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THE .OREGON DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVr.NIHO. ArnlL ZO.. 1C10. THE JOURNAL .S tNUrMtXMWT NKWHMHH. l S. lil .v,.)N... ,...rubiiit I.I- ., t.'lma .od V-nkni Streets. 1-urtU.d. tlf. , .r,1 .t Ih. pnstofftce tr wir.il. UiruUliB B MM. r. ' U tTHKNFH Mil 71"! Home. "? It,. nwr.tur whst toprtmeot jros w.m i I ifm i..u, Nw Xoci wox-os .bor l iiU.m. ciiicxu. . In lu culla eistes. uhh . .. ... daily.. v C. y........3.oo t Om sBt)...... On f mt 12.60 I One axmtb. .... DAILY AND 80NDAT. . ) : On rer........T-0 ! On wott.....-..' .89 The human Ideal will be the desire to transform life into something better and grander than Itself. Charles Wagner, "The Simple Life." FIGHT "IP WE Mt'ST ' E OF Portland do not wish to rush needlessly into the very , healthy row with the n n k. N '.' that Mayor Si- mon declared before" the park board yesterday as likely to eventuate from the" negotiations between the city and the corporation with reference to mutual concessions. We prefer a prayerful diplomacy In dealing with the railroad people, but wtjl .never be . committed to a policy of "peace at any price. We can fight If we must, and rather than make Inequit able sacrifices . to the corporations, the. whole people will take- a new hitch la their cartridge belts and go to war in the courts. '.; ' -V This is the mood of the city, and 't m,rTif to hft'odlfrln tn thOBfl ren- resenting the corporation side of the negotiations. The unrequited gift of the Oregon-Adams street vacations brought on its protest, and anything that smacks of similar action in the negotiations now pending will have exactly the same effect . This news paper bespeaks fairness, and Justice for the railroad, but.it demands the same thing for the city and people of Portlands. ;. : :i A '' ?i ':- , The corporation will fare far bet ter in peaceful negotiations than; it will in a fight in tne courts, n w a matter of certainty that the city representatives will not i ask more than " Is fair ' for the - city from the other side. ; That never was done, ana is never iineij uo wuu.; , last place in the world for the rail road representatives to go to la the courts, It is a place for them to avoid, for Jurors are bound by oath to render a verdict according to the law and facts, and cannot- afford to be as generous as city governments and peoples usually are. .: if the .rail road agents are wise," they; will ac cede to terma that are fair and square for both corporation tmd city. They cannot do less, for they will not be permitted ,to do less,- and the sooner they do that much,, the more graceful and more seemly will be the outcome. - ' . " THE' SAN FRANCISCO SPIRIT AT A MEETING of property own ers and business men of San Francisco Thursday evening, more than $4, 000, 000 of stock in the proposed Panama canal ex position in J915 waB subscribed for and the other $ 1.0 0 0,0 0 0 desired Is no doubt, subscribed by this time. Japanese residents subscribed V f or 150.000 and Chinese for as much more. Some corporations and organ ization took blocks ranging from 125,000 to $250,000. No urging was needed; everybody was eager to help. This shows the San Francisco spirit, and partly explains why it Is a great city; why, when largely de stroyed by earthquake and .fire five years ago, ttha work of rehabilita tion was at once begun, and has been splendidly and marvelouBly carried on, so that; the population of the city has again grown to perhaps 500,000. Portland has long had fine examples of civic spirit in San Fran cisco on the south and Seattle on the north and though less enthusias tically active than they, it has shown in recent years a good deal of fine spirit itself. '-" -" ;.-' :- At least three litles are actively contending for national recognition in the matter of a great exposition on the completion of the Panama canal In lllo-ao Francisco,- San Diego and New Orleans. Without tmited and rigorous effQrtonthe part of - western congressmen and other men of Influence, New Orleans ... tM mrtM tftttf mm Aiatdrn MftrrMimpn Will W IU VUL-, "J - " '""O are likely to favor It. San Diego Is nearest lbs Paclfie end of the canal end started Its campaign before .San Francisco did, but it is a small city and can raise only a million or so, and the great Pacific coast metropo lis is by fax the more proper place for the exposition. A THRILLER - a S A fkopusiiiu.n in junspm f deuce, the fallowing declara- s tion from tne oreroniaa w " thrilling: "Without such par- n sapport. the work of a Judge v t.l con: 9 to naught." It Is a reit-c-a-.'