TUG OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1. 1910. 'i THE JOURNAL AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. g. JAC .Publisher IHt.ll.hed typrr-Wntnf (Mropt Sunday Sunday tnnfqln-- at n Journal u"'" ln, FUtb and riaihiU atresia, Portland. . Or. Knfored t tt) poatnfflce t Portland. Or., for faiwuiU-ifc-n through tbe BHs and-Uaa mMter. . - I 'ICr.EITIONES Matn TITS; Horn. A-l-All depart aienta i-hd bjr law Bomlwr. Tell tbe operator what department yoa want tOHKlON ADVEBTISINO RHPKESENTATt E, Benjamin KMittwr Co.. Birnw1 Blldln. 22S Fifth TBDue, Jew Sork; 10U7-OS Boj (iullditig. Chicago. . Pobarrlrtlon Terms by wall er to W la th L'ntted Statea, Canada or Mexico: DAILY. One ........ 15. 00 I On roooth. M . . si-spa t.- Cut yr.;;;....f2lR0 i -On moBth... .....$ U DAILV ANB SUNDAY. One year. ...... ..T.BO I On month t M Great men are they who See that spiritual Is stronger than anv material force; that thoughts ml? the world Ralph Waldo Emerson. ' RAILROAD DEVELOPJIENT IX CANADA I T IS trite to say that railways at this period are essential to the development of any new terri , . tory or area. The railway build ing now going on and certain to oc cur in the near future In portions of Oregon heretofore without rail roads, Bpells great development, of til kinds. 1 , Canada Is developing greatly, too, in consequence of railroad building. Though many people who went across from tht United States have been to greater or less extent" dis appointed, and s6me have returned, or are wishing to return, yet there Is a great area acrQss the border that will support a constantly in creasing population. The winters are long and' sometimes severe, and there are chances of frost and drouth to take; yet one year with another prof itable crops of hardy grains and grasses can be raised, and millions more people can live there. Mil lions succeed fairly well In Finland, not to mention Norway and Sweden, largely by agriculture, too. But the practically new areas of Oregon that are being "opened np by railroad building offer far greater opportun ities and advantages to the agricul tural adventurer. Railway extension is active in Can-. 8 da at. present, and promises to be so "for soma years to come. The con struction In the Dominion this year will total about lv00 miles, about the same as last year. The greatest In crease Is In our nearest neighbor province, British Columbia. Part of this Is to be credited to the construc tion of the Grand Trunk Pacific frorn Moncton on the Atlantic to Trince Rupert on the; Pacific, a line 35(0 "miles long. ; ?. .. - The Dominion government Is building the eastern portion' of this 'great new transcontinental railway, and of the 1804 miles from Moncton to Winnipeg 724 are graded.- Of ihe t i 4 6 miles from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert 915 are completed and trains are now , bekig operated between Winnipeg and Edmonton, The sub sidiary Grand Trunk Pacific Lines company has just placed on the Brit ish market an issue of 6, 000, 000 4 per cent bonds, guarantead by the province, for the construction of branch lines In Saskatchewan as fol lows: Regina to international boun dary line near Portal, 155 miles; Re Etna to Moosejaw, 110 miles; from Kiggar southwesterly, 50 miles; Prince Albert branch, 110 miles; and Cut Knife branch, 50 miles. Under an agreement with the Al 'berta government, a company has undertaken to build 600 miles of lino In that province, and has started the construction from Tofield to Calgary. Tn the eastern provinces consider able new railroad construction is also going- on. The Canadian Pa cific Is douWe tracking hundreds of miles, on not only its main line but Us branch lines, away up in Wfnnl- . peg, Manitoba and even Saskatche wan. Another line known as the Hudson Bay & Pacific railway is con templated in the near future. The Great Northern of Canada lias a large mileage surveyed for construc- ; lion, but the only point now where active work is being done is between ,Abbotsford and Hope, in British Co lumbia. In Newfoundland the Reid Newfoundland has agreed with the government to construct 280 miles Of branch lines at the rate of 50 miles a year. So'; 'It Is not only lQ the Pacific "northwest of the United States that railroad building is both cause and jiroot-of development, but through out Canada as well. The ppople arc necking for land, must have land; and for them to use the land suc cessfully there must be more and more railroads. AN ORGAN'S COMPLAINT GOM PLAINING about the result of the primaries in California, the Los Angeles Tim.es says: "The insurgent. Republicans pnd the Democrats stood and still Mand for about the same political rrinclples, including particularly