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THE NEW RATE DECISION
CONSIDERABLE significance un
doubtedly attaches to the new
"decision of the Interstate com-.-
"taerce commission.- It orders a
20 per cent decrease in the Spokane
commodity rata and a" similar , de
crease in the backhaul from coast
terminals. . Local authorities are as
yet at sea as to the full effect, and
will.be. until the full text-of the
decision Is available,. lf
As to one thing, however, there
Is great certainty the' .decision
strengthens the position of Spokane
as a. distributing point. , It empha
sizes more clearly than ever; that it
always has been, la now and always
will be of enormous importancejto
Portland to hold tast to her interior
waterways and; to more and more
prepare for their fuller i utilization
In commerce.' " It makes' equally clear
the enormous Importance of bringing
Portland harbor to the highest state
of efficiency; and of maintaining a
route to the sea that will give mer
chant marine facilitated navigationl
It will more and more cpme home to
l Jl uauu jvm,uwa a mum, v v viauu w-ia-
ufacturers that the sea route from the
Atlantic to Portland, and river routes
from Portland to the interior, are
the most powerful of all resources
with, which, they will be able to meet
the constantly strengthened position
of interior distributing points. The
lower rates by sea. which so great
an authority as Admiral Evans says
mayi be halved or even quartered
when the Panama canal is completed,
are what Portland must fight for.
To get them, and to get low water
rates to the Interior, Portland's wa
ter front must be, saved from mo
nopolization, the .equipment and fa
cllities for transferring cargo must
be the best and most: economical . In
the world,, and no single railroad
must be allowed to belt and control
the harbor front . . ;' V: j
A SPECTACLE,
N PORTLAND we have the strange
I spectacle of the mayor of the city
appealing to citizens to buy bridge
. bonds; leading women of the, city
canvasslnsr. in the ' same Interest.
committees of' business men ' urging
purchase of the securities and a gen.
eral condition of agitation and propa
ganda In. behalf of the Broadway
bridge. It Is a splendid endeavor by
those engaged in it, but,' after all,
what a pathetic situation! . It Is one
stubborn- man , that . invests these
bonds with legal . technicality and
causes all. this furore' and struggle
by public-spirited people in the ef
fort to float the Issue.. It Is this' man
Kiernan who swore Invcourt that his
purposes are "honorable" that lays
upoa the mayor; t upon the, women
and upon the citizen committees this
added endeavor and he ought to be
ashamed of it, '"- -
A"nd what 6f the Jurisprudence
that enables him to stand- the
jcity, and - control a people? H is
-this time a Kansas judge that Joins
,the presidentof the United States
In assailing court practice ; and pro
cedure,.. He eays the poor are not
adequately defended, that the rich
are defended not always . wlBely but
too Vwell; that theoretic?!" equality
before .the Jaw does not exist; that
Justice is bought and sold, and that
,Vlt is the business of private lawyers
to prejudice the courts 'and; mlsrep;
"resent the facts.'? Had ' this Judge
heard of Kiernan and the Kiernan
suit? Is it not such suits and the
processes and methods of such suits
"and . such men that bring all this
odium and denunciation .upon Juris
prudence."
There are too many splendid fig
ures In ; the Portland bar and; too
many splendid Jurists on the Port
land bench to have their. profession
victimized as it is being victimized
by this man Kiernan and his lawyer.
' Tim COLUMBIA ENTRANCE
a , GREATLY widened channel
I and' 26 feet depthiat low
t water at the Columbia fiver
entrance are announced as' i
result of the latest surveyhy gov
ernment engineers. The width is in
creased from J000 to 8000 feet and
a least depth of . '2 5 feet outside the
deepest portion jpf the channel as
against thor 24 fet of a year ago. A
, greater facility for the passage of
vessels Is consequent, and a new step
forward is taken for making port
land more perfectly accessible to the
merchant navies of all nations. Con'
teinporaneous information is that
il erjaia ,&a, appxoprlaUn,.ampia-Xox
proecnting effective t work on the
Jetties, f which is assurance that i
En'atff depth --of water and a grad
ually bettered channcl-ivJH, result.
t JL.. l. y.-i i j ui l 4
iv inw vi'tuuioia rir ana im
r-r.-.f.rf) that wus a cl.iff factor in
building Tortland." The facility with
which trade mny flowoi and down
the river and through rae entrance
Is a big factor in inviting transcon
tinental railroads to Portland. It is
a fundamental law that commerce is
greatest where ocean and land trade
meet and it Is where there Is the
greatest commerce that the railroads
go. The deepening, entrance,, the
widening channel are omen of greats
er and greater possibilities for Port
land. , How Important then .o keep
Portland from being belted and mo
nopolized bra single railroad line!
How essential to' keep the city wide
open so air railroad lines may enter
IT KILLED COCK ROBIN
TIHE OREGONIAN tells us it was
I' a devoted advocate of free
( locks.' .The statement JraT a
thriller. If , true,, it convinces
us that it was '''the Oregonian that
struck Billy Patterson, and also that
it killed Cock Robin.'
