The Oregon daily journal., July 13, 1910, Page 8, Image 8

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measured by nobler .line by
deeds, not years. Richard Brlns
ley Sheridan, .,
TIIE CIKSK OP THE TOWER
WHOM THE gods would de
stroy, they first make mad.
. V V Rabies Is epidemic In the
. ' tall tower. ; It has prevailed
' there ever since that disappointing
legislative session of 1903, when an
other man was elected senator.; Ever
6lnce that time, the c,urse of the
tower has been upon all Oregon sen
ators. It Is hydrophobia brought on
by disappointed ambition. Its ex
. presslon Is criticism of every act and
denial of "all credit to every Oregon
Benawr. xvo opportunity lor censure
Js neglected, no pretext overlooked.
The present excuse is the amended
reclamation act. It was framed by
a committee of which Congressman
Ellis Is a member. It. was reported
for passage In the house by the com
mittee of which Ellis Is a member.
It was' passed through the house with
Ellis and Hawley both supporting It
If blame attaches for the character
of the measure, Ellis la a chief of
fender. If there Is culpability, Ellis
; Is the greatest sinner.
But ' the maddened tower, mad
dened because the $25,000 telegram
In 1903 failed to" connect the. Ore
gonlan office with a seat in the sen
ate, sees only. the Oregon senators.
It wants their scalps because they
are in seats it wanted to warm. They
wear the togas It reached, for in that
famous 'teletram to Rrownell. "Now
is the time; if you can help me it
will be1 appreciated." : To its eyes
.those " togas are red, a flaming,
flashing red, and; its anger is like
. that of the traditional bull. -
. -The Congressional Record shows
the proceedings by which the- rec
lamation act passed the senate." An
swering - questions. Senator- Lodge
r twice declared ; the hill unchanged
save in the amount of the appropria-
, tion and the transfer of supervision
to the army engineers. Unlike Ellla,
neither Oregon senator was a, mem
her of the committee that prepared
the : bill L" JJnllke , Ellis, neither re
ported 4t and recommended Its. pas
- sage. Both senators had the assur
ance of Senator Lodge that section
: 9 ,, was not eliminated- .Vet,, soured
by that terrible disappointment of
1903, delirious-with the thought of
those two other men sitting there in
the senate chamber, maddened with
those flashing and flaming togas
- that flash and flame all the way
from Washington Into the tower, the
mad boss of the bosses ' sputters,
6t orjns ; and stamps at the , Oregon
senators. And as long as the toga's
flaunt and flash,' and flame' from
other shoulders', the tower will re
wound with sputters, spouting and
, spasms,-and with demands of "put
the knife" to Statement No. 1.
There, could be but one senator
from Oregon whoSe eminent services
would be held in grateful apprecla-
, tlon by the high tower; If once Mr.
Scott could get into that toga and
. be, photographed n It, the Oregon
Ian editorial page thereafter would
be a vision of loveliness and a per
enhlal dream of love. N
0.E 3IORE GIFT
HE - MOST amazing " surrender
yet made by the city govern
mcnt to the railroad was the
ordinance passed last week by
which the city's lot at the corner of
, Third and Gllsan is transferred to
; the corporation. ,, It escaped general
f attention, and.went through .the, city
., call without a, protest The ordinance
"lias been signed by the. mayor and is
The railroad had to have :lhe ; lot
, for its west, side bridge approach. It
:. was a strategic t point that the, city
held and with which it could . have
" dictated terms o the corporation. It
. was a means by which the city could
have avoided accepting at 13000 an
acre,, land for a park site In South
. : Portlandworth $350 per acre. It
was a site the corporation .was com
pelled; to have;; and ; for ; which, at
leaBt, a fair concession for. the cjty
could have been secured in return. It
i. was a lot, that Mayor Lane forced
out of the corporation by threatening
to tear up the tracks of the railroad
In street where it had no franchise.
Jt was the complete key to the sit
uation in the. late negotiations be
t ween the city government and the
railroad corporation, but it has now
passed from public into private con-
- troU-The railroad got what It want
tsA and all It wanted, ahd the city got
left ;; Not fitly does the railroad get
its precious lot for Its bridge ap
proach, but it gets a strip of water
front that tremendously tightens its
, arl,t.on.-rirUaa4'--4arborr--Trtj ly,
aKsembly government as exemplified
invTortland Is, at least, entertaln-
. leg. .Terhaps the next step will be
to present the city hall to the con
- fs-rrGruse as freight and ticket of
ficcs. Since our officialdom Is In the
business of being so mighty good to
the corporktlon, wfrj not? Do we
need wonder now, why public docks
were boatan at the city hall, and why
so many railroad chiefs and lieuten
ants sat as delegates in the holy city
assembly a year ago last May?
