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TIIC QXlXOH -DAILY JVAJkUAU. ;la; ill JOURNAL A V IVDF.PENPKST NEWSPAPER. K.-',U'"K.VOX.. ufT VT-ct r-T vTRln (expt Snnday ana rvfrj Snnijar nrnrnlrt at Th Journal BuNd-l.-e; Firm and Yamhill atreeta. Portland. Or. rniurtit t ih nf.(nfrir f Portland. Or., ft! irmi-mlMioo through the malla accond-cU n'-t(cr. "' i -"' . ' . '. ' 3 Er.F.mONKS fiats T173; Horn, A-60M. .11 . .L - . , t.ua MlKlMn. 3U ibt eperator what df rrtmot joo want. 10RE10N AnVERTlSlXQ REPRESENTATIVE, Fnjm!n Kentnor rmrnawica ri, . S'J5 Fifth (Toaae. KW Xorkr 100T-08 Bojc Kulldlnir, Chicago, ;'' . Hiitinrrlptlnn Terms br mull or to any addrea fc the United States, Canada or Mexico! PAILY. n year. ....... SfSOO 1 One month........! .80 srKPAT. r - - C-sew-..'. ..2.60 I One monrti I .M - fAILY 1KB SUNDAY. One rr. ....... 7.fi0 1 On month I .AS ' Aspiration soes only one aids A ' cf ;vry question; possession many. James Russell Lowell, ttifr-, . 1 v-a ; TOO GREAT COST OF PRESKRV-'- - . ING FEACE -rtHERE ARB some signs that not' , only ' the taxpaylng, burden bearing people but those who ! in one way or another are set . in authority,' are weary of the gen erally programmed method of pre serving peace by building more and1 still greater and more costly battle ships. ; The" people . of TSnglandj France, Germany and Italy, aawell 7S the taxpayers of the united' States, are becoming somewhat res tive under' the ever-increasing cost of naval construction and mainten ance. The former excuse for these rival fleets was that they were necessary to make war on enemies. "So, oc casionally,' they .were employed, at Immense and needless destruction of life and property. Now,-the excuse is that they are necessary not to make war but to prevent It, But .ifthis theory Is sound, then the only way for any nation to be safe at all is to have the greatest navy. That, Indeed, is exactly the effort 'of the principal countries, and the smaller onos are following along with as MS a showing as they can make In building battleships, like little fish " imitating big ones. , , But who are going to war and what about? I( there is to be and bhould be and must be no more war among civilized Nations, (hen why the necessity of this enormous ex pense to keep the peace? And isn't ; the best way to insure peace to have no means of warfare? Why not hire a few honorable, able diplo mats and lawyers and let them set tle whatever" differences may come up? The Hague tribunal doesn't cost much to the world, in compari son with a war. And which i more '. reasonable and respectable, -,, a de cision through adjudication. by great statesmen and" jurists, or one by a fight with deadly missiles and chem icals? Except in feud 'precincts of Kentucky and Tennessee, inen don't buy rifles and revolvers In order to have peace with their neighbors;' no more should a civilized nation spend tens of millions of dolfars a year pro viding battleships with which to fight its neighbor nations, or prevent them from fighting It, when ah of them agree that there -must and shall be peace. s . - As far as tle United StateB in par ticular is concerned, It has no need of ,an immense navy because it is peculiarly situated and Is too big for any .belligerent - brother nation to tackle. , Even cocky little Japan is not likely to attempt the feat of lick : lng the United States. . Japan has great statesmen as well as we. We need some police patrol vessels for ' occasional use in the Latin American region, "perhaps a navy to surpass theirs; but that; is all. Pesldes, aa we suggested the other day, what Is the sense of building a battleship costing $15,000,600, when a bomb ' from a $15,000 aeroplane can kill it in a minute as dead as the Maine? . . . ANOTHER tX)PPER CONSPIRACY i DISPATCH last week under a A London date line told of the or ganizatlon in : that city of a trust to control the output and price of the copper of the world. The capitalization, it was stated, would be $200,000,000. . Though reputedly or ganized in London, It is to be pre sumed' that it.BHch a trust has- been formed, sbme Americans', including " former Senator Clark and very likely Mr. J.-P. Morgan, are largely If not principally concerned in It. Such a . conspiracy, can scarcely be reached.by anti-trust Jaws of any one country, perhapscoula not be put out of buB' iness by like laws of several coun-, tries, jet International eiforts should l made by rulers and statesmen to protect consumers against the. de signs of such a. combination. . Copper has cqme, increasingly into use for many purposes and everybody among the comparatively few owners' "of copper deposits is interested in ila sale at a reasonable price. The uses of copper are manifold and ex tend all over the world. A' few years ago a combinatlonlslmilar to that now reported raised, the price of cop ter to about 24 rents a pound, In i onsequence of which there was an ? Immense decrease of industrial "ac tivity in many lines, and business de pression followed. The panic of 1907 was due in large part to this wicked conspiracy of the copper hogs and speculators. Only some scores or hundreds of people ar& beneffted by a high price of copper, while hun rljfils of millions of people are in- Juied by its Increase) tti cost, j - . I'mdui tion of copper haa kept pace I'nrmM'fonrlillons the prite-of the r,o!al nhnuld be low.' There are