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. 'Finn ai.'t iamhlSl atrveta, l'ortianil. Dr.
I'tucrnd at t pnatofflee at Portland, Or., for
troKxininJoB Ujroutb tUe mull aa aecond-claa
rn pHoxi: - ii.tn tits; nmt km.
leil the citrate what deportment you want.
roKEIGN ADVERTISING KEPRESENTATIVE,
r-ntimiln A Kentnor Co.. Burnswlr- BulMlne,
1.5 rlfth uremia, New Xork; 10O7-0S Boyca
ttiliiug. Chicago.
FnhniTiptlon 1 ran by uiU or to nr addreai
la we uwti-a etatrt, etnaaa or uaxicei
- DAILT. '
One rear........ S oo On noata........! .SO
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One jaar. ...... ,250 I Ona month.......-! .25
DAILY AXD SUNDAI. .:
Ori year $7.60 1 On month....... .$ .68
. What I aspired to bo, and. .wu
not, comforts me. Browning,
THE nEGISTKATTOX BUGABOO
iTTTC nnPfifWriW cava that' all
I over Oregon, "Democrats are
-registering as Republicans to
meddle with Republican pri
maries." '
"" "-They are not It la a yell raised In
a forlorn hope of aiding the. conven
tion scheme. The claim that Fulton
was thus beaten by Democrats Is a
mole squeak. Fulton opposed peo
ple'i choice of senator and favored
the legislative route, and that beat
him. The 69,668 Votes cast about
that time to make Statement No. .1
-, compulsory in the legislature shows
that the Pulton view was not the
people's view, and that is why he
was rejected. Cake beat him for the
nomination because Cake stood for
the plan of having the people Instead
-of the legislature select Cake, af
ter being nominated, abandoned the
plan and was beaten by Chamberlain
who favored It The neonle were da.
termlned to have senators selected by
men and not by money, and that is
the beginning, the end, and the all
of this Fulton-Cake-Chamberlain
business. ' The few Democrats In
Portland that went Into the Republi
can primaries and voted for Cake,
and the equal or greater number
that, for reasons of personal friend
ship did the same thing for Fulton,
had not one hundredth part as much
to do with the election of Chamber
lain fli tna flAPrat MTinlvonno nf tha
Oregonian and other Republicans In
silently voting for Chamberlain and
against Cake.The final great big
reason, however, why Chamberlain
was chosen, was that the people
wanted him. Just aa they.twice want
ed him for governor, and twice elect
ed him governor. The chatter about
Democrats voting in Republican pri
maries la the mole squeak of decep
tion and the cry-baby; apology of
defeat. - j, '-, ;
' The utter folly of the Oregonlan's
contention is seen In the relative
numerical strength of , the parties.
How could a forlorn hope of 35,000
Democrats by so-called voing In Re
publican primaries,, out general, out
maneuver and actually out vote 75,
000 Republicans? Are the Demo
crats then so very Bhrewd and the
Republicans so stupid as the tower
insists? If such a game was being
played. Is It not certain that Repub
licans would have registered as Dem
ocrats and in such numbers as to
nominate a weaker Democrat than
Chamberlain?
The trouble with) the Oregonlan's
perspective is, Its view of what is a
Republican and what a Democrat
Its test of Republicanism Is the as
sembly and it views all opponents "of
the assembly, as " Democrats. It
thinks that tha legislator who had
MUX. - J .. .a - . Al
ma iisuio i , sua mreo cipners
quietly whispered in his ear," and
men vocea ior anotner. senatorial
candidate was the real article -and
that all others should register and
vote la the Democratic primaries.
OXB MAX POWER
AH. DEVERS comes home from
a tour of Europe and large
cities of the United States and
Is disappointed to find that
Portland Is denied - public docks
through reversal of-the lawful ma
jority by the Portland city hall. , He
said that every European city of Im
portance owns Its own docks. He said
that the docks are not free, but
that public control prevented monop
olization, gave a better' service, re
duced freight rates and encouraged
competition.' He eald that every city
that had failed to provide public
docks suffered in consequence and
that In nearly every such instance the
failure" was due to railroad owner
ship, secured, before 'the people
grasped the Importance of the Issue.
He pointed out that JN'ew York owns
nearly all Its own waterfront, and
that the "property has been' acquired
ai great, outlay wunm a compara
tively few year!.. He cited .similar
action in Baltimore and other great
cities, and the benefits In increat-4
commerce and lower rates that have
resulted. ' .."'; -
And so the testimony accumulates.