the tariff. The insurgent newspapers aud the Democratic organs worked together In perfect harmony, ex changing compliments arid cheering the two hosts on in their bitter strug gle to defeat the regular Republi can party." Well, what crime is there in in nirgcnt Republteaus-and Democrats Mariding for the same principles and OMiperaUng Jn politics? Are they lhi uatne as "regular" Republicans In point of rights, privileges and du-1b-s? lias a "regular", Republican n flfcht to prevent or object to an "irirgular" Republican and a Demo crat voting for the same candidate or proposition? The Times seems to rfgard.lt as a crime for a Republi can to. vote as he believes it his duty .to vote, rather than , as he is dic tated to by some leaders or organiza tion. ; . The same complaint arises here In certain1 quarters. Some Demo crats ' are . charged with being half Republicans, and some Republicans with being half Democrats, and it is said that they are wickedly and traitorously Inclined "and, designing to vote for whom and what? For what they honestly believe Is right, and for men who they thjnk will serve the people most, acceptably. This howl about desertion of par ty principles and amalgamation of opponents to party organization is ; really funny, when one "thinks It over. If men cannot vote as they please, under the law, of what use to the common voter is citizenship and suffrage? The idea seems .j be with some people that every man .calling himself a Republican is somehow. obligated to vote as Chair-' man George or some other leader or ders him to vote. If he doesn't do so. whether he likes the candidates or "principles" presented to him or not; he Is a scoundrel and a traitor. No wonder there Is insurgency against such an idea, such a policy as this. Of course the increasingly intelligent and patriotic masses of Republican voters will not submit to it. JAPAN'S ACQUISITION OF KOREA JAPAN'S actual sovereignty over Korea seems at last assured, af ter many years of aggression on one hand and resistance on th'e pther.. The result will probably be a good thing, ultimately, for the Ko reans themselves, for their govern ment was not one fit to exist in any nation pretending to respectability. From an abstract or ethical point of view, Japan had no right to go across and take the Korean peninsula, which theoretically belongs to its In habitants; but Japan is a nation, and to grow or even to exist It must have an outlet for Its teeming popu lation. By the treaty of Portsmouth Rus sia tacitly acknowledged the para- mouncy of Japan in Korea. Great Britain had a 6hort time before done substantially the same. So in 1906 Marquis Ito took up his residence in Seoul, the Korean capital, and at tempted actual Japanized rule of the country. There was continued but for the most part ineffectual resist ance, which was not aided by the assassination of Ito last October In St. Petersburg. The Koreans' strug gle was vain because they are Incom petent and unworthy of national ex istence. In this connection an ex tract from an article In the .'New York livening Post may be of Inter est: On the whole, It Is best for Korea, for Japan, and for the peace of the world, that what had to happen should happen at the earliest moment It would be Idle to deny that the Koreans under their own emperor's rule were not a well governed or happy people. If the Japanese rule haSi been harsh, It has been largely because Japan has ruled In Korea as a conqueror and py military methods. Annexation may give the Ko rean the privileges and Immunities of Japanese citizenship without burdening him more heavily than he Is at present. The peaceful assimilation of a people whose numbers are estimated at any where from eight to seventeen millions Is a task that is sure to keep Japanese statesmanship busy for many years to come. To that extent tt will save us from the world-wide schemes of Japa nese aggrandizement which the strained Jingo eye discerns In the most insignifi cant dally event of Toklo polities. ROOSEVELT 18 INSURGENT SO ROOSEVELT has plainly de clared himself at last, on the general proposition of insur gency or regularity as a Repub lican; and not unexpectedly, lie is In surgent. In an address In the heart of "the enemy's country," Utica, X. Y., the home of Vice President Sherman, conspicuous type and personification of the "regulars," Roosevelt de clared: '.'The only kind of politics I care for Is the kind of politics In which decency is combined with ef ficiency. I hold that the only way in which a politician can preserve his party is by helping that party efficiently to serve the people." Taking all the circumstances Into view the contest, between the "old guard" and the "progressives," in