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It were done quickly.
Shakespeare: Macbeth.
ri BMC POCKS
I
T WILL BE well for the council-
men who have been, toting
against the docks ordinance., to
look beyond the Immediate' pree-.
, ent. It must be clear to: them that
;-a few ' men lh temporary Bjitkorfty
': cannot long resist. And reverse a nrul
titude." That the mood, of Portland
Is for public docks was disclosed by
the original vote of 9311 for and
i only 4495 against Though that was
a most emphatic vote, It is mild com
1 pared to the present sentiment-We
I are three years nearer the opening
'of the Panama canal now and three
-years better Informed, as, to vthat
tjhat event will mean. Every added
'"discussion of the subject makes add
' ed sentiment for a . water; front; In
Portland that wil? , make this ; city
a headquarters and clearing house
for the great ocean commerce that
will then be within; reach. In every
seaport city in the United States
there I? preparation for the coming
transformation in transportation. Ex
cept In Portland, every mayor and
almost every newspaper in- these
cities is foremost in the movement
,v for public docks. The movement will
not dim nor wane, but will constant
ly gather strength as the day for
tie canal opening comes nearer and
nearer. It will become stronger , and
stronger in Portland and the puny
reasons of Mayor Simon in opposi
tion will become more and more ab
surd. . " '
It merely means 1 that , Portland
councilmen who set themselves up
in opposition to the emphatic will of
the. Portland - electorate- as expressed
in a lawful vote will simply become
more and more discredited. They
can postpone, but they cannot defeat,
The postponement will simply add to
' the final cost, for the values of land
for dock sites are advancing , every
day and every hour. That which can
bow be bought for $500, 000 will cost
$1,000,000 later, and $5,000,000 Af
ter 'that. Jf councilmen put Port
land people to the loss that will re
sult from, this Increased cost, they
cannot hope to be forgiven or for
gotten. They cannot defeat destiny
nor reverse the inevitable. They will
"simply Se vain "and foolish if they
go on in this effort to combat and
control -the associated and deter
'mined citizens of Portland. If they
will take the trouble to look ahead
and analyze the future, they can
only see disaster for tnemsojves as
a result of their present attitude and
the flimsy excuses they are offering
Portland; ' , -
THE ETERNAL ISSUE
FIFTY YEARS ago last week, on
May 18, Abraham Lincoln was
nominated for president at Chi
cago.. . He was thesecond can
didate for president of the Republi
can party, and the first one to be
elected. Outside of Illinois he was
but little known, though his debates
with Douglas four years before had
given him some national reputation.,
Reviewing that momentous event at
length, the Chicago Tribune points
out the changes in government that
rliave taken place, how ita has become
more complex and.Jndlrect, less rep
resentative, and less responsive to
the public will. . "The most power
ful; political, current at this time,"
the Tribune remarks, "is a profound
(tlistrust of pur political mechanism
aud the men who manage It. It is
widely believed that this mechanism
in both parties has been captured 'by
moneyed Interests, whose purpose is
o mate useof government not for
the common welfare, but for the for
tification of their special privileges.
Relief is sought In many ways, but
U is apparent to those who look be-'-
low the surface of political events
that no invention can be devised to
relieve the individual of personal
, participation in political activities."
Betterment can come this Reoub
J lean paper thinks, by legislation and
objective reforms like-the initiative
and referendum, direct primaries,"
ana a simplified ballot, but these
will not avail to save the people
from exploitation unless the people
themselves are alert to act for them-
, selves,' ; The1 struggle for free good
government depends ' solely upon
i his. "Democracy is ;not machinery
It is opinion." A great Democratic
statesman declared this 54 years ago.
And the central Idea in public opln
inn then was and still, should 'be. ''the
equality of men," steady progress
titward the practical equality of ajl
t "H. And never before, says the
Tribune, has there been more need
than now to maEe effectual in na
j s .! in M; last debate with Doug-
i . l ) !, real Inniio. That is the
! t!-.:t viil continue In this" country
i
!:r:i t ;., r-..,r t.r.stip of Jtnl re
Dowlas and myself shail be silent. It!
la ti,e f torn.il struciie between those
two principlea-rS'it .and wrong"!
throughout the world. They are the" two I
principles mat nave stood race to ja-
Irom the be;innins: of time, ana win
ever continue to struKgle. The one Is
the common richt of humanity, and the
other is the divine rllit of kings. It
is the same principle in whatever shape
it develops itself. It Is the same spirit
that says: "You toil and work and earn
bread, and I'll eat It." No matter In
what shape It comes, whether from
the month of a kinff who seeks to be
stride the people of his own nation and
live by the fruit of their labor, or
from one race of men as an apology
for enslaving another race, it Is the
same tyrannical principle.
TnE REFORMED TRAIN ROBBER
THERE IS a message for all in
the statements of the reformed
train robber now in Portland.
But it is a message that more
particularly concerns those who at
tempt to live by crime. He is George
Sontag of the Sontag-Evans gang,
once known and read of in every
city, town and hamleWn the United
States. They successfully plied their
trade of outlawry from Wisconsin to
California. Their final capture, af
ter one. of the most thrilling siegos
by officers of their rendezvous in
the California mountains, was. one of
the most spectacular occurrences jn
the criminal annajg of the country.