There is literally no defense for the
unjustifiable act of the mayor in ve
toing i the docks ordinance. . it; was
not 'onlyja' paramounll blunder on ac
eount of the benefit the docks would
be, but is indefensible because it Is
an exercise of one man power out-i-ida
the law and outside the consti
tution. O s
Arain.to day the old Indian war
veterans meet a 'diminished and ltd
x: aax' P ts AMtcrisj:.iaakIa.xcae w
t he HrquaintanceRhlps and recount the
!neid..'nttfot more than half a century
p . Brave, true, home building and
.(,"- protectlnj mm they were then,
,sr,J (t -U'i ward.' (iont of thone who
lit . (
tr.Llr..;.; .. i
'!ily retreat!;'
' i
but
L ''ion
ficrcfi-
If I at "ling favngery have long slncp
been laid la ht nored graves, but
soma remain and wonderfully Inter
esting to younger people the recount-
al of their experiences In thoso early
jajB fcuyiua ue. iney are tne last
of a long line of men who battled
for civilization aa homes in Amer-
lea.
ot rmxcirLE but business
T
HE TOWER tells us that those
who are for, the assembly are
"Republicans on principle." The
disclosures of Mr. Brownellseem
to Indicate that ". under convention-
assembly system some of them were
Republicans "lor business." 'One of
them, according to the disclosures of
Mr. " Browneil, took $ 3 5 0 0 for re
maining out of the Mitcheli joint as
sembly for two days at the legisla
tive session of 1897. That was not
"principle" but business. One . of
them got f 100 and whiskey -every
time he voted for a certain candi
date for senator In one-ot those last
spectacular nights, of a senatorial
session. That also was b usiness and
a rattling good business at that. The
figure';.! with three ciphers after it
was quietly whispered in another
legislator s ear and he , at once
changed his vote from the senatorial
candidate he had - been voting for
throughout the 40 days and cast It
for another candidate who was there
by elected. Business Is business,' and
if that senatorial vote and the elec
tion that followed it were not a mat
ter of mere 'business, what is busi
ness? The tower may think elect
ing senator by that process Is Re
publicanism "on principle," but there
are 60,000 or 70,000 Lincoln Repub
licans In Oregon who do , not have
that kind of principles.-They.regard
the scheme to kill the direct primary
and "put the knife" to the people's
election of senator as a proposition of
business, by business and for ; busU
ness. They prefer to have senators
elected by men for general state wel
fare, rather than by money for profit
TUBE TALK
A'
GAIN THERE is talk of a tube
nnder the, Willamette to' ac
commodate' streetcar traffic,
but Its admitted object is to
throw further impedimenta, in the
way of 'building the -Broadway
bridge. . There will be no tube, in
the near future. ; By the time there
is one the bridge will have been in
needed use for a good while. Per
haps hy the time It is worn out the
tube may be bored under the Wil
lamette, though that is doubtful.
Just how a tube could accommodate
all or even a large portion of the
transrlver car traffic has never been
made clear to the public and prob
ably never . to ' anybody. It is a
possibility, but ,a distant one, and
meanwhile the rapidly growing city
needs and must have the bridges, In
cluding the big one, "the building of
which a few interested parties are
trying bo had to prevent .But If a
tube. .is. practicable, and If It;cpuld
be provided In a short space of time,
who Is going to do this? The peo
ple, who alone can authorize such an
expenditure, are not likely to do ao,
as the tunnel would accommodate
the streetcar company principally; If
It wants to bore under the river at
Its own expense, permission might
be granted, but so far no such prop
osition has been made. In a word,
the tube talk is mostly humbug. .
EXCLUSIVE RENO
G'
LANCING BACK at its illus
trious lineage, pedigreed Reno
la, because of his ;colof, about
to close Its doors in 'the face
of Professor Jack Johnson. The man
ager of Laughton's Hot Springs with
a weather eye on divorce avenue, de
clares "we cannot give Mr. Johnson
accommodations here . because " it
might hurt the business of the re
sort." The management of Moana
Springs announces that Johnson can
not have accommodations there, and
it Is added in the diBpatch that "the
color, line has always been" drawn
tightly in Reno." . , ..... .;.,'
And thus we glide. The fine old
Nevada aristocracy reflects ) on its
blue blood, points to its "culchah"
and feels that its artistic, soul would,
be shocked at eight of the fighter's
dark skin. With what swelling pride
must we view, the exclusiveness of
Reno,; so ken to turn an honest
penny; from colored gentleman's
punchi but unwilling to permit him
bed and board!
IT P.ID
i llri KUSIii Jf'fcTlVAL. 13 Over,
and almost forgotten, but it
' may .be worth recalling once
, more if only in order to quote
one of many appreciative and eulo
gistic' comments regarding it. This
Is from 'the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer; . ' ' " )
If any city has any rtoubt that beau
ty paya It should tak ft leaf out of
tha , lesson afforded by Portland and
Its Boss Festival Just how much
money the fete held there last wek
brought to Portland Is a question, but
it outweighed expense and effort many
times. It will continue to do eo In
the future. What other returns these
festivals have brought In the way' of
newcomers and money Is problematical,
but it Is certain to be ample. The
average man would prefer to live In a
city , where euch af ralrs aa this Rose
Festival can. be had. Anything that
makes a town attractive adds to the
wealth of that town. That ought to
go now without saying. It Justlfiea
expenditures for public Improvements,
for fine streets; and fceauUful parks. All
Portland has beett converted Into vlr-4MdiyM,ones-wenwg
tha that is anything but
tw.t2uPUnJ- : uthr te. can
fit" Blt"Uon to their own bene-
What our kindly neighbor of the
metropolis of our great sister lute,
f v. ::
ai.-.l F-
"A
of V,: " i! ;3 l.n l-rrr. f !!, Ii
varied phra.-.'3, tut vl'h the utmost '
appreciation and sincerity In many;
other cities and states. Such trlb-,
utes, by scores, really prove that;
Pbrtland's effort was worth all the;
effort and all the expenditure winch
It cost.