vast f u(l probably InexhauEtibleJtorps st ; It in various parts of the work. The i cost of mining and smelting It is said i to bo about 10 4o 12 cents a pound ) and a fair return to owners of the producing Industry would rajse this price1 perhaps 2 cents a pound. The price recently has therefore ' been reasonable and .about normal. But if this conspiracy , can succeed, She price may be raised , to 20 or 25 cents a pound, "which would cause world wide, industrial depression. r If this happena a few, more times, perhaps the people of this and other copper producing countries will take the copper mines ; away from their Individual and corporate owner and make them legally, what many peo ple believe theyare rightfully, 'pub lic property. - ,- ; ' - j CTTT AND COUNTRY POPULATION a: CCORDINXJ to' the few scatter- ' ing returns . fr;om . the census that have been made public, V there has beep an unexpected ly large gain of population in Amer ican cities, notable Instances, being Pittsburg and Detroit, This fact seem? to Indicate that the hoped for "back to the farm" movement has fcot taken place, or at least not to so great an extent aa . had been thought by some, observers. But pos sibly further returns will show that there has.; been a corresponding growth of population in the coun try. ;. This, is much to be desired, for t"he ."more people mure , are-4n--ihe rmmtrv. in nronortlon to those in the cltieat the better off the nation ;wlll be. Mr. Roosevelt perhaps did nothing better while her was president ' than in -his advocacy 'and efforts in be half of improved rural life. For the better that conditions of' country life become, , the easier and healthier and happier people -will be who live ' In the country, the more will remain or go there. to live, in proportion to those who go into or remain m tne cities. " ."Everything that tends , to 6pread the population from th cities,'" Mr. Roosevelt remarked, "counts for so much more in the de velopment of our 'rural life." The attractions of the city are many, to most people, especially young people; and all efforts, are useful and com mendable that have for their object the making of country life equally or 'more attractive, It is the coun try people who are the, chief, the more important. producers; and the more of them there are and the more contented and at the same time in telligent they, are, the richer and safer the nation will be. Possibly some of this large crease in city population --may be ex plained by increases of urban areas. It has become the fashion for cities to xtend their boundaries so, as to take in outlying euburba containing many people who really live. in the country rather ; than 4hv city iany people, even. withfrom one to ten acres of ground.' If the boundaries of Portland had thus been extended before the census waa taken, its pop. ulation' would number perhaps 50.' 000 more people "hanv the' official figures will show Whether there is any real "back to the farm" movement or not, there is undoubtedly, here, and in and around other cities, a relatively Increasing number of people who own suburban homes, all the way in size; from a single lot up to several acres. Thou- sands of people of. small meansweiitments In plants producing mo mostly wage earners of all sorts, have bought little pieces of land in Portland's suburbs recently, s and thousands more will "do so in the near future. Many of them get land enough so that they can raise some berries and vegetables, and perhaps some chickens possibly, a cow,, and so Tiave at least some of the accom paniments and comforts of country as well as of city life. The cities are growing rapidly ac cording to the' meager reports avail able, but it Is largely this sort of healthy, intelligent suburban growth. And we hope . the country farther back is growing equally. There must be a good deal of increase of rural population in portions of the Pacific northwest,1 at least, when almost daily eome big tract , of land Is sub divided into e-mail tracts and readily sold.. , , " ;, ; i ONE WnEAT FIELD'S YIELD HE WHEAT yield In portions of the famous upper country wheat belt has hot been up to the average, but on most of the lighter and less dependable lands the wide fringes of the belt" -it. .has. been. good, .greater .in. fact that .ever before. .And in the main portions of the region the fields are Melding from 30 to 40 bushels an acre, . an average or perhaps ; 35, which Is not as bad" as t might be; There are occasional yields, how ever, that show the astonishing pro ducing capacity of the decomposed basaltic rock that unnumbered ages have converted Into the soli of that region. One-field near Dayton, Co lumbia county, turned off a crop of 64 bushels an acre of wheat" that weighed 64 pounds to the measured bushel, , This was . the variety of wheat known as' Hybrid No. . 1 4 3 for what reason we don't know-and is one of the varieties develnned at is .one or me varieties oeveiopea at the Washington State Agricultural coaege at runman. to ine improvea atfaUty of the seed, quality improved by scientific study and experimenta tion, the large yield and heavy weight are supposed to be party due. .-But while the story of this crop does not give information as to what kind of a farmer raised this crop, or how he plowed and. planted, it is pretty safe to asaiim that he used changes are that, he learned some thing about farming from that same agricultural college, .,ot from men with' Its tench of thcpn days nooiis to be and is becoming the' stu dent, the scientist, the scholar, in hia line of work.