After more' than 15 years in prison,
Mr, Sontag has reformed, and is tell
ing all of the futility of crime.
''Crime doesn't pay," says this new
recruit to the ranks of the law abid
ing. The game Is too hazardous, and
the revenues too meager. The suc
cess of today will be capture and
the penitentiary or a grave tomor
row. The ultimate is always calam
ity.: After the Initial crime, life be
comes one long, ceaseless round of
fear fear of detection and ca'pture.
The day and the night are a con
stant vigil, and a harassing realiza
tion of danger. . The. hand ; of ,the
law and the hand of every man are
against the fugitive. There is an
avenging figure in every shadow and
an officer of the law in every, rustle
of the wind. There Is, no peace, no
rest, no happiness ao? home that is
a castle. ', There is nothing of life but
a constant flight from the fugitive's
own conscience. ' , ' .' .. '
Mr.' Sontag's message, applies not
only to the abandoned and profes
sional crook, but to any and all
whose acts in life - are not on the
level. It is a warning to be heawl
alike by Pittsburg councilmen, Illi
nois legislators and jrtl other?, who
play otner than the straightforward
game of honorable life.
SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTING
UNOFFICIAL reports of the re
sults of the; census in Oregon
.indicate that the population of
,th state, and of most of Its
towns and many of its counties, will
be considerably disappointing. It is
Intimated that the returns will show
a population of about 675,000, &
gain of only 262,000 in the past
10 years A -While this is a fair per
centage of gainover the state's pop
ulation of 413.0Q0 In 1900, it does
not come up to the expectation of
most people. In easterri Oregon most
counties have gained but little, and
in western Oregon the gain of som'e
has not been large. " Cities, too, will
lack a considerable percentage of
coming up to the . expectations of
their more sanguine residents. ' '
'But these' results, if they should
be verified, need cause ,no more than
a'pasBlng 'and slight pang of disap
pointment,, for it is certain that the
gain will be : nfacb greater during
the next than during the past 10
years. By fa the greater portion
Of the gain of the past decade lias
occurred In its second half, since the
Lewis and Clark fair five years ago,
and every year shows an, increase of
immigration. The great amount of
railroad building now going on will
of itself attract many thousands
more every year than have come to
the state in years past. . In fact,
Oregon has just fairly begun to
grow, as the census of 1 9 2 0 will
show.
riTTSBURG'S WAT
EIVK MORE L-r.nkers, physicians
. and politicians sentenced yes
' terday at Pittsburg for bribe
' J . . "
giving ana conspiracy, ana live
councilmen sent, to jail a few days
ago for bribe taking is an Interesting
contribution to current happenings.
The " penitentiary has already re
ceived a large contingent of crooked
bankers politicians and councilmen
from.. Pittsburgh and , the new . addi
tions to the list will make an edify
ing colony' of grafters. The harmony
in the spectacle is that the man" who
buys as well as the man who was
bought gets what violated law sets
apart for .him without Invidious dis
crimination. It is also admirable in
the prompt and businesslike manner
In which proceedings are dispatched.
The prosecutions' -are prosecutions
and Justice is Impartial, facts of val
ue in Pittsburg or any other munici
pality, And finally, the process' is
so delightfully .efficacious in clean
ing up the town' ihat citizens are
ruminating over the question of why
It was not invoked before 'Pitts
burg's new way. is a splendid way
because it appeals to common sense
and common aense deserves to be in
vogue. ,( ,-v
According to a renort of the s-ov.
ernment -department ''.of commerce
and labor, condltlons' In the steel
manufacturing Industry, are "shock
Ing," one of "these ponditions'being
84 hours' work a week, and one day
in six 2 4 hours continuously. This
i mnJn ,IUu.UimliUonair-ftch wab '-
tablishment, and he makes the ex
cuse that conditions are no " worse
in his works than j In others. ." Fine
"protection, to American labor" this
is, inuVe-1. Tl. 1
wpr.r(j har,l, P tt ,
, , ,
d Widish to
examples of what a )v
4 i e
h
irotoctive
tariff does for labor.
why not lahci;:; I,O Vi S?
LOUR, ALOXO with wheat, has
declined by a large percentage'
r
1 during the pnst few weeks, but (
nas me 6ize ot ine ioaves.-oi
bread been Increased proportion
ately, or at all? Is the ultimate con
sumer getting the benefit that he
,ought to get of the lower price of
wheat and flour. ' He is to some ex-
tent, in some cities, where either the
or - the price has been reduced. In
Borne instances the loaf has . been
made 50 per cent larger. It is ad
mittedly inconvenient and trouble
some for bakers to increase the size
of their pans, bu,t the Job of reduc
ing their size when flour rose seemed
to be easy. ' And maybe - If search
were made, the old, larger pans
could be -dug up and' pressed Jnto
service. . t ,
' The size oj price of'a lpaf of bread
la a small matter, not worth saying
or thinking' anything about, to most
people, perhaps; but in the case of
a wage earner with' four or five
mouths to feed; it is of5 considerable
Importance. And at any rate, the
price oft bread ljught to' correspond
pretty nearly, and follow swith rea
sonable -promptitude,' the price, of
flour, down as well as up.l In some
cities the size of, loaves and their
price Is regulated by odlnance. But
there is' another remedy; housewives
can buy. flour and bake their own
bread. Or can't they? ' .