'Tortland was one vast rose bow
er." We-and tens of thousands from
other places enjoyed It, and few had
any thought of "pay" about it; yet,
it paid. ' -
All good and beautiful things
pay; and pay all the more if they
are 'designed to please and educate,
rather than to pa-.;;;-Vv''J
THE riOXEERS
YEARLY Portland and the young
er or newer people of. the state
should if possible increase their
"kindly attentiligs to and their
respect for the pioneers. ; , It will, be
a good while before all people, have
passed away who came to or were
born in Oregon prior to 1859, but the
real pioneers, those who ."tolled the
plains, across" In the forties and fif
tiesencountering he dangers , and
hardships of the Journey and of real
pioneer life, are rapidjy passing, will
era many years an, te gone.
It is a far cry; In accomplishment,
in development, from the primitive
log hut or board . shack in the Ore
gon, country of 60 or 70 years ago
to the Oregon of today, and espe
cially, the Portland of ' today. Tor
as development has been made in
this country, is it a short space in
point of lime. The span of human
life Is short; the pioneers-of half a
century or more ago are old; most
are , feeble; let us love and Berve
them as we can.
But they have had great compen
sations for whatever trials and hard
ships they endured. They have lived
long In beautiful, bountiful,' health
ful Oregon; amid its woods, on its
prairies,, surrounded by its climatic
and scenic delights, enjoying its
multifold opportunities. - y
'i. The pioneers have gone or are go
ing as they pass away to heaven, we
doubt not; and only there 'could they
find a "better country" than Ore
gon, , ,
TnE RECORD OF CONGRESS
G
ONGRESS expects to adjourn by
the end of this week, or very
soon thereafter, and the mem
bers 'will scurry home to fix up 4
their,, fences, - and commend or con
demn, according to which part? they
belong to. Somewhat more will have
been ' accomplished than v seemed
probable some weeks ago,4 and the
Republicans will have some founda
tion for the claims that they . will
make that, pledges have' been kept,
and "constructlye" legislation passed.
It Is too early, yet . to J analyze or
even estimate fairly the work : of
the present congress; about all that
can be "said now is that it might
have been a good deal better, and it
might have been worse. v '
In the first session the tariff was
revised, but that was nothing to
boast of, except by the protected In
terests, It seems that the new tar
iff law is Increasing the revenues
somewhat, " but there was no appre
ciable relief of or benefit for the
peoule who pay the, taxes; the re
vision did not reduce their cost of
living, nor did it in the least weaken
the powers or "lessen the privileges
of the trusts.
The amendment to the Interstate
commerce law, giving the commission
more! power over freight regulation,
Is apparently, in its main features,
an improvement over the existing
law, but the court feature Is regard
ed with much dubiety; only time and
experience caa tell whether the new
law is worth while or not.
The postal savings bank law la a
good one, - if honestly constructed,
and due credit should be given for
its passage; but no parcels post law
was passed, and the express com
panies, with their extortionate
charges, still hold the fort and have
license to plunder their patrons.
" The statehood bills are a partial
performance of long -broken pledges,
but not a fair and full performance,
for unusual and unreasonable condi
tions are imposed. , , , ; ; s 1 V
The president will be authorized
to withdraw public lands for certain
purposes, and the reclamation .serv
ice will get the proceeds of $30,
000,000 of government certificates,
which acts are to be commended.
;On the whole,-! the president has
sought to obtain . good and needed
legislation,., though some of. his of
ficial , family are 'not in sympathy
with such legislation, and congress
has at least saved its face from show
ing the deepest shade of darkness. -
TnE REAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE .
w
E ARE told by the Oregonian
that Chamberlain was not
the people's choice for sena
tor. Chamberlain received
52,421 votes which was 1522 more
than were cast for Cake. ; If Cham
berlain wajs not the people's choice,
who was? Was it Cake? Or was
it Amos, the prohibition candidate
with something over 3000 votes?
When Chamberlain ran for governor
In 1898 he was nominated hy a con
vention," and Furnish was nominated
by a convention. Chamberlain beat
Furnish 243 votes. Was he the peo
ple's choice for governor then?
L Incidentally, does legislative elec
tion of BGnator result In naming the
people's choice? - Elected as he was
over Dolph In the last few minutes
of a session, .was McBride the peo
ples choice?
In its sputtering de-
nWoctatidBsTbr-ni
other voters, the Oregonian always i
said Dolph was .the people's choice. I
Was Simon, when he euchred ex-
Senator Cbrbett-OUt Of the election i
the peore'a choice?. Did that notor-1
d;,a't or-
le'a choice
e. ntcd eessio
ofilca bolJe
1 inaliy, i i t!. t sweet
in v U a f - r;.l
"quietly wM.-i.cred the
1; -ure 4 an
three ciphers into a certain leglsla
j tor s ear" -and the legislator imme
diately changed hfs vote to 'the sue
cessful candidate, wa3 the lllustriou
statesman thereby elected the peo-
pie's choice.? Was he the people'
choice, or $4 000,s choice?