.JJ, FEW GOOD LAWS
"j ANDID Veil informed ! newspa
pers and men must agree that
j ' considerable good legislation
was enacted by the last con
gress, and that President Taft's in
fluence was in most Instances thrown
in favor of such legislation. But
why was it that whatever good leg
islation, was enacted, was stayed off
till the last week or. two of con
gress? Why was there slight pros
pect of the passage of any of these
five or six good measures only a
month before congress adjourned?
Did the president's! influence ; grow
so greatly In that time? Mark Sul
livan la Collier's weekly says-that
What passed them was not Taft but
a scared and demoralized Republican
machine scared by the imminence
of the primaries and elections, and
demoralized by the insurgents who,
to use a common Washingtpn phrase.
have broken congress wide, open,'
by which it is meant that legislation
Is no "longer . controlled by a little
clique of Cannon's friends, and that
what congress does or refuses to do
represents now. the average opinion
of the body."
This is probably a correct view.
The leadfers and . majority of con
gress did1 not want ,to pass the
amended - railroad blllror-the-postal
savings bank bill," or any conserva
tion; bill, : or the reclamation I bond
bill;,' but they realized toward the
last that if they did not do some
thing there would be a Democratic
landslide next fall.: So at the last
minute they were in part responsive
to the people's demands, but they
were so notvot choice, but only, per
adventure,to:save their ' official
heads.' r-i-;;:':.:
In the last session of 1 congress
about 37,000 bills', were introduced.
Out of these between 300 and 400
were passed' and have become laws.
The most important . of these are:
Revising the railroad laws and cre
ating a . commerce court; establish
ing a postal savings bank system;
authorizing, the president, to with
draw lands .for conservation; appro
priating 120,000,000 to carry on rec
lamation, projects; creating a bu
reau of mines;; admitting New Mex
ico and Arizona as states; suppres
sing the white slave traffic; and
providing for publicity of campaign
contributions.-
The last, named is a t'gold brick"
and is not intended tol fulfil the
popular ; demand. . .The others are
good laws,' but the major portion of
credit for passing them is due to the
Insurgents and Democrats Thet rail
road bill, as framed' by the attorney
general and urged by the party lead
ers, was a rankly bad bill forr the
people, and it is not certain how it
will work; buf its best features are
the work of the - insurgents. How
ever, ; let the country be thankful
that Some of the standpatters became
so scared during the : last week or
two of congress when the time that
they must face their constituents
was at hand, that they helped pass a
few good laws. .
AN INSURGENT JUDGE
C
HICAGO also has a Judge Cle
land, and according to a writer
in Human Life he is a different
Judge from the rest of the
Judges of his class in that city. There
are" 27 municipal Judges in Chicago
and while the others are standpat
ters, adherents of the time-dishon
ored ;' old customs and practices,
Judge .Cleland is a Judicial insur
gent. "The writer may be somewhat
mistaken, for there have been re
ports of radical reform of procedure
in the municipal courts of Chicago
but this had reference principally
to promptitude of action; Judge Cle-
land'i Insurgency goes mtfch farther
than this.;. ' He is busy after, he ad
journs court, observing, Investlga
ting, studying and acting, endeavor
ing to do what he can to Improve
conditions and benefit weak and
wayward men.
One thing he discovered was that
40 per cent of the men sentenced to
the "Brldeweir'were rearrested soon
after they were discharged. An aver
age of 3 1 i. men , a , day were dis
charged, most of whom, sobered by
their experience, would not have al
lowed its repetition if they had been
given temporarily a : helping hand
and a little encouragement. " But of
the 3 1 1 2 were soon back in many
if not most cases because they had
no food, no shelter, no work, ' no
friend.
Then, with the cooperation of the
Bridewell superintendent, Judge Cle
land established the Parting of the
Ways home. The superintendent
sends these discharged men over to
Judge Cleland, who furnishes them
good food and clean beds, and finds
work for them; ; Every day a grist
of offenders goes over to the Bride
well from the municipal courts
whose Judges-, as a rule, give no
more thought to them than to dogs
on the street; and every day a squad
of discharged prisoners comes to the
home for. the temporary aid Ihey
mustjhav e. ,V!,;:'; :v'!Si-.:-:.;1-ju-:
As a criminal Judge Qeland let
most offenders off. on probation,
which was what alarmed' the regu
lars, lie could perceive no good rea
son for sending an able-bodied man
to Jail to be fed and warmed at
iWc-eiTeMerwllirHrwltoMd
children suffered for his offense. So
he announced that Instead of giving
culprits the minimum, sentence, he
would impose the maximum penalty,
andsturn, them loose on probation,
"--.r: v.. .' ; - 7 ;
"Now go home," he would far, "and! Knox may te a f Inn 'lawyer, but it
coma, back here, a week from next t be-comea mor and more painfully
Friday night with your wife, and let j apparent from time to Ume that he
mo know how yo.u are getting lis no diplomat The world. Is grin
along." He made substantially this ' nlng at him. '
speech to more than 1000 men, in
consequence of which' drinking de
creased, crime decreased, and the
grist of,petty criminals was grow
ing smaller. ,
But the Btandpat Judges the fa
miliar sort. who care for nothing but
their fat salariesprotested that
this was irregular, unconstitutional,
revolutionary, and succeeded In hav
ing Judge Cleland transferred to the