'WATCH 'TIIE TOWER
W
HY DO NOT Ellis and Haw-
ley get the house confreres
to agree to the amendment
closing - Portland draw
bridges, to harbor traffic for a short
period morning and evening? Bourne
got It through the senate,4 and the
senate confreres are !Btill contending;
for it. But the house "confreres are
opposed, and defeat of the measure
is "threatened. The protests from
Portland have not caused the senate
confreres . to oppose rhow,. is It the
house confreres are in such mighty
opposition f j , Have Ellis and Haw
ley no influence in .the house what:
ever? If so, what are they doing
with It? : ';:-;; 'v ;k ..--Y.; ' f.
' ; Again, tbe Oregonian has been de
nouncing , Bourne ,; about - these
bridges. It let Bp opportunity slip to
censure him. Bt Bourne has deliv
ered the goods ' It is the two con
gressmen who will be responsible if
the amendment fails. And, " if It
falls, will the "tall tower give Bourne
credit tor what hehaa done and cen
sure the others for what they failed
to do? Walt and see. -s i
Responding to . an inquiry by the
Chicago Tribune, a 'large number of
"regular" Republican .congressmen
say that they are "regular" because
they believe i" the- principles and
policies of that party. This is an
elusive, unsatisfactory answer. It is
"claptrap" unless the "principles and
policies" are clearly defined and It
is shown that the congressmen's pub
lic acts conform thereto. . Among the
more'definite answers of the "insur
gent' ; was this by Repreentative
Poindexter - of Washington:
I am an insurgent because I turn op
posed to the boss system in politics: I
am a progressive . Bepubllcan because
the apeclal Interests, by means of the
boss and fthe Jnachine, have degraded
American politics la municipal, state
and national affairs. So general has
this condition become that unless it
attacked .persistently It will destroy the
freedom and equality under the law
which have been the especial character
istics of our. government. It Is an is
sue between the reign of law and the
reign of force and crime. In the house
of representatives the boss system has
been developed to such an "extent that
opposition to It is deemed political
heresy. , .
Plnchotism may be Jn Borne points
mistaken, but in no 'spot is it cor
rupt-.:,' Plnchotism may have .erred,
but in Judgment only, never with
base and sinister purposes.- Guggen
helmism is sinister, base, corrupt and
abominable throughout, in character,
in design, In operation. Pinchptlsm
honestly intends and strives for tb.e
country's welfare; Guggenhelmlsm
spells nothing 'but robbery of the
people through corruption of govern
ment.'-. . , x ;
X New York woman recently died
and her will contained a bequest of
$10,000 Jo a bank clerk who had
always been polite to her when she
deposited or drew out money. t This
may be a hint to money order and
other postoff ice clerks, railway tick
et sellers, hotel clerks and others.
Pdsslbly politeness on tlielr part to
people- whUfra they .wait on might
bear similar fruit some day.
In Chehalis county, Washington, a
man has been Sentenced Ho a term
of from one, to-10 years in the state
penitentiary for living Off the earn
ings of a fallen woman. This is the
proper punishment for this sort of a
creature, and it was long ago time to
inflict it upon such human vermin
in Oregon. ' ,
' Not So Funny as It Looks.
From Harper's "Weekly.
' Yes, the Grand Old Party, in its pres
ent state of fuliginous helplessness. Is
unquestionably fair game. Those who
like elephant-baiting can 'have the time
of their lives, But we confess the weak
ness Of not finding the situation merely
and entirely : funny. - Even as a small
boy we were not entirely without edm
puncttons when we fed beachriut hulls to
the big beast's outstretched trunk ' at
the circus. Elephantine distress has til
ways appealed to something besides
our rlslbles. TTnless the cartoonists ara
Wrob,"n"iBTfpliant'can'wep; and he
can certainly put up, a mournful kind of
trumpeting. We are sorry for the ele
phant; we admit it. 'And even , If we
weren't we should still have our fears
that the donkey tnry be unequal to car-
r i ' r t . -. ;
hc:i v v.
That is r;
tiofi, li:rt
hups wliirb
trr dlscipim
has Ullcii.l'i.;
which it i
l.-ssly (ilvi.!
on the who!