Incidentally, when will there ever
be a people's choice that, in the view
of the Oregonian, will be a real peo
ple's" . choice, and who will be the
man? "Now Is the time; if you can
help me It will be appreciated."
The Strike. ' '--
Portland. June 17. To- the Editor of
The JournalAs your paper' seems t6
be - the one which has kept Its. head
since , the . teamsters' strike. : I would
like to have a word In Us columns.
In reply to a published statement
or ' Mr. 'Banfield: he says: - These un
Ions are asking, as some one has said
of life. Just one d n thing after an
other.'' ; He also sayst - "If their de
mands are complied with We Will have
a mijyor and city, government like the
Rue' regime of ; 6an Francisco." He
also aays;- "They will interfere with
and hurt business." ';-,-, - j
Now I am hot prejudiced; I belong
to no union, am not acquainted with
any union teamster, nor do I person
ally know Mr. Banfield, but Mr.' Ban-
field can hardly help seeing things
from a one-sided viewpoint This sit
uation, as I am Informed, is one where
he has plenty of this' world's goods,
maae as tne profits from, hiring la
borers and selling their products. I do
not criticise this. It : la a legitimate
business, and I am glad he has placed
himself above the fear ofi want, and
hope the grinning fangs of poverty may
never be seen at the door of his home.
.But should adversity ever force him
to drive a team through the long hot
days of summer, and the wet, chilling
hours of winter, from Monday morning
until Saturday night, ' with the atraln
on his nerves of dodging all the other
neaviiy loaded trucks, tootimr autos.
bell Jingling cars, buggies, bikes, eta,
while at the same time trying to cal
culate -how he - cjyi get some warmer
ciotnes ror himself a new dress for his
wue, a pair or snoes ior Johnny, a
new school book for Mary, pay the
uocior mil caused by the baby's sick
ness,, then the regular bills for rent.
fuel, light, water, milk, meat, grocer
ies, wage dues, payment on his town
lot etc.; then on Sunday, instead of
having one day at home or at church.
we find him stuck on a, slippery .grade
witn an overloaded team, while others
go by on their way to church. On
Monday he asks for two bits more tav
ana gets urea, sees his team driven
by an imported stranger, this stranger
being paid more than the two bit ad
vance asked by; the former I say if
Mr, Banfield could take a look at the
situation from this viewpoint he would
doubtless think it was a teamster who
first realized : that "Life is Just one
d n thing after another.-
Now as to Mr. Banfleld'a fear that
two bits more pay per day might give
us a city government like Ruef a "in
San Francisco, I would ask, "How much
would he have to pay to get one like
Chicago, or Philadelphia, or to keep
one like we have got? I think hia fear
of these working people putting an-
umer uei m onice ir given what they
ask -is built on a weak foundation; but
I do believe that the business men are
tempting fate by their present action
and are very likely by eald actions to
give ua a city government Jike Mil
waukee, Wis,, for I know, that the So
cialists' are making more converts to
their party ta Portland today because
of this stand of the Employers asso
ciation than they could have made in
five years under a different policy.
Now as to 4he demands of the union
interfering with or injuring business,
shrewd business men sometimes over
look economic principles.' It should be
well understood that the wage-earners
are the great consumers, because of
their numbers, and because (and that
Is one reason they always stay wage
earners) they spend all they get Hence,
if they ge,t increased wages the mer
chant, the wholesaler and the manu
facturer Will : get more trade.- It is
expenses, not profits, that make busi
ness in any community. The employ
er's profits don't hejp business. It la
his expenses and the expenses of the
workers (and the worker's Is all ex
penses), all goes into trade, and he
rents a better house.' wears better
clothes, eats better food, buys a home
when he gets sufficient wages, etc. ,
This principle is illustrated in a ru
ral town where the farmer's crop takes
the, place of wages. See how quickly
business of all kinds responds to a big
crop a high price or a crop failure
a low market Every one shares in this
good or bad condition from the preacher
and the doctor to the merchant and the
real estate dealer; all feel and note
the effect, but many fall to see or
understand this condition In the cities
8o, while a strike of any kind Is de
plorable and shows an unhealthy busU
ness condition, we must remember that
Justice demands that all have the
chancy to earn enough for the needs
of their several families without the
harrowing, gnawing fears of extreme
want, and get the chance for rest and
worship tha belongs to God's free
people. THOS. H. BROWN.
: - Modern "Dry Farming." "
B,lLX't.1'ialn,, ln Pacl"e Monthly.
Although dry farming has been prac
ticed in Oregon and California for from
80 to 40 years, as a western, movement
the system has not been known more
than flveyears. , H. V. Campbell of
Lincoln, Neb. caught the idea of ap
plying the thorough tillage system to
the practice of agriculture on the seml-
Lani8' f.arl.y ,n th0 e,htles, and by
1900 had actively under way propaganda
in behalf of his Ideas. ,? The work and
experiments of Mr. Campbell and others
and the practical experience of a few
energetlo and enthusiastic farmers who
were successfully producing crops in
various portions of the Great Plains re
gion, attracted the attention of the lnter
mountaln region and .made dry farming
a TTans-Missouri movement. The first
Trans-Missouri congress was held - in
Denver, Colo., in January, 1907; the
second .-Jn Salt Lake City, Utah, one
year later; the third ln Cheyenne, Wyo.
last February, when the presence of
delegates from the majority of . the
states of the union and accrdit Aoi.
gates from, eight foreign -nations at the
flast place caused the old name to be
aoanaoneo ior tne broaaer and simpler
title "Dry Farming congress."
