THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY' EVENING, JULY 29, 1910.
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JACOB'S VOICE, BUT
PAT M'ARTHUR says be 1s for
a? constitutional amendment
for election of senator by the
, ' people. He is not ; He doesn't
want election of senator by the peo
ple. He wants to throw election of
' senator back Into the legislature. He
- declares himself against Statement
No; 1 and any man" who 1s against
' Statement No, I 'wants the legisla
ture to elect. " Statement NO, 1 Is a
' mere Incident- It Is a public pledge,
voluntarily taken by which the legis-
' la tive candidate promises to vote In
the legislature, for whatever candl
date may receive the highest rote by
the people for senator. ' Statement
No. 1 Is a mere offer by the legist
the candidate to let the people
; choose and a public promise that
when such choice is. made the legis
lator, will stand by that choice. The
principle Involved Is the mere ques
tion of whether the people or the
legislature shall choose," The public
w pledge- to let the people choose Is
. Statement No. 1. . It Is a pledge by
means of which the people hare a
perfect system of selecting their own
senator. Any man ' who Is against
this pledge is against a constitutional
amendment- for election of senator
by the people. After declaring him
self against' the one, Mr. : MeArthur
could swear until he Is black In the
face that he is for the other and no
body would believe him. Does be
think the people are all greenhorns
that he can fool them with any old
absurdity ?,. ' ;' ; ;; , v y: y ; V-y:.;, ii"'
Mr., MeArthur can resist the right
of the people to choose senator and
demand- that the legislature shall
choose, If he wants to. That is his
privilege, j But he. has no right to flit
about this bailiwick, speaking with
the voice of Jacob and toiling with
the hand of Esau.'
"WAR AND THE PACIFIC COAST
I
ANY NAVAL and military of
ficers, particularly the form
er, and not a tew other peo
ple, continue to predict war
In the not far distant future be-
tween the, United States and Japan.
The highest officials of both coun
tries discredit these predictions," and
deny emphatlcalljrahd Unequivocally
that .there is any prospect of such a
war,' or that" there is, a probability
of any reasonable casus belli aris
ing. For -Its part, The Journal rep
rebends these forecasts of war, be-
: lieving them to be, either 'deslgned
'. ly or foolishly, Incitements to war,
': which ought not ever to be necessary
and which with every passing . year
tecomes more criminal. -. ;' .
Yet it must be conceded that wars
will probably yet occur,- and there
la a possibility thatkrae of them will
:..;be between this country-and Japan.
' If the' prediction of 'the war alarm
ists that Japan on some slight pre
- 'text will attack the United States
with its navy should proye true, then
of course this country would have to
' fight, and once plunged Into a war
it would have to be carried on until
tie bumptious little brown men were
. so . thoroughly drubbed that they
would Jorever after stand for peace,
as far as this country was concerned.
' But admitting for a purpose the
probability of war with' Japan, as
suming .that the war , prophets are
, right, It follows as, an inevitable, in
, disputable conclusion that the main
. eirengm or me American naviM
. should be placed and kept on the
Pacific coast. : It must be this .coast
that Japan will attack, if it ever at
tacks this country at all. Even If
It took the Philippines and the Ha
waiian ' Islands and stopped hostile
operations with those conquests, oup
navy,, if we deemed It necessary to
, ''. retake those islands, must start from
; -, and hare their main base on our Pa
""clfic coast" The Atlantic coast has
no need of naval protection, for there
-: Is no. prospect or hint In any quarter
I of an attack being made there. The
only war talk heard from any source
' is that of war with Japan, and everr
, ' body knows that Japan would oper
' ate. in' Pacific, not Atlantic waters.
; Hence If there is any need of a great
navy.' the need of most of it is on
the Pacific, hot the Atlantic coast.
There might be need of a few email
war vessels to make a demonstra
: tlon, occasionally on the eastern
; coast of the Central or South Ameri
can states, but none of them has
any navy of consequence and a little
fractiou of bur navy would be suf
ficlent for that .purpose. . The place
. for mogt'of the larger fighting ves
r ? wis, If there Is any need or use for'
them at all, is on tne Pacific coast.
'This, tinder the circumstances, is an
Introconvertible proposition.
4 But if this policy Is to prevail,
-, tnis
coaRt needs one or-two, moreUVella Fargo Express and of the'Pa
first-class navy yards. : It now has
but on ; sueh-r-at Mare Island, In
Sn Francisco Bay." "There Is need of
bP8 another , at San Diego. The
navy yard at Bremerton is not only
hadly located, not well situated for
Its purpose, but it will riotccommo
- 3a!e first-class battleships for dock-
age and repairs, If there is need of j
building more big battleships, there;
is need first of providing places forpnees la actually a salaried employe
them at more than one point on this
coast and of keeping them here to
be in readiness for a war with Ja
pan, the- only nation with which
there is the slightest prospect of
having a war. ', , 'r
But the fact In that navy building
and war- preparation, are principally
politics and "business"- and votes
are far more numerous on the Atlan
tic than on the Pacific coast. This
Is why the warships are kept there,
where they are not needed, and this
coast, : where if anywhere they are
needed, Is left defenseless. " ; .
