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THE EUGENE SURRENDER
trl HE LANE j county convention
' I r wis hardly a good keynote for
I "my assembly." The protests
.against the program of the
leaders was so fctrong that It had
to be laid away In cold storage. It
turned out that a lot of the dele
gated, , like Fields and Stevens of
Multnomah "didn't cafe for nothing
or nobody" and " insisted -on defend
ing the direct primary. " One dele
gate, protesting against the program,
pointed out that In one precinct five
persona had appointed six delegates,
and another gave'notlce that .in an
other precinct 11 delegates had been
named by.three persons.-; Of the 338
delegates named 9 6 did not attend
and of the 240 present-a majority
forced the managing men ' to : aban
don their plan of nominating a coun
ty ticket. ; Swaf ford, a delegate,, laid
in tne course or a warm aerate, mat
"It is not the intent of the' primary
law that conventions shall be. held.',' !
He said, "w are teaching the young
men of the party to evade the plain
letter of the law He said, the pri
mary law was ana is a proiesi
against' conventions and the abuses
of the convention system." He said
that "in the o'ld days a few men dic
tated the nominations of the party
In state and county elections; and It
was because of this -that the primary
law came." And in conclusion he
declared: "Now that the primary law
is here, let us live up to the law and
save the party from discord in No
vember.'.' V . ' -.
" .This waa hardly the maddening
whirl of enthusiastic approval ex
pected for ,"my assembly." Yet,, of
the 240 delegates In attendance 126,
more man a majority, were from Eu
gene precincts, where the color, ser
geants and captains of conventionism
were in control. . In addition, 27 of
the 63 precincts in the county were
not jrepresen ted, an , episode giving
the convention managers further ad
vantage for whooping it up and pro
moting "the program.'. 7 And a stllj
further fact was that la the 63 pre
cincts, but five held elections of dele
gates, the others being appointed.
But in, spite of afl these corklng ad
vantages, the old guard of conven
tionism, present there and perform
ing beautifully, had .to surrender.
Evidently, the June sua doesn't
smile sweetly on "program govern
ment' In Lane county. The Repub
licans there are evidently Llncob
Republicans,! and believe' in - govern
ment of, for and by the people in
stead pi government of, for and by
monlniilntAPI -- Ar nra In'kaiiniAnw
with that splendid Republican, Sen
ator I. H.; Bingham of Eugene.;'"Whea
L.'B. wean,'an; aesemblyltej recently
,cballenged,CMir.'..i; Bingham to come
Into the Lane county assembly and
let that body decide, whether Bean
or Bingham should be the candidate
' fcr senator,'" Senator Bingham'Sf.re
ply was; "The primary, Jaw, provides
that the voters of Lane county shall
be the assembly before whom you
and t and all other aspirants for the
office of state senator shall submit
our claims," And as In Lane county,
so throughout the state, "the primary
law provides that the voters of the
commonwealth, ot Oregon shall be
the assembly before whom you and
I. and all other aspirants for state
office v shall submit our .claims,"
There is literally no1- need for and
nothing but harm will result, from
,"iny assembly,? aa the Eugene sur
render rlearlr foretell . , . .
THE TRIP TO TILLAMOOK
Tn B ' AUTOMODILH excursion t
' Tillamook waa an event deserv
ing of even more space and at
t tentlon thav was given it. Time
was not very far back when people
rode to Tillamook, if by land at all,
In a stage coach, and were lucky If
they got through. That a procession
of 1 00 "or so - automobiles ' ran; over
there In a few hours shows not only
that people of, means can now travel
very differently from what they did
a few years ago,, 'but. that" we are
bIbo Improving ; end . develop! n: in
the matter of roads. There is this to
be 8a id in favor of the automoblllbts,
however much- they ;may be crlti-
. ci8oa;ftney are swimy carrylny and
wideiy'spreading the gospel of good
.ronds. ,
, These -travelers had i delightful
ume. oi course. viiuamooK and Bay
ocean are fine places to visit. One
passes through rich farming lands,
over low forested mountains, along
and across beautiful , streams,
through the celebrated dairy lands
of Tillamook, and " so swiftly to the
wide bay and Into view of the mighty
'.lUJJZSRmK
J VI J . - . a a a I
ay VuSToi aTveliide, of even atoot
Lverjbndy can not ride in an au
tomobllrt to Tillamook, but we will
havs the. railroad eoon, and theh
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thousands rather than a few hun
dreds will make a trip over thre
every summar. mere are rew more
delightful trips to be made any
where.
HIE CASE OF "PLEASANT HILL
"T"HE Pleasant Hill correspondent
I of the Eugene Register says
J "It is reported that only two
Republicans met for the sched
uled precinct assembly, but thatthey
did their duty bravely and elected
'themselves and Jone other delegate
to the county assembly." , " :
: : Therej does not appear to -be much
"wildfire" enthusiasm over the as
sembly ! In the Pleasant ; Hill neigh
borhood. ; We Judge from other and.
frequent items from there that there
are a good many voters in the neigh
borhood ;, ;' they ; were entitled, it
seerqs,' to three delegates to the
Lane county convention; ; but only
two; voters assembled who prompt
ly became chairman and secretary of
the meeting and elected themselves
asf delegates; Bat the 60 or 100 Re
publican voters of the Pheasant Hill
neighborhood had nothing to say In
the matter. - They cannot ': and will
not be bound by any,act ot Lthe Jwo
self-elected, and self-constituted del
egates. 'They may be good tellows,
but they are not truly representative,
for. their neighbors, the. community,
did not. select them," and delegated
no powers to them. And such cases
are numerous, all over the state. .