civil branch of the court That his
probation policy decreased drunken
ness and crime and was a great bene
fit to the community, was nothing
to them. But at the other end of
the route, where stands the Parting
of the i.Ways home, this Insurgent
Judge Is still doing a great deal of
good; ' . Y
SUPREME COURT VACANCIES
I
T IS announced from Beverly that
President Taft will not make an
appointment to the vacancy on
the supreme court until autumn;
and that the question of who will be
selected as chief Justice will not be
made public until the nomination is
sent to the senate. It. is further
stated that the,, president has not
yet made up his mind about calling
an extra session of the senate In
October to confirm nominations to
the court" The possible retirement
of Justice Moody for reasons of
health would make the appointment
of three Justices necessary, including
that f - Ha ghes,-tf whonr it irwide
j believed that he will be named
for chief Justice. With the appoint
ment of Justice Lurton, already
made,; it will thus fall to the' presi
dent within the few months that he
has been in the . White House . to
name almost a majority of the tri
bunal, ' . "
The great Issues pending before
the court "are among the weightiest
In !he history of American Jurispru
dence. The1 Standard Oil monopoly
is on trial for Its life. It has used
every artifice of delay,- but in the
case as It now rests with the court,
the lBsue of - its organization and
methods for survival is equarely pre
sented. The tobacco cases are al
most equally Important, and In the
hearings and decision by this great
est of the world's Judicial tribunals,
tremendous economic and industrial
Issues will be settled for all time.
Without an extra session of the
senate, there can be no. hearing of
the cases at the October term, and
the argument will go over , utttH a
later date.. Meantime, the question
of whether or not Governor Hughes
will be named as chief Justice is the
subject of wide speculation In the
press. ; Mr. 'Hughes 1b 48 'years of
age or seven years younger than was
Chief Justice Fuller at the time of
his appointment byresldent Cleve
land we is lour years oiaer.inan
John Jay when he became presiding!
Justice, and two years . Older than
Chief Justice Marshall when he en
tered upon that career of notable de
cisions which extended through a
period of 84 years and went so far
in laying the foundation for the
Jurisprudence of this country.
To be chief, JuBtlce of the United
States Is to wield a, power that no
other Judge In the world wields. The
tremendous issues, now to be passed
upon will not only make political
history, but economic anil industrial
history. The duty that the president
must perform within the near future
la ona of the gravest that will be
presented during his official term.
THE KAISER AND NICARAGUA
HE GERMAN emperor seems to
have made a studied effort to
indicate his disapproval of the
actions of the United States in
its relations with Nicaragua, and the
Latin American states generally, and
.' a . a. M f "
his coniempt ior ; American oipio-
macy. There Is a hint. In the latest
rumored note of the kaiser to our
government that he has neither re
spect for nor fear of our Monroe
doctrine, and that we have no more
right t than- Germany to say " what
shall or shall not be done in those
countries. - All of which does not
mean that the kalserjntends to get
Into any serious difficulty with the
United States, but he doubtless does
desire to gain the good will of the
South and Central .' American repub
lics, and at the same time would like
to set them and the United States
bythe ears... IIe has a . constantly
growing and crowding population,
and no colonies to which , to send
them, where German influence can
become dominant . He wants a pro
portion of his people to jgo abroad
they must perforce do : so but he
woukt have them go where they can
Germanize the country JWblle thls
might te impossible or auncuit in a
Latin American state, the kaiser can
at least make a bluff, at having equal
rights with the United States in Nic
aragua, and so can add to-and make
more active the ill will which Latin
Americans generally feel for our government-
, . " ' .
JShatever the-rights of the matter,
Secretary of State ' Knox seems to
have done nothing In . Central ,or
South America but to - displease the
Lrulers and people, there, and arouse
their hostility. Dlaa of Mexico, the
largest -and most Importanfflgure
ot the western hemisphere south of
the United StateB, scarcely conceals
his dissatisfaction with our state de
partment, and like some lesser'presl-
dents has t come very near-to snub-
btefcJWMd PP.ftwJni.ppeAJiCorjLUU
Emperor, William sees all this and
takes advantage of it, though he
probably doesn't care a stein's worth
whether Madriz, Estrada or anybody
else Is hia "great and good friend,
the :; president of Nicaragua . Mr.
Lately accidents to the aviators
have been following one another In
rapid succession, the noted flyer
Rolles meeting his death In one of
them at Bournemouth yesterday,
while a few days ago Baroness De la
Roche was badly brokeni and bruised
and nearly IobI? her life at Rheims.
For awhile aylator experiments
were conducted without fatalities,
and with no eerlous-injuries to hu
man life, but in the nature of things
fatal accidents were sure to occur
sooner or later." Possibly they are
happening now -rather than sooner
because the : experienced aviators,
like these two victims, have become
reckless or careless, , -
Nobody wants , the tuberculosis
sanitarium in; his vicinity, of . course,
and perhaps it is not - necessary to
establish it very near any residence,
but it should not tall for want of a
site. , r
The Philosophy of the Tall Tower.