AX ORGAN'S CONFESSION,
0
NE OF the score or so of party
organs in Oregon that support
the assembly method, the Eu
gene Register, says: -' ;:" !
Oregon Republicanism's backbone Is
about to. be restored to it former place
and Iti-subserviency to the domlnanco
of the minority party relegated to tho
background. In fact. Oregon Repub
licanism has so. far convalesce from
Us recent .political illness as to be aoie
to go .It alone,' Getting back
into its oWn hpme-wlth familiar faces
and scenes about It Is bringing aboht
most rapid rejuvenation of the party.
One of Its chief disorders was U'Ren-
lsm from which, happily, It has about
fully recovered, f The political
disease in: this state is yielding readily
to, homeopathic "treatment administered
In safe, - sane and sound Republican
doses. Political quackery in Oregon has
about seen its day. . '
The assumption that ''Oregon Re
publicanism" has been . "subservient
to the dominance of the minority
party" is a mere piece of flatulent
tergiversation. The minority- party
has had nothing to do with the mat
ter except to nominate a candidate
for governor and afterward for sen
ator, whom the people preferred to
the, Republican candidate. This was
all hat Democrats' had, to do with
Republican "disorders." '
But some phrases of this organ's
premature congratulations are signif
icant.' What does it mean when it
speaks' of Republicanism being "re
stored tp Its former place"; "getting
back" into Its own home',1 with fa-,
miliar faces and scenes around it";
getting rid of the "disorder" of
U'Renlsm," and of "political, quack-
ery"? Evidently all this means that
assembly Republicanism proposes, if
successful, to repeal, If possible, the '
primary law, direct election of sena
tors, the Initiative and referendum,
and the corrupt practices act, and to
relapse wholly Into old .methods and
practices; 1$ yearns to "get back Into,
Its own t (old) 'home, -with familiar
faces (old bosses and grafters) arid
scenes (holdups and bribery) aroj,nd
It". '',: , . . ...
Being thus fairly warned of as
sembly Republicanism's desires and
designs, the voters of the state will
pretty surely repudiate It
THE INEVITABLE RESULT
E
XTREME protection Is Injurious
even to the manufacturers, as
they are; discovering because .lt
t lessens enormously the ability
of the people to buy manufactured
products. The New York Journal Of,
Commerce, a We,U Informed, conserv
ative, cautious paper,'; says that "one
half the looms In this country for the
manufacture of worsteds and wool
ens are idle; that fully 50 per cent'
of the cotton machinery is shut down
and that only 45r-per cent of the silk
looms are busy." T '
Cotton manufacturers say the rea
son is that cotton Is too' high; wool
en manufacturers that wpol Is too
high'; " silk " manufacturers ? that the
fashion has turned againsfc them.
None of them, for a wonder, charge
the trouble to overproduction,' and
the growers of , cotton, wool and
other raw materials do not admit
that their products are too high
wool In fact Is much lower than It
was last year. .
The trouble Is that the abnor
mal. Inflated, artificial prices of
necessaries. consequent .upon extreme
protection-r trust prices in the case
of most things people have to buy
have so increased the cost of living
that the demand has enormously de-
reaaedT; Millions of people are buy
ing less than they did, less than they
would, like to, .because the prices aro
so high that they are forced to cur
tail expenses. This reacts on both
manufacturers and producers, and Is
the logical, inevitable result of high
protection, of legalizing a graft by
the few from the many. It is the
natural and enforced If unconscious
turning of the millions of worms
the common, consuming people.
NATURALLY
W
E FAVOR the abolishment
o all useless and- unneces
sary offices, boards and
commissions. State Assem
bly Platform.
It Is probably the Oregon railroad
commission that is meant. Railroads
dislike the commission. They have
not been able to control it. It forced
them to make a heavy reduction in
eastern Oregon grain rates, saving
bundreds ot thousands of dollars to
farmers in. that region. It made the
famous Portland rato order, known
as the Portland rate case, and after
two years of litigation won a decree
and forced the railroads to adopt It.
It has Issued an order reducing the
rates on wool and a cut in those
rates will bo the certain outcome. It
ordered a heavy cut In -the rntea'nf
clue Express. These and many other
acts are out of harmony with the
Ideas of those who. controlled Mr,
ui ujc- uiauiuue mm v nanaied that
conve-ntion fa -reflected, in the n6m-
ination of a corporation 1st for vgov-
lernor, corporationlBts-- for some ,nf
I the judicial positions and a' legisla-
tive , ticket selected by, corporation
ists. One -'of the legislative nomi
! In the land department of the South
, ern Pacific. The fine -Italian hand
of corporatlonism was first Tevealed
In the series of secret, conferences
that selected the Multnomah legisla
tive ticket, " The list of candidates
selected at those conferences was pub
lished in The Journal before the con
ventlon ever met to ballot. "The same
secret hand ran, deftly -through all
the operations of both .the Multno-
mahe-andBtate - conventions of the
rumpites. IIow ! natural , that the
platform should aim a stealthy, blow
at toe Oregon railroad commission.