New York; the place, and the fact that the vice president was conspic uous by his absence the Interpreta tion of this language becomes easy. It means, freely translated, that Re publicans of the Sherman tspe have not combined "decency" with "ef ficiency," and, summarizing the whole question of party action and duty, have not "served the people." Roosevelt gets back to this service of the people. Sherman and his sort are not performing this service. This in effect is what Roosevelt says. And having declared himself, there Is no doubt that he will flgnt hard, and to a finish. He sees that there can be no compromise with I Aldrichism and Cannonism. And the i people, most of them, except eelf- ' unnlrlnn r.nlUtnlono' 'nf n 0 1. i type, will be with Roosevelt in this positlom Since the assembly leaders are having so much difficulty In finding a candidate for joint senator from Multnomah, Clackamas and Colum bia counties, why not Indorse Dan Malarkey, who is already in the" race? He is a good even If not a "regular" Republican. It has been nearly if not quite as long a period of rainless weather in this region as ever was known- hence more forest fires, in propor- tion to the forests to be consumed, than usual. There are stories of das tcrdly criminality, not proven yet; all these fires may have happened in the -usual way, through mere care lessness. The lesson becomes 'more Impressive and imperative every summer that better measures of prevention, if possible, must be used. Nation, state, county and city must get together and see if means of pre venting such . horribly destructive holocausts cannot be devised. rRJESIDEXT FOR FURTHER RE VISION SO PRESIDENT TAFT, accord ing to a report, is to advise in a "keynote speech" 'further re- I f - m il . i a m , r v , viaiuti or ma iai ui. n nas re vised his opinion that the Payne Aldrlch tariff law Is almost perfect, and will advocate the reduction of some schedules. It Is due to the president to say that while he has commended the tariff, he has done so with some reservations, mention ing especially the woolen goods schedule. But there are other sched ules as bad, notably steel and sugar. Why has not the president attacked them? But now, after hearing In various ways from the country, he is going to recommend revision so that ex cessive profits cannot be made through protection. Note the admis sion in this, that protection gives some manufacturers and combings excessive -profits. But what busi ness has a government to consider the profits of any particular business or people at all? The only proper function of government Is to see that life, liberty and property rights are duly safeguarded, with exact equal ity of treatment to all law-abiding citizens. It Is none of the govern ment's proper business whether any body's profits are little or much, whether any particular person suc ceeds or falls in any particular busi ness. If the government is going to see to It that certain manufacturers receive fair profits in their business, then the government should do the same for the farmers, the dairymen, the newspaper owners, even the me chanics and all wage earners, If, the government is going to see that the woolen and steel and sugar manufac turers get certain profit3 out of their private investments, it should do as much for everybody, high and low, rich and poor. As soon as a gov ernment begins to concern itself about any particular investments or Industries, it becomes a government for some rather than for all; it is no longer a people's government but one for certain classes or interests. The only right and reasonable tar iff law is one for revenue only, elim inating protection as far as possible. The country seems, to be moving to ward that right position. In relating the efforts of the as sembly leaders.' tjp fill the vacancy on the legislative ticket, the Oregonian naively states that "the committee understood that Dr. Andrew C. Smith was not ready to make the race if called upon." As a bit of unconscious humor that Is highly entertaining. It Is eclipsed only by the fact that the committee had the nerve to ask Dr. Smith to run. Do they imagine that he has already forgotten the manner In which they administered the "double cross" only one short month ago? Since no one else seems willing to take that vacant place on the as sembly's legislative ticket, why not put forward some one of the high brows who are responsible for the movement? There Is some admirable legislative material among the "lead ers" Just look 'em over. Charlie Lockwood, Jimmy Kertchem, Frank Middleton, Max G. Cohen there's a galaxy of patriots for you and any one of them Is well worthy of the senatorial toga. Surely they are not all deaf to their country's call. Every candidate for office whp Is opposed to the assembly should make that fact known to the voters by hav Ing the words "anti-assembly" placed on the ballot after his name. This Is what voters will be looking for when they go Into the primary booths next month. 