- And these he becomes partly through the country's agricul tural colleges. The chances are that this field Is not really any better soil for pro ducing wheat than millions of acres that produced from 15 to 40. bush els; but it was tilled right, the best quality of the best developed seed was selected,, and the result wjis a crop worth about $50 an acre.; ' A . There need be no wheat shortage in this country . for many years to come I if enough wheat raisers wfll use the best seed and employ the best methods in raising their crops. Thus the wheat yield of. the country STATEMENT ONE THE BEST SO LUTION T HE PRIMARY law of California provides that "the vote for can didates for United States sena tors shall be an advisory vote for' the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of the voters. In the re spective senatorial and assembly dis tricts in the respective parties; 'pro vided, further, that the members of the legislature shall be at liberty to vote either for the : choice of their respective districts expressed at said primary election, or for " the candi date for United States ' Benator who 6hall have received the indorsement nMheir - - pftfty - at - auch party election in the greatest number of districts electing members of , such party to the legislature." ' a ' ' - ; Judge .Works of Los Angeles te- celved na plurality of the popular vote for United States senator in the recent primary election and so the legislature, if a majority of it should be Republican, has been "advlsed",to elect him. Mr. . Mr. Spalding, a San Diego millionaire, also received a good many Republican votes, and the legislature, under this law, is not bound to elect the phojee of: the people of the state at large, but may elect the choice of a majority of leg islative districts. . tinder this rule, Spalding Is likely to win, but it is by no means certain yet that a Re publican majority will be elected to the legislature. ' ; The Oregon law is simpler and bet ter Direct the legislature positively to elect the candidate for senator, re gardless of party, who receives the highest, vote. This eliminates all dickering and bargaining. ' Of course, a legislature, as-Judge George will inform anyone, doesn't have to elect the people's choice at all; it is entirely unconstitutional for the people to take a hand in the senatorial . game; but it is . coming about that unless candidates for the legislature will positively promise4o elect the. people's choice, they wtJn't be sent to;, the legislature. .The itjerth stltutlon Is : td be respected, -of course; we would have ho argument with Judge George on that; but the people are to be respected even more, and their will, as nearly as it can be ascertained, should be done. The Stafement No.' 1 of the Oregon law Is the best solution of the matter. Figures gathered by a reputed sta tistician show that there are now 350,000 automobiles In use in the United States, and 7,000.000 Ve hicles of all kinds drawn by horses. tor cars are said to amount to about $400,000,000, and in these and aux iliary places 200,000 people are em ployed.. The horse has by no means been put out of business, but the au tomobiles and motor vehicles are cer tainly doing a large, lively and varied business.,,. And they are a creation of only yesterday! Thosp Broadway brid ge bond should be subscribed promptly! Portland's big property , owners and business men owe it to the city in which they have succeeded so admirably to do this. Let it pot, be said that . be cause of the malevolent tactics of a few obstructionists this greatly needed bridge cannot be built," or the bonds for it cannot be fairly mar keted. It will be splendidly to Port land's credit for its own citizens to subscribe tor theso bonds, and so in sure the speedy, erection of hat too long delayed structure. Vice President Sherman,! it is an nounced, "will take the stump in Il linois." What a whole lot of luck the Democrats are having this year. Speaker Cannon "took the stump" not long ago in Kansas. t i "" Wanted, an assembly candidate for Joint senator for Multnomah, Clacka mas and Columbia counties. . Almost, anybody will do, providing he be lieves in the principle ."of the people be d d. v' " .When ' the votes are counted in November, 4t will be found that many good men have been elected to office whose names and pictures did not appear in the state pamphlet. ' '.Thirty New .Playgrounds. . From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Thirty new playgrounds for children are io be opened this week In New York City, and the park commissioners are on t,1e Jokout for othar sites, which will uQ acquired ns soon a's possible. Mayor Gaynor Is a strong believer in the play. grouna laea,. ana inenas or tne move- ment expect to see greaT progress dur who wore In touch lngs. Tho farmer lng his administration. ; In ordnf to make the grounds Immedi ately available for use, the New. York park commissioners will fit them Up with, tents until such time as permanent shelter houses - can ; he constructed. There is ft large number of thes recrea tion places already In existence, but they are congested, and the new play grounds are io .be 'opened immediately