In antiotpatlon of the onenlnr of the
rka. ..a k... t t I operatlo season many arornoua unu
side le lined with orchards loaded with nd cloaks have arrived from Paris and
inav take exnerti to decide .lUthir if " klBd" ot frult- l yellow the American dressmakers are also
E ?ha? or nearbelr. deC'd th"r Ktemp,t 1f V h',1 Jl !!owln munntB of that
?"c?"l., fi'1?". t.hv'."t5r,ti!.a! acter built after Paris models. The
country. Ootc not know what he la talk- V1VL I0' ,VJ7,t tU"' " J0" ha
ing about, says the Kxaminer. .veninV ur inuprn
a a 1 " " wiiivu aoaua ouriouaiy
Leaving hla bride to be Immediately .Ior winter wear. These
Kin Alfonso is said to he delected.
He has reason to be. He Isn't fit for
tne king business, and It, as practised
in Hpain. isn't rit ror any decent man.
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Explorer Ranmtissen renorts that the
f.nKimni wno were with t'ooa ru lv con
firms his story about solns to the Pole
or tnereanouts. i nns j'eary s proof will
completely oreas aown.
upon their arrival In Jlaker City, says
wraps, of oourae, are usually pro-
Regard lnR that Chicago school for d '! L-,1!1
alters. It Is essential that one who has her"fore go h
T
(HERE IS one phase of Ameri
can life that is amazing. We
boast that we are a wonderful
people, and we are. We extol
our exploits In the practical endea
vors of life, and in most respects
we have a right to. But there Is
Ushers have been made the target one feature in which, with all our
of attack. Some of these men were boasting we are an Incompetent and
xiouuaea tnrougn lire and pursued shiftless people. In this one field
beyond the grave. They were re-
we have failed utterly, and yet it Is
columts fort fair statement oftbeir a field ln which a well ordered race
ialderdri- a. controversy, and there wou,d lon a have perfected its
'was tb&. ckher Newspaper ' through processes and applied its highest
r which; they could be heard. Abuse, order of development.
epithet ajaa opprobrium were heaped It Is tn country road building ttiat
upon tfientf arid the means of reply the people d the .Unlted States are
denied. - The tyranny thus exercised a melancholy failure. The civilized
over men-ln. public or private walks world moves on a country road. Al-
.: ias been the subject of remark and most all that it eats has to be hauled
comment throughout the state for 30 over a country road. Over such
.j-eaTB. It has been so marked that road, the farmer hauls food to the
through all these years the policy-of urban resident, atid over such a road
the paper has : been known as not groceries and other supplies are
, one of upbuild for the' Btate of Ore- hauled from town to the farmer.
gon, but of . personal. service, to the The very beginning and the main
-Publishers,: ot sthe Oregonian; , The foundation of transportation, is the
personal attacss maae upon private country highway. It is along such a
.'citizens who purchased stock when highway that traffic is gathered that
'.The Journal was started and who supports the ships and steam rail-
were pursued ana maugnea ior mat roads. It would be difficult if not
. reason only, Is recent history. Its impossible to supply the ships and
continued attacks on Oregon'B pres- railroads with adequate traffic with-
-ent senators instead of trying to out tbe country roads, which, ln the
strengthen their hands In serving Iast ariaiyslB( are a primal agency iu
Oregon, is further, example of the the affalr8 an( operations of man
purely personal equation In fixing jin(j
the Oregonian's policy, and all un- We are a falIure m C0Untry road
derstand what Is back of it. . In- buiidlng because, though this is the
.stances could be multiplied to an 20th century( and clviUzation is at
indefinite length, the, last being the the pfnnacle of achievement, it still
ase of the eupreme court, which the COBts ug 30 cents ton mle to haul
' en a r-i coirs am A a "Mteatme' A n . ...