1 The "best tariff law ever enacted" proves to be the heaviest incubus that the Republican party has to car ry in the congressional campaigns which are in progress all over the country. Mr. Taft was the recipient of a gold brick. He's too confiding. Still one vacant place on that as sembly legislative ticket. Wh6 else wants to join the Down and Out club? One man makes as good food for powder aB another. New York Republicans seem to have been inoculated with the same kind of "harmony" which the assem blyites are administering here in Oregon. You can save vexatious delay If you register now. Two weeks hence you will have to stand in line. So Max G. Cohen has been ap pointed receiver of the Othello Im provement company. Aldrich, Cannon, Balllnger, Sher man who will be the next to walk the plank? Prison Reform. From the San Francisco Chronicle. England has long stpd in need of the reformed methods of prison manage ment which Winston Churchill proposes. The details of prison life as revealed by . . . , .. . . 1 1 . . I . .imp, iUHyuiiin emu uiutus n:m unneces MrU harsh nscoinDared wltht hj Uoaiment given incarcerateu persons here. Penal methods accomplish thejr purpose better when all aspects of in Justice are. removed from them, a fact which Is better understood, here than It seems to bo,- in the Id country. Walt Mason T 1 if ij . ....... - - :.:.' ..(., :. -:. i "'A ?; L 1 1t t fc .,-Vtj.r,-;.'::, ..-.-.- If tyf "The poet laureate of the American Democracy," whose, prose poems are a regular feature of the edi torial pan6 of . The Journal. Harbor Development (From a paper by Frederick C Howe !n Scrlbner's and republished by the Wall Street Journal.) The prescience of the German city Is seeti In the harbor and canal develop ment which has taken place In recent years. There Is keen competition among the Rhine towns. And their phenomenal growth is largely due !o ilia Intelli gent way In which they have tncout- aged business by the -Joviilopment vt water transportation. Thought In Amer ica Is obsessed with the idea that the law of commerce are ltfce the laws of nature. We assume that they cannot be controlled or aided by man. Trans portation must be left to private con- ol. There Is no such assumption !n Germany. Germany takes It as a. mat ter of course that many things must be done by the state, In order to protect its life and develop industry. Frankfort, Cologne. Duisburg, Dussel- dorf and other Rhine towns have be come metropolitan cities by the devel opment of- their waterfronts, by the building of doeks and wharves, hy draulic devices and machinery for eco nomical and expeditious handling of wa ter freight Duisburg Is one of the centers of the coal and lumber trade. It is one of the centers of the lower Rhine trade and the great Industrial region of the Rhine provinces. In America, waterfronts are dedicat ed to one thing or the other. If they are used for business purposes, they have r.o value for pleasure. Beauty is Ignored. This Is not true in Germany. Busine?s Is made to adjust Itself to art, pleasure, recreation and use by th whole community. The harbor proper In Dusseldorf Is more than a mile In length. It is divtded Into great basins for various Kinds of freight. There is no confusion "and no dirt. Tracks are laid Along the embankments, In connec tion with the railways and street, rail way systems. This is all done by the city, and owned by it. It Is all as com plete and symmetrical as a machine, and the cost of transshipment is re duced to a minimum. Here are erected warehouses, elevators and storehouses, all connected with one another by rail. The docks of a German city are great terminal systems equipped with every convenience for even the smallest ship per. 3y virtue of these works the trade of Dusseldorf Increased 300 per cent In 10 years' time. And within a very short time the Improvement will yield a profit from out the rentals of the enterprise. The harbor development of Frankfort Is. even more wonderful. It borrowed $18,000,000. It proceeded to deepen the Main river for several miles, so that large boats could come to its doors. It erected docks and hand ling devices. Its harbor traffic In creased 1200 per cent In nine years' time. Letters From tke People The Bad Lands of Portland. Portland, Or., Aug. 19. To the Editor of The Journal I would like through your paper to call your attention and also that of the people to a condition existing in