Dairy. Or.. July .To tho Editor of
The Jou'tnaL .The frantlo f forts ;of
th bregonlaa. and Its satellites to re
establish the old convention system,
with all of Its corruptions and demoral
ising tendencies, using what is termed
"the assembly"' as stepplnt; stone,
vividly calls to my mind the saying;
of the wise man of old, that -there's
nothing; new- under tho sun," "because
Its advocacy jsfeajedjipQnthft Jjhlloa;
ophy of Aristotle more than 8000 years
old that all 'Stable government . must
be founded upon two classes the one,
called the leisure class, born to power
and controH the other, called the servile
class, bora to labor, to bear the burdens
of government and to fight Its battles,
and to have no part or vole in affairs
of state. ;
In carrying out this 'philosophy the
candidates of. that party are to be
named by (he select few the politicians
of the leisure class for whom the com
mon people, tho masses, are to be per
mitted to,-vote, but to have no part in
selecting; because they are deemed In
capable and not to be trusted. This
is the doctrine of aristocracy and mon
archy, and my reading of history indi
cates that It was universally, accepted
until the Declaration of American Inde
pendence set up a new and entirely dif
ferent theory of government, by declar
ing it a "self evident fact that all
men aro created equal; that they are
endowed with certain Inalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness"; and that "all
government's derive their Just powers
from the consent of the governed."
' This dootrtne was new to the world
then, but it .was adopted by the Ameri
can congress: and. as Mr. Lincoln said:
"Was, their majestic interpretation of
the economy of tho universe. ' This was
their lofty and wise and noble -under
standing of tho- Creator to his crea
tures." And he further said: "In their
enlightened belief, nothing Z stamped
with the divine Image and likeness was
sent Unto the world to be trodden on
and degraded and lmbruited by Its fel
lows. They grasped not wily the whole
race of man then living, but they
reached forward and seised upon the
farthest"', posterity. "Wise
statesmen as they were, they knew the
naency or prosperity to breed ty
rants, and so they established these
great eelf evident truths, that when. In
the distant future, some man, some fac
tion, some interest, should set up the
doqtrina that none but rich men, none
but white men, none but Anglo-Saxon
whits men, were entitled to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, their pos
terity might look up again to the Dec
laration of Independence and take cour
age to renew the battle which their
fathers-began, so that truth and Justice
and mercy and all the humane and
Christian virtues might not be extln
gulshed from-the land." ..;'.-
. In his prosperity, however, the man
of the Tall Tower rejects the doctrine
upon .which our government was founded,-and
In which Mr. Lincoln believed
so profoundly, and acoepts, rather., the
doctrine ot Aristotle, to which Alexan
der Hamilton subscribed, and wants to
subvert popular government and inlts
place establish a ' government of ' his
class, over the beads of the masses of
bid party.. .
Isn't It strange that men of that
party generally cannot plainly see the
pernicious tendency of that movement,
and Instantly and decisively reject ltT
They universally look upon Lincoln as
the exemplar of their party faith: as
the exponent of the sentiments which
gave vitality and strength to the party
when It stood for freedom and equality
among men; when It meant something
more tnan mere? partisanism to 'be
called a Republican; but the tendency
of the times ; toward the worship - of
Mammon is. such that a heedless lndlf
ferenee has taken the place of patriotic
devotion to principles of republican gov
eminent, and men have lost sight of
the dangers which are Involved in this
insidious attempt to deprive them of all
opportunity to participate in the gov
ernment or their state and county. Once
aroused to a full conception of the
truth that the "assembly" V system
means the overthrow of the primary
election law, tho substitution of rings
and cliques to aictate party nomina
tions, for ; the right of every man to
vote directly for his choice In making
nominations and" that vicious, unholy
soneme wouia una no supporters among
tns rank and rue or Republican voters.
Alexander Hamilton had no faith in
the ability of the common man for self.
government: ; he wanted to make , the
president and, the senators elective for.
me; ne oeuevea in a government by the
rioh and the leisurely; and Harvey Scott
has apparently made -him his patron
saint He rejects, popular rule , and
wants the politicians and their friends.
the corporations, to control nominations
and the elections, and to h 1 with the
people whom they can't control! It is
for the masses of Republicans those
whose chief Interest in politics is to
promote the welfare of -the state to
say whether" this precious scheme- of
the self -seeking politicians shall be sue
cessful, or whether they will defeat It
by taking a firm stand in favor of their
own rights and the maintenance of the
primary law. ' C. W, SHERMAN, SR.
.Enlarged Use of the Schools.
. Portland, Or., July 11. To the Bdi
tor of The Journal It seems fitting at
this -time -when- our -Nubile- schools- are
vacated by the regular routine of their
work, , to bring up the question of the
practicability of devoting these build
ings to some use to the great mass of
the people.