The term "dry farming" la a misno
mer. This system, which means so
much in the development of western
lands, is not a scheme or plan for farm
ing without water, but is a combination
of sensible and thorough methods of
handling soils and of adaptation of
crops to soils and climates in order to
secure reasonable assurances of regular
crops in regions of limited rainfall. . in
Vyomtnir, Colorado. Utah, western Ne-
are belnK. "uccessfuiiy produced each
nre.Uat oT :," JTVl X?
lumbla, in Washington, the moisture of
two yenrs ls conserved by deep plowing
&n "S
i' if i .-.. - . rf li'.iT ii
Letters From tkePedp!?
K j U I
AMD
riALL chaxc;:
It won't be
at liono.
a fvife and bane Fourth
Teddy, Junior, Is married; it's Ethel's
turn next
Again the
Take one.
vacation subject is up.
Irrigation for the Willamette valley
Is coming. ' ,
a
There ought to be a good many more
local bond buyers.
'".-''
There are now many cherry counties
and cities ln Oregon.
. .... . v- ',-- -. .'
Portland cannot afford to pay Its
teachers insufficient salaries. '
a
' 'Even at Ovster rtav Rnnnp,vin will
manage to have & bully time.
Each succeeding vear the -otnneers
4 inuro welcome, ir possiDie.
The actinw rnvnrrinf n-nhah1 .
gards himself as the right bower man.
'ine reporters will rnsnanr . -Rnna.
Teus aeeire ior privacy; they'll have ta
uia vviiiamerte univprs tv m
uVt"1 . suiuae i0 lionoraole K. A.
Booth.' ; ..
Yes. P.oosevelt la a h , tn in k
world, and nobody ir nAWI t hdtt., than
At least LuiTVdr Ponn.i-', ttvlae In h
Ballinger case may be expected to be
bomenow Mrs. Nick Lona-wnrth 1
never mentioned except la connection
Moving tha fia-ht
muiiBn tne gate receipts, yet they yrii
VllUUgll.
They are bicomlna' fwr unit faahia
each yearthe real old prairie schooner,
a ; a .
The aiirnmnhilaat that tv kIa.....
have to dodge are quite different ve
hicles from the ones in which they came
"By George" aeern tn ha
quent expression' of RnnftnvAlt
ouiue ne must use expletives, this is aa
harmless aa any.
A big Prize fia-ht la lam mtr-
from a financial point of view, almost
enoug h so, one would think, to inter
est; J. P. Morgan.
Teddy broueht a tramnAita ainMn
with. him to New York, but as long as
it was not an earthquake the old town
doesn t care much. , .
La Follette mav be rln-umod y,v thm
regulars; in Wisconsin, but if ao they
will know when it is dona that they
have been ln a fight , 7
a a
Larry Sullivan has ; bMn imH . n
again in a San Francisco saloon fight
Possibly he Js on his way. back to
Portland to take part ln the assembly.
What have' bcomn nf all IVn,.
loads of stuffed animals and other epollu
pf the long Journey? Surely it will
take several great buildings to contain
them? . , , ,
NOW that tha bountiful Or.irnn
has been nicely moistened with time
ly rains, the weather man can turn
summer loose whenever ha la ready."
Oregon is ready for her. y -
Assembly , Idea Sweeping Oregon.
Sentiment la Unanimous.'' , These ara
headlines ln a Portland newspaper that
in political matters at least has long
been notorious for a disregard of the
truth. ,
-..-.,-.
Belnar dna?rarr!hr la ant .n.A...j
desirable Job anywhere, but over at
Vancouver, Wash., it seems to be es
pecially - undesirable, as that official
there has been licked and ahnt a r
era! times. ;
What achneihnv but Vnnwa hrUflv
the Storv Of bold Cantaln John Rmlth.
the founder of Virginia, and of poor
uuie focanontas, .. tne Indian maiden.
They have poured over woodcuts of tha
Indian chief's fammia Aanrhtttr mihlnv
to tha rescue of. the captain Just as he
was about to be beaten to death with
war clubs. She was only 18 years .old
then and verv beautiful, and hap-later
marriage to John Rolfe is one-o'f the
prettiest romances in American history.
captain Braitnwas born in Lincoln
shire. "England, in 1679. It la aalri nf
his early life that while he might have
obtained a good education if he wished,
he was ao determined to become a
sailor that he sold hla school honk In
order to get money to run away with.
wnen ne was 10 years old he traveled
through France, acting as servant to
the sons of noblemen. - At thta tlma
France was ln the throes of war, which
enaea in tne assassination of Henry IV.
Smith enlisted as a soldier and fought
on the side of tha Protestanta.