-a pf the celebrated view Jy t1 rrr a few days ago when : J-:arl tat to be a successful a i-atgt trust tare "a power- ! r-r :p rf rart!?acs tack of him." ' Y't ir'fM, w axe thus S W'l w ; ' ;"' tt weighs , - - - , f ' a a - r'th'.s pf men, : 1 - tTuI f'f"T - . -, -cr. " ", - 7 t " V. t - r ' . T; S- - , - -' ; - t Judge's back would be, is not mad clear, but that it la vital to a cor rect adjudication of causes is mani fest, else the work of the Jurist will come to naught. Performing a func tion so paramount, we take It that the members of this group, aa token of their official relation, should be clad In vestments of white; and have halos about their heads; No other than garments of spotless white could ' correctly symbolize thev work of this group that can perform "so powerfully In fhe sanctuary of Jus tice. Possibly It is. tne application to our courts of a , great basic prin clple, towit: the great basic prlnci Die of the assembly. On this hypoth esls, it Is the Idea to have a small but "powerful" assembly of partisans to aid the worldly and undependable Judges in the interpretation and ex: nosltlon of the law. ' ; 'c . ' It has been the known wont of gamblers to employ loaded dice, but here Is the first instance on recora In which It is held that Justice should be weighed out with "loaded" scales. "CANADA'S PROPOSED TRUST i i ANADA is taking Itr own way . In dealing with the . trusts, ' which, however, are Infanta in that country as compared" with those In the United States, r Canada has - a semi-compulsory arbitration; law for labor disputes and will prob ably "apply the same ' principle 1 td combinations In restraint of trade. This is the substance of the plan which the Dominion government proposes: . ; When six or more persons , com plain of a trust, or extortion, or un fair competition for monopoly pur poses, a court shall order an inves tigation. The complainants' shall name one member of the board of. inquiry, the defendant another, and the government a third, r The board must make A searching Investigation and report Its findings,' with definite recommendations for the' discontinuance- of objectionable ; and Illegal practices, If any are found to exist If any convicted corporation shall fail to heed such recommendations it" shall be liable to a fine of $1000 a day, as well as to the loss of any benefit It may enjoy from protection. .. The detailed provlBlona are care fully elaborated to cover all cases that It may be desirable to investi gate. The government evidently nas much faith In the virtues - or open inquiry and publicity,; and expects to get. the bill through the Dominion congress.' Canada Is able to give the United States Beveral pointers on good -legislation and administration, and possibly this plan may be worth examining. ' ANNOYING THE PRINCE 'NJ8TINTED sympathy goes out to iTince Miguel craganza on ac 'count - of . the ' annoyance to which he is thoughtlessly sub jected; As the scion of a noble Aus trian house It is unfeeling that mere trifles like - the payment ojt debts should be allowed to claim the ati tentton or vex the mental comfort of a prince of the blood. The gay and festive time that Is the true nd Just deserts of royalty took ; far more money than the prince had and Mb creditors became numerous almost b the army of Xerxes. . Curiously enough, they are a beggarly lot, and, j after the prince's marriage with a j rich American girl were mean and j sordid enough to want, their money. And now what makes the prince's annoyance extremely disagreeable is that his wife's financial representa tives won't, pay the ante-wedding debts ln full, but are offering to set tle at 50 cents on the dollar. ' The1, .princess" representatives aon't tnins they ought to pay anything, Dut leei that her social position and her per sonal comfort would be better safe guarded by quieting the clamor of the -valn and foolish creditors. Even more distasteful to the prince Is the fact that in the hard-headed mar riage settlement with the relatives of his American Wife,' It was arranged that he should not handle the fam ily cash,- a foresight of recognized business sanity, but extremely em barrassing to the noble son of a royal house. "- It makes,; one .Indignant to behold the prince tn annoyed- by ordid persons over small matters of mere money. ' wc-' V INDIGNANT ALASKANS M" "" ANT of the people of Alaska tre Indignant oyer the re 1 mov'al "from office of a dis trict ' attorney and United States ' marshal, and have hanged Governor Clark in effigy. The re movals were made by Governor Clark and the protestants assert that It was at the instigation of the Morgan Guggenheim . Interests and In de fiance of the wishes and demands of the people of the territory. Mass meetings have been held In all the towns in southeastern Alaska, and at these meetings public sentiment was Tigorouslyolced. Interests are conflicting op there and people at a distance cannot at once and definitely determine the equities of the Issues, but so many residents of the region, most of them undoubtedly familiar with all the facts, cannot be far wrong In their Judgments."