When one realizes that the schools
are open from 9 to s, five days a week
during a -large part of the working sea
son, it naturally, awakens in the hearts
and minds of the working class a feel
ing that this closed period in our
school year could be devoted to tnuoh
valuable work for them.
Many of our younger people who
leave scnooi peiore unisnwg our ele -
Letters From tlie People
COMMENT AND
SMALL CIIAXGU
Old General Humidity
many back east
la slaying
There was never a better summer for
doing good things.
DIas has seen o It that Mexico is not
troubled with ex-presldents.
., ' .
' Nobody, after noma years, can "come
back" unless It's Roosevelt
' .
' Boston' Is to have a $3,000,000 hotel.
Beans will come high there.
-. ., ;'...... . .;. ""' ,
In this anti-fly 'crnade little help
can be expected from the, fly cops.
"No real Interest is, belnj? taken In
the assembly here," says the Uorvallls
Gaiette-Tlmes... .
The otherwise unfortunate children
of Frank 1 Gould aro lucky In having
an Aunt"Helen. - -
. Files are charged with causing sev
eral cases of Infant paralysis In Kan
sas. Fight the flies.
, V;:'".' . . ,j'.':-,':1;V;i -'Jh
If these be Roosevelt's two month
of silence, -what a noise he mar h ex
pected to make when they are over.
- ,. ',;
Dally the list of victims of lutnmn.
bile accidents, almost every one of
uiem auo 1.0 rewueas orivmg, grows.
Perhaps if Roosevelt can mn ' tnr
goyernor of New York by proxy, .Xoeb,
the Eepublloans might carry that state
A Mttlo chanse of dace, air." aeener.
occupation: a little recreation, a break-
in me routine, is rood tar aimnat
everybody.
The summer la verv flna t aa.
shore, no doubt, but there Is nothing
to oomplaln of about the summer in
Portland, thank you,
The nly correction that the Or.
gonlan ever makes of a willful He that
it has published Is. to repeat-lt-lylng.
rUl harder, If possible.
SDeaklnr of onnonenta to thaiiumMT
the Pendleton Live Wire fReoubllcanf.
after quoting Chairman George to the
eriect mat omy jjemoorats oppose as
semblies,, remarks: "But there seems
to be a plagued lot of Democrats up In
this country."
in" pi ' a, ingoaori
Roosevelt became a candidate for mem
ber of the New York legislature, he was
sounaea as to Whether he couM ha de
pended on to be "regular." "J never
nearo, - no repuea, "tnat party loyalty
was on of the ten commandments."
It ' was the day after' Harvard beat
Yale at baseball that the Boston Globe
had this paragraph: "As the parade
went swinging by, ' with the fife nd
drum corps blowing and pounding for
all it waa worth, a sweet girl on tho
curbstone asked, That's "Onward,
Christian Soldiers." . Isn't Itr and the
musical young man who waa escorting
her replied, No, thafa "To Hell With
xaJe j" - - , -
Ut at Gladstone Park, accordlnr to
the Oregonlan, some base villains
farmers, laborers, and such cattle at
tended the precinct assembly and actu
ally dared to vote against the machine
ticket, and villainously beat two old
hoary politicians for delegatea This
Is intolerable. (Haven't the old poli
ticians the right to run things without
interference on the part of the cattle
people? -. ,
July 13 in History -
The Elizabethan era is renowned in'
English history, not, only for its litera
ture, , but .for its growing power upon
the sea, and especially for Its hardy and
skillful seamen. Most-notable among
these were Sir Francis Drake and Sir
Walter "( Raleigh and his balf-brothera.
Drake was the first to put Into practioe
tns policy oz-wsaxening opsin oy aiiac
lng her in America. Drake it was who
made the great voyage around the earth
in 1580. Eight years, after. he" took an
important part in the most momentous
event Of the century in which he lived
the defeat of the Spanish Armada. :
The defeat of this armada has been,
pronounced the opening event in the his
tory of the United States. From that
moment North America was open to col
onisation with little danger of hindrance
from the Spaniards. .- Sir Walter Ral
eigh must ever be considered the "father
of English colonisation oa the soil of
the United States." . .. . .
Raleigh was one of the best repre
sentative Englishmen of his age. He
was a student of books and a leader
of men; A pupil of Coligny, a friend, of
Epeneervt h was ; a-; statesman and a
scholar, a courtier and a soldier, and in
each he was one of the leading men of
his times. Raleigh was granted a colo
nisation charter by Queen Elizabeth. He
first sent two exploring ships to the
coast of North America, and they re
turned with glowing accounts , of the
beauty of the land and the gentleness
of the natives. The first of these ex
ploring ships landed at Roanoks island,
off the coast of North Carolina, on
July 13, 1684, and they, were the first to
name the eastern coast of Norm Amer
ica Virginia in honor of the virgin
queen, ' av' ::i ' 't V ? ' ' '
The f ollowinc yat Raleigh, sent over
aTarge colony under Ralph Lane with
108 men, who settled on Roanoke island,
but after a year of hardships they were
picked up and carried to England by Sir
Francis Drake, who. happened to touch
at that point in one of hia great Voy
ages. a:'.:a,a--a. ::r :,r:::,7Vt, Aa a.