" .' "ions pi.l, of th ntua
c.-rta.'n proa't publij is
tbe morii cr.'mbui't and bi'i
.1 of th two (.-reat parties
u to ii al with, but over
' it--"lf Apparently hope
,1. One '.tuny Fynipailnze,
i'. with tlio insurgent fac
tlon, and be find that it bus grown
strong enough to defy the hitherto dom
inant faction. "J iut oitn. wants the Issues
met; They hh hero to stay until they
are. met hik! riiht.lv disposed of. 'the
demand for t . lis.Tvatlon legislation, in
partlcula', i.-i not merely clear, it is
pressing. C'oririess should do some
thing. and .'should do It at once. , The
railroad bUl and the federal incorpora
tions bill jisd the federal injunctions
bill all present, in one form or another,
Hr Thic,
this country has got
to work out right, or American 'democ
racy will prove a failure; the -problem,
namely, of the right relation of govern
ment to the new aspect of business and
Industry, to the new economic order.
TANGLEFOOT
By I lllcf Overholt
THIS BU
WAS .ORE EN.
"He was a brand new operator at the
police station and he was installed be-"
cause of a dearth "of men, for the force,
owing to a sudden wavtf of Illness that
had laid many blueooats low.' And ed
he was more or less flustered-when &
call came! over "the wire like this:
"Hello! Is this the police station?"
i'Tes," he said; "what do you wantr
: "Send the patrol up to um-mum-mum-raura-mum-mum
right away. Been an
awful fight The clock just struck ."
He almost turned in the order before
he realized the situation.. i
Soon there -was another call, ,
".Hurry! Send an officer up to the
Nogood hotel.. Murder, There's a man
up here killing time." ' '
He grinned softly and hung up the
receiver.
. The bell tinkled agaTn. .
"Hello! Police station?" . "
"Yes." '
"Say, better sand a man out to the ball
grounj3. McCredle just stole a base,"
The operator began to get tired of
the monkey business and when the bell
rang again he was almost prepared for
What he heard. t ' ,
' "Send Black Maria around, will you?
Cutting affrayr-uasy- tut tt tooth".
Right after that there came another
call: - - ,t -
"Hello! Say, send a bunch of eops
up to Blankety-blank avenue. I just
saw a kid napping."
Then the clerk got up, removed Ills
uniform and resigned. Those fresh
cops upstairs were having too much
fun with him. . I - f
PLUMB FOOLISHNESS. "
The two most idiotic words It's been
. ' my lot toeuieet. i
When written in a letter by a maiden
cov and sweet, - v . .
That don't express a bit of sense; they're
inane as "Bah, Rah,"
The words were these they're simple,
quite the . words are these:
. "Hal. Ua!" , .
ARE THEY TINK. ' ' '
"See where the Pellet : brothers are
Lmaking a great hit in vaudeville," said
a schoolmate of the boys. '
"Yes," replied another; TC understand
they .act while we sleep." .
A glass cutter-cut on a glacier,
Aad kept growing crazier and crazier, ,
Saying, f'So help me. Bob, r ' i
111 lust freeze to this Job."
But he always did that, did this glazier.
The Origin of football. ' -By
Arthur B. Reeve, In June Outing ;
All nations have played football. The
ancients inflated a bladder, tor.. follls,
and kicked it about , In Greece there
was the episkuros, a game played in
much the same way as with us, only by
a large number of persons. Then the
Romans played a game called harpas
tum, with both hands and feet, which
shows that even then carrying the ball
was permitted. Here were the founda
tions of "soccer"' and Rugby. . -
In the Philippines and Polynesia It is
played with a light ball made of thin,
spilt fibers of bamboo, Ingeniously in
terlaced. The Eskimo play U with a
ball made of strips of leather. The
Maoris of New Zealand and the Faroe
Islanders have a game of native iootball.
East and west' north and south, we find
football of one kind or another.
There can be little doubt that it was
passed on to Great Britain by the Ro
mans , from harpastum, - where ?- they
strove by a "conquering cast" to throw
the follls into each other's goal. Cen
turies before cricket was born In-the
south of England football was common
In, the north. . Tradition has .lt that one
of the early footballs was the skull of a
Danish Invader kicked about on the
Roodee at Chester on Shrove Tuesday
Just before Lent
Patriotism-Above Tarty., ,
" From the Gold Hill News.- .
To those to whom party loyalty is
more than patriotism, In whom the idea
of partisan pontics has become in
grained, the primary law appeals only
as a thing of evil, Vainly, yet with, a
courage that would do honor to & bet;
ter cause, as in the case of tne port-
land Oregonian, they eelt to prevent
the eunrts; They-charge-the primary
law with' breaking down party lines
the very thing that is making most
mightily for m new and a lyger day
In American politics,, a finer concep.
tlon rff what constitutes publlo service,
a nobler notion, of, the use of the bal
lot, -v , :
But .the "eun Ms rising. It has al
ready risen lo . Oregon, and the dawn
suffuses.-the 'entire political horizon
of the .count -y. The time -is at hand
for a-condition described as having ex
Isted in ancSent Jtoroe, "wh,n none were
for the party and all were ; for the
state.": From the wreckage of the par
ties popular internment arises stronger
and more efficient" to-, do the .people's
will than ever "before. , , - - : , '
' Raleful Influence of Railroads
H.1 H. , Windsor in Popular Mechanics,
The decadence; of Mississippi river
traffic Is understood to be due less to
an insufficiency of'' water ; , than the
policy of the rallreada to ' make') ex
change freight between ' the boat lines
and car. lines as difficult, expensive and
unsatisfactory, as -possible. ; It is said
that there is a chronlo car shortage
where .river and dock companies have
freight to transfer to the railroads for
transit to inland destinations, and that
this has been enforced to an extent
which has gradually worn out the patlr
ence of the shipper, until in desperation
he gave up the ship,
LIf jtlds bo solha interstate commerce
commission should be able to help re
move the rust from rails where It will
do the most good; "and in the meantime
an honest, unprejudiced effort should
lie made to determine, atf least, that
freight cannoj, be as cconornleally
COi-i I'll
i.MALL C'IIAN
FiDfl evenings for comet parties.