RKUI-KIXQ
HE OREGONIAN Is. far more
honest than Mr. Bowerman's
Portland macnlne. Che paper
.-frankly demands, that election
of senator be by the legislature, but
on1 that , subject the rump . platform
Is silent as a sphinx.' It hadn't a
word to say. Its whole purpose, its
main design, Its, ultimate goal, its
every heartbeat, its aspiration and
Its hope Is to get election o senator
back, into the 1 legislature, ; but,' It
hadn t the courage to say .o. It is
determined on the plan, 'but pre
ferred to sidestep the wrath of the
people and make Us assault from am
bush. -Its very refusal to come out
In the open discloses the skulking
character of the Bowerman machine,
and indicates the . misgivings .with
which Jts sinister moves must be
viewed. ,
, The r chief and consuming desire
of this alliance, of corporatlonlsts
and politicians lsuo take the choice
of senator away from the people and
give. It to the legislature,1 but they
were afraid to Bay so. "What a gum
shoe bunch, what wonderfully hot
stuff, what warriors bold, the man
aging' rumpites are. Their perform
ances irresistibly recall the. sham
bling way in which a hog goes-to
war, mostly with his rear to the
front ; v. - - .:-' : I , v
Secretary of War Dickinson, who
has been visiting Japan, cables from
Manila to a New York paper that
unless wisdom Js discarded there is
no . possibility of war between the
United States and Japan. ."There is
nothing," he cays, "to warrant ru
mors of Impending strife between the
two - nations. Those who . originate
them are enemleB of mankind are
not doing a patriotic work. The
levelheaded people, of both countries
should not only,, discredit but con
demn tfi'em. All I . heard in Japan
was confirmatory , of the .opinion
which I had already reached that
there is no reason for hostilities be
tween the United States ancV Japan
and that the real Interests of neither
government . could . be , promoted by
j war. Differences may arise, but
j they should be settled by diplomacy,
i arbitration, - or an: '; appeal to The
nfr,.H(, tflllr i. Tf B u ,
influential people would talk and
fthlnk like this; war.Vould Indeedbe
an impossibility. Dickinson is right;
war-talking jingoes are enemies of
their' respective countries and ot
mankind.
The Ohio Republicans declared:
"The tariff , has been revised,, In ac
cordance with the Republican doc
trine of protecting home Industries
and American labor. It did not ratse
the rate of duty on a single common
food product. The Increases made
were on luxuries and articles net of
ordinary use. It affords no more
than adequate protection. to the in
dustries of the natidh ' and is fair
alike to consumers, laborers and pro
ducers." All of which, unless it be
the first sentence, Is absolutely and
utterly falso. And the first state
ment Is also .falBe,!n assuming that
the ' tariff . "protects labor. It pro
tects only the trusts aiyl combina
tions of capital, and takes away from
labor more than It bestows upon la
bor. This plank Is an, unadulterated
He.
A few weeks ago Ashland voted
against granting a franchise for an
electric railroad through that city to
John R. Allen, the noted southern
Oregon developer, but Saturday re
versed that decision by a vote of 285
to-64, so that the beautiful and
southernmost city of Oregon will be
In line with others up that way in
the" matter of transportation. Ash
land has also voted $140,000 for
street paving,' to be done as soon , as
possible. Now other towns up that
way can point the finger of scorn at
Ashland no longer. ' "
The latest report from BqoseveJt,
after'a week's silence and cogitation
on his part, is that it is his desire
and intention to ''forget ; factional
differences and even party lines, and
support the ' men and the things he
believes stand for the best interests
of the country as a whole." This;' if
the report be correct; is an excellent
resolution. There has been entirely
too much attention paid ,to party,
and too little to the best Interests of
the country,' . . , ,. .
"Peary's lectures are a ' failure
financially.. Most people' arffilling
to concede that probably he went to
the near , vicinity of the Pole, but
for one reason or another Peary Is
not popular In spite of that By the
way. If Cook would come ack and
tell the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, he might make a' lot more
money,
Un H ( . I)ia Bn,alw,' nf , U .
who, it Is reported, has embezzled
funds to the -extent of -: $1,340,000
during the past eight years. A few
dayB ago a railroad president killed
himself, it is . supposed, because : he
had swindled the Illinois Central out
ef hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Not long ago the president of the
Big ' Four roads ; was discovered to
have stolen very large amounts,
there being a" woman or ' women in
the case,' Big business must In many
cases be very loosely done, it seems,
when such great stealings' are possible,-
. - , i ', r k : ';-x
' : Nick Longworth 6ays . that the
principles., for which Governor Har
mon stands "mean the ruination t
the country." ; It la supposed that
Nick means that. Harmon is opposed
to the legalized, robbery of the peo
pie which causes hundreds of mil
Hons of money , to flow into the' cof
fers of the trusts. : Hpw that would
ruin the country Nick does upt say;
he merely assumes that moBt voters
are credulous ignoramuses. But t'hen
maybe Nick really doesn't know any
better. '
Nebraska Republicans indorsed
both; the tariff law and the Insur
gents who voted against and are at
tacking the tariff law. There Is 0
height; : or depth, or length, or
breadth of inconsistency that a party
convention: cannot - compass" with
ease' and agility..- , " 1
Mr. :Taft says ' that :'a president
should not talk, politics. He seems
to have learned this since he made
his- Winona speech, in which he
lauded Aldrich and read the insur
gents out of the party.