LYNCHERS PLTflSHED
L'
.YNCHERS are rather rarely pun
ished, but an exceptional case Is
that of some Grant county men
, who shot and killed a prisoner.
One of the lynchers waa convicted of
murder in the second degree, and last
week another, who. was acting as a
deputy sheriff, and was more guilty
on . that, account, ; was convicted of
murder in the first degree, and other,
convictions, are expected to follow.
The officers and 4. true citizen! ot
Grant county are to be commended
for thus bringing these murderers to
Justice, True, the man lynched was
himself a murderer ; at least he had
just, killed, a. man; but that fur
nishes no excuse for killing him un
lawfully. That the Jurors up there
have a correct Idea of even-handed
Justice is shown by the fact that
Casedyi the officer who had charge
of the prisoner and should have pro
tected Instead of helping to kill him,
wasjconvlcted of first degree murder.
It he shall be hanged, and the other
lynchers imprisoned for long terms,
effective notice will be served upon
all men who may be inclined to la-fce
the law into their own bands and
lynch somebody, that such a proceed
ing is unsafe and will result disas
trously to themselves. .-i
RECKLESS AUTOMOBILISTS
1
ANY automobilists
are over
reckless in running about the
'Btreets ' of , Portland. Some
seem greatly to enjoy seeing
pedestrians dodge, run and Jump to
save'their JlYes.or Ilntbs, as hundreds
have ( to do every day. And every
little whlleeome one will not save
himself from a huge car, scorching
and careening along the street and
around corners; and ' whenever) this
happens again there should be
prompt - and severe punishment of
whomsoever is to blame.
The automobiles "have come to
stay," of course, and their number
will Increase; but there needs to be
stricter regulation of their handling
and a greater sense of accountability
on the part of their owners and driv
ers. ; In many Instances they are
driven by mere Joyriders, "careless or
reckless, If not drunk, a fact that
ought to be; always apparent to a
watchfuK police, who should be
prompt to deal with the irreBponsl
blea before the slaughter has' taken
place. Careful fand responsible au
toists will do well to protect motor
ing as far as they can from growing
abuses and'evils. , This warning men
tion o( a patent fact Is made nofin
criticism of motoring, but in a spirit
of hejpfnlness! to those who are safe
and sane In the use of the Btreets.
THE NEW WHITE SLAVE LAW
N'
O BILL passed by the late con
gress will give deeper satisfac
tion than that directed against
the white slave traffic. It is
the most drastic measure ot the kind
on the federal statutes.' Its immi
gration feature -establishes a" com
plete arrangement between the im
migration officials and police anthor-
ltes and strengthens the hands of
PPthv; Jt8.,j?rdvlalona-,protettt .not
pnly the newly arrived immigrant
girl, but throws a new surveillance
around the girl already here. , It Is
now a crime to ship a girl from one
state to another for Immoral pur
poses.. It provides a firmer footing
on which to base prosecutions . and
lends encouragement to the hope that
the traffic, ' now believed to ramify
every large city, will be broken up.
The federal government has old
fash loned notions about enf orcemen t
of I all laws,' at least, wherein great
captains of business are not involved,
Its penalties , are always heavy and
the crook who, traffics. In human
flesh is certain to teel the strong arm
of. the Washington government. It
is one laV for which the late con
gress! will be applauded.
OLIL MASTERLY POLICY
F
OR nine and ona half minutes
the other, evening the draw of
me tfurnsiae Bridge was oflen.
it was at the busiest hour of
the" day, and the cars were crowded
With neOD.A buTVna hnth Aficfwai
ftUd WPstwaMiu4iiridgeyfi.
" af O
fore the draw closed and the brldKe
again opened for traffic, a long line
or Halted cars ctretched far back into
J the streets on oth sides of the river.
The wait was-for the passage of aleflted by the wealth cf rsrrt which
small sailhoat, outfor pleasure, and j has fpd ln,t0T, tli9c. han12 ,f ?riy,at!
in which there were three persona. It
had to tack in order to make the
opening and for this the"crowd over
head. had to wait.
And thus is Our harbor commerce
fostered and navigation bf the river
encouraged 'by the eniipent intelli
gence of those managing the bridges,
and by the keenj Scrutiny of our war
department In Its splendid concep
tion of who's who and what's what
In running the country's harbors.
"And thus Js exemplified the fine pa
triotism of our two illustrious citi
zens . who, by a quibble lawsuit are
postponing construction of the only
Portland " bridge under . which sail
boats with pleasure parties as well
as nearly all other harbor craft could
pass under while the hurrying thou
sands and congested cars could cross
above. , 1 " I "
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH , , , .
THE Fourth of July is being cele-
brated somewhat more sanely
and safely; we doubt not, than
- it "would have been except for
the demand of newspapers and other
mentors ana-innuentes;.. yet it wm
always be celebrated with' a great
.deal ot noise and nonsense.' There
will always be grown-up people who
think the only way to celebrate "any
day is to fife"" revolvers, drink and
raise Cain as noisily as possible. But
we have eliminated, a' few of s.the-
more ear-splitting and death-defiling.
features of our Fourth of July cele
brations, and "will, continue : to im
prove in that respect. 1; v ;
This year's celebration led off -yes
terday with the loss of an eye by lit
tle 5-year-old Johnny Hugglns of
Vancouver. He held a firecracker in
his hand while, it exploded and will
go maimed through life. It is a Most
ly prlceto pay for a so-called pleas
ure, y' -;-"'J
In this .country,; in 19 09, casual
ties from powder and fireworks
reached their maximum. . The num
ber was 2449. In 1908, It was 2058;
In 1907, 1288; In 1906, 1860; in
1905, 1604. and in 1904, 1064. It
is a grim record and an omen that
It was high time for ua to begin
preparation for sane celebrations.
The recent order eliminating some
500,000 ' acres from, forest reserves
In several western states is probably
a wise and Just one. While the for
est reserve policy 1b right and neces
sary and exceedingly beneficial, there
is reason to believe that in some In
stances it has been considerably over-J
done, All lands capable ot settlement
for agricultural purposes should be
available for that purpose and no
proper - .development by' the people
should, be restrained. A policy of
conservation and developmenVwork
lng together and In harmony, is
what is needed. ;' i
Many voters on registering decline
to state' what If any party they be
long to, which Is their lawful privi
lege. ' Perhaps many voters- do not
know which party they prefer or
wish tossoclate themselves with.
And some may change their politics
between now and November, which Is
also their privilege. , It Is no crime to
vote one ticket one year and another
another year. .
lne thousand bills were Intro
duced In the senate and 'more than
27,000 In the house,, during the last
congress. This single statement of
fact is proof enough that a- good
many men' sent to congress are pret
ty crude timber. Suppose thse 36,
000 bills had all been passed!
; , .Twenty-four people died in con
sequence, of the heat in Chicago Sat
urday and several, more yesterdayv
And think what cool, comfortable,
delightful summer days they were In
Portland.
Today the world's, big news, In
popular estimation, comes not from
Washington, D, C, or Oyster Bay, N.
Y., or Beverly if Mass., or New York
or London, or Paris, but from Reno'i
Nev. .
Egypt PredictsBritain's Exit,
Mr. Roosevelt's speech on Briilsh rule
In Egypt gives point to an article on
the subject that has Just appeared, from
the pen of one of the Nationalist lead-
era. That the territory ,-which IjOM
Cromer eo forcefully Improved has dis
appointed England and that sh contem
plates evacuating the rich valley of the
Kile and the Sues canal la the substance
of an article in a new organ of the
Nationalist, or New Egyptian party, the
Shoob (Cairo). The author of the essay
la Bey Salem, a rising young barrister.
The most distinguished statesmen in
England now desire evacuation." writes
Jhe Bey7"a-nd are halting Impatiently
tor a gooa opportunity to jusury weir
withdrawal from Egypt" "Thla writer
aeems to have acored a clever "beat"
on the pree-of . Great Britain, .whose
columns contain no hint bf this start
ling change of British opinion and aa
he falls to name the- diatingulRhed
tateemon who hold these views, the
matter take on the air of a deep mys
tery. ,: V :,X.:"., - '
He derived hia information, so he says,
dbring a tour In England, where he met
menwell informed as to the opinions of
statesmen, eoldlere and civilians, Their
vlewa were confirmed by th British
reeldents of Gibraltar and Malta "Eng
land," he aay a, "no longer appreciates
the route to India by the Suea canal."
He finds that the English In Egypt are
beginnings to find but that the Egyp
tians are no inieriot race and cart act
ually ', govern ' themselves, v Jtoreover,
the British are disappointed with "Egypt
and wish to DTODltiate the khcdlva.
Thus w read; - ( .
"Englishmen In Egypt ar-lio more
proud ' or arrogant, and have adopted
the policy of compromise and toler
ance with H. H. the khedlve and the
government Again, it aeema aa if Eng
land, could not realize what she onoe
hoped to get from Egypt. . . -
"It la a wen known faot that when
England first " occupied Egypt "She
thought eha. wouldbeneflt by etrength-
enlne her commercial aitnaHnn i h
teri or commerce. This was-not. how.
ever, reallsod : in view of the fact that
the Atlantic and tho Pacific have taken
the' place of the Mediterranean s the
best commercial centers." v
Nor has the English gijvernment ben-
i t . -'
even the Suez cnhal has become obso
lete a,nd' practically superseded as a
route to India. "The Importance of the
Sus canal as a highway to India; etc
nas now diminished since the construc
tion of the trans-Siberian and the Ca
nadian Pacific railways." England has.
In short, according to this writer, made
a dreadful muddle of her Egyptian pol
icy, and he confidently concludes that
"the longer England" atays In Egypt the
worse her polIUcal and commercial po
sition' will grow." ' , '
Don't Loole So Cross
From the Boston Globe, f m 1
' "A man was hurrying along 'a city
street . Jhe other day when "the above
remark, was- addressed .to him- hy on
acquaintance going In the opposite dl
rectlon. The first Individual la not a
cross person nor of bad disposition. He
only has a common habit of frequently!
corrugaunr nis crowa. ' Any intentness
pf thought: or earnestness of speech-.le
Instantly accompanied by a frown and
pftentlsies a scow), yet he la not ugly.