They brought back with them tobacco
and the potato, and first Introduced the
use of these in England, i Raleigh was
disappointed at tha failure of his col-
mentary.course could. find' opportunity
for further study, and with, the intro
duction of lectures, debates, entertain
ments and the like, the closed period
of our school year could be put to a
valuable use.
xne evening nign scnooi is a recog
nized success in many cities, courses of
special study for foreigners - and those
unfortunates of our own people, are
building up a strength of intelligence
far in advance of anything anticipated.
4 Is the city of Portland doing any
thing in this important field T
. W. DENTON.,
In Northern Lake County. -Fremont
Or., July 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Fremont valley is 165
miles from a -railroad, on the stags line
running ... from ' Shanlko to Silver Lake,
and about t5 miles northwest of Silver
Lake. It is less than two years since
the first homestead was filed on here.
, We now have one store, a blacksmith
shop, a schoolhouse and postofflce and
several fields of beautiful waving rye
that assure in time that this desert will
blossom like the rose. Five miles east
of us Is the town of Fort Rock, located
in the Fort Rock valley, which has been
settled a little longer. -It has two stores,
one hotel a town hall, a schoolhouse and
postofflce. Both ot these valleys are
settled by citizens with up to date and
progressiva-ideAMAiiUU far Up south
is another , schoolhouse, making three, in
all, which, are taught by teacher? who
are homesteaders as well One Is a
teaoher from Los Angeles, Cal, another
from Washington, D; C, and ths otr.er
from Coeur d'Alens. Idaho, and conse-
auentlv bavins-been raised and educated
1 far apart Sfoey bring many new laeas
ftEWS IN BRIE
SIDELIGHT:
' Six mail routes operate out of Myrtle
Point.
EabHta are destroying crors around
Paisley. . ,
Large, fine peach .crop is being picked
at lrrlgon. -
Harney County National bank Is only
three years old; and has nearly. 3350,000
resources.
The Pendleton Review says that the
Laldlaw Chronicle has died and Its edi
tor was escorted to the town limits by
a deputation of cltisens that comprised
the whole community. Reason not
known, " - . ,
'.; '"--'I
At a depth of 185 feet In a Well being
dug in Eugene, a strong flow1 of min
eral water was struck, H comes up
nearly, to the surface and sparkles and
bubbles and has a strong-taste of iron
and surphur. . , , I '
'A Gilliam county bachelor living in a
cabin was reported dead; the coroner
drove out there, a grave was dug and a
coffin bought, when it was discovered
that the man had gone off to celebrate
the Fourth of July.
, '..-.;. a 'a-'; .-y" ;
A Powell Butteman has contracted
his srraln hay tcTa Bend firm for 120
iper ton delivered. This will, at a low
estimate, bring mm gross more man
130 per acre besides what he will re
ceive for his pasture.- r -
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An excusable case of one hunter shoot
ing another was that of a Tillamook
county man who shot at i bear, th
ball going through its neck, and glano
lng from a tree went through another
hunter's leg, breaking the bone.
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A North Bend man picked 21 boxes
from a- single bush of Phenomenon
blackberries, which he imported from
the east last year. The berries are Jet
black and are one and one half Inches
long and one half inch in diameter. - The
flavor Is excellent . , '
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"""Condori'TlmesT 7. A swarm of 1ees set
tled near the Times office on Thursday.
Kenneth Welshons, who is .quite an ex
pert, waded Into the swarm, and caught
the queen and put her, in a box and
later the whole "shootin match" were
taken to the' Fitsmaurice residence..
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. Plums, prunes, peaches and in' fact
every variety of fruit can be success
fully grown here, says the Hermlston
Herald. This has been demonstrated
beyond doubt ss one by one these trees
come Into bearing and -the fruite are
brought to market The same is true of
the small fruits. -
WW .
The crab fishing fleet at Harbor
caught over 8000 pounds ot halibut on
July I. which were taken -to Crescent
City, wnere tney were aisposea oi at
cents ner Dound. There are many known
banks of halibut fishing grounds off
tha coast of Curnr. which some dar will
contribute thousands of dollars to the
wealth of the county, says tho Gold
Beach Globe. w u '
An- Athena man is demonstrating in
a nractlcal -way what may be done on
the acreage tracts that were put on the
market by the Athena Land & Trust
company, says the Press. He Is raising
a ' truck patch that rivals the Walla
L Walla valley garden plats.; Potatoes,
caoDage, oeexa, turnips, pumpkins,
squashes and corn are growing in pro
fusion, while a patch of tomatoes Is re
ceiving. especial care. He has young al
mond add. English walnut trees that are
forging ahead with good, healthy
growth.