Letter to The Journal thould t written ob
on tide of the paper only and ahould b ureom-
aniea ot me nam ana aaareaa or tne writer,
he name will not be uaerf if the writer ask
tjiat It be withheld. Th Journal i not to bt
understood a indorsing the view or atatement
of orrepondenti. Letter ihould he made aa
brief aa posalble. Thoae who wish tbelr letters
returned when not uaed ahould tncloaa postage.
Corretpondenl .are notified that letteta ex
ceeding: 300 worda in. length mar, at tb dlt
cretlon of the editor, be cut down to that Umlt.
Claims of Indian War Veterans.
Dallas, Or July 28,-To the Editor of
The. Journal In my opinion ,,there has
never been a thorough understanding of
the claim of the Indian war veterans to
recognition In the minds of the people of
the 'state-of Oregon, and I take this
means of reaching your many readers
op that subject , ' . ; . . ;
As a member of the Legislative com
mittee, also commander of the grand
encampment of Indian "War "Veterans of
Oregon, I deem It the proper thing to set
forth the grounds upon which we claim
our compensation for the services and
the loss of our horses "during the Indian
wars of 1855-56. It Is not a question of
the legality or the justification of the
wars of 1SS5-S6. That has been admitted
by the state or Oregon, in making partial
payment of our claims, and by the na-.
Uonal government in granting each sur
vivor and each widow a pension.- We In
sist, however, that the state of -Oregon
still owes us," according to all rules of
business,,, for the services and loss of
our horses, and up to this time Oregon
has repudiated that debt by the actions
of two sessions of ths senate. Two ap
proprlaUon bills have passed two ses
sions of the houBe and have.been defeat
ed in the senate; that, too, In the faee of
the recommendation , of Governors t. T.
Geer and George E. Chamberlain.
There Is the act of the territorial leg-
lslature of -Oregon that authorized the
payment bt. we ho.w.demandi . Jhl act'
reads as follows . , : f
"An act to provlda for paying the vol
unteers In the service of , the territory
and for the prosecution of the existing,
war," Section 4 of said act feads as fol
lows:.' ' ' - , . "t
"Whenever such volunteers are called
and received Into service of the territory
by virtue of this act, each non-commls- l
sionea orricer and private shall be en
titled to receive $2 per day and rations.
and $! per day for the use and risk of
ills horse, except for horses actually
Killed in action, unavoidably lost or re
ported unfit for service and turned, over
to . the quartermaster. , in which 'tcase
the owner shall receive the appraised
value thereof. " And all commissioned
officers shall reeelce the" same pay as
rricers or tne samtf rtnK In the army of
the United States; provided, that com!
missioned officers, shall receive the same
pay for use and risk of .horses as non
commissioned officers." ' And section 2
of said act Is as-follows: - ; - -
'.Said volunteers. Shall as far asrae-
ticable furnish their own amis , and
clothing, horses and equipments." , '
There has been a great howl madden
Oregon' ; by some 'patriots" ( ?) about
repudiation of the national debt." And
these same gentlemen have sat in, the
senate-of 'our state legislature.' and
turned -us down with the ease and grafce
that a highwayman would rob a stage.
Ana -they- came . from that- section -of-
Oregon which was not occupied by a
wnne man unless he was a -sauaw-man
at the time we were fighting to make
it possible for these same fellow? to be
come" state ": senators ". Some i of 'these
chaps have the grace to ask the people
of Oregon to elect them to office again.
wanr every Indian 'war Veteran, all
bis sons and sons-in-law. widows and
orphans, to turn out and throw all that
class of lngrates "Into the dump cart
and throw them Into the dump pile
where they may rot politically. Then
they-will never again answer to their
names s members of an Oregon legis
lature. : They have disgraced the nR,
legislatures by a repudiation of a Just
ana iegai aeDi 01 b4 years' standing. - I
will closa for this time. I'll be on deck
again before election. :
t.'v. b. embrEb.
The Death-Dealing i House-Fly'
B. M. Cllnedlnst In the Christian Herald
rne common house-fly Is comlnsr ta
be known as the "typhoid f 1 v." ami
when 3 the term; becomes ., universal,
greater cars will, be exercised In pro
tecting the -house from his presence.
Flies swallow the germs of typhoid In
countless millions while feeding on
excreta. They spread a thousand times
more typhoid germs in their excreta
thnn on their feet. '
As soon a the fly comes out of his
shell he Is full grown and starts out
In the world tq make a living, snd if
your home Is not clean, he Itnows it; fdr
the fly can dlBcern an unclean odor for
miles, ' A pleasant smelling substance
the fragrance of flowers geraniums,
rnlswonette, lavendar' or any perfum
ery will drive them away.