, The truth Is that the freeing of
the Oregon City locks was achieved
in epite qf the Oregonian. It never,
after The Journal took up the agl-.
tatlon four years ago, once lifted its
voice for them. On the ether hand,
its opposition was so manifest at the
legislative session of three years ago
when, the Jones bill was pending that
Representative. Jones denounced the
paper on the floor of the house'. In
mny editorials during the fight for
free locks ' the ' Oregonian declared
that all effort ' must be devoted to
the "Columbia below Portland, and
that the upper rivers should wait
until that , .improvement was y com
pleted.'. If, instead, of standing in
with the push, as it did the -Ore
gonian ,had done its duty, at the leg
islative session-'-: when the . state's
right of taking over the locks ex
pired, the locks never, would have
passed into the hands of the private
corporation and the $200,000 orig
inally appropriated would not have
gone'' Into the hands of private mo
nopoly. But as a railroad organ' it
stood in then, Just as it has stood
in ever since, and Is standing In now
in the Portland street vacatlonThe
journal Is the only Portland news
paper that lifted a finger in behalf
of free locks. The tower's '-, "claim
that it helped can now take its place
alongside Dr. Cook's discovery of the
North Pole; : ' '
IMPOSSIBLE IN OREGON
fHE eastern press Is vigorous in
denouncing the huge campaign
?" expenditure: by Joseph C. Slb
- ley that brought him a nomlna
tlon for congress in' the twenty,
eighth Pennsylvania district. ' Ac
cording to his sworn statement, the
sum expended by Mr, Sibley, exceed
ed .$40,000. Ills "district comprises
four counties, and he lost three, but
secured majority enough in his home
county to win the nomination. There
is no charge of vote-buying, .but huge
sums were paid out for publicity, for
subsidizing newspapers, for .trans
portation of voters and for payments
to political workers in the campaign
and at the polls, ' One newspaper
received $2500 and . others lesser
amounts ranging as low as $400.
There can be but one view of this
wholesale use of money. . The com
mercialization of a campaign is pow
er exerted by, money rather than by
men, jby-Dtxrses rather than by prin-
cipWs. f It is an unwholesome and
dangerous situation .when laws and
public sentiment reduce politics to a
money- basis. Though Oregon is
called in a' certain quarter the "fool
of the family,"-and Oregon citizens
deolared by the same voice to be
Incompetent, political campaigns - In
Oregon, cannot be Sibleyized. The
corrupt practices act, a law initiated
and passed by the Oregon electorate,
forbids. ' - .
' DEAD, THEN
WE ARB proudly told that Coos
-and Polk counties have held
assemblies and that thtf "dl
, - rect primary still lives,' ' But
later on," when "a federal o'ffice
h61der again whispers the figure 4
and three ciphers into a legislator's
ear in the last minute of the last
night of the session and the-legislator
Immediately changes his. vote
to - another - candidate for senator,
when a legislator is "paid $100 and
given whiskey" every time he votes
for a certain senatorial candidate;
when In the state convention the
candidate Jfor printer,, has to
divide up' the profits of the office
with two other men before he can
get a nomination;" when $15,000 of
Simon money and $20,000 of Lotan
money is spent In controlling a single
Multnomah county convention; when
rump . conventions, Simon conven
tions, citizens' conventions, regular
conventions and Independent conven
tions are all held again within the
Republican party; and when one
faction of the Republican party
again, as It used to, fuses with the
Democrats, Populists, Holy Rollers
or any other party, sect or gang
that will fuse; then the direct pri
mary will be dead.
MEXICAKIZED JOURNALISE
.';i.:; ' h !ti,Ys;'' "' f rr-. '.,:f (
DIAZ HAS been elected to another
six years term 'as president ."of
Mexico. ;At the same moment,
:' John Kenneth Turner, former
ly of Portland, IS' charging in. a se
ries of irticles that the perpetual
president, through gifts and through
American connections, Is controlling
newspapers .and magazines Jn this
iuatryyoBiMrMw.jIfrimjr,,
lication of Turner's articles in the
American ; magazine, ', begun with
grpat pybliclty was stopped before
the -series was completed. Many pub
lications attacked Turner and flew
to " the defense, of Diaz, , Turner
charges tliat,ia the state of. Chihua
hua, and noar the border line of the
United States, one publisher owns a
ranch, a ranch that has been fre
quently spoken of as the finest in
all Mexico. This ranch comprises
more than a million fruitful acres.
President Diaz presented the pub
lisher with this princely estate, and
upon It the owner pays no taxes. .
Mr. .Turner also charges the Sun
set magazine's defense of Diaz to the
$20,000,000 subsidy the Mexican
president is giving to the, Southern
Pacific for, building a .1000 mile
(rallroad along' the west coast of
Mexico, and on which no taxes are
to be paid for a term of. years. Also
to the fact that Dlas "has executed
upon scandalously favorable terms a
deferred sale to the owners of the
Southern Pacific of the Mexican Na
tional railways, that is the merged
railroad -lines consisting of '7089
miles." ."It pays," adds Mr, Turner,
"to laud President Diaz."'