lrrtlialirJJfevff'.the Pressure.,:- AU puigi (ht.lvo fines Hie giving at tention to tha recreation ground as t supplementary feature of the park sys tem. Children have to play somewhere, and It Is better to provide ' sultablt : . , placf-s for tliPin than to hav tl'ini flaying In tha ffrpcls. It Is not onlj liottPr for th children themselves, bui it Is better for ths parents anil for the public In general. Tha p'lMto play icround with Its various devices offers a solution of the problem. No city ts likely to be any too well supplied with these recretton , spots. The fact that New York City is op.nin 30 new ones In one week is ample proof that those previously established ar serving their purpose. Letters From tLe People Letter to Iba Journal Ihonld tx written on ana aide of tha apr only and itaoald Ix accom panied br tha name and addreaa of the writer. The name will not be need If the writer aake that It be withheld. The Jonrnal ts not to b understood aa Indorsing the Ttewa or atatementa of eorreipondnnu. Iettera tbnuld be made aa brief aa poesible. Tooae who wlah their letter returned when not uaed should inclose poatuf. Correapondenta are notified that letters ex ceeding 300 word in length mi, at the dla eretlou of tba editor, be cut down to that Umlt Esperantlst Slakes Reply. . Portland, Aug; 22. To the Editor., of The. Journal I respectfully asic permis sion to present'. a few facts concerning the Esperanto movement which , seems to be pertinent Just now. '. In the first place, to your criticism that It Is Impossible for Esperanto to become a world , wide language, It is only necessary to state that Esperanto has already become a .world .wide lan guage, with adherents in every country of Europe. It Is found also In Asia, Japan and South America and many are studying it in America. , , There are hundreds of books, pamph lets and magazines published in the lan7 gua&e; and on all subjects. About the literature, I wish to state that some of the unest literature in the world has been translated into "Esperanto includ Inf ji large portion of the Bible, a num ber or Shakespeare's plays, " worite- of Goethe and Otheijs. I personally have read a number of these works and I can' testify froni my reading as tolts sterling worths and. beauty. Scores of new bpoks are appearing every year. .This I consider to be & complete an swer to the assertion, VNo litera'ture of value can be thus manufactured."! .As Jo the speaking of; the language: It Is spoken In all those countries where iperantts come together. In hotels, restaurantts and public gatherings; In fact in all places where, Esperantists meet. It Is just-as comprehensible among those.wbo understand it a any otner language is. , ,;fi , -jj;v There have been ' six .world's con gresses within the. past seven years in V which were present all the way from 1500 to SO0O Esperantists, representing 25 or 30 different tongues, and their debates and all exercises were' carried on entirely in Esperanto. Contrast this with some of the attempted Interna tional peace congresses In which It was necessary to carry on business ln three or four different halls, because the dif ferent groups could not understand one another, s. They say that Bsperantists are en thusiasts, and so they are, but we, are. not Impractical. We claim that one of the chief causes of the old antagonism between different hatlons Is the lack of a common neutral language. Esperanto does not aim to Interfere in anyway with any native language, but' simply to present"- a common neutral idiom which all alikercan use, and TtoUnder stand each other. 1 j Tt is one of the great, modern peercs movements.- It would break down the barrier of conflicting languages. Es peranto is easy to learn. One can mas ter It in one tenthysome in, say one fiftiethof the tlme it tRkes, to master any; modern native language, It ,1s easy to speak and easy to wad, and Is fully capable for all purposes. : . Ono point further to the criticism that -"the linguistic enthusiasts! cannot agree among themselves" (meaning Esperantists). This Is not true. -They do agree among themselves. All the literature and uses I have mentioned have but the one general form. .It is no argument whatever to say that "all attempts lo form an international ianr guage have always failed." This was" true of? every accomplished fact until it was accomplished. . " ; The fact that over I (TO unsuccessful attempts have been made to bring out an international language within thd last 200 years, only proved the need of such . a language. It by no means proved that an International ( language was an impossibility. And now that we have really succeeded in bringing forth such a language, wholly worthy "a good thing it stands for every lover, of pece and humanity to rend a iianu ana pusn n aiong. "H. DENLINQm .An Unconventional Fish Tale. Jones has rods that are steel-banded, Reels that run by . hidden springs, ' Lines of linen many-stranded. Gaffs and floats and other thtttgs, He has flies they come in booklets An I smile when ws go out . To work over pools and brooklets After trout. Jones has every known appliance To entice the fish to bite. He ran talk about the science ' Of the snort from morn to nlcrht: He wears ' weird and wondrous garments And & hat with flapping brim, And has metal bugs and varmints , Pinned to him. Rubber boots protect him thigh-high When he wears