Only , when "he smiles or laughs Is this
frown absent. Eery one knows this
type. The remedy Is '.to mils merer
Laugjh more!.
We speak. -of the phlegmatio Briton,
the stolid German, !the volatile Trench-
man and the placlO Oriental But the
world over the American Is calledths
hustler.w W hustle to meals. We
hustle to trains. Two-thirds of the
people one sees at our terminal .stations,
are on tne run, ; They prefer; to go that
way, ..? utlllalng the last moment ; for
another task. " They "hustle" lines of
age and care Into comely faces and
really shorten their Uvea bv lack of
deliberation. They look . cross and u1t
without in the least desiring so to ap
pear, and all because of habit
' That i? a . Kablt Is dehionstrabla
by one example. No better-natured
people can be assembled anywhere thaa
in tae unuea BUtes. Growdeuef them
Will stand lii Hne for hours at a ticket
office or deliberately file out of a place
of '-amusement with khe .utmoat oofl
nature. But it Is slmoly because "thev
cannot i help themselves, The moment
mey are rreed from tbe restraint of
the crowd off they go at a canter for
car or home. Stop and think an Instant
you hustlers. ; niaml
look. ;; Take a long, full breath, throw
oaca your snouweri ; and" assume aa
even, rhythmical atrideand smile.
Bring Ont the Green Flag by the
, x - Side of Old Glory.
By John 'J. Murphy, Me D. v
Bring out the Green Flag, nor sneer lv
this place, ; ,
gy t?'1' Put in a fragile glass case.
The Flag of our Fathers! Who dares
to talk light.
Of that Flag which through, bondage
t ( yet keeps up the fight .
Who loyes not the Green Flag,, lores
not his sires; .
Loves . not his brothers, nor' their
funeral pyres;
Loves not hia count : Vina
gelf ls his worship; Mammon hia God.
Who fears to the. world the Green Flag
to display
Is unworthy ofjBrtn or at her altar to
, pray: .,--Sure
the , flag of poor Cuba does not
' make ua love- leas
The stars of Old Glory which all of
us bless.
Then why; shouldn't the Sunburst of
- Erln-)ehown,- , . -
By the Star Spangled Banner la Co-
lumbia'S' home; '.
It oft in the battle by Old Glory's side,
Was drehched In the blood iflf the Irish
that died.
Bring out the Green Flag, it needs ao
glass case,
While It has the staunch love of the
old Irish .race; v
Our breasts and our arms and the blood
- of our hearts
Wllkbe the glass shrine 'gainst the
, enemy's darts. : .
We saved It from shame and from 'Its
fierce foe, -Behind
Brian Born and beloved Owen
Roe: - -And
our women God bless them-
, their great love revealed, .
wnen at Limerick they f oghtwith
thegallant Sarsfleld. .
Bring oat the Green Flag, theirs Is no
danger here.
rt has stood enemies 'guna from Malta
Head to Capo Clear; ..
Though shattered and torn by shot and
by shell i
We'll follow It to Heaven! Ay Into Hell!
Then bring out the Green Flag by the
-V side of Old Glory, " -
Meagher and Corcoran have weaved
' them In story;
Barry and Sheridan and Washington
too,
Were sons of Saint Patrick like all of
.... you- . . . '
y ' . .'Spokane's yictory., ' '
, From the Spokesman -Re view. ,
- After IB years of costly and unremit
ting struggle,; Spokane has at last come
Into a part of her rights as ths Indus
trial and commercial capital of the in
land empire. : ' , " ' V
During all that period the history of
Spokane's appeal ' to the authority of
the federal government has been one of
discouragement opposition and almost
intolerable delay. Against the manifest
rights of the city have been arrayed,
not only the powerful railroads and
their skilled attorneys, but the solid
hostility of the coast cities and their
representatives.. -'V.K,:.-'.. .',;:
Twice has victory been apparently
within tha grasp of Spokane,, first in
1892 when the Interstate commerce
commission ordered, a general rate re
duction, only to be overruled by ade
cislon of the supreme court and secorld,
In February, 1909, when the rates On 84
commodities were ordered reduced, only
to be suspended, pending the filing of a
compromise by the railroads,,
During all that time, the -steady, In
domitable spirit of Spokane cltlsens has
kept "everlastingly at.it," and the re
sult is a Splendid tribute, to the courage
and resolution of .the .men who have
made themselves prominent iq the fight
for better rates..- .'
. Throughout, the entire struggle Spo
kane not only ably and resolutely urged
her own Interest, but carried the fight
for the- whole - lntermountain country.
The "Spokane case" was the typical .ex
ample, always cited In connection wUh
rate discriminations everywhere and a
text for delate Jn congress as well as
an lnflplratlon for strugglers elsewhere,
. Walla Walla, Baker City, Pendleton
and La Grande share In, Spokane's .vic
tory. Phoehlxj Portland and Reno also
gain important points. ?