Turner also insists that most of
the five newspapers published in Los
Angeles are muzzled. He-says the
owners of alL five are interested in
concessions in Mexico. A .newspa
per man said to Turner, "we don't
dare to raise a finger, for if we. did,
Diaz would get back at us." One of
Turner's most striking allegations is
that the publisher., of - the Los An
geles Times and his partners own
"more than a million' acres of rich
valley1 land Just over, the Hne of
Lower California, presented to them
by the government of Mexico."1
THEIR ABSURD CLAIM
THE head. of the Portland street
, car system declares that there
is no intention by his company
to advance rates; There should
not be. Nor Is there attempt, by
traction systems In any part of . the
country to Increase rates. . It Is a
circumstance that makes absurd the
demand of the steam railroads for
higher freight and passenger rates.
Higher cost ot. operating expe&ses
bears as heavily on the traction as
on the steam railroads. Larger -pay
for 'employes arid Increased cost for
materials affects one the same as the
other; The, increased coBt of , rallB
and equipment Is a source of greater
expense ip the electric roads, as well
as to the steam roads. ' Gradually,
in most cities,? the Wectrlc roads are
being subjected to ' a heavier ' fran
chise expense than formerly, due to
the growing realization, by the public
that public service corporations
Bhould pay a fee 'for 'the use of
streets. As pointed tut by the New
York 'World, the electric , roads of
the country . earned. 11.08 per cent
gross and 4 3 per cent net bn their
total capitalization ia 1907. The
earnings of the steam roads the same
year were 16.09 per cent gross and
7.01 per cent neta . The much, heav
ier net earnings for the steamQads
shows the lackof foundation the
railroad presidents have for their
claim of dire extremities to which
railroading will , be reduced if rates
are not advanced. The fact that mot
a street car system, in the country
Is advancing rates shows that no
steam railroad needs an advance. .'
SOMETHING CONGRESS DID NOT
DO .'.'; -'
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HERE IS - one thing the late
congress did not do, It failed
,to pass a parcels post. In the
'meantime, Investigation has
shown that the railroads own $20.-
006,000 of the capital stock of thel
express companies, and that the ex
press companies own $34,000,000 of
the stock' and bonds ot the railroads.
It also appears that last year's prof
Its of : the express companies were;
Adams; 80 per cent; .Wells Fargo, 70
per csnt;,, the United States, 25 per
cent; the American, 105 per cent.
The refusal of congress to provide a
parcels post compels the public to
pay a vaBtly increased, cost for the
transit of parcels, and helps to swell
the dividends of the express corpor
atlops. And while the Lodge com
mission in its report on the high cost
of living charged the Increases main
ly to the American farmer, it made
no reference to the high cost express
charges' are to the American farmer.
A parcels post will come, but not un
til the country does more insurglng.
"Senator Bourne's newspaper in
Portland sayshe", received $25,000
for delivering legislative totes for
United States senator In 1903. Yet
that organ upholds him as a paragon
of - political t purity.' Oregonian.
Are we to understand: that because
he accepted Editor Scott's terms of
$25,000 and . the influence of the
Oregonian and .Telegram, Senator
Bourne Is unworthy? ; 1 If " Editor
Scott thus points to the deal of 1903
as sign of Senator Bourne's un
wprthiness, what about Editor Scott?
Meantime," does it count for nothing
that Senator Bourne Is against it,
while Mr. Scott wants to go back to
.the old game? ' f'
A Politician's Dream of a City. .
From Everybody's rMagailne.,
"The. union of voters is needed Just
now more than anything else in sight,"
said the politician. , -' '."''
, "And this union of voters is. bound
to come. 1 believe-that, to beirin with,
we're going to get direct primaries, and
also the initiative, referendum, and re
call mighty fine institutions, because
they put big questions right up to the
voter and so tend to make him think;
But these. ain't the only weapons. I've
been a good deal of a boss myself in
a humble way in the, last 10 years. I've
been too close to politics to think we
can do without a machine. And I want
a new machine, one that is run from
the bottom up. .That sounds simple,' but
It. -'ain't,.' Its the toughest political
Job this town ha ever tackled. If 11
takeTyfaTsnsfneetfTflgtns-efowa-'lo-
gether- Jn a dojen kinds of ways.'.
"Ai new political party, or an old one
made over again," so built that whether
Its leaders want : to or not they've got
to stand for the people, all of ,, all
the time, r A new political party-and
orgsnizationa or all .kinds to bring vot
era together, anil make 'gm think, mitke
'em npen their eyes,' nnd -make 'cm keep
on wanting more and more of the afore
said swiftly cheapening riches of the
earth.
"Along- about BO yeara ago a certain
agitator framed up tha following little
epaech : i , - -
"'Of tha people, by thi paople, for
tna people.' ; - .
"That'll do for a draaffi of a city for
me."
Japanese Bar Washington.
From the Washington Post.
. George Washington. , once a favorite
hero among the Japanese, has been ban
tihed from mariy. school of tha um
pire aa a rebel whoae example mlght-'.be
Inimical to tha loyalty of young Japan.