rr' .tvJO r . . HT "" traffic over the rural highways
.cision. m wnicn mere was "a mis- What th,8 cost mean8 to pr0(fucer
, wrrisgo justice. and consumer, reducing the profits
That it Is a purely personal mat- of one and increasing the living cost
ter is proven Dy an tnat nas gone nf thfi other is seen In the fact that
before. But It is more completely all their expensive rights of
proven Dy me aiuiuae or tne ure- way, tracks, terminals, equipment
goman towara tne attorney generars and wIth ail their over capitaliza
, office. Though that office is no- tlon the rallroads are carying traf-
wuere menuuueu in me uregon con- fJc at a COBt of three-fourths of one
fitltutton. and Its constitutionality cent per ton miie. .That is to say,
manifestly on the doubtful list, the the country road haul costs an
paper says "it is not concerned" average of 4Q times as much as a
; about the attorney generalship. Yet ra hau,f a Bhow,ng that makes . of
; It ltLbitterly assailing the supreme ug an ab8urd people We could
court, avowing its defense of the KlltM vortor Pnoa tf WA Wr,id ht
- UU1IU avwua- a. -
prises two thirds of the country and
that irrigation is one of the great
est uses of water in this region. He
says the reclamation fund is not
large enough to do the work with
the speed desired. . All of which Is
true. These senators can get what
they want In this particular If they
will make this their one chief de
mand, and yield to nothing until It
is complied with.
Only 15,000,000 a year for ten
years is what Senator Newlands sug
gests. This in addition to the pub
lic lands fund would carry on rec
lamation work aa it ought to be car
ried on. The country paid out last
year over $161,000,000 in pensions
The appropriation next year for the
Panama canal will be J48, 000,000,
and its total cost will perhaps be
$300,000,000. The government is
spending some $275,000,000 a year
on the army and navy. Considering
these vast expenditures, a little bag
atelle of $5,000,000 a year for re
claiming millions of acres of arid
or semi-arid land, and making new
homes for hundreds of thousands of
people, ought to find no opposition
in congress. But it will, and it is
up to the congressmen from the west
to overcome that opposition. This
cannot be done, however, by knuck
ling to Cannon and fawning on Al
drlch.
The indictment la bad. nlease vnur
honor, because," says the lawyer for the
as numerous grave de-
and the prisoner should
go hence. There s an n ud-
siae aown ana a 1 1 crossed, and a
comma not needed. I rind, and a snllt
infinitive should be a frost to a scholar
ly. Judicial mind. Besides, and If dob-
slble worse, the state attempts to ln-
tha Democrat. Harry Hiunde. formerly I vlded with warm linings, but the effect
Proprietor of a messenger service in muet suggest fragility and gauilnesa of
un v 7 avu "( uia 1 iikiii mt wrap is a reuure.
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the a-lrl whn truatavl him had mart. most notable feature of Intaraat
gaaed her home, and with whlon they I at a recent exhibition of Paris avenlna-
rl'tiru iu jroi marrira ana u a waa- i waiurati wu a OloaJC or coarse gray net
ding trip, fie tried to escape, but was embroidered, or rather darned with all.
prS;l5n,th, n0t t0 Wl,1y.r thread inl'K ftlft
, -vea Ma KJ UO III. A II aillVflT.
r1an .A ... .. I
A Renton'eountr man wrltlna- from "7""""" w unB anver liasne '
Sargent. Neb.. October 11. Bays: "Wi "rouna tne edge of tbe cloak
had a bllxxard here yesterday, a regular wen . border of gray chinchilla fur.
snowstorm, and the wind blew 60 miles I Inside waa a- llnlne- of roae nlnlc aatln.
an nour. it waa down around scro last veiled with gray chiffon. The effect of
iiiKiiu vv iiuii i kui ud inia -muruinjc i nil wran waa .rkni.n j n 1 1 -.. . -
before 1 could see out. It made me wish
I was back In Oreiron. I counted 40
men in town with fur coat on; they
looaea use a arove or puriaio.-
constitutlon and basing its attacks,
It says, on purely constitutional
grounds. Why the distinction? The
explanation is in that lisping little
confession, to-wit: "The parties in
the case were not dealt with on equal
basis; since tbe court holding against
the Oregonian laid down the queer
doctrine that though the contract
wasn t' binding on one side it was
enforceable . on the other." And
there you are.