The result'ls the most' Important com
mercial victory that Spokane has ever
achieved. According to experts, It will
greatly enlarge its territory of distribu
tion. It will stimulate manufactures;
and It means Ihat Spokane will move
steadily' forward.
; The expectation of a ' population of
200,000 in -the next five years Is by no
means Unreasonable. ' . , .
1 I . ' N.ot Surprising, ' -
' From ''.Scraps. ."' "" ." '""
She Ho didn't succeed in convincing
ner arier au nis argument
. " merely maia net. maa.
IT. XT.-. . a m m . .
his mistake. He told her It was as
"plain as ,the nose on her face."
Big catches of large trout 'are being
made In the upper reaches of the Walla
Walla river. , .
COMMENT AND
: SLILL CIIANGa -
3 licked; told you so.,.
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It happened IS 1 years ago. ,
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The boys will make some noise.
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Thank Father Time -the fight Is over.
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Occasionally it doesn't rain on July 4.
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It may be saner and safer on the 6th.
av a
"AU about the fight" this evening.
m . .- - a ' .
. Of., course It Isn't so very sane and
safe,. - .. .
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Prlzflglfts w4U "ere long be out cf
date. -.'. ., ..
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r Tet-lt isrnat quite so bad as it used
1
It IS the daT W.Amrtrn lT
brate. ;. . . ... , .... - .
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Joys and nola'a . rh wma, arraitlv w4t
boy: .: " 1"
Now for that. trin to aaaahar A
mountains.
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The assemblvltea an rvtttnv Kai
Very day now.,.."
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No mors Wr ear-anl1tMn flra, ft pa n V.
rs-af tor -today. , ; .vs....
Perh'ana after vlaltlna kanimilf to.il.
lnger will resign.
a .''. ,"r. ,.''. t:
Still the homeseekera Vean MiTntnv. at
regular rates of fare.
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The coat Of Panama Tiata will mlmn V
less late In tho season. ., -
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Three big men will mut whan RrxiM.
velt and Hughes visit Taft
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AU the.other eitles Jbf Oreron;' u wall
mi Portland, are growing nicely. ,
Ths town ' has beooraa rather ' wlda
open again sM rlght-i-or all. wrong.
The Renffjiiewspapers-f-lf it has any
Will have .largo circulation today.
- Automobile tourists arn'henpflnUI n
their influential help In behalf of good
roads. . ,
The new WhltS HmiM CO la mama
Gwendolyn. Yet she doesn't yield pure
cream.
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But Roosevelt Isn't Anita," aa nnnnla
as he would be If he preferred baseball
10 tennif. . . . ,
Shouldn't there ha a law nrnhthltlna
tha nubllc&tlon of anything about a
prizefight; :. -
, ,1 .. rr.-!-'' 1 . -T aa . ., - , (
The person who can't swim ' would
perhaps better go to the mountains than
the seashore. ; ;.
- t ' j a y a ' ".
Congress annronrlated tR4.A00' mora
than a billion dollars. But this Is: a
billion dollar country.
Congress never, reta down tn much
real business until the members be
come anxious to adjourn. .
-1 " .- a a ' 1 .
The 7 visltlns- Inanrcenta ara 'harm.
But. perhaps Aldrich and Cannon will
do pieasea too, alter visiting ths colonel:
" "- a a . j
Baltimore American: Tf tha man In
New York who now has a Jawbone of
solid gold possesses In addition a tongue
of sliver, an Iron nerve and a grip . of
steel, ne may aptly and aomirately be
described as a man of mettle-
July '4 in Historyr-S.
Today is tfis birthday of Americari !n
dependtnee. ; ' Ws are now 194 years
young. On July 4, 1778, in old- Inde
pendence hall, the "Cradle ot Liberty,"
the patriots severed completely ; their
connection with th mother country, and
started out to "make their own way."
v 'Probably i no public paper," sriys
Tyler, "ever i more' perfectly . satisfied
the Immediate purposed for which it
was set forth than this Declaration.
From one end of the country, as fast
as it could be spread among the peo
ple, It was greeted in publlo and In
private with -every demonstration of ap
proval and delight" - ,
In his preamble to his Immortal Deo-
tlaratlon, Jefferson puts forth a new
political gospel; and he lifts ths Strife,
of a small band of patriots up to the
height .and . grandeur of a universal
warfare,, in which all ages and peoples
are participants. W hold this truth
to bit Self-evident That all men - are
created equaL" This declaration, though
a self-evident truth to Jefferson, was
really a new revelation to Jefferson's
age, -In this Declaration Ms the Con
stitution of ths United States contained.
Hera you have the, Republic In germ.'
4iOne might suppose, at first thought,
that the. anniversary ; ot America's In
dependence should date from the day
on which,?' th banner At "liberty was
first unfurled and the first heroic blow
against . tyranny was struck, Itor, at
least, from the day on which the last
and decisive blow was given and na
tional, independence- was secured. But
our Independence Day comes from no
battle In the field. Lexington, ConcoYd,
Bunker Rill not one of .these is select
ed." . :fc.;.-..-: .,v ,ji- ': -z.; -
j They, are passed over, and .it re
quires some thought, to get the .very
dates on which they occurred. But the
Fourth of July, 177 tha day on which
a new political gospel was proclaimed
to America and to the world that is
the date that never shall be forgotten
by true Americans. Every schoolboy
Land every grownup Is familiar with the
history that preceded this momentous
'event 1 . - ',K ' : ?