this city, the like of which 1 have never seen anywhere. In walk ing to and from my office It Is neces sary for me to pass through that in fested portion of our, city known as Second and also Third and Burnslde streets. Take from Burnslde street on down Third street to the bridge. You would go a long ways before you could find a more motley crew of toughs, drunken Italians and rowdies than in that section. Not only that, but they are positively lnsul.ting to anyone who has not made an animal of himself as they have. 1 would no mpre think of letting my mother or sister walk through there alone than I would of Jumping off the bridge. I see they are making an effort to Y!d the street corner and cigar stands around- Sixth and Washington of so-called "mashers" and other undesirables. If they would exert their efforts a little more In this other direction, which I confess Is actually the worst I have ever seen, I know It would be appreciated by many. I hope this will be printed with a view of enlightening those who are ignorant of the condition of the locality. Any way ycu take It, a trip down will be convincing. , OTTO CURTIS THOMPSON. Riding for a Fall. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. (Rep.) "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." ... This aphorism, trite and commonplace from frequent repetition, has almost gone to seed, and yet It may be aptly applied to the Republican situation In New York. Panic struck by the pres ence of a real creative stateman in their midst, those leaders who have played at polities for a generation always with the single purpose of exalting themselves and their interests are now determined to ruin the organization If they can no longer rule it. For the third time In two months they have tried to humiliate the only Individual who is In a position to restore confi dence and contribute to party success. Of course thay have not accomplished their purpose. Neither "Sunny Jim" Sherman, of the Indian sign,, nor "Tim" Woodruff, of the reverberating waist coat, nor any other of that ilk, is big enough to humiliate a Roosevelt They may succeed in eliminating him as a l&St9Xj ntbeJlKOjn Ip gJM$JSSI-XUi. tlon; they may even prevent hun from having a voice in directing the cam paign, but already they are foredoomed to ultimata failure arid they seem to' know it They seem to understand that they must accept Roosevelt and the pro . COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Now th hop men don't want it to rain, ... Th world Is getting mor up In the air all th time, ' Th assemblyltea Invited their own worries and troubles. ... We expect to hoar amy day that even Chairman George has, resigned. , . . ; ,.- .' " ' ... ',:. . ' . . Some of the apparent political moun tains are only mole hills, after alL ..... . . ;." .. v. ... '-,, '.-"-'' '"'''' To ; everybody, : some, other . people't way of trying to be happy are curious. Jim Jeffries mutt have more sense than brawn; h says he has nothing to say. , ' .-'; Bo Taft and Teddy have made up: and will play together again some more. ..; - - It 1s stilt the (rood old summertime. but It has had some bad freaks and features. "Taft Kill Story," is a headline. But from a killed story many worse Ones may arise. To be sure of fine, enjoyable vaca tion, and be admired and petted, get on the police force. ' After all. the rood mother Is more de serving of love and admiration than the vaunted, flaunting Summer Girl. Bv' the way.' why Jiasn't some microbe hunter counted and declared the number of bacteria on a J-0 gold piece? Now there are antisentlo banknotes. But most people would gladly selxe on banknotes, however mrectea wun mi crobes. There have been many heroes and heronels in connection with the terrible forest fires, who - will always be un known to fame. Having made several other kinds of a fool of himself. F. Augustus Heinze wlU marry an actress- who is ,n love with heraclf and his money. "Jaw broken by a pitched ball," says a news Item. Resrrettahly, it wasn't the Jaw of an anti-bridge, lawyer or an In terest serving pulttlHan. Roosevelt could be especially Inter esting If he would come out as a rem oerat, but he might have trouble trying to tell what a Democrat Is.' y Farmers' wives In Ohio are said to (he on a strike for shorter hours. We sup posed all women favored longer houijs for the purpose of sstylng good-bye. Senator Warner of Missouri, a Repub lican of the "regular" sort, also an nounces his Intention to retire. Old ago is given tts the reason, but there may be another reason. The old age ex cuse could be made with advantage to the country by several other senators, among them Burrows and Gallinger. August 24 in History Harrtlv mi event