-- -v - " , The deposed marshal presented what appears to be positive proof of the expenditure of large sums of money by the Guggenhelms to pro cure perjured testimony In a case In wtich thfy were lnterted. He In sists that his o"n and the district ttorney's removal was directly due to the Gtiftenhelms acd that the mono-oIlEts watted the officers re moved beraute the latter were serr l? the Interests cf the peorle of the territory iaitad of the Icterefts cf ' the Guggenholms. If the charge can be substantiated, It. Is high time to make the government of Alaska one that Is of, for and by the people in stead of. for and by, the Guggen helms. ' ' FIRST AID T IS NOT to the credit of Port land that Louis Delk, a laberer, I who was rendered helpless by an inlurr had to lay 88 minutes on a pavement yesterday while waiting for an ambulance to convey him to a hospital. By a kick from a horse hi knee cap was dislocated and the unlucky man deprived of the power of locomotion. ; Passers-by rendered such aid as they could, but Portland has. no emergency hospital and the usual equipment for quick aid to the inlured. ' ' . - We Jiave . all the appliances and every facility for speedy rescue of a barn or outhouse from destruction or damage. We can speed with the ce lerity of a bird to drown the blase In an' udslgblly and deserted tene ment, but we are literally without appliance td save a human life that may hang wavering In the balances. Is It really our, estimate that the dollars or the material edifices we hnvn reared are worth more man lives, or Is it merely a lethargic In difference'' that accounts for this, our own Inhumanity to man? i-'A '.charltf able view ascribes It to Indifference, bnt before the victims become loo numerous, we wilt be wIb it wje pro? ride ourselves with, means for ren dering f lrst--al4 -to -tbe-lnjured .and afflicted; "V ' ;V.-.v; ;('.';" GREAT WORK OF THE RAIL- .: '-ROADS.. f;V ; ' HE RAILROADS have been thd sublect of much deserved cen f sure: ; but T their -: reasonable ; critics should ' be, the ' first to commend them for the splendid de velopment ( vworkt nd a missionary work, aa ' It might be called,' that mnnv of them are. doing, especiany ! .win and Harriman lines, m whirh Orea-on neople are greatly in terested. These and "some other big railroad corporations are -building and Improving ,as never before. They are spending hundreds of millions of ttionev. They are v doing gigantic work in Opening up" new territory and elvina- all their tributary terrl- tnrv- btftter service. And they aro treating their armies of employes more humanely Justly nd liberally. .vThvk?a're", teaching farmers ; to w two blades of grass Instead of one, to raise better ana more print able crops of grain, fruit and, live stock, and to follow better methods of agriculture. - They are helping to establish. town or h settlements in niiices that have hitherto been a wii- nnd -to make desert places blossom more profitably If not more gloriously than witn the rose. . : :;Ther ' are doing. all .this .to their own interest, 'ln-oraer io u;tB" their freight tonnage, as Mr. Hill and other great railroad men frank ly acknowledge.; They make no fatee pretense of posing as phllanthroplstsv an! are for this very reason deserv ing of all the more respect. , They arela.tely able, far-seeing, prac tical business men. who. clearly, per ceive that the railroads' success and prosperity "are Inseparably "inter twined with the success and pros perity of the producers, the consum ers, the people. ,-' Such railroad officers are .to, truth developers of tnlghty potentiality. They are -missionaries of, a.new ;re glme. They ar working np toward broader ground "and clearer light and are teaching the people the gos pel of agricultural Buccess and salva tion. . , The enlightened, progressive rail roads have " made neighbors and friends of distant and Jealous peo ple; i have brought villages Into touch with the cities, and farmers into close relationship with manufac turers. They have planted Such se?ds of progress, especially In the west, as no other agency could have done. They are doing much to bring about a rural industrial revolution. ; v , PROPOSED NEW COUNTIES vrvrfiTTR. new" county' Is pro posed, jone to be created out of the eastern portion or vm tllla. with Milton or Freewa- ter for the county seat This makes five proposed new counties so far. not counting possible movements of the same kind to eastern Clackamas at and around Estacada and In north ern Marion, in Woodburn and rl clnlty.Tbe movement In. Umatilla county 4s a renewal, after nearly 20 years' peace of a fight that was car ried through several sessions of the legislature. The bill, repeatedly passed the house, but was always de feated In the senate. . ' , Hood River county was created by vote-of the whole electorate. It had the advantage of making the fight alone and successfully l'an the gaunt let of the whole body of voters. There may he a possible advantage, however, to the Increased numbef of county propositions, to that all the force may, form a combination, and carry their plans through. But how the distant body of uninterested vot ers may view the. various proposi tions is something that nobody can predict Voters, however, should In vestigate the merits of each county division bill as thoroughly as they eau, and then vote according to their best Judgment Senator Dolllrer also, as well as Eerators Cummins. La Follotte and Brirtow, has severely criticised the administration's railroad ti'.L'ecpe cianytke preriFlon snthorUlsg pil ing, or aa agreement imctf' com peting roads as to rates. Dolliver tirs that this would l-re what la row acd octit to b H'.?? would 5 wc give the railroads Just the power they want to charge whatever rates they please, hnd relieve them from any control by the Interstate com merce commission. ; But then, It will be said, Dolllver'has become an In surgent and a demagogue, has de cided to represent the people Instead of the railroads, so what be says will have no weight, with the "leaders." At the best, and with the utmost that can, now be done, Portland will get only an Incomplete and therefore an unsatisfactory and disappointing census. And for, this result. let not the supervisor and enumerators be solely or principally blamed. Port land herself is partly at fault. Ample warning was glyen. But there has been an eleventh hour awakening; let what can In the last day or two be done. , ' .'