TITE PORT LA XT) PUBLIC? SCHOOLS
T
IHE PUBLIC schools of Portland
are a great big activity. They
cost the taxpayers a huge sum
of money. They are the nurs
ery and training grounds of the fu-jof arid lands, confer together arid
we do not. "We fly In the air, send
messages through the ether, converse
with each other over a distance of
hundreds of miles, but still we drag
weary burdens over impossible roads
The subject Is illuminated in an ar
ticle by Samuel Hill,' son-in-law of
James J. Hill, from the current Issue
of Collier's, to be found elsewhere
on this page.
Speaker Cannon has also read out
of the Republican party "the seven
senators and 20 members of the
house who voted againBt the tariff
bill." He says If they are Repub
licans and he alluded in particular
to Senator Cummins he (Cannon)
is not. He is right; both he, and
Cummins, or Brlstow, or La Fol
lette, or JJolllver, or any ot the
other "Insurgents," cannot be Re
publicans, except ln name. At pres
ent the insurgents are not Repub
licans. Not only Cannon, but Taft,
says so. But the Republican voters
of Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Wiscon
sin, Nebraska, perhaps even of Il
linois, Indiana and other states, are
nevertheless more likely to follow
these "insurgents" than to follow
Cannon and Aldrich. This band of
27 recalcitrants is likely to grow
into a majority within three years.
Then they can turn the tables and
read Cannon and his sort of Repub
licans out of the party. It will be
a glorious day for the country when
this can be done.
Try to avoid spilling the coffee Into
the guest's left hand pocket. Coffee
should always be upllled on the right
side.
Appear as haughty as possible. The
guest Is probably your social Inferior,
and he expects to bo snubbed.
If a guest asks for a second piece of
butter, tell him "this ain't no wholesale
Joint."
As soon as you get an order for a
steak, well done, holler to the cook to
"hammer out a cow for a horsethief."
so that It can be heard over in the next
county, plenty of noise is a good thing
in the absence of an orchestra.
A tip Is a good thing, but you can get
It more gracefully, and the guest will
appreciate It a lot more If you wait till
midnight, ana then take It away from
him with a club.
Do not take a guest's gloves from his
overcoat pocket on an empty stomach;
you might take cold, or something.
Try as much as possible to keep your
thumb out of the soup. Thumbs have
been ruined for life with a oiate of le-
oian, uncouth ana uneducated bean soup.
uo not get angry at the guest and
stab him with a piece of pie if he uses
a magnifying glass to find the butter.
He may be a humorist.
Good Roads and the NortLwcst
Please note that while the rain doth fall,
And winter's chilly blasts do pall,
Ypu'll read this column till you're blind.
And not a verse on rain you'll flndt
THAT $1 CHECK SCARE.
Suppose for Instance that-'the momlnir
paper had stated a fact (which It didn't)
when it announced that it is unlawful
to write a check for less than )1 ,
Letter3 From the People
Letters to The Journal should Km written nn
one aide ot tbe Da per onlr mid ahraiM ha a.
compacted by tbe same and addreaa of tba
writer. The name will not be lined If the
writer asks tbitt it be withheld. Th
la not to be understood ua li.dorslng the rlewa
ur Biuiemencv ok corresponucati. I altera anould
be made as brief aa poaaible. Thoee who wlah
uieir jeicers returnea ween Dot used iboald la
clone postage.
, Correspondents are notified that letters et
eeedtng 300 words n Iena-th. may, at the dis
cretion of tbe editor, be cut down to that UmlL
WESTERN SENATORS AND RECLAMATION
s
ENATOR NEWLANDS of Nevada
makes the good and practical
suggestion that western sena
tors, all those from states es
pecially Interested in the reclamation
ure miaas ni me cur. mey are
the agency by which these minds,
through cultivation, are prepared for
tb duties) and - responsibilities of
citizenship. ,
If there were no schools there
mature a plan for standing together
and demanding of congress an appro
priation of $5,000,000 a year for ten
years for the reclamation of arid
lands. A proper time for such a
conference and the formation of
would be little cWilltatlon. There such a resolve will be when the deep
waterways convention meets on Oc
tober 30 at w Orleans, on which
occasion, the president will be p res
t-ret. He has already expressed him
elf as favorable to a bond Issue of
1 10,000,000 for this purpose, nd
erai well disposed to tbe great
work of reciatnaflon, so well be
gun, bat which Is languishing for
lark of funds.