, The fly lays her eggs In the manure
pile, or Borne other filthy place.- All the
germs oil' the microbes fasten them
selves on. the spongy" feet The fly
brings them Into the house and wipe
them off. The fly fhat you see walk
ing o-er your food Is covered with
filth and germs. If there is any" rtivt
or those of your neighbors, he-has Just
come, from It Wstch htm, as he-stands
on the sugar. Industriously wiping his
feet. Ire is getting rid of disease germs,
rubbing them on the sugar that you
are going to est. leaving the poison for
you Iq, swallow. Tls'does more to
Letters From tlie People
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
There are only two days more In which
to register.
,
Every fraternal convention has to have
its political row
: Don't be
a loafing mollycoddle;
go
to the ball games,
Automobiles have caused thousands
of mortgages on homes. ,
" - ' ''. ,-.:'. rr";'","
Insurgent senators are showing up
the robber tariff very clearly.' ,
There wlK never be so good a time
as now to get a piece of land. ' ,
An assembly nomination lacks much of
being "equivalent to an election" this
Cities should have, home rule on the
license question as well as In other re
spects. ... ' ':
i-,x ,! rxr-.:ix'l ';, y-..
It Is one thing to capture a conven
tion, another thing . to capture some
60,000 votes. -. t, -
, , ' . - . " , -
Thtrtcen constitutes a quorum-r-and a
majority of the Republican assembly
press association.
I There- seems to be a suicide epidemic
in Portland., "It's the comet, I suppose,"
an elderly lady remarked. - . ..
; . ''',
Even "Judge" McCamant has not been
heard to say yet that the voice of the
asseinblyia the voice of God.' :
Spokane women are advocating a
Is it to be a day to work fathers doubly?
.'A cripple who was given a permit to
sell nenclls, etc., on the streets is named!
k. Ciosh. But nis first name may not be
"By." - - I
Bowerman's only chance Of a nomina
tion lies In a division of votes among
several Republican opponents- in the pri
maries. ;x- 'J V.: ?;-,X:x.
IrLthe good old summer time the lob
of .weather prophet in Portland Is a rath
er easy onet, j: No change worth mention
ing irom oay to day, 1
It Is a wise resolute woman-who, does
not buy a lot of things she doesn't need
just to outdo another woman, or because
they are represented as "bargains."
. ., - . y ,,' - y . j;;
Tacoma doesn't make as much noise ns
some cities-.-but-It does some notedly
enterprising and progressive things; that
great, new siaaium, ror example. '
One of the curiosities: . Whv the Deo-
ple 6f this congressional district keep a
man, term after term In a 17500 a vear
office who never earned a dime for them.
... - y .;.; y ;; j.. .
Irt the east people are holdins; meet-
incs to orar for rain and cooler weather.
If they1 would pack up and come to Ore
gon they, .would be comfortable ever
after. . t. - ' -. ,
An Ohio drunkard was sentenced tn
live In a dry county .for a. vear Ri-e
he Is not like one without hone- of get?
tine somcth no- stronger than hntter.
milk to drink.
y" y(. -'i- ..." 1 .- .
It fs a cool day when Jack Johnson Is
not arrested and fined for something r
and there are no cool days back east
now. But It may be. as he iav. nil a
matter of advertising. , 1
The public service corporations have
quite enough friends and servants In
other public positions without putting
ny man notoriously and oonsDlcuous v
so on the supreme court bench..
July 29 in Histbry--Defeatof Spanish Armada
Perhaps in the history of mankind
there has- never been .a vast project
of conquest conceived' and matured, in
so protracted and yet so desultory 'a
manner as was , this famous-,: Spanish
Armada. -This famous fleet ,was as
sembled' on Mary go, '1688, .at Lisbon a'nd
the weather being favorable set Bail
from that port, after having been duly
blessed by the Cardinal Arehdukp Al
bert; Viceroy of Portugal. There were
trspre than 130 ships in all, divided Into
10 squadrons. The object of this fleet,
which Philip of Spain had set afloat,
was for the purpose of dethroning Eliza
beth and establishing the Inquisition
In England,, - : ,
In all the towns of England bands
had been I training to resist this In
vincible Armada.. All Englishmen alike,
Romanists, Protestant Episcopalians and
Purltpq, . were .banded . top etber' to ' de
fend themselves against, the 'invaders.