Clouds are no respecters of. mortal
wishes.
The assembly "guiders" are figuring
on candidates, ' . ,.
, Can't there be an injunction to sup
press Duniway?
. ,
At least the astronomers can enleul&te
an eclipse of the moon all right. ,
. .
The comet seems to have had no ef
feet on the monthly bill collector,
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Well, why didn't you sell your wheat
last fall? Nobody was holding you.
What does it profit a man to raise a
great crop of strawberries if he can't
get them picked? . .. ' - - v
Mi4. Taft says his wife is the real
president Now are the woman suf
fragists satisfied?
" Queen Mary la said to dislike Amer
icans. But she has not met any real
typical Americans. "
. Tho new oueen of ttntrland la taller
than the king, and is suspected of fcel-
iiih ua tan as sneis. . .
But the medical profession must not
be judged by Dr. Hyde, nor1 the theolog
ical profession by Pepoon.
' - '
, How the British, people must stiff er-4
having Roosevelt in their midst and
knowing he can't be king.
,v.y K..;;.''.w , A-
Pepoon was very jaunty; he imagined
his sleek, shallow lies would Impose on
a hard-headed,, ho'nest Jury.
. -1
George V. has" a chance "to do a slight
service to his country and the world
by firing that poet laureate.
...:..-.-,,,. t ,
A two-headed girl has been married.
Hen husband will need a fat purse to
keep her supplied with millinery.
..;"-.': . .' .,
It is suspected that Senator Bourne Is
becoming an insurgent. He doesn't
play golf with the president any more.
... . . . ...
The clergymen and other good people
did not really Intend to give the. Jeffries-Johnson
fight a lot of free adver
tising, i
Floor leader Pavne watted nn Inn
enough to repeat that high prices were
not paused by the (tariff, then dozed off
again. . ..,, ..
A Call forn lap enmrrensmnn fenm that
Jatian will eapture and annex the Pa
cific coast states. .Was there no bug
house establishment convenient, that lie
was sent to congress?
There is talk of sen-eiratlngr tha itm
In Spokane's higher schools. It is said
that the girl distract' the boys' atten
tion. Girls were ever distracting crea-
tures, up to their third or fourth decen
nial enumerations
- . ; i.:-v
la constantly growing better; - another
says it is getting worse and' was neves
s bad as now. But Roosetelt has set
tled the question; it is better than be
fore he came on tho stage of action, and
will grow better until he leaves it at
least ,' "- -
Whena socletv editress of a Wash.
lngton paper asked Senator- Burton
about tho gown his wife would wear at
a fashionable function he replied," icily;
waam, mere is no Mrs.' Burton, and ir
I have anything to-say about it there
never will be." It Is a pretty safe guess
that the senator is no favorite since
that among the society suffragettes, ,
May- 23 in History -Execution of -Captain Kijd
Last-year unusual interest was again
attracted to Captain Kidd, - the pictur
esque pirate, la the revival of the effort
to secure his buried treasures. For
more than two centuries 'people, have
been looking for this burled wealth, but
wltheut success. , At various points the
Atlantic coast has been searched from
New York City to Nova Scotia, With the
mystery, of its hiding as deep as the
sea in which it Is thought to b burled.
Every now- and then someone claims
to have found a clue to the whereabouts
of the hoard.
.William Kldd was a Scotch naviga
tor- .He was born about 1650,. and early
became famous as a privateersman:
Cruising off the American coast he did
gallant service for the colonies in the
French-English wars, and afterwards
swept the waters around New "York
free of the pirates who, in those days,
infested the coast Kidd became the
hero of, sea loving folks. ... - ',
It' was a few years, after this that
a syndicate was formed for the alleged
purpose of destroying piracy.; The pur
pose of this syndicate was to-capture
and destroy all pirate ships and to
bring home whatever treasure these pl-
rate ships ought contain This treasure
was to be divided among the stock
holders. . v .
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.Robert Livingst'on. ' a r'-h New Tork
merchant 'and land owner, was at the
head of "this syndicate, and in looking
about, for y a leader his choice fell
upon Kid a -So - King William sent
a commission empowering "the well-be
loved and trusty Car 'am Kidd" to seize
French or pirate ships at will. -
The syndicate fitted out a i87 ton gal
ley, the Adventurer, and Kldd set put
as pirate exterminator. . But the adage
"set a rogue to catch a rogue," did not
Work well, for he turned pirate -him
self. -For a time no definite news was
heard of him. Finally word came that
he was actually looting and sinking
the honest merchant ships he met.