How, thla change, of attitude waa
braittnt about la not easy to determine,
but we are assured that It has no bear
ing upon the relations between America
and Japan, for Oliver Cromwell haa
likewise come In for disapprobation of
late, the teachers impressing on tli
students . the Idea that he was a regi
cide whose life waa unworthy of study.
Ona private school which had a lin
gering admiration for Cromwell was
obliged, to close Its doors , for want of
support Jn - the face of official 'censure.
Formerly In such cases the Japanese
were . aocustomed to teach tha . rising
generation to -distinguish , the motive
from act, but since the Increase of as
sassination in Korea tnd tha tendency
of Japanese to set up political assassins
as martyrs, great care Is being exer
cised Jn tha teaching of history.
From McMinnyllle Telephone-Register.
Ex-Senator Brownell, In his recent
discourse at Milwaukee, Or., had some
very appropriate things to say" regard
ing the proposed Republican assembly,
That It Is tha Intention of the ,assem
blyites to disqualify th direct primary,
practically do away with Us sfftolency,-
and thus place Republican politics back
upon the old "machine" basis, no one
but a few party machine leaders -attempt
to deny.; , Whlla that is the plain
object of; the cohorts of the assembly,
of course, they will deny It. To do
away, with, or discredit the direct . pri
mary and Statement No. 1, will consti
tute a return to . the discreditable
methods of electing senators through
the entire freedom of the legislature;
freedom to vote for the candidate who
has the longest purse and Is the most
liberad bidder for votes. When one com
pares the mode of election by which the
last two senators were elected with the
criminal practices In vogue under the
old regime through which votes were
made merchandise and peddled out -to
me nignesi ana nest bidders, it,
Is . ridiculous to advocate r a re.
turn , to those "V methods . and the
people of the state are not going to per
mit it. in Yamhill county the masses
of the voters are opposed to the . as
sambly, and every candidate who is In
dorsed by a - county assembly, if' -one
shall be held, will be heavily handi
capped and placed In a very embar
rassing position before the voters. To
diffuse - the assembly Indorsement will
cost ' candidates some votes of course,
and to accept it will amount to defeat
and political suicide. 'Thus, to hold a
county assembly will greatly embarrass
soma of our most meritorious , candi
dates. - It should toot, in justice to the
candidates of the Republican; party, be
held In this county. Likewise, for the
state offices, ' candidates who . receive
the recommendation of the, assembly
will most sureljf be defeated,
Tbe "Condon Brawler" Talks Back.
; Condon; Or., June ? S.- To the Editor
of The Journal.---Comes how the "noisy
patriot of Condon," whose "vanity" the
Oregonian ot Sunday,' June IS, editor
ially , "condescends to tickle," I wish to
most humbly apologise for so wounding
the feelings of a great metropolitan
newspaper as to force it to make su'ch
a humiliating condescension, . I am .
obliged to confess that I am -somewhat
of S newcomer in Oregon, and when I
read the "brawler" editorial, I made
the awful discovery that I , had com
mltted an unpardonable ovwsighf in
falling to state I am a Democrat..' The
Oregonian pretends to advocate the
building up of the state in encouraging
newcomers to make, their homes In Ore
gon, let, when ' they come, it turns
around and says, "You freshles shall.
hava nothing to say In our nolltlcs or
government We have been-running this
state and we know the conditions. .You
have no first ,hand knowledge of the
things you talk about" All right Mr.
Oregonian, where is your first hand
knowledge of my doings rn Condon? Did
you witness me Uttemptlong to organ
ise the Democratic party here with my
self as boss? If you have such knowl
edge, you know more about it than my.
self or any other person in the state.
You accuse me of false assertions,' and
yet in the same paragraph you do not
hesitate to publish a' falsehood. This,
X say in defiance -to you and your In
formant 4to show the contrary.
Yes, I am a Demobrat, bijt I deny
that I am an 'intense partisan. I came
from a Republican state and knew what
advantage I could gain by changing po
litical 'front when removing to, another
Republican state.-; Yet, I adhere to what
I believe in preference to seeking office
as some do regardless of principle. In
Jhat I am, unlike .some others in this
state who have come from Democratic
states. Farty politics, .however. are of
secondary consideration with roe, Cit
isenshlp and a respect for the laws of
the state and nation are far above par
tisanship, as aiawyer, sworn to sup
port our constitution and laws. I see
whra my . duty - lies . first Although
very "fresh" in Oregon, I have been
here long enough to know that we nave
an excellent primary: -election-, law, , I
have respect for-that law, and as -a
clttsen, I claim a right to do what little
I can in opposition to its destruction by
Such methods and designs as the as
sembly proposition. If tbe assembly is
to be composed of representation from
all over the state, as from - Oilltam
county, ..anyone will be warranted In
asserting that it is a boss rule plan,
and an attempt to destroy the effect
oc tne- primary law. . v , v
This "stupid patriot who would rath
er be kicked than ignored," -has not a
great deal Of 'flrst hand knowledge' of
many things In connection with Ore
gon pontics, but he has a long lnqulsi
tlve nose,' and finds; out things occasion
ally, lometlmes to the discomfort of
the Oregonian's informant and his Ilk.