On this memorable day in 1776, When
it became known that, final aotlon' was
going to be taken, thousands of citizens,
anxious to learn the deoislon of con
gress, Crowded the streets of Philadel
phia. In ths steeple of. the old State
House was a bell on which, by a happy
coincidence, - was Inscribed: ""Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land Unto'
all the inhabitants, thereof."
'-In the morning,' when congress as
sembled, the ' bell-ringer went to his
post, having placed his little? boy below
to" announce , when the Declaration was
finally adopted, that his bell might be
the first to peal forth the glad, tidings,
Long he waited while the deliberations
went on. Suddenly he heard hi a boy
clapping his - hands and .shouting:
"Ring! , Ringl" .":'..
African Buffalo Worthy Foe of Lion.
By , Theodore Roosevelt, In the July
.y , .st.,, Sorlbner:
. Kermit also shot three buffalo bulls,
Tarlton helping him to finish them off,
for ; they are tough animals, 1 tenacious
of life and among the most dangerous
of African gams One turned to charge,
but was disabled by the bullets of both
before he could come on. Tarlton whose
experience in the hunting field against
dangerous gams had been large, always
maintained that although lion hunting
was the most dangerous sport because
a hunted lion was far more- apt, to
charge than : any other" animal, yet that
when a buffalo bull did charge he was
more , dangerous than a Hon, because
iwrawrrto-ltttl-" orrnAWhssa:.-ibra'
and other, game are abundant as on Hhe
AtM, plains, Hons do not meddle with
such-formidable quarry. as buffaloon
hm "'"" ."
ThS!raryTlf"thrManre ""papyrus swamp
wun tne buffalo but never molested
them. In many places, however, the
li0nJpreys largely,, and in some, places
chiefly, on the buffalo. , The hunters
of wide experience with whom I con:
versed, men . like Tarlton, Gunlnghame
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
La Grande- is to have fine Chautauqua
grounds.
. a a - ...
Some wheal nr HUlaboro proViIseS
to go 40 bushels an Sere.
'- 'a - a -
The annual Turner carrtpmeetlng was
a bigger affair than ever '
-There will also be a dog and pony
Show at the great Salem fair.
... a . ,
Medford'a growth is shown by Tier
telephone , system adding 600 phones
since January.
a '..e
A nuraeny of about St.000 best apple
trees has been established at Scholls,
Washington county, , ; ' ' , ,
The Tamhtrr schoolhouse, built Over
60 years ; ago, has been moved off Hs
site to give place to a new building, and
will be used by a lodge. -
.ii .v , ' a a ... v.'i.
Hood River News: The list of In
jured In tho .automobile line continues
to ' increase. ' The establishments are
kept busy putting disabled cars In shape.
.!' ,-,.(." a- t '?..-
Eugene Register: The whole north
west is growing rapidly, but no section
of It faster than the portion embraced
Within the boundaries of .Lare county,
Oregon."' ; - :-.'
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- Seven autos a day la the Average so
far this week at. Crater Lake. : Who
says the lake Is not going to be Oregon's
greatest attraction when made accessi
ble, says the Medford Mail-Tribune..
-s.. ..-;':-.,'.,v'- "T .- i i ,(' ;-
One thousand cars of fruit will be
shipped from the Rogue River valley
this year, according to a rough estimate
made by Professor P. J. O'Gara, who has
spent the past two weeks In going over
the orchard district- Of this amount 600
cars will be apples and 400 cars will be
pears. , In the estimate of ? 1000 cars,
peaches are excluded, says ths Medford,
Mall-Trlbune. .. , (,-.' : v.-
wtodburn is hacked by a large area
of the richest agricultural land in the
World, says the Independent. The coun
try tributary to this city Is not only
highly productive, but is well populated
with prosperous farmers.' If anything
the country surrounding Woodburn is
making greater progress than Woodburn
itself, and progress Is being made In
this city this. year that far excels any
previous two yes three years' record
A - little bird J belonging to the wren
family was picked, up out of J.. G.
Martsolfs watering trough Tuesday,
where it had dropped and drowned, says
the Woodburn Independent Around Us
leg was s silver band on which was en
graved, "Thej Auk. New York. 84!9.M
There had been "Something else before
the number, but It had been nibbed out.
The supposition Is that the little bird
had made- a, transcontinental flight over
the plains and across the ranges of
mountains, from New York to the Wil
lamette valley naradise, only to die," in a
watering trough, in Woodburn.
Arlington "Record: Ths Rcord has"
said some very mean things about the
"Joy riders" of Portland and other cities
in- the past, but now that this fad is
becoming popular, in Gilliam countyi we
take It all back. However, there is a
big difference between the automobile
night prowlers and the Jov riders of this
locality. Here it is the farmer who In
dulges in this exhilarating sport and he
ridea on a rentier, header ni enmhln
harvester, he perambulates by day and
his Joy Is not caused by fire water, but
Decauss ms moor nas reen rewaroea
bv a .bountiful crop and that the golden
sheaves will soon be turned into golden
ducats. ,T
'' T'i 1 -""T"
mencan lndependc
lependence
Grasping ths iron tongue hs swung
It to and fro, proclaiming the glad tid
ings to Wis waiting thousands. ,- The
orowded streets caught up the Sound.