It was reported recently that most
of the crrremen from eastern
states wostd cjpoie any rproprta-
In Salem some months ago a man
named Smith committed a robbery.
and also attempted blackmail, and
he was recently tried for the former
offense and convicted. He was In
dicted in July after the new law
went into effect, but he was indicted
under the old law that had been re
pealed. The attorneys now assert
that Smith cannot be sentenced un
der the old law, for it is repealed,
and the new law-will not "apply be
cause It went Into effect after the
crime was committed and in legal
phraseology is ex post facto. There
fore, according to their logic. Smith
should go free. The country is In
need of Judges who will "quash"
such arguments as this in their in
clplency. The taxpayers should not
be burdened with the cost of the
time they consume.
"A Carefully Concocted Scheme."
Fortland, Oct. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal As one who has "kept
tab" on the affairs of the Oregon Trust
& Savings company's affairs and who
refused to be "bulldozed" by their Daid
runners, I am Interested somewhat in
tne present activity on the sudden
awakening of the receiver and his as
sociates ln discovering certain crooked
work. It seems strange that the last
experts were the only ones to discover
this fraud. Were there not experts em
ployed galore ln the fall of I07 and
the spring of 1908 and did they find any
wrong; jney did not; those reports
made by them- were of the specially
prepared orana.
In February, 1908, . ln the circuit
courtroom within and for Multnomah
county, a covenant with the reorgani
zation committee and tne receiver on
the one hand, the court and the de
positors on the other hand, was sol
emnly entered Into that the affairs of
the defunct bank were to be liquidated
and tho depositors get their money on
or before two" years and no later. Now
that the da? of settlement is ranldlv
coming on a carefully concocted scheme
Is sought to be worked by having the
receiver file suit against the former di
rectors on the plea that there are. many
oouotiui assets to be garnered in be
fore the final dividend can be paid.
l-iare an equity suits of this character.
they will be long drawn out affairs and
the depositors will be told (and Dlausl-
oiy, too) tnat the affairs of the bank
and the receiver cannot be wound tin
until mese suns are heard and De
termined upon appeal, if need be.
There Is a 'colored gentlemen con
cealed somewhere ln the woodpile' and
It Is hoped that the court and the' pub
lic will not allow themselves to be
caught napping in a proceeding calcu
lated to put off the day of settlement,
and that no act will be permitted to be
dona postponing the date of wlndlag tap
this malodorous affair.
C J. BCHKABEI
U a darkest Africa because the en
lightenment carried by the schools
l.aa not yet penetrated to that mel
ancholy realm. The chief difference
hot ween tbe American and the Eski
mo, who feeds oa tlnbbtr ard lives
"la an Ire but on tbe ontponts rf tke
ky north. H the ptiblte hoci. The
1 : : . ' i are a prostrated asd suNject
tare bc-ana thy Isav never bn
U'iM Irat t:V.nr that the Arner-
i,a !M Irarat Is the rtiVie Wfcool.
: ty ' itt H:s!
Tbe solemn New York Evening
Tort says that If Cook is an honest
man he will demand "that the whole! This Date la ITIstorT.
case. North Pole and Mount MrKln-J ! Edmund Pe-odletoa, father ef
ley both be cleared tp at once and LnVh?r ftZf-
HIT Jamea William mum. rrrtnr-
ftr ot Kenaaa, after whom tbe capital
of Colors 4o was nayned, bora. Died
Aonit I'M
111? -Oaoeola. tbe Seentnele ehief. waa
captor near it AGamettn. Fla.
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(Samuel Hill, a leader in the move
ment for national good roads, contrlh
uated the following able article to Col
lier's weekly. Mr. Hill deals with his
subject In a broad and progressive spirit,
emphasizing the Important part played
by the northwest in the movement for
better highways.)
Science agrees that motion forerun
ner of transportation Is the oldest man
ifestation on earth; yet many, even to
this day, would limit production to the
gathering of manna In the wilderness.
Irrigation to Moses smiting the rock,
and transportation to waterways, and
for their prototype take Noah, "the first
monopolist, who on one occasion not
only refused freight, but declined to
wait for passengers."
The old problem of bringing the man
to the food or the food to the man still
remains. The man must be fed, and.
In a sense, through irrigation we are
employing the creative act ln that we
make land from that which before wj
touched it was a desert.