How many vessels Captain.' Kidd and
his men plundered is hard to tell. His
chief adventures at this time were con
fined to the . Indian ocean, ; Finally It
moved in shallow rJr boats 1 as by
train. The scheme Will not commend
Itself to politicians, but to the rest of
us has a large element ' of common
sense and promise. .- . -
. rorUand the Better City. .
? . From the Irrlgon Irrigator.
' The Portland people are felicitating
themselves over the- prospect that their
city, will show a larger population in
the present census man Eeatue. per
haps so; we hope so; but, larger or
smaller, Portland, is a far better, far
more substantial townhan the sound'
city, , Indeed many of Jfhe heaviest in
vestors in Portland of late have been
Seattleltee. Some of them know a good
thing .when they see it, and can read
the handwriting "on the wall, viz.:
Portland, is to be the metropolis of the
Paclfio coast
V Contribution nd Payment, n .
C. E. Russell, in Hampton's Magazine,
"In the White House one day .
"Mr. C P. Huntington Mr. President,
when you called on me in New York for
a subscription for the campaign there,
did I not drw my check to you for
$100,000?' - ', ' ' -
"The "President of the tlnlted States
wx did, Mr. Huntington.
TMr. puntlngton Then am I not en
titled to the appointment I asked of you?
' "The President of the United States
You are, Mr. Huntington, and you. shall
have t" . , ; (, y, '-- . ';
-What- otisel-
From M.ay Llppincott's.
Extract fr6m a young lady's letter
from Venice:
"Last night I Jay In a gondola In
the Grand Canal, drinking it all in,
and lifo- never suejned so -full before."
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Corn. i.j trou:; qiriia rapi.lly.
Fin t rove's new water cystem will
cost ' ,
i,
folk county will have" a good. prop of.
Italian prunes. ., . . ,,
S.- P. sawmill's at Marcola will begin
operations soon. .
JTfinv liomeseekers " in and around
Eaglu Point lately.
,,
Crops of all . kinds In Lane county
never looked better.
Good procrefis Is being made on tiie
oil well near Dallas.
m
Euirene teachers' salaries -have been
raised 7 to 10 per cent. -
The proponed Hudson county is a sort
of -'backfire .proposition. i ' ;
Medford- will raise saloon licenses
from J.SOO to (1000 a year. ,
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The "Tiloffier district is coming to the
front as a fruit producer. ,
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Albany business peoplo to the number
of 123 visited Brownsville. . '
Polk county has done", ffood deal of
good road building in recent years. ,
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New Masonic temple at , The Dalles
will be four stories and cost flOO.OOO. .
. "Man near Etisrene has shipped a lare
number of turtles to a Seattle restau
rant. . ' . -.,..
. Owners of timber in Klamath 1 and
Iake counties will organize! to prevent
fires. . . i , .' . , , ,
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Eight prospective homeseekers located
In the vicinity of - Myrtle Creek last
week. . .... i - : . .; v v
It has been) demonstrated that
Klamath county soil produces superior
spuds, . ,
Eight-year-old 'Cottage Grove boy was
thrown from a horse into a mill pond
and drowned.
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The crv for berry, pickers sn Hood
River-valley and the Milton-Freewater
district continues. .
Two thousand acres of -sugar .beets
are now beini? thinned in Grande Ronde
valley and 1301) - acres in. Wallowa
oounty. '. .:f ' .',..- ' -
' Newport is growing like a weed, says
The Signal. . Dot sales are. numerous,
and new houses are going up on every
hand.. Newcomers are arriving, and new
business enterprises are being started,
all of which indicates that this fine
beach resort Is destined to be a top
notcher. In fact, the whole county is
on a big Improvement wave. , ;
Central Point Herald: ""What Is the
name of this valley?" asked a stranger,
as we entered the- train for Ashland on
Saturday afternoon, "The Rogue River
valley,", we proudly answered. . "Well,
I have a ticket for San Francisco, but
I'm-going to get off at the next station
and live here?' And he did get off at
Ashland,, with hi wife and .two chil
dren. ' . . - .. . . '. '. :
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Walla "Walla valley has an apple tree
that is a seedling and '44 years old that
produced. 126 boxes of apples in a single
year, and is expected to bring Its owner
something like I5d boxes this season.
Now that is -something of a record, On
a basis of 50 trees to the acre and the
mouerate price of $1 per box, the fruit
from one acre grewin such trees as
this one would bring 1750(1 per annum,
provided all the trees bore annually.
came o his ear, that. a$quadron had
beeneent out to' capture him. He had
-teen in " the east two years, and had
earned . handsome profits for his part
ners, so, he was not reluctant to leave.
Although half r dozen warships were
soourtng the seas" for htm, he had no
interference on his way back to Amer
ica. He feared to land in New York,
and after a short conference off Gover
nor's .island he put out for Boston, into
which harbor he sailwd on July. 1, 1699
For a week; Captain Kldd .occupied a
house in Boston which stood on the
ground now, occupied by ". the Boston
"Globe." Then one day he'was arrestd.