his wading garb; .' Tou can see his line go sky-high With the lure upon the barb Hush! The room of grievous Illness Is an noisier place by far .:. "When compared to all the Stillness ' . Where we are! , IT Oh. I pooh-nooli his notions. I could fish with, a bent pin, V And his cautious words and motions 'Simply make me wink and ' grin. When he lets the line go whirring ' s Fifty yards away -and more, I sit with my pipe a-purrlng On the shore. ; ; Jones has -"all hat- costly- tackle Special coat and boots and hat; Never ' slave had' bond and shackle ' 1 ' More ".completely forged than that. ' Still. I'm sorry this fiHh story ' Can't be ended as you'd wish. Jones, 'despite his costume-glory, - Catches flshl W. J. Nesbit .Woman in Maine Courts. ' : Boston Herald. For the first time In the annals of the United States circuit court of the Maine district has a woman been admitted to praotic) before the federal courts. Upon the motion of Arthur Chapman, assist ant United States district attorney; Miss Eva BL Bean of Old Orchard has been admitted tr practice In the United States circuit court by Judge Hale, and thus she has the distinction of being tho ffrst woman to be so honored In' the state. . She has been reading law for some years In the office of J.- O. Brad bury, Saco. ' Somewhat over a year ago she was admitted to the bar and prac ticed after passing: a successful 4 exam ination. Others have , been - granted such honors, but up to the present she Is ths only woman In Maine granted the .privilege of appearing in ths federal courts.- i . , With Bnrronghs and Muir. . . . Clara Barrus In Century.- - During most of ;our t.-ln we saw how insensible to fatigue Xlr. Muir was when It-tLDM'dnmmand companionship, andlkls. fcrv would exclalmi "Why, yott can sleep when you get back home, or at least, In the grave. That's what I consoled myself with when I was too pold and COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Mayor Gaynor, may live to do a lot of good yet. 1 Is It possible that Roosevelt also can't "come back"? , ........ , ..-...', '.'.. Aldrlch and Cannon do not regard In surgency as sane and safo. . . ' '-' An elephant is an especially Interest ing animal when Insurgent . ....-. . About twice as many voters' as are registered should be dolns; so. , . - ' . The people were never so Intelligently alive to public affairs as now. -The tariff may be really revised downward somewhat next year. ,.v - t e , . Prominent men.cannot.aven agree-oa ; whether Brjan Is a Democrat or not It Is expected that- Oregon's hop crop will be larger than expected, ss usual. - . 1 There is still time for the rest of the assembly candidates to resign or decline. . ' r ( ;'.; !.V:;':.-l.'Vi "'s,. t It would be' funny to hear .Chinese laundrjanen. . for , instance, talking Es peranto... , . . : - e , ; Hepresentatlve . Ellis ts wiser than' some people might suppose; he never has anything to say. j . , , .: : '.;'.,.'.-,: '... e";.-'l' i,,;j .... It appears that few 'grangers or other counti p people are assemblyltes. They, believe In the primary law, 4 Protection or forests rrom i t, is a big problem, demanding wise thoughf and more Intelligent action.; A president. . If would seem, can reallv have no such quiet, enjoyable a vaca tion as an ordinary private jcitiaen..can.-. There are people credited with oom mon sense who predict that a Democrat wni De eiecteci tne next governor or Oregon.1 , ' " '. . It is lmnrohahle that Women will take kindly to'Eeperantrj. If it is to be as simple and universal a language as Is claimed. . j . .... : . ... In another year or two, people but not very many may be traveling from New York or Boston to i'ortiand. or,. in aeroplanes. The cost of nreservinsr peace with battleships Is- becoming a burden; that the . people are hearing ; with growing dissatisfaction, - Can it "be possible that the traditional voters who took to-the woods because the tickets didn't suit them have started these forest fires? v " .; : " , As far as heard from, all the big cities have been growing fast If the rural districts have, done the same; the country Is all right. When the Republicans "throw over" or "sacrrif ice ' Cannon, Aldrlch, Sher man and . lot more of that sort where wilj the party bo at? August 3 in History - Sir William Wallace, the national hero of Scotland, is still so vital and actual a personality today, more than six cen turies after his execution, that It is a ahock to realize that all the authenti cated history we,, have of him covers only the deeds of less than two years. Before 1297, when he began td lead Ws countrymen against Edward of Eng land, he was a pbscure 9utlaw, whose very birthday cart only be set at 12T0 by Vagrue guesswork, ' his wanderings and doings only vouched for by the fa mous minstrel, Blind Harry,; who, com ing ,200 . years after, had -nothing but unfathered legend twdepend- oa After -the defeat of Wallace .at Fal kirk, July 22, 1298, he agaln ,. vanishes into the great "night of eclipsed heroes, and nothing of proved historical ac curacy can be told of him until 1305. August- 23 of that year Is a black letter day In the Scottish calendar. Hauled exhausted into ' London in fetters the day before, the 23d saw him taken to Westminster Hall, Impeached as a trai tor, by, Sir William Mallorle, and exe cuted immediately under circumstances of cruelty which were considered revolt