Every steeplo reechoed it, and with
cannon peals, bonfires and Illumina
tions, the. patriots that night declared
their Joy. ' ,
"How they shouted! What rejoicing
How the old bell shook the air,
Till the clang of Freedom ruffled
The calm, gliding Delaware!
How the bonfires and the torches
Illumined the night's repose.
And from the flames, like Phoenix,
Fair Liberty arose! ,
That" eld bell Is silent. ."-7"
And hushed Its Iron tongue.
But the epirit It awakened
' Still' llveB forever young. f
And while we greet the sunlight,
Ob the Fourth of each July
We'll ne'er forget tlie beiiman
- Who. 'twlxt the earth aVld sky.
Rang out our Independence! .
: Which,, please God, shall never dls,"
" The ; first public - celebration of the
Declaration of Independence was prob
ably that of July 8, 1776, when John
Nixon rend '. the statement in the yard
of the state house In Philadelphia and
the king's arms were taken down in the
court, room". In New York on July 9,
Washington commander-in-chief. In
general orders announced: ."The honor
able Continental Congress, Impelled by
tha dictates of duty, policy and neces
sity, having been pleased to dissolve
tho connection which subsisted between
this country and Great Britain and to
declare the United Colonies of America
freo and Independent states, the several
brigades are to be drawn up this even
ing on their respective parades at 6
o'clock, when the declaration of con
gress showing: the grounds and reas
ons of this measure, is to be read with
an-audible olca.',.-:f'-v;-;-.;:.v,
In- 1777, in honor of the first annl
versary of the glorious day, every sol
dier was ordered an extra gill of rum.
In 1778, the general orders read, "To
morrow, the anniversary of ths Declar
ation of Independence will bo celebrat
ed By f king thirteen pleoes of cannon
aud a feu ds joie of the whole line."
- On - July 4 the corner . stons of the
Washington monument, was laid in 1848
by President Polk; "work on the Erie
canal commenced n'lSlTi 'TJcksburg
surrendered In 168 nd tha battle of
Ulundi was fought In 1879. It Is the
birthday of Christian Gellert the Ger
man poet, (1715); Nathaniel Hawthorne,
the -American; author, (1804); of Gui
seppl Garibaldi, the .Italian patriot
(1807): Stephen 'C. Foster, the song
writer, (1826)5 and the date of the
death of Fisher Ames,, the American
statesman, t?804), and two ex-presidents
of the United States, John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson, In 1826. , :t
and Home, were a uhlt In stating that
were a single lion killed a .buffalo they
had; always found that ths , buffalo was
a cow or imature bull, and that when
ever they had found a full-grown bull
thus killed, several Hons had been en
gaged" in the Job. Home once found the
carcass 6f a big bull which had been
killed and eaten by lions, and near by a
dead lioness with a great rip In her side,
made by the buffalo's horn in the fight
in. which he succumbed. Even a buf
I'alo cow. -If pitted against a single Uoni
would probably Jitand an even chance;
but of course, the fight is never faic,
the lion's aim being to take his prey
unawares and' get a death grip at the
outset; and them unless ' his hold is
broken Be cannfet be seriously -Injured.
t A Fellow Feeling May Win. ..
From the Weston Leader.
, JThiiJrchari0ujity.6UUott-liaa.m
filed, and there will be about nine
county division schemes to come before
the people", of the state In November.
The chances arf that all will carry,-as
there is a fellow feeling among dl'vls
lonists every fellow reeling for an 0f
flea,,.,,,....- ;;- ,u a.
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
A' SANE FOURTH.
An ambulance dashed up the street an
ew , otller ne dashed down,
inystcians hurried here and there and
- chased all over town,
oiicemen, too, and plain clothes men
a x tnear worked thesiselves to death,
Ana riremen all over town were chased
,,Sle.ar ut of breath. ,
ihe lifeboats hurried down the stream
to rescue drowning; boys, r- -Ana
men from every walk in life Wars
.deafened by the noise;-...-' i.
Crazed dogs with cans tied to their tails
nowled mournful, tearful howla,
And cats with flaming tails flew by
emitting frightful growls .
A monument now marks the spot where
Klrls and boys were slain.
Ths date was July, nlneteen-ten that
Juljr-4th was sane. ":
No fireworks were, sold that day, none
- sold the -day before, .
The powder magazines were closed, each
had a bolted door, .
The boys were told to wave their flags
and sing with est and glee,
SOms ten or twenty times the song: "My
. Countrv. 'Tia. of Thee V - : ,
Just loyalty and It In chunks for
i was advocated. -)
And noise, the kind that drives one
. . wild, for them was abrogated,
An hour of prayer, three more of song
' . and five or six of speeches,
The softest pedal ordered on, and or--
dered out, the screeches. 1
But still a monument was reared where
girls and .boys were slain, .