Sir - rValter Raleigli
ony and he determined to try again. In
1587 he sent a colony of 160, 17 of
whom were women, under John White,
and toon after they landed at Roanoke,
Va., Dare was bom. She was a grand
child of Governor White,' and waa the
first English child born on the soil' of
the United States, .
; Tr governor soon found it necessary
to make a voyage to England, Intending
to return to his colony. But . the war with
Spain interfered, and three years passed
before an English vessel reached RoanJ
oke. When at last help came, the col
ony, had utterly disappeared and its fate
was never known. Tears afterward the
people of Virginia found children among
the Indians with light hair and eyes,
and it was believed that they were de
scendants of members of White's colony
who were probably adopted by Indian
tribes. 'A. AA,?!-i,-,,:,..';. -a.;.,.,,. A,tA- r aav
Raleigh was still undismayed. Fin
ally his fortune took a downward turn.
He fell,lnto dlsfavor.Wlth the king, and
was cast into prison, where he remained
for 13 ' years, meantime writing , his
History of the World." Then jtfter
brief season of liberty he was again im
prisoned, and was soon after beheaded.
Notwithstanding none of the colonies
planted by Raleigh was permanent, he
must be awarded the honor of scouring
the possession of North America to the
English race, of making known the ad
vantages of its soil and climate, and
creating the spirit of colonization among
his countrymen, v. , r 1
On July It was passed the famous
"Ordinance 787" for the government
of- the northwest territory: Junius
Brutus Booth, ths actor, made his first
appearance in America In 18!1; antU
draft riots in New. York city occurred in
IS'-ibe-Great-EasterBr-etarted-to-lay
the third Atlantic cable- in 1866; and ths
Berlin treaty of "peace With honor" was
signed in 1878. It Is the birthday of
James Aidricn, poet and .editor (1810)
General Nathan B. Forrest of the Con
federaoy (1821);. Roger Wolcott '' the
Massachusetts statesman - (1847);, and
tbe date of the death of Richard Crom
well (1712); Jean Paul Marat (1788)
and Rufus cnoate, the American states
man (1869)., 1 , .
from different parts of the xountry. '
. A little more than half way between
these towns is : located Fort Rock-
large semi-circular rock that rises more
than 860 feet and forms a fort enclosed
on ths sides and open - to the aouth.
This rock has quite a history, and "was
found useful during Colonel Fremont's
campaign, ? from which it i derives; its
name. :"'
The recent Fourth of July was quite
an event in the history of this section.
The citizens met and held a real old
fashioned celebration, many- '"' coming
from Silver Lake and surrounding coun
try in autos and vehicles (rimmed with
bunting and flags. To let you see where
those who participated In the day's pro
gram formerly lived, I will say that the
one who presided and also dedicated the
flag came from Portland. ...A declama
tion was from l, druggist .from.. Des
Moines, lows, A recitation by a little
girl from North Dakota. The Declara
tion of independence was read,by a Con
necticut Yankee, and the .address was
glven by- an ex-merchant from Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, so you see we are a cos
mopolitan lot-of sagebrushers, .
M. a -SLATER, '
i a rji. Machine Organ,
c From the Cottage Grove Leader.
As was to have been expected the
OregTaTrar-dTOlttre"ltself,-icgaTn8t
tho InitlWIVe snd referendum meaning
the peoples-end all "their measures.
That the Oregonlan Is the organ of the
machine has long been known. If it
cannot rule it would ruin. BuCthe peo
ple are familiar, with Its political meth
ods, and hence there is little danger of
the publication doing mucn torn.
TANGLEFOOT
By T-L!cs Overholt
VAUDEVILLE LESSON NO. 6.
Man and wife. Man enters wearing
new suit ' jr -:
Man What do vou think nf th fuB
regalia? . , , -,. -
Wife I-can't think; they're too noisy.
Don't ybu think I look pretty well?"
"No; spring." ,
"Spring r ,'
"Yeg: spring suit. You're not deen
enough to look well."
"Sounds like a run. Do vou think th
trousers are high enough?" v,
"Yes; too hlKh. even if vou cot them
for nothing. . ;
I like the cut of the coat"
"How much was it cut to 99 cents?"
"I mean the shape. The shoulders
are well padded." .
"You're a regular sell a padded sell."
"I also 'have a pair of chantlcler
hose."
"Well, you needn't crow about them."
"And low shoes." . '
"They're wearing them down to the
ground nowadays, I believe."
"say, you re rather fresh to have such
a pickled face ain't youf-'v-vv-,...-;-,.'-,-.
wen, i don t let my cue oumber my
own ildeas.",.
"I'll give you a cue to keep still in a
minute." . : .
"If you do, It'll be the first thing
you ever gave me."
"i gave you my name, didn t IT" -"No,
I traded my freedom for It and
got awindled." - zi.2 iii
"Well you examined the aooda didn't
your
' No; it was male-order Junk."