Not being satisfied to let those in high
position do his thinking, he has drawn
his conclusions from facts, and the in
flormatlon furnished by reliable sources
rather than such as tle Oregonian and
Its friends, has given the facts upon
which he bases his conclusions. , .,.-
' Were I the intense partisan the Ore
gonian says I am, and had the wicked
motives that paper says all Democrats
have. I certainly would be whooping it
up for ther assembly, as that plan wfll
make Democratic success more certain
because of the opposition fair' minded
Republlcans.aH over tha state will have
ror-th assewbiy eanrrmstes'snould'they
iuccoti) xne primaries, ,
. . ., , D. J. KAVANAOH, - -
"The Condon Brawler.".
v.1''.' t-.i "'"-H ' i iii .... jh ,,,
, ' ' Tiresome. , ' -
U-T think your family name Is such
a fine, one.
Flie Vo you?, I get dreadfully tired
MaasevAre Opposed
to tKe Assembly
Letters From tne People 4
COMMENT AND
S:.LLL CHANGS
Now reap, and gain.
.
Oregon must and shall produce oil.
The , landowner . is the Independent
man.
. , a. . ... ' e- m '
Now comes Mistress July; tha harvest
is at hand. ,- 1
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The July brides will be Just as happy
or miserable. -
:."''
"Money talks" even In some sena
torial elections.
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We. don't like strawberries, nohow;
raspberries are better.
... j.-. ..-.'.
Nearly all the little towns will cele
brate; also some big ones.
' Senator Lorimer Is a Bood stayer; he
is still sticking to his salary. -,.
Nobody seems to be arrested for kill
ing that important thing. Time. - -
: 1 ...)- ',;& " "?''-; 'V'...
Borne women can enly enjoy them
selves by saying mean things. - . ,
.
Get a piece of God's, good ground, and
work a little; then you're all right
.' ' - .-..-.v ..-... --."
The bir Fourth celebrations this year
will be in Arlsona and New Mexico. r
At last resorts Jay Bowerman and
Pat MeArthur had not left the state;
so u is sate. ,. ..
Farmers are- learning, year by year.
And It is of the utmost Importance that
farmers should learn. ' ; - c
Everybody loves money, and nearly
all people are prone to criticise every-
Doay else lor loving ju
What Is truth? asked Pilate. By the
way, the question nas never oe
answered, it is aouDiiui u even , u
colonel knows, . ,
June 30 In History
V During the early part of the seven-
tMnVh o.snturv in New England, the re-
latfins of the colonists to the Indians
were threefold: They .", traded (witn tne
Indians, they fought with them and
th nreanherl the Gosrjel to them. ' The
early settlers carried on trade with the
natives because it was prouiawe ana
because It was often necessary to
keep the colonists from starvation.
They sought, from pure and honest mo
tives, to convert tne, rea men xo nnr
tianlty. The Rev. John Eliot, the apos
tle to the Indians.-.labored for many
years to give them the Gospel, and
translated the Bime into tneir language.
This translation Is now a great literary
curiosity. . No man can read it, the
language avlng pertshea witn we peo
ple that used it
in unit of the' rood Intent of the
colonists, conflict with the Indians was
at times inevitable. The inaian couia
not understand the perpetual obligation
nf a. trMtr. nor could- he discriminate
between the honest settler, who sought
only to do him' gooe. ana tne oonscience
less trader who defrauded him. " -;
Soon after : the landing of the Pll
grlma. Philip, a son of Massasolt chief
of the Wampanoags, made a treaty of
rriendsnic wun inem, rinia ueaiy wa
foHVifniw Vent: for KO vearsl but soon
after the death of the aged chief Philip
ana his iriDe ; oecame erango irom
the white settlers and began to .prepare
for ; war. 'No particular cause for the
war that ensued is known It was ap
parently a spontaneous outDursi ramer
than the, result of a conspiracy ot the
Tnriiana It- la annrjoaerl that -tha In
dians, seeing the gradual encroachment
or the white men upon tne lanas-oi tneir
fathers, s determined to drive the Mtru
ders from the country. ' '' ':
The war, which Is known In slstory as
King Philip's war, began on June SO,
1876. with 5 an attack on the town of
Swansea. -The cry of . alarm spresd
throughout the colonies and the. effect
was immediate.' : Three hours after the
Try amm an tray YtaA rarl4 Ttaatftn. a hrtllV
of men were on the march from that
city to the Indian country, other towns
0Z:y'iiVOrl''M a6 Farmer. ' :.
t From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
'.A '.young woman ' In Massachusetts,
who was not worried by any surplus
ot .thlsiworld'a . goods, resolved to be
come a farmer, to oegm witn, sne
took a three years' codrse la the state
agricultural college at Amherstv She
had no money-after completing the
term, and her health was -not of the
best . She had . been advised to en
gage in some sort of work that would
keep her out' of doors, and she' rented
an abandoned farm, borrowing money
to pay the first installment of the rent
JL.ast year she worked only five acres
of the tract. She put those five acres
in garden truck, and she cleared 8650
on the enterprise. She figures that she
will clear as much as 1200 to the acre
on this year's farming operations, and
she has purchased three horses and 200
hens. She Is doing a fairly good busi
ness In selling eggs. So far tomatoes
have been her most profitable crop.