Ths date ; was July, nlneteen-ten ths
July Fourth was sane, . -
For .patriotism runs to yells, and loyalty
to noise, . - .r,. '
Especially in times of peace; 'especially
with boys.,
And so, although ths Fourth was sans;
although the land is free,
Although the boys were taught to sing:
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee,"
Somehow the orders failed to work;
somewhere there was a'hltch,
Somewhere explosives came to light;
somebody made a "snitch,"
And when that July morning dawned no
well drilled boys appeared
To sing, "My Country, iTl's of Tbes,"
while loyal people cheered,
A marble monument now stands where
boys and girls were slain,,
Ths date was July, nlneteen-ten ths.
JulyFourth was sane. ; . .
TODAY'S CELEBRATION.
Why are you all so listless " on this
' Fourth of July dayt .
Where Is your patriotism when the band
begins to play?
No flags are gaily waving, no flrecrack
' ers boom, - -.
Why all this - stillness - every wherst -.
. What means the look of gloom T '
You didn't e'en go fishing! Why, part-
ner, how 4s this? .
You say you're not a live ona," You
were afraid you'd miss
Ths first reports from Reno; now. real
ly, that Is queer,
You didn't e'en go In tho woods and fill
. . yourself with been
No firecrackers crack today;, not e'en
, a Joke Is cracked,
The place that shows the fight returns
Is crowded. Jammed and packed
The only declaration that is read aloud
toay,
Is JeffrJes' declaration to lay Johnson on
tne hay. -
Ths battles fought in days gons by no
- longer stir our pride, - ,
George Washington who never lied is
not our children's guide,' -Ths
man whom we must smiilats -in-warring
for the right,,
Is hs who has ths strength to lick ths
.w Inner, of ths fight--
Mr. Bchiff. Explains.,
An armed oonflict between the United
States and Japan was never declared by
Jacob H. Schlff to be Inevitable,
HI speech at the dinner of the Repub
lican Club was falsely reported, he says
in a letter to. The Japan Advertiser
(Tokto). "Now that The has sent an ex
planatlon of hls : '.own I speech,"!; says a ;
Japanese government official to a rep
resentative ot ' thaA Yomlurl Shlmbun
(Toklo), "the Japanese are bound to ac
cept It .It would be a wis
policy to bury the unfortunate Incident
in oblivion." . r - .
Mr, Schlff says in his letter to The '
Advertiser: . . '
"I have never given It as my opinion, v
as has been variously reported, that aa.
armed conflict between their and our
country was a likelihood or a possibil
ity. What in the main I did say was
that the American people viewed witU
alarm ths fact that a compact had evi
dently been made between Japan, Russia
and England in Manchuria which In the
course of time was certain to lead to
nothing but irritation, If not to an In
tense struggle, in which I counseled tho
United States should take part, 'not by
might and not by power, but in the spir
it of righteousness only.'
"It can certainly not gTve any satis
faction to the American people when ;
they'find Japan, to whom they had lent
their unreserved support in Its desperate
struggle. for self-preservation hardly "
more than half a decade ago. Joining
hands underi the protection of -England J
with their erstwhile foe who sought to -crush
them,' and thus combine against
the forces-of civilisation, who wish to
see established a ' strong, self-reliant
China rather than an impotent vassal ,
state, a second India. .
- "America ' will be the ' last to deny
Japan's dearly bought right to work out
its manifest destiny on the Asiatic con
tinent, but Japan unust not seek to do
this by. acting in unison with Russia,
whose methods of government ara not
such that its "blessings' ought to be
permitted to extend beyond its own bor
ders. "Nor can it bs right ..that ths,.polley
Of development of a country of 400,000,-
000 people should be dictated through a,
compact between England, Japan and '
Russia for their own purposes. ' '
"I have not abated one iota of my re
spect and friendship for the people of
Japan, end Just because of this fact.
have deemed if well" to sound a note of
alarm when I: find these people enter
ing upon paths which can onlylead-to-complleations
and estrangement from
those who In the past have proved their
most disinterested friends.", .
Tke Glorious Fourth
(Contributed to TL Journal by Walt Uaaos. -tbe
fumoua Kaoaai pnet. Ula proaa-poema ara
regular feat ura ot tbla eolums la- Iba Daily
Journal.) .-".,"., "
O bring my harp1 and let me sing a
Joyous and vibrant lay! Now let my
glowing .thoughts take wing, on this,
my country's natal day! i ; Triumphant
in the -west she rose," this land where
blessings now abound what's that you ...
say? Jim Jeffries' nose - was bleeding
in the second round? Our fathers said:
'Upon this soil no tyrant, ever shall '
abide; here men shall reap the fruits
of -toil "' Jeff swatted Johnson In '
tho Side? I always said that body blow
would make the -smoke feel pretty tired,
Here Freedom's tree first learned to
grow, that boom for which all -men as
plred.75: In '" other ; lands th people's :
hopes seemed broken down, and at an
end what's ;- that?Btt knocked' Jeff 4
through th ropes? I don't believe that
yarn,' my friend. All eyes are turned up
on these shores, and gazing on our flag
tod ayjf ipnuwh e ree.jjgrj&ern.ceaa-,
roars,-to world-olij valleys of CathaVj
our march has been to heights subllnie,
where eagle pinions ever f lap o gee I
F; cannot write a rhyme until I know
who woft the scrap! , 4 . ; .
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