From Boston be was taken to London.
There was . a . great political row on
there, the Outs accusing the Ins of
having sent Kidd out as a pirate to
enrich them. Even the king got'hls
share, of the"Mam..x?;;1''1 '..,';.;";.-,:'.;:-, :
For; a year they kept Klda in prison.
Then he was.put'on trial. It was neces
sary, ' In order that the government
should vindicate itself, that Kidd should
hang. .He did hang, but his trial, was
a' farce. They found him guilty of mur
der, He had hit a mutinous sailor with
a bucket and the blow fractured , the
sailor's skull. V Then ; they - found him
guilty of piracy -and etral other
crimes. ' .' - '
On May 23, 1701, three days after his,
conviction, he was hanged. Poor William
Kidd! He has a fame ne does not de
serve. ' He became - a . .pirate against
his will, yet his name will ever stand
as a synonym for piracy. With him were
hanged nine of his crew.
On May 23, 1409, the second Jamestown-charter
was granted.. .It is the
date Napoleon was crowned King of
Italy at Milan, in 1805. On which , the
battle of Ramillles occurred in 1708.
It is the birthday of Empress Catherine
of Russia (1729); Samuel W.; King, Who
suppressed Dorr'S rebellion (1786); Za
doo Thompson,, the historian (1796);
Samuel Warren, the author (1807); and
Henry-M. Teller, secretary Of the Inter
ior under Arther (1881). It Is the .date
on which Henry Ibn died in 100. '
V'v.'tTnlted fetates' Big Drink Bill.
By 11. Parker Willis, in McClure's.
During the . fiscal, year 1909.116.852
908 gallons of spirits were distilled from
grain in the United States. What the
value of this flood of liquor ''may have
been: cannot positively be stated. The
putput- of ; the distilled, malt and Vin
ous liquors ' and .allied products in the
year 1905 was reported by the :eisus
bureau to-be worth more than $440,.
000,000. In the year 1909, 1,591,788 gal
lons, of brandy, 610,305 gallons of rum,
2,497,070 gallons of gin and 56,183,652
gallons of whiskey were placed on the
market' in the United States. The
total value - of all these products at
the place of ' manufacture Was prob
ably, not less than $135,000,000., But
these figures In no way measure the
cost : of ' distilled liquor to the Conr
sumer. They do, not Include the gov
ernment internal revenue tax or the
cost of wholesaling and retailing the
"goods." , As sold in the , "saloon", at
10 or' 15 cents a "drink," the cost of
whiskey,, or what passes . for such
among consumers,: is no less than $6
a, gallon. This would mean that the
annurfl bill of the American' public
for whiskey alone would be much more
than $300,000,000. There are many who
place it at , twice as' high a figure , be
cause ' of the excessive adulteration;
undergone try the liquor for the "pur
pose of Increasing Its . volume. .
A Narrow Escape.
-Frnnrthe" Tltnatnr.-
Little Roy's mother- had told him
not to cry' when he hurt, himself, Oito,
day ho fell down and bumped his head.'
He mastered himself with a struggle,
and-Siaid: "Mamma, the Juice very . near
came out of my eyes." -
I.i .: i x Alone.
' 1 5 i i , i '8 id often a
(U - Kie.it fi ,-ii or: truiii in the jokes,
and oi f wi: ., u.at are made at
,( the ex.,, ii,o of the employer and
lilH steih),.;';'tulier. Expand the
word fteiiOKrapher iota! woman employe
and ahow enipl'iver to stand tor mar
ried men and we have -the Integral parts
of a problem in business" lite which is
far reaching in its effect. '
"Ilands-off" is the enly eafa rule for
the woman at work to observe In her
dealings with the married men with
whom she conies in contact. In fact,
"hands off" is a pretty good rule for
any woman to observe where the men
ara concerned in the business world. A
line fronj "Just Out, of College,"-Have
you como to keep books or to keep com
pany?" brings borne the truth that it is
far wiser -for women, to have their rela
tions with the men on a purely business
footing and eliminate as much as pos
sible anything which verges, on the so
cial relation. ., ', ;..'',.
To, many women there is a fascina
tion about married men and it is not un
usual to hear the reiuark, "All the nice1
men are : married." Temptation with
married men comes '' in s many forms.
Some .women' feel that they Can take
greater .liberties and go further with
them in the matter of flirtation because
the men are married andthe women are
consequently safe. . ',. , r ;' ..
Again, there are the unhappy married
men who make a confidant of the wo
man in the office. This Js such an easy
pitfall to stumble Into and many luck
less and innocent ".women have- found
themselves In It through a mistaken'
sense of comforting the man; Let him
alone! The man who' tells other women
of his unhappy mnwied life Is not to be
trusted nor considered.
If there are any doubts on the4 sub
ject of the wlsdohj or Justice of letting
other women's husbands alone, put your
self In the wife's place and see how you .
would enjoy the thought of your.hus
band in the association of a woman all
day who had more than a business in
terest in him? Of course you might not
be Jealouaof him, and you might feel
perfectly sure that he could be trusted.
flllt ill fe t t)ia aarviii rst nrnm n n 1 llraci ts f a a! :
tnat her hnsband is too friendly -with
another woman for the greater portion
of the day. ,
It Is risky thing for a woman to
aocept the attentions of a married man,
even though they be offered in nothing
more than a spirit of good- comradeship.