. TANGLEFOOT By Mi1i Overlolt TUB MAY -QUEEN. v He'd been watching for the comet. T-i Since the early dawn of night. , . With -a gang of friends around him, Waiting for the flash of light. ; Then he sought his bed at daylight,' And the landlord heard him sayi . "Call1 me early.r mother darling, i ; I'm to be the Queen of May . C j-; (;' "On the morrow mother darling. 1. i .' They will crown my noble brow.' ' With a wreath of pie and sausage And the liver from a cow; - ;: They will twine my golden tresses j With a bale or two of hay. . - ' . - Call me early, mother darling." j - ; I'm to be the queen or May." , : I ' . , . ' - -, : :X i ' - "Ha Is drunk." the "landlord murmured, Fumbling for the billiard cue, Which he utilised for trimming.' And his-aim waa straight and true. "Get up now, -you sweet young .maiden, Tou must rise at dawn today. You would have me call you early, ' ; You're to be the queen of May' , Pretty soon the man's- eyes oneneM." f , Blearingly he gazed about, - " . ,; wondering, He saw. tne. lanaiora . ; Standing there to throw him out : 'Scuse me, tnen ne raumoiea micaiy, . I'm mistaken: what's the use! That's a Joke about the queen thing, . I am only Just the deuce," - Letters From tlic PcopI? :? "Wants More Street Sprinkling. , Portland, April 36. To ths Editor of Th, Joumal-r-On Sunday April Si, the noble' band of Red Cross ' workers throughout ths land, : the churches as well, made a mighty onslaught against the great white plague. . In Portland many pastors spoke on the subject, and gava wholesome advice. Portland, according to ; the United Btates census bureau, has a very high percentage of death from pulmonary diseases. -. , - . , , . : . The efforts these noble workers of ths-Red Cross should toe supplemented by th city government This can "and should be done by more- JiDeraa street sprinkling Jn certain "portions of the north end. Burnslde street at First, Second, Third and Fifth streets, Sixth Street from the depot, northwest Port land and the Vicinity of the freight de pots 'are; places " where "'many diseased men traVel about and spit on walks and street 3Tne districts sare ;lnvth northwest part of tha city, and the pre cominr from that Quarter, dust and dis ease germs are carried to all parts of the citv." - . ..' ' . f And no : matter how, carerui peopis mav b who .live southeast of the por tions where the .dust is raised -and southeast of those portions where most of thS hauling is done, they can not help but Inhale disease germ and dust which, are carriea over tn-enure- wty. Considering that Portland has sucn Katifiii. urirt at the aama time cure supply of cheap water., the people afe in- a peculiar predicament, t.:.rue wax board will not allow street springing with hose at any time, and the mayor throueh a mistaken Idea ' or - economy has discontinued street sprinkling when and where it la. most needed. Most heav ily traveled streets should be sprinkled at least three times aaiiy. mornin, noon and night. Denver, In an arid region, has running water In the street gutters, and why can't Portland, with her abundance of water, have her streets sprinkled dur ing th dayT " - .;..- There certainly is something, wrong with the mayor's idea Of economy when ha would' deliberately expose the health and comfort of the people. Clean ud this beautifully situatea out very dirty town and sprinkle the Streets during the day, and there will be less tuberculosis. , v . J. Httt-Mvud. - - - A True Philanthropist. - ; Portland, Or April 28, To the Editor- of The JournalMy atten tion was called the . other aay to - the -' great generosity or such men as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and others In providing funds for universities ana noraries. bui no mention was made of how and by what means the aforesaid mad tneir ior- lunes. Tneir meinoas are wru anown to tho Initiated, and should be known to the world at large. A seat In heaven cannot be bought bv fleecing people and then giving, part of it back in order to make a reputation and be called true philanthropist. Who has not heard of General E. F. Jones of Blng hampton, N. ' T., , whose sola ambition Is to spend his accumulated wealth to enable' those who are sick and disabled and financially unable, to get treatment. This grand old man, although himself totally blind for many years, began about, a decade ago to pay for treat ment fcy an oculist of all the school children In his homo clty whose eye sight was defective and who needed glasses and did not have the funds with which to purchase them. He has now offered to- stand all expenses of den tal treatment