connected with the I second war with Great Britain aroused so universal a jplrlt of Indignation on the part of the people of the United States so united a seniimoni oi iron tlllty against her ancient enemy as the capture and burning of Washing ton Citv, the federal capital, on August 24, 1814. The commencement of this year was llitarv and political occurrences of transcendent Importance. The British government ueciaea io my waste to the whole American- coast from Maine to Georgia. About (he middle of August an English squadron of between fifty and sixty sail arrived in the Chesapeake to strike the first decisive blow, namely, an. attack on Washington. The British force was divided Into three parts. One division was sent up the Potomac and another was despatched to threaten Baltimore. The main body ascended the Patuxent. apparently with the intention of des troying Commodore Barney's flotilla, which had taken refuge at the head of that river, but with the real intention as it was soon discovered, of attuck ing Washington. The head of frigate navigation on the Patuxent was reached on the 19th of August. The following day the land forces debarked to the number of 6000. By the 23d the British forces were within twelve miles of the capital. The American army that was avall ablo for defense of the city was 3200 men, with seventeen pieces of artil lery. On the morning of the 24th var ious reports were brought to the Unit ed States headquarters of the move ments and Intentions of the British. Finally they made their appearance and, although they were met with stubborn resistance, the raw American troops t nhle to reMst the seasoned British soldiers, and the Americans were compelled to retreat at every point. Fin ally the British had a clear field and marched triumphantly into "Washing ton and began to carry out the threat of the commanding Invader "I will make a cow pasture of these Yankee capital grounds." The British, after they had received the capitulation of the city, started to set fire to tt, burning the capitol, gresplve policy, or they must turn, the commonwealth over, to their Democratic opponents, and. as far as any intelli gent person Is able to Judge, they have decided upon the latter course. It is well. Indeed, It is perhaps the best thing that could be done in the circumstances, for it will foreshadow a new alignment and a regenerated Republlcanism-a Republicanism that can appeal for votes two years hence with clean hands. After the machine has written its platform and has nominated its reac tionary candldate the election. The Kolger disaster of 1882, which placed Grover Cleveland in the executive chair will be repeated, and then the machine will be demolished, if not for good for a term of years. A Macedonian cry for Roosevelt for Roosevelt, the only man who is able to prevent a Democratic landslide in 1912. The Political Humorist. From the Boston Globe. Speaker Cannon evidently labors un der the deluslonhat he has been de puted to play the part of a humorist or a comedian, not to act the part of statesman. The fact that Abraham Lin coln told funny stories and liked to 'read Petroleum V. Nasby's comic letters apparently has inspired many public men to try to hold their Jobs or win a place by attempting to be funny. Good natured fun Is all very well, but habitual Jocosity, unless It has something to back It up, becomes tire some. If Lincoln had been a Joker and nothing more he would never have been heard of boyond the banks of the Sanga mon. Samuel Sulllyan Cox, known as "Sun set'' Cox, was too much of a Joker for his own good. A man of "merit and abrtltles. he let his humorous Inclina tions obscure his substantial talents. OaljrUhQ..grealestaa,.beBaali'.Jjas morous. Cervantes could make Don Qulxdte ifnmortally amusing. Shakes peare could 'give perennial life to Fal staf f. Llnooln of . the emancipation proclamation and the Gettysburg ad dress could render forever attractive tbe NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Bend will have two railroads, asserts the Bulletin, making" It quite a railroad town. . A Corrallls kodak man has customers in several eastern states, and expects one In the White House yet . The Laldlaw . region Is furnishing many fine agricultural products (or the Great Northern railroad s exhibit. , Watermelons drifted ln upon Moro at the rate of six teams' one after an other,, says the Observer. Two 4 horse loads sold off the hay scales at so much a pound. . . .., . . . . Among the freak curiosities In. this vi cinity is a "white blackbird," which has made Its home all summer on the ranch of J. T. McLaln on Pralrla creek, with a flock ot blackbirds, . says the Joseph Herald, . , . , . ' ;. ' :, ';..''