but she has also made a good deal of
money by growing peas and corn. , '
During the vegetable season : she
makes dally trips to Worcester, IS miles
away, where she sells her product She
hires boys for 10 cents an hour to help
In the truck patch. She keeps an 'ac
count of all receipts and expenses and
at the end of the year she will know
exactly where she stands In a financial
way. ; ;,.;:.''-:,:-''...':., .'.'',' v 1
Her experience Illustrates what might
be done with thousands of the aband
oned farms which are scattered all over
the : eastern1 states. : Farming -is not
easy work. It is a man's Job. and Is
not to be recommended as a vocation for
women. To make any considerable
amount of money out ot a year's farm
ing requires hard work, good judgment,
and close economy. ! . ;t,
This Massachusetts woman has pros4
pered because she attended to business
and because she learned something about
scientific farming when she was at the
agricultural college. She IS living on a
farm, not so much from choice as from
necessity. It Is no snap, but she has
done very well and Is proud of the ac
complishment - : - v
This country Is full of husky young
men, and lots of them are doing no par
ticular good for themselves or for their
ellowmen. Some of these young men
eould profitably get busy with a few
acres of abandoned farm.
" :' O, the Election. ' , .'
V - From the Albany Democrat
t Twenty-three counties 'have - 'been
whipped into line for an assembly.'That
is easy.: The revelation will, be after
the election, when, the people have vot
ed. The sentiment is strong among the
masses against the assembly for nom
ination purposes, a move that take the
power away from the people and puts it
in the hands of a few, Conventions for
discussion of issues arefe'dlfferent thing
entirely..
The Honest Auctioneer.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Self analytical auctioneers, meeting
in' Chicago in convention and ' subject
ing their souls to the cruel searchlight
of their consciences, disturbed ': their
peace of mind with the query: "'Can an
auctioneer .of horses be lionest?.':. .
"Sometimes,'' said Colonel A. J. Ma
son of .Union, Iowa. Certainly,, When,
ever the hota I LtnetU "I .
NEWS IN BRIEF
OKEGOX SIDELIGHTS
O, those Dalles peaches are fine and
luscious. v.
'--
New homes building about town begin
to assume finished proportions, and add
much to the looks of Ontario, says thS
Optimist, Building is going on in every
part of town, all the contractors are
busy, and there la steady dejnand for
more workmen.
Eugene Register: The races', promise
to be an attraction of the gilt edge
variety, and as the track Is in excel
lent condition, some fast time is -expected.
Those' who enjoy seeing first
class , exhibitions of speed, will know
they have been to a horse race after
they have attended these meets.
...
Hlllsboro Argus: Crops are looking
this is especially applicable to grain.
uais ana wnew- r uMrjuig n'"
color, and some , winter wheat is now
heartina- out. Jiist ' before ; you enter
Banks on the P. R. & N.- is a Held of
winter wheat that cannot De oeaien me
world over.
' Twt.AH tf( eratAot ;,, twasj vrv train
111 fUIk 1111BIVM J.WW ------
leaving here for the past two weeks has
carried m or su crates or our uowuc
rles. This will continue for about two
weeks and then watch the peaches go.
Thrnk what it means to a small town
like Ifrigon to ship the amount of fpuit
We will this year. We will be beyond
.. , a - nw tAwn'i pfnwth where
everyone has to live off of everybody
else,' --.;-: -'. ': s' J:,:. ','v
Athena Press: That nesky varmint
fh wpaspl. has brouaht almost complete
AM.-..,tA . n 9,10 frvs. a
portion of them Rhode Island Pteds, out
at tne nccnai iirra. uut;
elongated chicken murderers have been
the few remaining chicks will escape
ruthless siaugnter.. Mrs. wennua anni
two of the four weaRels with a stick,
while they were In the act of pursuing
chickens In the barnyard.
King Philip' a War
responded ' with equal vigor, and ere
many days the New England forest rang
wljh the crack of the musket and the
warwhoop of the savage. . v
, Philip was a bold and powerful lead
er. He succeeded in enlisting the aid of
the Narragansetta, but many of the In
dians, especially , thpae converted by
Eliot, assisted the colonies. . During tbe
summer many of thesettlements in that
section were burned and tha Inhabitants
murdered. : Hadley was one of the chief
places attacked, and while the villagers
were fighting desperstely it la said that
an aged man with, flowing white hair
and beard appeared and took command
of the battle, and the savages were soon
driven off. Many thought him, an angel
sent from heaven for their deliverance.
It proved to be Goffee, tha regicide,
who bad long been biding in the town.