of all school children In bis home city. Here Is a form of prac tical ' philanthropy that rich men and women la every city could copy witn profit ' to the communities In which they dwell and with . satisfaction to themselves. It Is safe to say that very fw children below the age of IS. take rare of their teeth properly, and to find an adelt today with a -perfect set of teeth Is as difficult as the real dis covery of the North Pole. The fact Is, that a very large pjencentage of par ents are enable to meet the expenses of having their children's teeth proper ly eare4 fr. -Aside from the fact that bad teeth have frequently a bad effect a the genera health. n one who has not been foreed te get files teeth, can appreciate how desirable Is a set of natural ones In good ronlttoa. Gen eral Jones cea truly be cUM a tnoiel Fhilanthreptel atij it Is a rtr there are so few of Ms ealibee In y- wor:d today amorg te ibst-v rrr fTtnres. Very respecifjlly. liENRY L1EFK, Fred Ffwrft. vlre-rrej'eit rf the IViTr.!'!n Tfs a-s Lahtr Ce-sree for Orr!n. h bn ;c-i"td a !r cif tKe Trto r'nirinmi my Te-h-tl Y4 :cr-n. t. K rrr"f t ntd tt orV!rrr."i of C"'iji'a t !! laet f cf the Arr r n r-irtt- cf l-s--.r. COMMENT AND SMALL t'llANQI Secretary Knox snys thst hereafter war can be avoided. Oood for Knox. Hut In the meantime lie might make peace with Phil Jr., and wife. A Portland hotelkeeper has been fined for serving skimmed milk. Yet we are told that by living principally on nktmmed milk life will be prolonged to 100 years or over, . 1 Well, the less the population of Port land now, according to the census, the greater will be the increase during the next decade. But some of us won't care anything about It then. ' - If, as some reports say," that comet has no tall. It can scud away again as soon as it pleases, the nulcker the bet ter, so far as the earth-folk are con cerned.. We've no .use for it . . . . A man was released from a Minne sota, penitentiary because he is a fine poet, but having to make a living, he will engager in a Commercial pursuit. Most poetry is not profitable, . . Commenting on' a ' Portland ' woman's criticism of Mark Twain, in connection with the tour of the "Innocents Abroad," the Balem Journal says: "He went abroad a nobody with those who thought themselves somebodies, and came back somebody among a lot of nobodies,". , , Walker Weston says that the second" mile of each day's trip to be walked is always the hardest, but by the tim the third . mile - Is accomplished 1 the lassi tude departs "and a pleasant buoyancy of the whole system. Is experienced. Why doesn't ha begin each day with the fourth mile.? , ,. . r ' Arjril 30 in Hi8tor3r--;Tlie "When the United States ' purchased Louisiana, It. . was one a of . the. greatest land bargains ever heard ofr. but It was no' ..doubt 'I accomplished " through , Na poleon's desire to do England an 111 turn. The sale was consummated on April SO, 1803, 97 years ago today. "The vast-ter ritory of Louisiana; extended rrom tne Gulf of Mexico, to Canada; and" from' the Mlssislppl river to the Rocky mountains. It gave to the United States nearly double, Its nationar area.' The price paid to Franco by President Jefferson was 116,000,000, or less than f 12 a square mile. Tho question: of the constltutlon Slity of the sale was raised at the time, but Napoleon " and ' Jefferson went straight ahead, "and the validity of their action ha never been overruled. The necessity for. the Ldnjslana- pur chase ' grew v but of. thd demand for a Seaport for tha northwestern territory, the Mississippi territory and the states already formed in that section e' thJ country. France, claimed au id n Dy title of discovery. and occupation.. When She was obliged to. strip herself of her American possessions She released to England., In addition to Canada.- the country east of tha Mlssislppl down to the Spanish possession of Florida. The vast domain west of the Mississippi she gavs to Spain to repay that power in her losses In war..-:. f-ir &' In 1803 it became known that Franco had mad a .secret treaty' with Spain under which Louisiana was to, be re stored to France, -upon certain condi tions. Napoleon was then consul, and with' his contemporaries shared an am bltion ; for distant possessions. for 'col onies -whose trade he might monopolise. Louisiana, with Its vast extent and nat ural resources, would give him, a foot hold in-America, and, as he believed, the control of the MlsnlsBlppr river. But before Napoleon; could 2 arry out his plana the indiscretion of . the Bpanish offlaJala allowed news of thenegotIa ttons to reach the British government. A mass of obstacles were at once thrown Into 'Napoleon's path, and in 1808 he found himself on the eve of a war with Great Britain. . ' ' ' - In , the' event of - a - war at that time : !fhe Simple. Life' Again.'.? -,. , ' . t'wlsh L were a ? turtle, v ' ,To sit and snoose all day, : , . 'Far from the madding hurtle -j. ' vv -. Of life's dlstraotlng- fray. ' , -l A house ' provided for me, " ' - With ne er a thought of rent. And no accounts to bore me , ( -., When 1 have, not a cent I A house devoid of plumbing, Just big enough for me. , - With no landlords a-corolng , '-"'-C TO get their a.s.a. . No thought of pomp that's showy, " - , No : gingeroreaaisn priae, . , , But, rainy days ,or snowy, -v . . ' Just snug and warm inside. No cook down In the kitchen ' , To fill my days with care; " No upstairs maid a-pltchln' . My garments everywhere: .