ing even for that savage, time. . , Wallace's defense, against the charge of treason was simple and unanswerable as it was unavailing.' "A traitor to King Edward, of England I can never be," he. said, "for I never was his sub ject, never swore fealty to htm." Wallace. is supposed to have teen the second son "of Sir Malcolm Wallace, Tf Elderslie, in Renfrewshire ; No one knows whether lie received a Eood edu cation. The essentials for that age of force he possessed by tradition, gfreat suture, a strength almost fabulous and leonine courage. It is probable that tra. dltion speaks truly, for,- as "has been said, "no man in those times could have achieved such ascendancy .without them." . ' .; . u ' In "those times" the distracted ones of the late thirteenth ' century,? when Scotland ran blind in her efforts to escape the English yoke-f-a man whb killed another,, as Wallace at Dundee slew an English youth named Selby for insulting him,' could escape punishment by taking to the wilderness and 'Taislng a following of Rebels against the exist ing order of things. : This Wallace did. HIh motives, howe'er.' were ..sincerely patriotic. '; From a forlorn band of what today ; Would be called "tramps," his army swelled until it included the best born families In Scotland the high steward. Sir .Andrew Moray;' Sir John MV' Graham, Douglas ths - Hardy, and even the bishop of Glasgow. Wallace's men aroused - Edvrd of England into action, particularly when they burnt the Barns of Ayr, where English soldiery were quartered.- "When confronted' at Irvine by a great hungry to - sleep, when .camping out with the night and stars." , : " Mr, Burroughs, on the contrary, is especially dependent on sleep and food in order to do his best work. On our arrival at the Grand Canyon in the morning, after a night of : travel and fasting 'and little sleep, all , the rest of us feltthe need of refreshing ourselves, and taking breakfast .before we would even take a peep at tho great rose purple abyss out there a few steps from the hotel.. f The teasing Scot Jeered at us for thinking of eating when there Was that sublime speotacle to be seen. Although he deigned to breakfast with us, he pre-' ceded us to the rim of ths canyon, where he stood In silent contemplation ss we approacjied Turning, he waved toward tht?rai abyss and said; , ;. ( . '' '"There! Empty your heads of all vanity, and look!" . .. ' , ' And we did look, overwhelmed by what must be the , most truly subline spectacle this earth has to offer a veritable , terrestrial Book of Revela tion, as Mr. Burroughs saldi Ths next day we descended over 400 feet in the canyon, to within, 1000 feet of the river, several hours later making the ascent to ths rim, the only part of, the excursion that met Mr. Mulr's ap proval; "Climb, climb, if you would see (the glories," was always the burden Of One day," feeling ai'utely aware of our incalculable privilege, said: "To think of having the Grand Canyon and John Burroughs and John Muir thrown in!" "I wish Muir was "thrown in, some NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS The M. E. churrh of Echo with a lit tle more than JfOOO of improvements, making it a modern Structuro, was ded icated last Sunday. . A Myrtle Creok man recently killed a doe with horns, said to be a rare thing, the same as a woman with whiskers, re marks the Albany Democrat. . , . With the third crop of alfalfa half cut and another cutting yet to come this season, those who have alfalfa are cer tain of a nice profit fof this year's work, says the Herrolston Herald. ''-.' . -. ' ": p-".- The celebration at Springfield Is the formal recognition of the coming of a new era to the upper Willamette valley, bays the Eugene Register. "The coming: or the railroads" is the event tnat nas been long awaited, and now It Is nearly upon the cities of the upper valley, f .. - . .. .". a , a ... ,.. ? There are three teams at work straw-, lng the road east of Echo;- before the heayy hauling commences, says tho Ncnoes.. .xnis win insure rainy gooo roads for the farmers to deliver, their big crop of wheat over and will lessen the chances for breakdowns and delays along the road. - - Haines Record: With the numerous hav ballna- outfits In operation through out the valley, the grain harvest on, and the . threshing season approacning, tne l owder' valley farmer Is about the bus-' tf-st man In th country. In fact. It Is difficult for him to find time. to enjoy niN auiomoDue tor a lew auyo. , v . ... . " ' ' ', Dr." Colcord of Cresswell, says the Chronicle, who has kept a dally record of the weather for over 50 years, In formed us yesterday that up to lues day night 65 days had passed without rain. Onlv on. one occasion during that pt-riod has there been any moisture what ever laiien ncre, ana on tnat aay, wnu:n was In the latter part of June, not eneghelLj!be''noilced on the side walks. This is certainly the rooord-iw this part of the Willamette valley. , .-; i i j:-.Wf-t:.- r -fo ?.:ife;y. :;'t 't '''f Medford has annroximatelv 400 auto mobiles for a population of betmeen 9000 nd 10,000, Of these 150 are new machines, says the Mail-Tribune. Mearora icaas all Dlaces in the world in the number of autos In proportion to Its Inhabitants, one for every ib men,, women ana cnn- dreru Medford, at the conclusion or ex isting- contracts, win nave a jarajer r nt harri-siirfaoed streets than any city of ifs population in the- United States, approximately 20 miles ofbitulithlo and etphalt paved streets. 