Others will tell in words of wisdom
the Importance of transforming the des
ert But to me has been given the op
portunity to point out and show the
way over which the crop produced on
the irrigated soil must move to find its
market and feed the hungry mouths
which wait for it.
The United States, more than any
other intelligent nation as a nation, has
utterly failed to grasp the idea of trans
portation. Its Importance is known to
Charles E. Hughes of New York and
Judson Harmon of Ohio more than to
any other two men ln public life with
whom I have -come In contact.
Ppbllc attention has been directed to
internal transportation on Jakes, rivers
and canals. The large land grants and
subsidies made to improve transporta
tion on the rail by steam have served
their purpose and come to an end; but
the most vital transportation o'f all.
the most elemental and primary step,
the United States has never taken.' i
mean that of the Improvement of the
highways.
I would like to picture to you the
Image of transportation as a whole.
Take a map and trace out the water
ways over which tonnage moves; fill in
the steam railways over which a Still
larger volume of tonnage moves; and
then trace ln the little, narrqjv, con
tracted, inefficient, improperly con
structed highways of today over which
all of this tonnage moved before it can
pass to the ship or to the railway. Then '
you will see unaer, wnai u. aencieni
system the American people are strug
gling today. Only sporadically are any
highways worthy of the name to be met
with on our continent. These highways
are the result of chance or of individual
effort. and only recently have commun
ltiea organised themselves and mado the
effort to complete this transportation
system by building permanent roads.
We are proud that tbe state of Wash
ington established the first chair of
highway engineering ln America. Some
of ua think that the building so gen
erously provided by the legislature of
our state, placed on the university
grounds and marked "Oood Roads," the
first- of the kind ever erected In tne
history of the world, will leave a mark
on the common wea-im wnicn win oe
lasting and enduring;, and. if .from thl
school come out trained men competent
to build highways, the Influence will not
be confined to the state of Washington
alone. I speak ef this to emphasize th
faet that the only way the United States
can supply thla defective transportation
system is by improving the highways
of our country, ana that means the edu
cation of the Whole American people to
tbe necessity and Importance of this
work.. As Engineer Campbell of On
taxlo has aald: "The ships would lie
rotting at the wharf, the cars and loco
motives would nist and crumble to duat
If these avenues over which the food.
tbe shelter and. the clothing of the peo
ple most paee were closed.'
I am deeply in sympathy with the
work of tbe Irrigation eongreaa be
cause Its work pertains to the eoiL
the lour layers of fabric reallv offered
substantial protection from the cold.
Another beautiful lace wrap was of
Valenciennes Jace, colored a metallic
gray shade and hung over selfish pink
silk. Tlyre was a shaped turnover col-,
lar on this cape, mado of silver gray
satin, embroidered with pink beads, and
holding the collar together in front was
a clajsp formed of two large ptnfc and
white ciilneos, perfectly matched and
set in sliver rims.
of Gettysburg when the First Minne
sota, a regiment of farmers, broke the
world's record f.r fighting.
I need not point out to you the pro
portion of taxes which the farmer More appropriate for cold winter
pays, and need not emphasize that his nights are the wraps of velvet and bro-
wheat. corn, cattle, hogs, and sheep cade, of which a large variety Is fchown
not only feed and clothe the people of In the fashionable shops. Such wrans
nnr fwn ofinnfrtr hut K I sa arnnrta hava t a. ... .
r . 1" , aecm Deai suited to the matron and
heretofore paid for the silks and the dowager, but even women, of tender
atlns. the Inces and the champagne years affect these heavier cloaks A
and the luxuries without which a cer- majority of these wraps are built on
tain proportion of our American people simple lines, the material falling ln
feel that they cannot live straight, stately lines from neck to feet.