-,. ' No butler proud and haughty 4 To overlook my needs - And lead to language naughty -. ' '. Because of his misdeeds. - ; And when the air Is jaded, ' ' ,-' No summer hotel fad, . But Just a nook that's shaded i Beneath some- lily pad; ' And when the summer's sated - ' And winter has begun, -' '.My dwelling relocated . 4 Beneath the glowing sun. ' No' butcher boy 'or grocer; 7 - No baker man with pies; -' No watered milkman, no, sir, But Just a dish of flies Who serve themselves up freely s ' In rich variety I envy him! Yes. really -.:-': The turtle's life for me! Blakeney Gray, ia Harper's , Maga slne for May. ! A Rich, Hare Ksrion. , From tha Medford Mall-Trlbune. Medford but reflects In greater degree the prosperity of the entire valley. Ash land Is growing by leaps and bounds, and with her shaded streets, her beau tiful park, her paved avenues, and her sightly location. Is the most attractive small elty in Oregon. Central Point Is becoming a business center, building a Water system and putting on the airs of a city. Gold Hill has awakened from Its lethargy, opening up Its mines, build ing railroads, manufacturing Its lum ber and becoming a manufacturing cen ter; Woodvllle is enjoying a boom and has grown faster la the past two months thaa In the years previous. Jackson ville is also making municipal Improve ments. Half a dosen country dis tricts are building brick school houses and Improvement ia the order of the day. All'ThlS development win be vastly augmented by the building ef the Inter nrbaa electric line, and the Rogue river rallee fulfill Its destiny, one vast or chard from Grants Pass to Ashland, with homes on ererr fire acres, with Its many varied natural resources under de velopment, a veritable hive of human Industry. Governor ITnehe. From the New Tork Evening Poet. Apr'.l 11. We dee!!n absolutely t credit the report that Governor Hushes will accept err-itment 1 tae snpreme cmn brch- JtTl?c set t'.s tmri to me g-o- e-ntr'.l pruV we beere Mr. H !vs --! 1 not turn mk cnt i ae r.i r'Ptr1"! the lt f'jrrew on Iermher II. Ti l:rn e-rer the fat tt 1 ll-.i?e'-t fn-.f-nr, Hrr rt t-i f!r:rr I -:t. !-' f;"" a;l Mr. ;'" wou'.d jr:y r ske a rt rr'l If t.t were te rer.1r t:e. tT f-"r en --e e r ' - i tsee r-e ei- v. ". ' t : t K' h It' NEWS IN BRIEF OIIKOOX SIDELIGHTS Bandon's shlpplng'lndustry is grow Ing. . TUaor clams sre' numerous on Alseo bay, , House Falls. . fnmlne prevails In Klamath New families arrive freauently in Toledo. . - - - - , - ;' ; ..ew houses belnir started all ovsr Albany, .. - - . r Much .activity lately In Redmond property. . - Large area of oats being sown around Sheridan. , Frost did ho damage fo'frult in Mor row county. - s Klsmath Falls Is going to do a lot of street improving. - - , . j Five Ontario men bought automobiles within a lew days. Kew hdl 'at.Hlllsboro; SOtlOO, three More than 800 lots In and aroundOn tarlo were sold In three weeks. , , Falls City is making ' Improvements uy leaps ana bounds, says, tne news, 'Forest Grove's-lawns "and yards were never before made so attractive as now, -': Grandma Bay of fjloverdala" remem bers seeing Halley'4 "comet 75 'years ago. , - ; Louisiana PuircKass Louisiana -was Trulnerabl;; ; to i say nothing of what ths United States might bet tempted to undertake, the English would surely ' strike there. 'There , was not a French soldier on American Soil, and none could be spared from other quarters. A message from George III to his parliament, showing preparations for war, dispelled all Napoleon's colonial dreams. . He then decided to. dispose of Louisiana . to the best ad van te.. Sell ing It to the United State would sup ply him. with needed money and do an 111 turn- to' England it would, he rea soned, make the United States more friendly" to France' and make them a power .- which sooner or later . would humble England's pride. . : ' . Meanwhile,, the, Mississippi difficulty waf a "burning,' issue In, this ; country. Washington had only averted a possible secession of the western states or a war with Spain by the treaty of 1795, and John Adams stopped at force only be cause Spain yielded, Spain, standing as watchman at the mouth of tho Missis sippi, unfriendly in policy, was distaste ful to the American people. , Trade down the river almost ceased and the pres sure upon the . national administration became' almost too stronar to be. with stood.. Party feeling wail high and n-v reasonable, x. .Annexation met with bit ter opposlilorr from the Federalists, but the mass of the people, -particularly those of the South and went, heartily approved of it The acquisition of Louisiana-' wa -a- great - help In bringing about the subordination of the state to the nation. ', That step was ratified by congress and stands-as a? precedent to day. - , -.'".'' i - . Today -In 1789 Washington was Inaug urated the first president of the United States. . The first Temperance . society was