4 y A correttpo'ndent of the Dallas Observer shvs: "For a real, sure-enough picture of prosperity in Oregon, one should pay a visit to tne loo-acre iarm oi vjienn j. Hclman. Here is a large orchard, plant ed fio vears aeo. loaded to the limb- breaking fullness with beautiful fruit; a grape yine wmcn, Mr. uoiman says, wiu yield a ton of grapes this year; plums in plenty, and of the most delicious flavor; peaches, pear and other fruits In great abundance. Forty-six plums were counted on 12 Inches of one 'small limh. Mr. Holman has 47 head of hogs of mixed breeds, mostly graded." Hol man for many years tried to practice law. 'and played politics a little. He quit both; now look at him! &r Mi M acei array of Englishmen under Sir Henry Percy and Sir Robert Clifford, the Scot tish noples basely deserted Wallace and swore allegiance to Edward. Only Sir Andrew Moray remained steadfast But Wallace depended on more stable stuff than the ever-corruptlbIe,and insanely Jealous nobles. From the north he gathered a great yeoman force and with incredible success in generalship had $("on recaptured almost y all the fort resses, which , the EngJIsfl ; had- seised north of, the Forth, One of the brilliant episodes of this campaign occurred Sep tember. Il,l297. The English army, led by Cressingham and Surrey, tried un successfully1 to make terms with htm in his camp on the Abbey Craig, In the neighborhood ' of Stirling. The bridge of the Forth separated the two armies. But Wallace was not one to make terms. . , Finding . him unapproachable, ths Engl Ish began to cross the bridge to attack him,; While they were still "one foot on - sea and one on , land," hampered by , the disorder incident to the charge, he swept . down in a sud den. savage attack, pursuing his advan tage so valiantly that nearly all the men on the bridge, including Cressing ham, were wiped out either killed or driven Into the water, while those who had not yet crossed fled In fear, after setting fire to the bridge. HIS country men have raised a monument to the spot cn Abbey Cralg where he stood and watched the approaching foe. . -.Soon he possessed Scotland, anil un- l, UI"VII.VU,.U.,Ull ..... ,,u. ... v " a . . I. f With such : success ; that- when . he re turned he was made guardian of the klngdom,v So wisely and moderately did ho rule that jealous nebles, robbed of the right to, rob, save-Mm little sup port at the fateful battle Of Falkirk, which resulted , in the complete defeat of the Scots' and the putting to flight of Wallace himself. "Wander years'" of Concealment, alternated with predatory warfare against the v English, followed, until in the year 1305 he was taken pris oner at Rolroyston, near Glasgow, to suffer a quick and ignominious execu tion as traitor and outlaw. .'.-'. -' ' i '" ' 1: On August 28, 1784, ' the state of Franklin, was formed; afterward Ten nessee, v It Is the date the treaty of Prague was executed In 1866. It is the birthday of .John M. Berrien, attorney general under Jackson (1781 ) ; i Jones Very, the American poet (1813) ; Louis XVI.' of France (1764); Rev. 'David Swing, noted American clergyman (1830) ; and Amelle Reeves ; Chanler, American author' (1863). It is the date of the death of Sir Thomas Littleton (1481); the Duke of -Buckingham (as sasslnated) (1628); Oliver Haard Perry, , the i American , naval . officer (1820); and Uohn Foster, the .Irih statesman (1828).' . - , . times," retorted Mr. Burroughs, with a twtnkls in his eye, "when he gets be tween me and the capyon." , - Vi Reasons Not Apparent, v 4 - From tlje Chicago Tribune, v ' When Dr. Anna M, Blount speaking to the American Woman's - league, said that in these days women could be al most anything but telegraph linemen, she left us groping around In the dark, not able , to follow in ths process of reasoning which prompted her to make tho exception, t Ws can wish merely that Dr. Blount's line of thought had been more obvious. - ..Women' make", 'excellent trapeze per' formers and slack wire walkers. They assail the dljay heights With intrepidity and with successful daring, Miss Annl Smith Peck is a mountain climber who asks for no odds because she Is a Wom an. ' She conquered Mount Iluascaran and is ambitious to attack Himalayan dangers. : We fall to understand why Dr.1 Blount eliminates women Jromi tba lineman's business, s , ' ' For a building that Is being erectsd In Philadelphia a Vermont ,marbl com pany, has had to turn on a specially built lathe 14 marble columns, each weighing about 33 tons, the largest ever made In the United States. d . .,.,aaxcuw-.toas UuU (Uargan Uationsf stenographers with -a total enrollment of upward of 32.0Q0 members, more than 2000 of vhom recently met to celebrate the soml-centehnlal of the formation of their first union. ' - TANGLEFOOT By Mil OvcrUt AMUSEMENTS FOlt -.V RAINY DAY. ' ;5 , i '" A Series. - . ' Try drinking out of a water faucet with the rtght.hand side of the mouth. T HARt-HARt-HATll "'. "' . "' When Ah gets honerv foh mh Mia. J vAh dun goes into a restraw, tiut wnue An llKes man feed welj dun, Hout ha'f Ah ralh en' de rest-a'-raw. r A LA BOX CAR, . ! Tanglefoot; How's this one? Heard It at my boarding house only yesterday, and I know it's fresh. ' v- "Well," said - a guy, "I'm going to Frisco