Goffee and his , father-in-law, WhSlley,
had signed the'fleath warrant-ot King
Charles I, and.; after .the ; Restoration
they fled to America and lived in hiding
until their death.. , . ;: : ,. - ;
During the winter of 1S7S a thou
sand of tha best men of New England
marched against the savage foe, and
they were so successful that by spring
the Indians were on the defensive,
Philip became a fugitive and escaped his
pureerrfrom place to place. At length
he wasSvertaken in a swamp ia Rhode
Islandfby Captain Ben Church, of Ply
moutu, and was shot to death by ona of
his own , race. The .war soon ended,
with the power of ,h Indians; utterly
broken. , y ' ) '4'., -;
-On June SO, Indian Territory was set
apart exclusively tor the Indians in
1834. U. S. Grant graduated at West
Point,-ranking 21 In a class of S9, in
1843. The pillory was abolished by the
English-psrliament in 1837. Gulteau,
who shot President Garfield, was hanged
in 1882." John Gibbons was made car
dinal of the Roman Catholic church, in
the United States In 1886. Today is
the birthday of William A. Wheeler,
vice president of the United States un
der" Hayes (1818); James A; Whitney,
lawyer and author (1889), and Edward
Burgess, noted yacht designer (1848).
I! '. . ,- ' Jnne, -,-., l(
St Louis Post-Dispatch.'
Beside a day In June, my 'dears, all
other, days ;are nothing, f or then it ' is
one's. ;eager ears ; may . hear -h soft
wind , soughing by forest ways, and
perfect days of brightly flowered meads
and Joyous song' are eome along Just
ltke a string tf beads. t'
, A poet one time asked us what is
peradventure like It,; and died well
knowing we had' not the wit required to
strike It ' He simply tried, before he
died, to give us one so hid we'd work
at.lt till time shall, quit, and by the
gods he did,
The heavy droning bumblebee shall
kiss the blushing clover, and skies as
blue aa any sea shall bend the planet
over. The graduate' shall' right the
state from Maine 'across to Yuma, and
the groom in stress shall 8. O. S. his
dad for1 more maiuma,
Of une It may be said. Indeed,
, - It is a great Invention, -:
And one we rather badly need -
v To somewhat ease the tension.
If were to fish, to loaf and wish, -
Or hear the wildwood call,
j .We'll do It soon or late in June,
v . Or not do it, at all.
At any rate, the swimming-hole will
get a little warmer, and harvest time
will .rex the sow! and slumber of the
farmer. .He'll pray for hands to tend
his lands, spread food and tie the dog;
and the wary tramp will; make his camp
Inside a hollow log.-
The rich will nie away to spend the
summer by the .waterto live until the
season's end the. glad life of an otter.
The popr, ' meanwhile, will sweetly,
smile, however fortune goes, and splash
and rub inside the tub alternate with
the clothes.
The singing stars will relndulge.their
om familiar riddle, and milk and but
termilk will bulge the boarder round the
middle. The heart of June will hum a
tune, of plenty or a crust, and the whlp
poorwlll when Right Is still will whistle
like to host , ; - . ,
. Faith In the Courts. ,
''-.From the New York World. v
If there is any criticism of 'govern,
rhent by Injunction'; Just now it does
not proceed from the leaders of organ
ised labor. The writ served upon the
railroads the other day is precisely the
same as .those against which working
men complain. It was designed to fore
stall 'and forbid a violation of law and
to prevent an Injury that might not be
easy to remedy. The railroads which
have attempted to Increase rates must
appear In court and accept the judg
ment there pronounced. - 3 . -The
road to Justice Is long and rough.
When legislators enter new fields they
sometimes . err through ignorance or
rancor. . Facts are .not always , under
stood, nien profoundly Interested are
not always candid and differences arise
which lead to confusion and mischief.
Even laws carefully drawn appear to
hav? conflicting provisions, and thejm,-
jjweiu or mat aviiuBmii. nuniipi on oc-
caslon to foroe conclusions for Jtiem
selves. In such emergencies the courts,
sitting spar, from these rivalries and
contentions; have the power to stay pro
ceedings and to determine rights. r
i In most cases no barm is dona by de
lay. , In almost every instance where
then, Is ohodlnre all pnrttps ere bene
fited by tUe oiutiily aJJuu.uaUou.
TANGLEFOOT
By UlU Ove,1 ;!t
The tramp hsd tapped, a man for two
bits. ' v: ' '. , " "''.''" . ' ' '' ';' r
"You say you have a professl-on 'and
you can'fr get work. May I inquire your
profession?" . ' , i ',-,. .
"Sure pal. I'm an aeroplane train
brakeman."
VAUDEVILLE LESSON NO. 5.
Two characters, Hugh : and Hewed,"'
Fisherman with rubber inflated " fish
that grows smaller as he talks as the
man talks. If It were a talking fish
this lesson would not be needed. . , .
Fisherman (Hugh) Great work,' eh?
Been 'fishing for him for five years.v
First I tried to catch him with a pin
Hewed:!' know red flannel and
bent pin. Old story. " . . , :
"You're mistaken, as usual. J used
safety pin." .
.."Safety pint Why f .-.
- ;"Can't GHette me tell this story? Be
cause It was a close shave, to . catch
him." , . . ' ,
"That's sospful for a beginning."
, 'Tne next year. I tried a real hook and
reel" , - , ... .