The overtiirow of this armanent, how
ever, was, effected by the English navy
and the elements, . The state had only
36 ships In their fleet but the tflty Of
London furnished 33 additional ones,l8
were supplied by the liberality of private
Individuals," and nearly 100 smaller Ships
were obtained on hire. -' , -, .!, . ,,
Fortunately for EllJiabcth'S govern
mentLthe Spa'nlards,' having long been
driven from the channel by privateers,
were now unacquainted with its cur
rents', and they could procure only two
or three competent pilots, - When i the
Duke of Medina eptered the channel the
rear t of his fleet ; weff i' Immediately
harassed by a cannonade from .the puny
ships of England. 1 : With' the loss i of
three galleons from, ftro or boarding,
the-' Spanfsll 'commander anchored 4n
Cfllals Roads. In the night' flreships
an ancient mode of warfare,, which had
Just been reintroduced by the. Dutch
passed. J.n.i among jlhe .Armada,, a flerpe
gale ' completed ' their work,' and , morn
ing revealed the remnant of the In
spread typhoid fever, cholera" Infantum
and other Intestinal diseases, than any
other cause, r v y-.-'-. y.V.'j
. Don't allow flies in your house. Don't
buy foodstuffs where - files -. sre .' tol
erated. Don't allow v'your : fruits and
confections " to - be "exposed - to -y the
swaTms' of flics.". Don't let fliea crawl
over the baby's mouth and swarm upon
the nipple of Its nurstng bottle. Dis
pose of -waste materials in such a way
that the house-fly cannot propagate,
for flies breed ' in horse manure, ' de
caying vegetables, dead animals and all
kinds' of filth. Look after the garbage
can, 'see that it Is cleaned, ; sprinkled
with lime or -kerosene oil and closely
covered. Screen all windows and doors
and inist that ; your grocer butcher,
baker and .every ono from whom you
buy. foodstuffs does the same. Remem
ber that a Urge percentage Of flies
breed In the 'stable. There -Is more
health tn a well-screened house than In
many a doctor's visit
The Ohio Convention.
j From the' Now York Evening Post. .
If ever there was a perfectly free and
tintrammeled- state convention, ' it will
hv that- of the Ohio-Republicans next
week. Everybody is keeping his hands
off It religiously, President Taft would
not for worlds presume to Interfere. It
Is true that he sent on one candidate
to see Mr. , Roosevelt, but It is, officially
explained that it was only with the
most formal -fletter of introduction.
Judge Klnkade had never met the great
man of Oyster Bay, though he had
heard of him,; and the president obltg
ing;ly give llln the opportunity of. being
closeted : with ; Roosevelt at Sagamors
Mill, to talk for an hour about the
self lifting a finger td Influence Ohlo
Republicans, the colonel has Invincible
scruples. - It is similar with all the rest.
Senator Burton Is simply an interested
spectator. Senator Dick is merely
plunged In thought ss the legions thun
der y. Even Wade Ellis ' Is holding
NEWS IN BRIEF
I
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A combine north of Pendleton cuts 40
acres of wheut a day.
i Sacramento man will open a big de
partment store at Klamath Falls.
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' A head of lettuce raised at Acme, on
the Siuslaw, not including outside
loaves. maaNurpd 35 inches ,in circum
ference and was 10 '4 inches In diameter
one way and incnes tne oiner. 11
weighed 34 pounds. '
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' Thirty-three thousand dollars Is the
sum that Is now being Invested 'in five
different districts in Lane county in
new school buildings, and four out of
the five-are Iilch schools. - The, -most
expensive building Is that which is be
ing put up at Coburg. at a. .coats of
1!,0U0. ' y i : : - .'-r'-y -
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Beginning next Monday. the econd
International Road congress will be con
vencd at Brussels, and among those who
wlir.be present from the United States
Is George F. Rodgers,' mayor of Salem,
who was delceated by Oregon's gover
nor to represent the Beaver , state in
that important meeting. - j
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Coos county is Just beginning to find
out that Its logjred -off lands are valu
able for pasturage and fruitgrowing.
Lane made a 'similar discovery some
time ao. Some of our best fruit land
lies In the foothllHM.hat have yielded
splendid qsyonue as forest land and are
now plantlilj. to young.- growing . and
thrifty orchadS, says the Register.
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A little spotted fawn almost' run into
the kitchen of a Iog'house hotel up on
the MuKensle. .It bad been chased by
dogs, and In trying to get away from
them Jumped, over the fooce;nto the
garden and actually came up on ; the
back porch In plain sight of the guests,
panting and bleating like ft calf, 'It
jumped over another fence when still
pursued by a dog and got away. (The
owner of the dog ought to be chased out
ot the mountains.) ,
tii'.'-.v'--"; .:,r"Wt,'.'v'Tv'
One of tho biggest dairy-projects' that
has been started in Marshfleld for some
time has been undertaken by the Cat
torlln brothers, who formerly lived in
Tillamook county. The ranch they have
leased for 10 years Is one of the.flnest
in Curry county,v Consisting of 1080
acres of excellent' grazing land. The
tract will be divided Into different
farms of enual size, and It Is expected
that the place will . support not less
than 300 milk cows. Tjiey will make
cheese, , , .. , . , .. .
Two men and their families camped
for a day on Cable creeks In the Blue
mountains. The men went fishing 'and
the women and children went huckleber
rylng. The latter returned to camp
first, and it was tn possession of a
black bear, who was making a meal of
their grub and had raised Cain general
ly. The women screamed; the men
came running, but they could not get
their guns for the bear: a doa- tackled
him, but at once retreated, with a badly
wounded head. Bruin stayed till he
was filled up and then scampered away.