When there waa no more fisrhtlne,
In France, he Joined some English
troons. who wara nsslstlnir Ihs armla
of Phifip II and the Duke of Alva, who
were iignung in tne jMetnenanas. Arter
four yeara in thla service he became
restless and took a ship for Scotland.
After living a wild and erratic life
as a poacher for. a .few years he started
for the continent again. Tha vessel ha
sailed in was almost wrecked, and the
passengers, believing Smith to be an
other - Jonah, cast him into the Med
iterranean. Fortunately, he-was a -nni
swimmer, and managed to reach the
island of St Mary'a, from which he was
taken next day by a French vessel,
which had put into the harbor during a
Storm. He next ioined the Austrian
In fighting the Turks, was made pris
oner Dy tne latter, Killed his keeper and
escaped to Russia. - - - . ,
- After that-he went bank tr. Vno-l.r,
and become dazzled by the stories of
weaiin ana. aaventure that, were told
about tha newlv dlarrvvf.rcl m,tsrn
hemisphere. Raleigh had already
reached Virginia, which h hari
after his virgin queen. Smith succeeded
in Torming a company, capitalizing it
year, summer fallow system, successful
crops are regularly grown on eight
inches of annual rainfall. ,
The climatic factora involved are the
amount of annual precipitation; distri
bution of moisture through .the year,
evaporation and altitude. - Among tha
requirementa for successful farming on
the lands, hitherto considered as irre
trievably dry, are a fair amount of an
nual rainfall, suitable and water reten
tive SOll, ; -! ' - f -
While .. the irrlgationist f atores his
vater in a reservoir; which may be near
tne iana to be watered or maybe con
structed miles away In the mountains,
the dry farmer makes his storage reser
voir in--his own fleMs; He ; does this
largely by deep plowing.'; Subsoil pack
ing witn the Campbell packer or with
an ordinary disk, set straight, estab
lishes , connection between the bottom
of tha furrow and the land that haa
been turned over, and permita and aids
an equal distribution of water through
the soilr by means of capillarity. Evapo
ration - from the surface and loss of
capillary water Is prevented by the fori,
matton of the duet mulch,, which-acts 89
a blanket In protecting the water stored
below. 'Where the normal rainfall ls
not great enough to grow a crop each
year, the land ls plowed and put In con
dition to both receive and retain mois
ture and a crop in planted every other
year. While kllc'ln summer the land is
cultivated frequently In order tdf koop
iJi-i L'i
June 21 in History Captain Jolin Smitk ,
XJS
c:::
An Astoria girl weighed 14 pounJs at
iJlilU.
a a
Fruit raiser near Canby is building a
iuuu Dungmow.
a a
Ir, Salem 150 building permits, have
been lsaucd this year.
Ashand isn't eo
$T5,0uO bonds for a
slow; hos voted
high school.
A Royal Ann cherry tree in -Eugene
yieiaeo. tzuv pounds or irult
a a
A Wheeler county man sold' his 6000
acre rancn ana stock for fiuo.uou.
a a
Lake county is doing good work on
roaas oetween LKevlew and.,i3urs.
- a a r
A Jasper man, with the aid of his
dogs, killed two large bears in one day.
: a a '-:
Extensive and admirable Improve
ments have been made . at Gearheart
Park,
'." a a
The Dalles la growing steadily, and
needs some mure moderate .priced resl-
uentes, , - .
' - A four acre natch near SnrinefTMd
is expected to . yield 80,000 . pounds of
, oerries. .
,.-'' -....''.. ,:-,;-. '.-.-v-. ,4 '',
Having 'turned down, an electric rail
road franchise, Ashland may build one
of -its own. ';' -.:!',
: . ' ... '; ;'"f ,.v''' '-' ;' '-,-' '":
A 873 acre ranch near Creswell sold
for $80 an acre; it may be sold ln
small tracts.
.... a a f-
Population of Waterloo, Linn coun
ty, has doubled in three months; num
ber not stated.
'''.
The cherry crop in . and near The
Dalles has been far larger - and more
profitable than ever before. '
;.v;.' a a : ,:,,:'..".-,-"".-'i
A'vpromlnnt French Chemist and
scientist has 40 acres of land near Stan
field and has been visiting it
a a .v '
Port Orford Tribune; The Ranger
went out to the reef last Thursday and
killed 22 seallpns and returned to. the
wharf ln the evening. , i,
.. '..a -a ,. .
With both big saWmlH tuning and
two large planing mills under construc
tion, the lumber Industry of this city
is beginning to become apparent in its
truly great proportions, says the Wal;
Iowa Sun.
Joseph la having a fight with a little
octopus Of lta own in the beautiful Wal
lowa valley. The town wants a mu
nicipal water plant, and the domestic
local company claims both a perpetual
and an exclusive franchise. So far
building Its waterworks, for which $20,-
uuv nas oeen voiea.
One can ret nlentv of haar tn drtnk
in enaniao. out water is a scarce art!
cle, says the Moro Observer. Tha town
has so outgrown the supply that water
for the locomotives has to be hauled
from BIgga In tanka. and for train uaa
it is tanen on nere. iast week a large
arove of cattle awaiting shipment there
were u nours without a sip to quench:
e
Dallas Itemixer: " To watch the flullv
shipmenta of beer and other atuff to
Dallas does hot impress a stranger that
jjiuias is a ary town, ln ract, it la as
serted that the shipments of wet aooda
a.re areater man ever oeiore in tne hi
tory of the town. But of course, wa
have grown ln population greatly alnca
fiie oaiuons went out.