People on, the outside do not know this.
They only stop to think that you have
been "out or accepting the attentions of
married men and this ii not a desirable
reputation to win, even though . it is
gained Innocently. ; ' -' -' ; . ;
Let married men strictly alone,- Any
enjoyment gained through them is not
worth the heartache it might cause the
Wives -at home nor tho risk to personal
reputation.;-.-.-- -, , .... v.--v,:
'...;', '",.'., ' V.:-' k ft tt -,'-' j '..-'' ;'.
.". ' Strawberry Charlotte. ' m
TWO tableipobm) granulated gelatine,
' one-third cup cold' water, one-third
cup boiling watert one cup sugar,
one cup crushed strawberries, ' three
tablespoons ; lemon Juice, . whites of
three eggs, one-half pint Of whipped
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cold water, then add the boiling water
to thoroughly dissolve it Add the sugar,'
lemon. Juice -and crushed strawberries;
mix well and set away to cool. When
cold, beat until it is frothy, then add
the whites of the eggs which have been
beaten to a stiff Xroth and stir Into it
the whipped cream gently, tine a mold
with fresh -ripe strawberries, pour the
mixture over the beries and chill Serve '
cold.
".'' H.t k .
Fancy Biscuit. , . , .
WHEN, you have tea , or ; baking
powder biscuit dough ready for
, , ' cutting, 'Instead of making plain
biscuit, spread the dough , with butter,
sprinkle with sugar, and dust lightly
with cinnamon, roll like a Jelly roll, and
cut into slices an Inch thick, and bake
in a moderate oven. .These, are excellent
fast' . : " '
, v-.v..; -;....-".5. t It H "" " -
- ' Brushing Hair. 1 l J .
AT LEAST five minutes a day should
be resolutely set aside and de-
voted to- a vigorous brushing of
the hair and scalp. This is imost
conveniently done at" bedtime, and 18
really, the best time. The hair must be
free from hairpins at night or any rei
stralnt It should be taken down, brushed
and woven into one or two loose braids
for the night ' " .
, n ' st " it
- ' -A' Nice Pudding Sauce.
ANJCE pudding sauce is made of on
cup of butter, two cups of light
brown sugar and two well-beaten
eggs. Cream the butter and sugar, then
add the eggs.. Heat in a small pan or
kettle until eCaloingrhot hut not boiling-.
Flavor with vanilla:-or lemon to
table.. If you desire it not' so rich, add
a teacup of boiling water. . , . ,
t
K at
Walnut, Wafers.'
TWO cups sugar one cup butter,
creamed." Mix In. a cup each of
chopped nuts and raisins, 3 cups
flour, teaspoonful ' of soda dissolved ' In
cup of cold wateri 8 ,eggs. Beat tbe
whites and yolks separately. Level tea
spoonful each .of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg and a little salt Drop less-than
a half teaspoonf ul on buttered tins. .
R '-'-'; '
Bread Crumb Pie Plant Pie.
FOR the d,ellclous pie use two cupfuls
of pieplant sliced very-thin' with
' out peeling, one beaten' egg, one-
ma. i e i t'.iiiiiiii. an t . nrPHn - or imiia miiii siiifsi -
cupful , of sugar. Bake in . one Crust
(Contributd to Th Journal by Walt Maaoa,
the famous Kansai poot. Uii proae-poemi are
regular teatura of -this column la Tt Daily
Journal.) . " . ; i
When I am' sick I might endure it,
if I could nurse my , ill alone; but
neighbors tell me how to cure II; and
fill my soul with grief i and1 , groan.
Corns hurt my foot I thought they'd
spoil It the neighbors hastened to my
door;, "cut off your foot," they said,
"and boll It, and you will have the corns
no' more," I had a dose of influenzy
have you e'er had that blamed disease?
It fairly drives you to a frenzy; you
gasp, and cough, and choke and sneeze;
you whistle ,, when r you breathe, and
smother, your lungs seem full of car
pet tacks, and oft you wish some kindly
brother would hit you with a battleaxe.
And while I howled- around in sorrow,
one neighbor saldt "Drink kerosene,
and you'll- be prancing round tomorrow
as chipper as a colt I ween. ". Another :
said: -, "MU. lye and whiskey, and drink
a gallon, smoking hot; .- in half an
hour you'll feel so frisky, they'll have
to hold you down, I wot" Another cams.
a bearded Druid, who through his snowy
whjskers hissejr "Fill up with good
CinUjtnjng,. fluid... aoiI.you.-alU. U , .alt.
rlKlit I Wist" Oh.- oftentimes I fl
j llke thunder, my worksrTseem always out
ot piumo; ai, sucn times, is it any won
der I hate, to seo the neighbors cbme?
C.iptHt-M, ' lf10,
Gwrge Untthf fdami.
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jflclpful NeigKbors