The burden of building the road from In contrast to thl. .l,r,ni .iti.,!-
the farm to the town has been thought of effect are the Arab, or Assyrian
to be rightly placed on the tiller of cloaks, which wrap around the figure
f ow... iu io umiuoiuioui uuiiuo. ana are a raped up over the shoulder
There Is no more reason why the farm- These cloaks came Into voshie because
er should build the road to haul his of the opera "Salome." which portrays
bread and meat to the man in town the time of Herod,, when costumes were
than that the merchant in town should especially extravagant and splendid As-
build the road to haul the hardware Syrian wraps are usually built of very
and the clothing, the sugar and the soft satin or crepe stuffs which drane
tea and the coffee to the farmer. The gracefully. The lighter weight chiffon
man who has the purchasing power will velvets are sometimes used; also bro-
v" - ii raucu veivet, a new material of tin-
goods, and the farmer does not need usual richness: Some of these brocaded
the support of the city as the city I velvets, with tnolr hiiffa .sIiiaJ einM.
needs that of the farmer. on a satin ground of contrasting color,
Time was in this country, in the old suggest the Impressive hangings which
"homespun" days still Within the mem- were considered highly elegant a gene-
ory of some of us, .when the store bill ration ago.
or tne rarm was limited to a lew es-
sentials such as nails and tea and cali- One of the most striking features of
co; when the needle, the distaff, the the exhibits' of the fashionable shops la
loom, and the candle mold had not the large number of really charming
been superseded by bargain days and blouses disDlaved: not ortifnuw atfifv). I
electric lights, and neighbors ex- waists, but Just such dainty blouses as
changed receipts for mincemeat and the fashionable woman has been ln the
soft soap, and class distinctions were habit of ordering from her dressmaker
unknown. as the complement of her tailored suit.
Just 100 years ago three-fourths of Many of these biona am mo.
all the clothing worn in the United French models
States of cotton or of wool was made Some Of the Imported model.
at home. Scarcely more than a dozen eeedlngly elaborate, handsome enough
Cotton factories were operated. The to be worn even with the most stunning
laborers who built Spokane common of velvet, silk or elnth1 enainm.. . !
laborers earned aa much in one month especially designed with viaw ha
as muse wno mia wi lounaauuns oi i worn to restaurant luncheons, matinees
our national capital did ln a year. The eta, where a tailored costume Is the
cheapest land transportation cost 126 most comfortable and DracticaJ at Mm
times as much then as it does today and yet a hint of elaboration is desir-
where the steam horse has supplanted able. Some of these blouses go well
the mule. And yet when the move- with any color and do not have to be
ment for better wagon roads started worn with a costume of a certain color
here ln Washington the cost of wagon The most charming ones are ln metallic"
haulage was no less than ln 1801. So effects, with touches of cream or white
far as I know, the first accurate fig- Sfor relief, and so fine and soft are the
ures as to the cost of wagon haulage metallic nets, laces, etc., that such a
were naa wnen tne wasnington uooa I blouse la by no means the barbartM
Itnadn association cava nut at everv I thlnar It mlirht h rl
. v i H ,uibbmjqu,
railroad station in the state to each
completely." If Cook Is an honest
man, he would be greatly obliged to
the solemn Post for information as
to bow this coald be done.
The attorneys for Byan. p In
Pendleton, werw still busy this week
argnlnt th virtue of trivial tochn-
r slide tn an effort to knock ot
the e-nd Indirtw-at. They bmoefct
forth an sorts of objections against
It Is striving te make more farm a. Tbe
one claaa of people) la all the United
State which neda. more than any
ether, the aoccor and the aid of good
road a Is tbe farmer.
Of tbe M.Ov0.0 of people that com
prise the United States. t(.e.00 are
old men, women and children, and the
Bawjworkera. and the work of our coun
try ta earrted on br OS of people:
bat of thla Bomber St per cent -more
thaoi one-thtrt make their living by
tilling. tbe smli. and heretofore I win
not mi laUraUooaily. but I win aay
practteeny tbe rel"V of lt govern
ment baa toeea le froea . tre farmer
and to threw m him. more than any
ther rlaaa. the fcvrdra ef devernpir.g
eur tsUhwara.
I ata-ed not PTk rf the ftrmer as
he atom! at Or.x.r4 IvrMra, at it. a bat.
Ue ef Btoker Hi.'l, or at the. tigs ud
farmer , who hauled to the railroad
Walton load of farm products a blank
form on which he enumerated the
distance of his haul, the tons or bush
els hauled, time of hauling, number of
horses, the average cost per ton or
bushel per mile, and the freight rate
per ton or bushel to tidewater.