tomorrow." " J "What are you going on the Beaver or the 'Bear?' Inquired the fellow who sat next to him, Just to be sociable. . "Neither." said the guy. "I'm going' on the hog." . THINGS WE (PERSONALLT) ARB TIRED OF 1 Prisefighters. -Prunes. Roosevelt Jokes- (alleged). Moving picture showC v - - -Jack London. - . In summer time ,when itlsIiih The forest fires cravings- Are satisfied; but when 'it s coM,1-. And we are grouchy with our lot,' You couldnt start a fire with aomt shavings.. - - . , - - V "We Told You So.' " From the Los Angeles .Times. All , through th summer, there havs been misgivings as to the various great crops on whose abundance the prosperity of ths country depends, and, paradox lcalry, at the same time as to the ability of the American banks to flnancs th moving of the. crops. . We hav time and again. In the last three months, comforted our readers with assurances that the crops would be at least normal that this country ' was of immense area, her products x cedlngly. various, and that disaster could not reach all the crops In all ths-coun- try, nor even all of one crop. v We were sure to have a large amount of cot fon to. sell, a similarly large amount of win ter wheat and of spring wheat and .Of corn. Ws are told now, approaching the end of the .season that the corn Crop of the United States" is " likely to eur pass anything ever harvested. Then, as to the ability of the banks t finance the movement, we pointed out frequently that tha west ; wajs in dependent of the east In this niatterand becoming more so every yearrl We saw clearly in this respect for on Thursray the news came that the banks of St Louis were shipping out money In mil lions all over the South and central west to move the crops, and that New ' York would not be troubled for funds to do this'work. With abundant harvests, and a quick market there will be work for farm hands and railroad' men. and there will bo plenty of money in circulation Jte. keep the prosperity that has been blessing us for so many years at high-water mark, or so close to it that you can't measure the difference. The Dry Spell. TV tree-toad clacks Its level best v -Until it Just can't git expressed To' yernln's that is buzzom holds, An', plum wore out,.. It stops an' folds It's ban's, or feet, an' Just lays back An' ses it ain't got one mors clack ' An' stiu,no rain. ' Th' dog goes pantln' 'round' th' place. With Jus th' blamedest hopeless face Ypu evcer seen! Why. in th" dark He ain't got spunk enough to bark Or growl, or fuss like, an make out They's burglars an' such about i ? An' still no rain. Th honeybees is hot an' mad, v They buzs Uka) they was talkin badl You bet I ain't th' one to tease An'- pester airy o them bees I see 'em sweatlri'. al about ' With their hot tongues a-hangin eajtl ?" An still no rain. Seems like they ain't got no ohanoe at . all .l 11 To ifft a itrood downpour till fall. Th oil 1st 4tiia MA hnt m al1l You see folks comln' past th" WU-' a mwe away you see tneir oust ' An know they're growlln' fit to bust- An still no rain. No use a-tryln. either, we Thought surely this dry spell 'ud b . Drone up. we iriea in gooa oia nils f A picnic for trr Sunday school! - Nobody took his umberell, But things kept right on. dry aa well, .An' still no rain! ., .. ' : -W. t, Nesbit , Disappointed Assemblyites. f From the Union Scout 1 No one has been so much disappointed in the assembly as the assemblyltes. That their work has been disappointing to themselves no one will deny. They are now out to-jtry anU obtain the rati-! flcation of the people for their" attempt to defraud them of the direct primary. What the ; people will do remains to ' be seen, but assembly, nominees are in, danger of being turned down by the common, every day voters, 1 This should be the last attempt at an assembly, ' and. probably, will. While the direct ; primary; is jin; effect ' the assembly is ' nlU. . . .... -,. ,- .. . . : , . x- ... " . ." Some Consolation (Contrtbutnl to The Journal by Waif Maaos, the famoua Kauaaa poxt. Hia pruae-poema arv . regular (eitui'e of thia columu ij aha Pa'lj . JouroaL) ' ., . . .. ..... v. . , .. ,. . ,, The woes of this life are as many' as sands by the wet, .walling sea; no mortal , lives without any; - none . lives .; in jserpetual glee. We rise from out beds in the dawning from dreaming of gold by the tub, and go to our uncles, a-pawnlng our watches, to buy us som -grub. We blow in for potion and phll- -tre; Iho coin that wo earned by hard ' knocks; to fix up- our works, out , o( , kilter,' and" sleep; at the end, in a box. The plnns that we make are all batty, our schemes are all .bughouse-and punk; along comes some meddlesome Mattv, and knocks thewhole works into Junk. , Man works like a steer in the furrow, he tolls till the heart In him busts; and all of the plunks in hie burrow ar . gathered at last by the trusts. And 1 might go on till you're weary, explain-' ing how futile is life, how dismal, dod gasted and dreary, how chuck full of sorrow and strife. But life . without ' grief would be futile, and silly and sor did and tame; the world would be ugly . and brutal, or there'd be no snap to the gam. If trouble should never nior v, ounous7"Wff-sTim'rcr of gnats; . no giant would ' stamped. ' around us and kick the. old world-in the slats. ' - (flcyricht, 1910. br A ' fH " '' - Ceorga Matthew Hami , LufJ-jMflU (