This is really not a good place to end
the dialogue, but i the audience won't
stand for much more. One could run
lna song or something and then get
out before the eggs arrive.
'When you asked me to marry you.
you said my every wish would be your
law." pouted the bride the third day
out. ,
"It Is," said the heartless man. "but
I've developed Into a trust since ac
quiring you, and that .fives me a right
to .break laws." . a ,.. . y
And she, not being versed la the law.
let it go. at that-AAvA;:.?.;,..!; i.--
The ' Advisor. i . y.-r!
(Mr. Roosevelt will assume the role of
an advisory publicist Current, Quess.)
Teddy wiu teU us the things we should
do, . .,,
The things we should - drink and tha
things we should chew;
He'll tell us the way
We should . nreaeh and should nrav
And the reason our hens are refusing to
And the time to cut corn and the time
a a A to make hay, . .
And lust who has ths shuffle '
And who has the deal, .
The place for a ruffle ' j .
And how to roast veal, ' w(
And how to build bridges, and how to
make bread,
And how to remember the things we
nave reaa, - a , .... ....
And how to write headings.
And What kind of nnnta ,
Are worn at noon- weddings, -
Ana now io Kin anis,
And how to peel onions and what's
- firood for bunion.
And how to can berries and care for
canaries, '.'w!;f":"'vA ''-..-.y-'; .,m,,:i.,,,,.
And how to make fences, 1
And how to set hens.
And what are the tenses, a a '
And how to fix dens,
And how to raise babies,
And how to make kites. '
And how to cure rabies, - a : .
And how to run fights, -
And how to run trolleys and cook hot
tamales and what to rrl rolliaa.
And how to stuff pillows and when to
inm widows ana what causes bil
; lows, ......
;' And how to keep cool, ;
Cure balks in , a mule,
Store eggs so they'll keep,
House cattle and sheep. ' v
Heal burns on ths hand,
Make, chests to expand,
Embroider a monogram, repaint a chair,
Retrim an old bonnet, and what will
grow hair
O Teddy will tell us the -things we
should know .
Just as he's been telling since long,
" ' Ion aeol -. ,
Jefferson Toombs in Harpers Weekly.
"Why Russia Has Cholera.
, From the Philadelphia Ledger, r.
The eplderalo of cholera In southern
Russia is largely due to the fatallstlo
Ignorance of the bulk of the Russian
peasantry. Viewing the plague as the
Judgment of God upon them for their
sins, the sufferers apathetically and
with folded hands await their doom, and
lrl t x- 'tjj
these as yet uninfected with the dread r
disease storm the hospitals ana attempt
to release their relatives , and friend
there confined.- r .'a
. The present outbreak is a recurrence
of last year's visitation. In St Peters
burg alone during 1909 there were 14,000
cases of the disease, with about 6,600
f stall ties la 4ho-whole t- Russia some
80,000 cases were reported, about 60 per
cent having a fatal termination. What
the authorities might have done through
out the empire waa done at Moscowand
the result was most striking. . In , the
cholera epldemlo of 1848 there had been
60,000 victims In Moscow; of whom near
ly half succumbed. A new water system
was Installed in 1893, by which thsrclty
was supplied with spring water, and the
river water was filtered. Prophylaotlo
measures, including vaccination. . were
Introduced and enforced by the sanitary
officials. -As a direct result of these
precautions, in 1909, there were only-IB
cases in Moscow of .the, dlseass which
had the rest of Russia -in its deadly
clutches. V, . ..
w
eariness
(Contrlbnted to The lourstl br Wilt Maon,
tb famous KiDMt poet Bis pron-poemi tr a
refolar festure of tbU column to tbe Uslly
loam!.) ' . -.ij-to-.- : t .. ;.
I worked with a pick and a shovel, in
strenuous seasons of yore; I lived in a
tumbledown hovel, and slept In some
straw on the floor. And then in the
morn, when I'd waken, and brush all the
chaff from my head, I'd throw In , an
armful- of bacon, - potatoes and onions
and bread; Tny hunger as wondrous "
and baleful, the strangest of wonderful
things I poured down the grub by the
pailful, and chewed Up the paper and ";
strings. . I labored with bricks and with
mortar, I tunneled big; holes In the soli;
my wagewas'a "bone and quarter, for J
s"Vsry'"'day"i'sesBtbn"drtoflrA.'I slept "like
a span of bay horses, I ate like mule
among hay; alas! but I know what re
morse ls--I threw all ray ; blessings
awayt I took to this ; grafV writing
verses, and doubtless 111 write till I'm
dead; the boodle comes to me la purses,
snd bundles as big as your head. But
&owL.must.stlca;.t0.a.4ietf,aawduet
and Battle-Creek rice; a porterhouse "'
steak? If I'd try it you'd' soon see your j
uncle on Ice. . My works are all rusty
and shaken, they balk ' at desirable I
things. Alas, for the onions and bacon! J
Alas, for the paper and stringer . -
Copyright, mio. by
QwMf .Mat Adams.