'
"floater" who la undecided whether he
Is sane or not He worked three 'or
i ne i luue-ena mnrsnni riount an
four daya and was told by his fellow
workmen, that he was crasy. He quit
wura ami maae trip to rortiana to
una our, ana . railing to get the de
Sired information there -rama haelr to
Eugene ana wants to have his head ex
amined. He savs other npnnU tnll him
he is crazy, but ha does not believe it.
Obtaining a land arrant and ant ,,11 ith
an expedition of 108 men on December
During the voyage Smith waa ao ir
ritable and .overbearing that he was
put in lrona by hla crew. The men
were disheartened at not reaching land
and were about to return to England,
when a terrific storm drove their little
fleet straight into the waters of Chesa
peake bay. - , -
They landed at what is now James
town. Va,, April 26, 1607. and proceeded
to establish their colony.. Smith imme
diately began explorations and by hla
kind treatment -of the Indians insinu
ated himself into their good graces. He
made treaties with Powhatan, father of
Pocahontas, and other great : chiefs.
Through shrewdness and foresight he
soon acquired the real leadership of the
colony. IU Wit respected and feared
by the Indians. . He fortified Jamestown
and procured supplies of provisions by
tradlng.with them. At one time the set.
tiers would have starved to death but
for Smith, who alone was able to pro
cure corn from the Indians. V
While he was absent on a mission the
settlers angered the Indians and Smith
who was held responsible for It all, was"
condemned to death by Powhatan. It
was at this time that the Interference
of Pocahontas saved hla life.-
Soon after this Smith went back to
England and was lost sight of for near
ly five years. Then he sailed for North
America again and spent six months on
the. coast of New - England. He went
back to London a fairly rich man and
died there onNftine 21. 1631,
. June 21 is the birthday of Increase
Mather, tha clergyman and educator
(1639); Lelbnita, the great German phil
osopher (1646); Enoch Poor, the distin
guished officer of the Revolutionary
war (1736); Alexander. J. Dallas, secre
tary o the -treasury under - Madison
(1759); Daniel D. Tompkins, vice presl.
dent of the United States (1774); Ho
ratio King, statesman (1811), and
Henry Guy Carleton, author and play.
Wright. (1866). It is the date of the
death of Edward HI of England, in
1377. - ' '.-. . '
down the weeds and keep tha aoli mulch
Intact, thereby preventing excessive
evaporation from the eurface.
Opportunity. '"
1 "Wlighrt Cme thwart th morning
Her face all radiant with the sunrise
clow
0f. bolra.n'1 Promise In her Hps and
Her eyes 'dream dimmed as one who
, through tbe nigh . . 0
'thorc a"d bullda '"""idrons glory
Timid, I paused, and then I saw her go
FulUown the early years I saw her go
Mastered my doubts and sat me down
to wait, , .,
Readytotouch her roba when she re
It seemed not long before tha lonelv
snow -
Of age closed in, and where the suirlse
burned - - r T
Erstwhile, the twilight magic spread ita
slate. -:' ... . . . ..... T
It seemed not very long to wait Life's
loom .
Dixni -- I h,ri not- wWlarwltft
anxious breath -
The vigil bound. - At -last t shadow
. came. .
I saw it stir across the silent gloom;
" "Tls she," I cried, and rose to call her
name
Hut it was death.
Pf-rcy M. Cupbtng In the July Hamp
ton 8.1.
.1 tt
Tim morning air. Is
; r-.it in twain,
.A I - alarms and
c look s,
Winn comes the
lit-d Jlars raucous
voice:
"CheiTi.s fi'-cen' a
bo-x-x."
ADVEN'TCRES OP
PIUTE I'KTE.
"Speaking of tem
p e r a t e climates
with the accent on
the temper," be pan
Piute Pete, "I guess
Two-step Gulch is
a little- bit the -on-healthiest
place
there is doing -business,
The scene,
friend, opens with
' " ; a' landscape," said
grandilo cuentlv.
he
wuma use a can opener or a bottle of
beer to open a scene like this, but I
alius use a landscape." he remarked sig
nificantly, as he glanced -toward a house
of thirst . -.
'Vhy, even the green houses were
full of rains. But that ain't what I
mean. The gardens were harrowed be
cause the vegetables' were suffering all
the time.:;: The cabbage had boils
think' of a- garden ..full ef boiled cab
bage and there was a little corn on
nearly every foot of errounrt. Th
pumpkins were squashed, the tomatoes
couldn't ketchup with the lettuce be
cause they felt so eeedy.and the Chi
nese gardener let hla aueue cumber tha
ground. The hena got eggue and shook
all ,Via1m MM . .. ...
" icauicjB on ana wnen tne lit
y" 'MfC ctNi -,.a
eoKj
tle cnicaens were . hatched thL.wr :..
fried. I stayed arojind there till I
heard the undertaker , coffin, then I ;
went over into the Funeral mountain.
along Death, valley and Jaughed myself
Ts this the way to Ketchumr
Quoth a man In Idaho.