A fish caught in the ocean surf near
Florence Is a curiosity. It Is of a
brownish color and the head, which is
quit smalt, has eight tentacles of four
or five inches in length. Its mouthre
sembles - the beak of a parrot ; and
the eyes are large and prominent! - The
body, which ' is about 15 inches in ;
length; Is funnel shaped, the back part
spreading out something- like a winar on
each side.. The alimentary, canal seems
to be attached to the body only near the
rear, end, and the head can be drawn
back till partly concealed or It can he
protruded till several Inches from the
bodj of the" fish.
vincible Armada scattered along the
coast from Calais to Qstend,
These fire ships numbered eight, and
upon them was liberally distributed
pitch, tar and rosin, and they were well
lined wth brimstone and pther com
bustible matter. This action occurred
on -the 28th of the month, The English
fleet consisted by this time of. 140 sail,
all of them ships of force. ' ' :
The Spaniard weighed anchor after
the terrible ; destruction , had been
wrought, and put to sea, and, through
the assistance qf a stprm the rout was
complete on July 29. In brought an
end to the Spanish hopes. According
tc- the motto upon th medal In com
memoration, of the event, "God breathed
upon them and they were destroyed."
Fifteen Spanish 'ships and 4791 men
were taken In the Channel, and on the
coast of Ireland, to which the remnant
of the Armada had fletl 17 ships and
10,185 men fell a pray to the English.
Only 63 of all the ships sent out event
ually returned to Spain, -and they were
in. such bad condition that they wert
useless. The defeat of the Spanish Ar
mada was the final overthrow. of the
Spaniards at sea, from which they never
recovered. ,. :..,.' " ' ..' ...
ftn July 29 In 1489 occurred 'the re
lief of Terry. ' It Is the date of the ar
rival of tho French fleet under D'Esta
Ing In Narragansett Bay in, 1778; the
treaty with Japan was signed In 1858,
and King Humbert of Italy was assas
sinated in 1900 July 2& Is the birthday
of De Kalb. the French soldier who came
to America to help ' tho patriot cause
(1721); Thomas Corwln, secretary of
the treasury under Fillmore, (1794): Cle
ment L. Vallandlgham, the American
statesman (1820) and N.- 'Booth Tark
Ington,' the novelist .(1869), it Is the
date: of the death of Denis Did,erer, the
FrenchLphilosopher.WS4.r.f -WlUJam
Wilberforce. philanthropist 0833), and
Robert Schumann, the composer (1856),
himself aloof,'. and Charles P. Taft is
doing- nothing except to Jet his editors
say that even Roosevalt could not elect
Garfield., Also Boss Cox of Cincinnati
Is keeping his hands off. Yet some
how he is sure that his man Is oing to
win. This looks as If Cox were. able to
Solve" the old thcologfoal puzsle of know.
Ing with certainty what an absolutely
free agent will do.
A Masquerade. -
A little old woman before rp
. Wnf slowly down the street, . -
Walking as If aweary . :
Were her feeble tottering feet
From under her old poke-bonnet .. .
I caught a glimpse of snow.
And her waving cap strings floated
Like a pennon to and fro. v -
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In the folds of her musty mantle ''
Sudden her footsteps caught,'
And I, sprang to keep her from falling .
Wlh a touch as quick as thought
When, under the old poke-bonnet, .'
I saw a winsome face, '
Framed In with the flaxen ringlets
Of my wee daughter Grace.
Mantle -and -enp together--''
Dropped off at my very feet, , ,
And there etorrd the little fairy, '
Beautiful, blushing, sweet!
Will it be like this, I wonder,
Whenat last we come to stand -On
the golden, gleaming 'pavement -.
Of the blessed, blessed land?
Losing the rusty 'garments
We wore in the years of Time, '
Shall ur better selves spring backward
. Serene in a youth subynie? ,
Instead of the sl-.apes that hid . us. -
With a brightness , that will stay?
I thought and my little daughter ,!
Slipped her dimpled hand In mine; '
il was. only playing." sHe whispered,
"That I wfts ninety-nine."
Msrgaret E. Sangster in ths Christian
v Herald." v , : , ,
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles' OverUt
THE MOTH BALL.
"That is his famous 'moth ball'." vol
unteered the bleacher to the stranger, as
the pitcher for the White Sox put over
a nifty one. . ,
"Moth' ball? .Why moth ball?" in
quired the stranger. ; - .
, "Because it protects ' the Sox," said
the bleacher, with a large roan mule
laugh. . '-. .: . ,v ,
'.'TIS SAD, SO SAD.
"I didn't take the office to resign, says
Ballinger, .
"And I don't care a continental ding
For folks wjio don't like me." And we
' Infer
That fivt Nke him. outside his Uttlt
ring. . , - ,
Which sounds, somehow, alike the man
who tsaid, . , ' .'
That we, the public, may be , reser-
- . voired, .-. . . . v
Or damned, which means' the same. All
Joy has fled,
,Our prayers that he might quit have
Veen ignored. , .
The anguish, though, comes not because
, of his, refusal ,
- To quit, but from that awful swear-
- word thing. -
Oh (tears), poor Richard says ho doesn't
like Us, 1
. He doesn't, care "a continental ding.