"Very good, Hugh. Now, If v J hed
hMH'ilnln It T wmiM Vavat'tnlrAn a.raal
reel and a real hook and a real line and
reeled down to the creek. Really, I-"
"Say,: did you catch this fisher .
. "No. Did you?" .. ' '
"As, I was saying, I, baited the hook
with a hook worm "
"Why didn't you use a real worm? '
"With a hook worm and trailed Jt
along In the water
"Until ... suddenly there
was
glide" ',-.,.:: ...,;y -W
"Cubanolar V , 1 t
"And I felt a tug . .. ,.
"Tug? Who was the captain.?'
" "And like a flash the line darted
away and I began to reel' .
"Drunk again.." - 1
To reel out the line and frolie with
the fish. Down the stream he went at
lightning pace" " ' . ;
"He was a pacer, eh?" ,
"j-But I played out the line--" '
" "Sure; If it takes all summer,
, "And followed the line "
"That's right Always Hugh te the
line,"-'.'':" .-''- '-r """.':' '"'
"And In a short time I brougnt mm
to shore dead." .' '
"You're dead shore of that, eht '
"And here we are, fish and fisher."
V "And flsheree." ,
By this time the gas has leaked out
of the fish until It la about the also 'of
a minnow. As soon as the audience goes
Into convulsions so that it Is safe, tha
characters should fly before It IS ever
lastingly too latev;'- '
He Was a lying fisherman, he" told a
- (--...lurid tale;,.. - ' '-i -'..'" '
No other lying man was in his class,
He talked so fast and stuttered that be
: said he killed a fish . -., ,
And he did It with "the baw-Jone of a
At Last We Understand the KeaVori.
r,. . From the Iron Trade Review.
, The absence, In the .daily .press,, dla
patchea from Washington, of any, re
ports of the progress of the Merchant
Marine league, investigation has -been
often and widely commented on during
the two months since these hearings
began. . .. - .j . .nv-
And Tiow we .understand the reason.
Testimony was produced a few days
ago before the committee to the effect
that Jerome J. Wilbur, ne of the
prominent Washington representatives
of the Associated Press, is a , regular
salaried representative of the great for
eign shipping trusts,- .the Hamburg
Amerlcsn line and the North German
Lloyd Steamship company, which lines
control practically all tne American
trade not only, to the continent of Eu
rope, but also to South America with
their ships running into every Atlantlo
and gulf seaport having control of ter
minals and ability to dictate terms to
all other lines; -? t ' f-t.T!-
The epectacle of one of the Asso
ciated Press managers, on duty each day
at the state, war and navy departments
of the capital of the United States, re
luctantly admitting, under cross-examination,
that he Is, likewise, a salaried
employe of Germany's great merchant
navy, is something that should startle
every true American citizen. Let It be
remembered that the German empire be
lieves that the hundreds of great stel
ships constituting Its gigantic merchant w
marine are as great a source of strength"
to the empire, If not greater, than all its V
battleships to say nothing of the value
as a source of profit and "as a con
troller of the world's commerce.
'And to think that we have come -te
this. Emboldened by years of conquest
ahd power over all American opposition,
these great foreign shipping Interests,
with all that Is behind them, were able
at one stroke to chain to the chariot
lines of their never ending ambition the
most influential ; news agency in our
country, with an office located In the
same: building with three of the most
important departments of the. nation'
strength and power at home and abroad,
The Vanished Lover.
Within the hollow of a lutrf
Fell once a wandering bei .
That, bussing, made its prison mute
Resound with melody. . , '
Melissa, hearing, thither springs; , , ,
-"Who's now my troubadour?" '
But lot the bee had flown; the strings
: .Were silent as before.
l ' -C G. Blanden. ,
- j Proof. - "t
'"'' From Puck. ' "
."How did you know that the great
magnate was so 111?".
. "I saw -It denied, in the papers,
,
Kipling's. Latest
(Contribntad to The Journal by Walt Maaon,
tna (amoni Kanaaa poat. . lila proae-poeffls ara t
regular (cature of. UiU; column to Tae Pail
Journal.) ,
' They talk of Klplln's latest rhyme;
my friends come 'round and quote it
and all agree that It's a crime. I don't
believe he wrote it, The man who used
to beat the drum with lots of brawa
and gristle do you suppose he'd ever
come to blowing on -a whistle? I've
heard a desert lion's roar, that sent the
beasts retreating; you cannot-fool me
on that score I know when sheep are
bleating. Ife read my Kipling pretty
verses have a noble sw, and reek off
smoke and biases. ' And he who wrote
them wes-a man,: a man;Whose-voice
was. thunder;, his harp was fashioned
And tfow there comes a pipe absuM'
from some milk-nurtured stripling, and;
you remark; V "The voice you've heard
is all that's left of Kipling!" Come off '
my friends! Avaunt and scat! . It was
true fire that warmed him! He couldn't'
write such "dope as , mat, unless -you
chloroformed him! ' r ..- . ,T s
- 0ris1.-4ftiAv ,...- I
Georga Mattbaw a. lama. vi.tK' tt4 S