Dependa on when they atarted,
Said tha man behind tha boa. .-
Tha town was dry,
The man did thirst.
The pig waa blind.
But it saw him first .
The Abolishing of Seven Day Work.
ine iron Trade Review.
Strong worda were thosa annkan hv
First Vice President Dickson of the
United1-Statea Steel corporation, at tha
recent dinner of the membera of the
American Iron and Steel Institute, when
he said: y
"It ' is my own deliberate ludirm'ent
after a period of almost 80 years' con
nection with the Industry, the early part
of which waa passed ln manual labor ln
the mills," that tha present conditions,
which necessitate the employment of the
same Individual workman 18 hours a day
for seven daya a week, are-a reproach
to our great industry, and ahould not. V
in this enlightened age, ba longer toler
ated." -, .. .-,-,
Mr, Dickens spoke with the deep sym
pathy of one who, having known from
actual eontact with condttiona. of
tha terrible grinding and depressing ef
fect of continuous labor, la anxloua to
Improve tha lot of hia fellow man. ; Tha
question of Sunday labor is not neces
sarily a religious one at all. It la a
well known fact that man la not so
constituted that ho can work year in -and
year out, seven days a week for even
less than 12 hours a day, and be much
better than an animal. There ls no
time for enjoyment, no time for self im
provement no tlma for such Intercourses
with members otL one's i family, : work
means degradation. Hard as these con
ditions are, thnf difficulties of abolishing
them have been many, and have been
due not merely to the dllatorinesa of
soma manufacturers, but also to positive
opposition of workingmen and labor un
ions, who fought , against reducing the
hours of labor if accompanied by a cor
responding reduction of pay. A single
employer or number of employers could -not
reduce the working hours without
reducing the pay, becauae tha compan
ies having the longer honra would be
at a distinct advantage. , It is not even
possible for one part of the" country to
adopt the short hour Bystem unless a
similar policy ls followed in other pi.rfa
of the country. This has been clearly
demonstrated in the case of San Fran
cisco, where the adoption of tha eight
hour day haa proved ruinous to many in
dustries, Hlmply because they could not ..
compete Iwlth other parts of the coun
try, where the nine and ten hour day f
systems prevail. '
As Roosevelt 'Sees Himself.
"Personally, aa you know," ' Bay a
Colonel Roosevelt Jn letter quoted in -
the July McClure'a, I am not really
good at any games. Perhaps in my tlma
I came nearer to being fairly good as
a walker, rider and rifle ahot than In
any other way; but I was never mora
than an average good man, aven ln
these three respecta. Whatever suc
cess I have had in game hunting and .
it has been by no means noteworthy .
has been. due, : as well aa I can .make ,
out, to three cauaea: First, common
sense and good Judgment; second, per
severance, 'which la the only way of .
allowing one to make good one'a own
blunders; third, the fact that l snot as
well at gama aa at a target
"Now, of course, the possession ana
practice oi tnese inree qualities uiu uui
make me by any means aa auccessful
a hunter as the men who,-in addition.
to possessing them, were also better
Shots than I was,,! or who haa greater
power of endurance, or wno were .
more skilled in plalnscraft , and
woodcraft But they did enable ma to
kill a reasonable quantity of big game,
and to do. It in ways that have made my
ooservauons oi vaiua 10 me uuu
outdoor naturalist Besides, I knew.
what I wanted, and waa willing to work; ,
hard to get it In short I am not an
atniete; l am sim-piy a goou, uruuwij, ,
out-of-doora man." .
. After Awkile :
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt Maaoa, ;
th fnmmia Kanaaa nnt. Ilia oroaa-DOemi.ara
regular feature of tola column Id The Uail
Journal.) .
The mother, tired, with aching heed.
from sweeping floor and baking bread,
called to her daughter: '' "Susan, dear,.
wish you d help a little here." Fair
Susan, in tha parlor dim, waa playing
o'er a tender hymn; methlnks it was
"The Maiden's Prayer ' a melody be
yond compare. She cried, while playing
on, ln style: - "I'll help you ln a little
while." Her lover blew in unawares a
fine young matrwlth princely alra. His
heart was free from aordld stains; his
head was full of high-class brains; most
any girl would give her eyes to gather
ln so big a prize. He heard the mother's
weary cry;:, he heard the damsel's flip
reply. His bosom swelled with noble
ire! His tawny eyes flashed streaks of
flrel He cried: "Miss Susan; Sarah
Broft-n, it's up to me to turn you down I
While groundhogs live and comets'
shine, you'll be no blushing bride of
mine! The healthy girl who doesn't
)nrrnrrrind'tm-ter-yetmgTt-rinnipr"
wnen moiner chub, i ao not WantJso
get thee hence! Aroint! Avauntt I'll
hunt me up a damsel fair who passes
up 'The Maiden's Prayer when she has'
got a chance to chase the-troubles from
ner moiner iacei ' - ,
ConyrtarM. I HMO. by A 'yTw
. (ieorga Mattbew . Adamt. M&SX i?
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