Then he saw that his enemy was not
steam transportation, but an inefficient
tool bujlt and paid for by himself
a bad road which waa grinding him
down. That if the railway charge of
three-quarters of a cent were applied
to his crop. If the railway could be
made to begin on every man's farm and
end in a great city, his troubles were
at an end. But thla could not be. Me
saw that the cost of wagon haulage
waa 125 times as great as the steam
haul, and, seeing the problem, he set
out to solve It To the - farmers of
Washington we owe 'today the incep
tion of a movement "Whichr we believe-,
will not stop until every state and even
the nation Itself will be compelled, to
give the people .their Just rights a
highway owned by the people,xfree to
all the people from the farm to market
and open every day in the year. Vis
ionary schemes for Improving water
courses where the bottom of the river
la too near its top, special taxation for
private Interests, the protection of mo
nopolies . under the guise of' raising
wages, must give way to an economic
study of how to benefit the whole na
tion bv cheapening Its food snpply
through Intelligent production on lands
which now have or which through the
development of Irrigation will have an
abundant supply of water and that
produof carried over Improved, durable
Lroada, turned over' to our rail ways.
which rive us the lowest steam trans
porta tlon cost la the world ,
Winter hats, small and larre. win ha
made, not of satins, silks and the smooth
reus so popular last year, but of vel
vets, beaver, satin beaver and fur.. " Any
ui men materials may De fashioned In
to inarming toques and turbans. The
biik ana rur Deavers may be blocked and
may appear ln large form for dress oc
casion. Mans of the small hats are
maae or two or three kinds of fur. Er
mine affords a beautiful line of white
ior any ncn xur turban. Sealskin' Is
loveiy wun a nrtm of Russian sable.
f requently & tiny head of ermine is
ueea to lorm contrast turalnat tha aom.
ber brim of other furs. Lynx is quite
pupuiar ana win oe used ln combination
with colored velvets.
FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.
TLc Almanacs
(Contributed tn Tym Iarm,.! W-. xr
i awu IVBOaai noea Hla nma.nMnM .
a reamlar featnra of thla .mun i. Yt.. rv.ii.
. worn f , .
Before we caa make roads we must
make tbe men to make the road. High
way building Is a science and an art.
Vast government appropriations If
made will belost. but we can estab
lish and the government la justified. In
ewtabltablng and maintaining In all' ol
the educational Institutions coming
under It control a department Of road
buiHlnar. Y.'et Point and all of tbe
agricultural colleges should be aided
tr law to at once inaugurate work of
this character. The prwrffds of tbe
aaWt of the prHo domain should' be
Ulire ' n"t only for reclaiming aftxl
trrtratirg thee land, bot anraaid t
iH aa well tor s-oulpplrg tha with
primary trarprttiot. '
O Time! How ranldlv it fries' An
StOrleS Of the Rrothara nrlmm an am
uoesn i realise now last time's seootln
tin its gone, I know this year wll
shortly go beyond our narrow mortal!
Ken, for now the druggists start to show
the alnatnaca for nlneteen-ten. I hav
a bushel on my desk, and I have rea
them o'er and o'er their dash of humo
Adameeque, conundrums of the days o
yore. The name old people who endure-
about a thousand fatal ills, at last a
last have all been cured, by taking fr
Bunko a Fills. I read about the anclen
guy who had lumbago in his head: th
doctors gave him Up to die (they doubt
leas wished that he was dead), whet
some ' kind neighbor butted In. an
brought a golden ray of bone, that mad
th gasping sick man grin, by telling o
the doctor s dope. He took one box o
Bunko a Pills (composed of tar and but
ter-scotch), and then he loped across th
bills, and licked Jim Jeffries and Fran
Gotch. I read about the Jay who bough
uoc fliers wins ox uiue and Fitch: f
course the mixture hit the spot, er
cured Mm of the barfer"a Itch. Th
stnrtee of th Brother's Grimm, and- ol
Munchausen's ' rheerfnl crarka. . .at
Aeaop a, yarn- aera rather allra. beM
thoe In the almanara. o B gathf
by th hearth when Winter rage frf
hla den. ard reed'alnud with ruilelrt
mirth tbe aJmanaca tf tilneten-t-n.
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