organised ",ln New York 4n 1808. John Logaa's family was killed In J,77f. whlch eaused"thet Lagan war i it Is the date on whlsh -.Louisiana ' wa admitted Into the union in 1842. .It is the birth day of Queen Mary- II of England, in 1662, and Charles S. Falrchilds,, secre tary of the treasury under Cleveland, In 1842, and the day on which-James Mont gomery, ths poet, died in 1854... . been at ths service of the people of New York these last three and one half years. ' The cltlsens pf- this ' State are gravely In Mr. c Hughes debt,- but ' Mr. Hughes owes not a little to them, v They have-glven him their confidence, sup port, and Segard In "a rare degree, and It Is , Impossible to think of Mr. Hughes as hereafter wholly- separated from ac tive political life. Mr. Hughes was a candidate for the Republican presiden tial nomination two years ago. , He can not complain now if people draw com parisons between the executive at Al bany and the executive at Washington and begin to-make their own plans .for tha governor's future. Mr. Hughes, It Is said,, longs for the comforts and ease of private life.. We are inclined to think that a plan to 'return there permanently would evoke a storm of protests only a little less vociferous than would his sidetracking on . the ' supreme court bench. . . v ,.v,, - ' Let In the Outdoors. From E. P. 'Powell, In the May' Outing. . t Your best property In this world Is not your 'meadows and yaur . pastures, your cornfields and your orchards, but that property of yours which Is much farther away. In the valleys, or even In the skies.. Nothing is more absurd than a - few windows slashed" into a housa anywhere and looking 'nowhere in par ticular, and even these, shrouded with dust collecting curtains. Glass Is not half enough used In" our houses. The whole east front of many - a country house might be mostly glass, or that front which can let In most' of the glory of the world and the sky. f Then your narrow six foot or seven foot veranda Is a meaningless aa well as a useless adjuhct It is Just big enough to pinch you 'and not - large enough to give you comfort" A country house should have 10 or 12 foot ver andas, on at least two of Its aides, or all around it, and here should be every thing to suggest comfort and compan ionshlp not only hammocks and easy chairs, but hammock beds, that by day can be drawn up under the roof. . i - - " 1 m t '' Oliver Hertford's Bob Mots. '.Oliver Herford. whose queer conceits so many people laugh over. Is a son of the late Rev. "Brooke Herford. The son Iwgan to study art In London, and con tinued at the Boston Art Museum after his father accepted the rail to the Ar lington Ftreet church, and later went to Paris snd Munich to study. He is a wit as well aa sn artist, and It was he who first uttered the famous bon mot, vAe tresve will happen in tha bt regu Uted families." the occasion being one time when the late Bishop Potter had challenged a certain comcany to make a Joke aboot him which did rt turn oa. the verb te "pftter." As Mrs. James Brown Potter had only Juet gone oi tl-e ste and a t:tant restive of te reverend bishop, the Joke kad 'a pe cuilar fltnesa, aod'hss nt evea yet lot Its flavor. CMlTer Hrfor1' ftrt Wfrk wis tvr t! Ft. K!chPls X!iri!nf nd for Lif. snd he la et'.ll a crrrih-i- tr to tr-e litter perto-1!rl. beell-s l- roliif S'Ter-a eomlj books, ctlepda ard simiiar pxiPMrattrins every year. Fori! Are VnreTiain. Fr"n tv VCM-r'p-i (IX C H-r' 1 "How riff V'r ft f-.l r tr.ereT !--.-- te fe-": IV reTi'-rrt F't pel. We Co P"t k"-w. S"d . rTr '-'!. Te f "' f t'N.'r may ! t-e ru rf iT,rrw 7 rI.i and - l'tthlilons.i EW YOUlv. April 80. Notwltn- standing, ninny predictions to uie contrary, blouses will be worn i usual during the coming sum-tn.-r. Tho plainness of the neW tiloiises Hhown In the shojiSK Is partli'U larly nothv-ablo this y,-ur. A few tucUa and a frUl aro the sole rimmlngs In many cases, or there Is a 'pimple- bond ing of embroidery introduced down, the front. But, nrntrrlalu, In the case of the best waists, are beautifully fine, and ' some of these, exqulnltely fine blouses with daintily run pin tucks and a pleated frill along one side of the front are quito as attractive and In much better taste than the honeycombed lace and lawn models, of a few seasons Many colored effects" are shown In tho new summer shirtwaists ' and some of them are very pretty. A white batiste waist, tucked across the front, has a pleated ' frill bordered- with blue and white dotted-'lawn. and the dotted' lawn also finishes cuffs and collar. . This blouse would be very dainty with fc blue Serge suit. A pink- and White cot ton voile In tiny Btrlpes had a plain plnlc lawn frill set under the striped one of voile, and. pipings of the plain pink were used on cuffs and collar. ; This model , was also shown In green and white and, was much admired. - " ' . Lingerie blouses, like Ullored ftylc, show more fineness of material and less elaboration of trimming than formerly. Very dainty models of sheer batiste, frnnt. and. back and with threa-quartei' sleeves fin ished with .tucked cuffs may be pur chased for very little and by adding a few yards of good lacs onay be .trans formed. Into - handsome ": blouses ", tliat could not be purchased for twice --the pr'cs- , i . i : ' '! :' i"'v ... ::,'" ' ." !. . t .?'' ','r,,fi" Many1 women, .undoubtedly, will hs pleased to hear that Dutph-necks are still - In vogue and promise to remain thus during the hot r summer . season. Nothing so cool and comfortable for hot summer days was ever devised. The woman who cannot stand the severe test of a round Dutch neck may have ; he high boned stock if .she will, or she may Wear one of the coquettish little French frills which encircle the throat, lying flat like a collar and finished with a pert, becoming bow of dark velvet un der the chin. . - ' - " : - u .,'- Women have .not put aside black with the coming of spring days and spring time colorings and a surprising numbe" of black street costumes are t be -noted wherever fashionable folk "congregate, Minv f these costumes are In soft sat iny black silk and chiffon, silk,, .and etamine, silk; and cashmere or serge, or all silk, and they usually take -the form - of trotting - frock -and coat, - the coat being entirely T-of the silk, while. the frock Is largely . of the otner ma terial trimmed with the silk.-Often the frock skirt 1 of silk up 40 where IA meets the coat - i . ; 1 , j .... , ," 1 Some '"t exceedingly- ; good looking tailored models are in blacjc raw. silk, which probably bears the pame of aom kind of pongee; and oddly enough sev eral of the smartest models of this type seen recently have been .trimmed in a black silk of high lustre or satin. One model from France which-waa par ticularly trig and knowing looking was of the black raw silk . with, pipings , of black aatliand. had a ourlous Eton of bolwo. packet iarraagement wtth a "collar of Japanese blue emuroiaery. sise , tache embroidery la seen than-las sea son, yet it appears effectively on rosily of the most successful models. , The Delerlne of the period of 4 188(J, jv. viAsYat,!it -rrtrm.. ha.s v arrived.-1 Drecoll was one of the first Fan de signers to show what ..a charming -litt tie thing an adaptation of a scarf can be. Of suocle cloth or suk,- enuion or net, the pelerine may be fashioned.;; .Pt 1 Is best when made to match the gown. It is even successfully worn With sen-. arate skirt and as blouse - to match. At anv rate, there is a wonderful possi bility in the garment, for the changes are legion, the effect always charming. When viewed from the front the pelerine has the effect of a crossed fichu. This Is quite attainable when the soft silk is used. The narrow -ends encircle the waist and tie in a butteniy now ai the back. Or, If .the material be. perish able, the. bow can be permanent 'and. the fastening secured by a hpok. At the. back this little wrap Hm capelike,-.drop. ping in folds over, the shoulders.- The top edge is kept In shape by the narrow collar; the lower part is finished with a ruffle of the same material, of chif fon, that exactly matches the shade of the wrap, or by long sun iringe inai i again Invading fashion's realm; .vi, Tha sailor dress and the middy blouse have reached a state of perfection, so far as pattern and, workmanship .go, that makes them more, than-ever desir able for little boys and girls as well as for oldtr girls, and even for their youth ful mothers who need the outing gar ment for camping or seashore wear. 1 Is not now possible to escaped tbelhe- coming line in the middy garment, since they have been planned in' many , ways to suit various figures and faces. Col lars are elongated aa to the front point, or they are short and broad in effect; they are even square. Some of them are of . moderate site, while others extewd ' down, covering the shoulders and near ly half, of the back. .: '',. - , Many of the turbans displayed in the fashionable millinery shops are quite simple, resting far -down on the head, and of such a convenient roundness that the trimming may be shifted froni back to either side at tha pleasure of 'the owner. A softening touch of plaited cl..-.on, net or lace Is used on the un der surface of the straw brim- This is Just the relief that , many women require, for the straight line of straw across the forehead la trying In its de mand for good features. " . . . v FLORENCE FAIRBANl3. The prophet comes to my humble door, and his eyes are sad and his head "is sore. He says, "Gee whls.'" and he says "By Hek! The world s a-gotng straight down to wreck! The wheat is aead and the com won't grow, and the rain won't fall and hot wlcds will blow! The wor. old drouth that was ever kmwn will hit this country MVi make it groan! Then the mills wnfelre and the banks will fall, snd we'il sil rrsr up in the air and wail!"" Then the prophet goea. and I am deprtsaed. with a sinking feel ing Ins'de my vept. ti'.I the f!a!3 horee erf that I rear fr.rg-t. r'Hims its way In my dome of thougfit.. Thee Jaur,dled ieers with thilr g!oomy riewa. and their awful dreams ard t'.:r bug aboos, ran know r,o more rf xt.t t utur ; Proptcts' of Evil rflarn than a mrrr ; J knows of the t.9 rala vi'.l W.. sr 1 t itr.e w;ll trtt ti j-i!v wu:l; foe trea wl!1 vrd 'r.fs-h th'r d Pf fr-;it; M thlnrs w'i l to 1 - e c.'-t "-o J i'S f-fi vr- . ' r. t'"f-r. ir,J f:.:s tfe sir w.:h ! rt.