BILL ALWAYS KNOWS.
The teacher had been telling the pupils
about the mind and its working. SHortly
she said:
. "Now children, what is It that la con
trolled by great power and concentra
tion; that no man glveth and no man
can take away?"', ; ,
"De cinch on Alaska by da Guggen
heim fambly," said William. .,
' WE'LL TRY IT, ANYWAY.
Ed. Tang. Will this go for a Joke?
"Age, please," said the Judge to the
gray-halrcd woman. , ,, : ; j ; -
"Really, I've f orgotton." quavered she,
"but you can figure It out. ' I can re
member, When work started on the new
Madison street bridge." D. B. C,
' THE VILLAGE BEACON. ,
"I understand he Is quite a -literary
light They say he is a shining mark.
Is that the how of It?" Inquired the
stranger at the village resort
Yu said It, pal," replied the native.
He's so Warned light tha't he won't get
sick unlcnw"he can have Bright' dls
ease." . .
Corporations, in the Assembly.
From the Eugene Guard.
The hand of the corporations was
plainly shown in" th Republican assem
bly held in Portland last , week. In the,
naming of a candidate for governor Jay
Bowerman, attorney for the Harrlman In
terests, was chosen over a field of very
able candidates, far better known than
the successful aspirant. In the Mult
nomah delegation,-Dr, Andrew Smith,
Charles 8.. Moore and State School Su
perintendent Ackerman,- all residents, of
the county, received altogether scarcely
morev, votes' than. Bbwermsn, Jfesidlng In
the Interior of EaStern Oregon. It Is
even suspected that Bowerman would
have received - an even larger number
of votes in the delegation" had. It , been
necessary In order to insure his nomination.-
the Multnomah vote not being an
nounced until some time after all the
other counties had reported to the con
vention. ':'. , v .' .- '-
In the case of supreme judge, Port
land voted to a 1 man for Wallace Mc
Camant, and succeeded ia nominating
him. He Is strictly a, corporation man,
and is attorney for the Wells-Fargo
company in its fight against the pro
posed rats reduction in Oregon, and ss
a member of the state's highest court,
if elected, will serve the Interests which
have elevated him faithfully.
- While the corporations secured the
"candidate for governor, and got a tight
ei grip on the supreme court the people
are to be congratulated on having wrest--ed
from them : the control of the rail
road commission. The place so well
filled by Mr. West on the board as now
constituted will not pass Into the bands
of the Southern Pacific if Mr. Miller
la elected by the people. )t .
" ''.-'.Tlie Assembly 'Methods. . .
From the Corvallla Gazette-Times
(Rep.)
' It becomes more and more : evident
that the' defeated gentlemen- who en
tered, the assembly, and--thelr friends,
had no mora- show than a Jackrabblt in
a ' fight with a ' wildcats 'It develops
that by a' system' of trading, ths tri
umphant forces had the -situation so
well in hand that no one not on the
slate had a look-in, Reliable men very
frankly state that they were pledged
to certain -candidates even before - thfey
were elected delegates to the state as
sembly. Others very frankly admlt
that they voted for different candidates
for reasons , other than that they be
lieved tHem to be the best men avail
able., U It is universally conceded that
Willis S. Duniway, whether for the as
sembly dr not, is exactly the sort of
man a sincere assembly of representa-,
tive citizens shouM have Indorsed. And
It is no less certainly agreed that the
ablest the most experienced and , the
cleanest men morally were not selected
for certain other position. In fact, it
Is known that In one Instance liquor
played no small part at headquarters.
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt Uaann,
the. fauivua Ivaiiaaa. poet. Hl proae-ioenia irt
regular feature of tbl column la The Pally
Journal.) . - . !
Sing me something low and tender,
sing it softly, Susan Jane, forTbould
not bear the splendor of a loud heroic
strain. In the beauty of the gloaming
when the gold Is in the west, and the
airships tease their dromlrig (that's a
word I've Just impressed),, when the
glowing stars ; sre: watching from ; the
skies they long have lit'and I sit "hei'e
slowly scratching wheie the ; doggone
chiggers bit,! lets your song be sweet;
snd swaying that will give me soul
repose, Avhlie I scratch,, with one hand
spraying chigger lotion, .'neath- 'y my
clothes. Sometimes when the day Is
dying, and the,mystio breezes blow,and
my world-worn heart is sighing for the
rest It may not know, of the stars I ask
this question: ';Why were chiggers ever
born t!-They" are worse than indigestion,
fiercer thu an aching corn, .'yhey 'ara
u.-nrga . fli.ni ;iinij-)lna: , niraslan, ' ihan o
hunlon on. tho tongue; in the name of
toads and teazles, why were , chiggers
ever spuing?" Sing a song of :.vanishd.
faccsjaira of happy days at home, while
I -scratch tho Itching places with a good
stiff cuny-voinb,. , , .
op.rrlfht.-101, hy iV ". JJ
Oeorg Matthew Adams. MAK 1UIU
' Tke Evening Sonp; , J