. ;:'"' "..'?.('; : (!.:t The Eugene Register tells of a man ef that town who -.has handled eight cars' of watermelons so far this year, and when It ts remembered that each car contains' some ItiOO melons, he has been doing some melon business. ' . McMlnnvllle News-Reporter. N. H. Sltton, who came back from Alberta awhile ago, moved his family there for the second time. He has purchased 10, 000 acres of land, and as It ts now said that there have been some good rains recently, prospects are Improved. ' ,-" Southern California men are here looking after, some vetch land. ays the Corvallls Oasette-Times. They are or ange growers, but at the price paid for hav In that section, they are inclined to think it would he profitable to grow hay here to ship there. They like our fruit. ' v Sixty acres of wheat near Corvallls averaged 33 bushels to the acre. Twen ty acres produced an average of more than 40 bushels to the acre. Consider ing the fact that the eeneral average is seldom over 20 bushels per acre, this average Is remarkable, says the Gaxette Times. It Is reported that there are very few huckleberries in the mountstns this summer, says the Canyon City Eagle. Some claim thts Is a fact because the coming winter Is to be a hard one. We can not av whether huckleberries make hard winters or not but we are in a posi tion to state on authority that they do make good pie. The Corvallls cannery Is getting large qltihtities of fine Bartlett pears. $20 a ton Is an inducement that is bringing the fruit. This section is essentially the home or the Bartlett, this pear growing here In tremendous quantity and size. Twenty tofts of tomatoes have been contracted and about thirty tons of peaches are either contracted or desired. $30 a ton Is being paid for these. Two Mormon missionaries In the Lo rsne neighborhood, a farmer of that lo cality reports, are big, broad-whouldered fellows, who trv to make their way by solieiting free entertainment among the farmers and taking their time In trying to preach to them. They have met a rather cold reception in that locality, ss most of the farmers are too busy with their work to take time to listen to them. Burning of Washington the president's house and other publlo buildings. An 'English narrator who wax present tells the story In the fol lowing descriptive way: -The blazing of houses, ships and stores, the report of exploding magazines and the crash of falling roofs was one of the finest sights to be conceived. The sky was brilliantly illuminated by the conflagra tion. The scene was striking and sub lime as the burning of St Sabastlan's. Towards . morning ' a violent storm of rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning came on. whose flashes seemed to . vie In brilliancy with the flames which burst from the roofs of burning houses, while the thunder drowned the noise of falling walls and was only Interrupted Jy the occasional roar of cannon and of large depots of gunpowder as they exploded one by one." , On account of Washington being the seat of government of the American Republic its capture occasioned great eclat on the part of the British and much chagrin and indignation through out the United States indeed, the whole cKillzcd world exclaimed against the act as a violation of the rules of mod ern warfare. So overwhelming was the effect upon the people of the United States of the wanton burning and plun der of their capital that party spirit instantly vanished and with it the dis sensions which had almost paralyzed the government and the whole country was in motion. It. was not long, how ever, after the burning of Washington that the war was over and the public buildings in the capital city were soon replaced by substantial structures. On August 24 occurred the destruc tion of Pompeii In 7 8. It is the date of the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1B7I; and ihe brittle of Rladensburg, Md in 1814. August 24 is the birth day of Letizia Bonaparte, the mother of Napoleon (1750); William Wilber force, the philanthropist (1769); Joseph H. "Worcester, the lexicographer (1784); and William Walter Phelps, statesman and Jurist (1839). It Is the date of the death of Thomas Blood, who at tempted to steal the crown Jewels of England (1680); and Napper Tandy, the i Irish patriot (1803). drolleries and Jests that fell from his lips. Balng funny Is a serious business. Eruptions of humor have ruined many bright young men and damaged the rep utation of many, old fellows. Mr. Can non Is a most conspicuous victim. A little less jocosity and a little more sense would make Uncle Joe a winner. Humor promises to promote you rap-' (dly in the estimation of your fellows. Piling up solid and sensible thoughts is a slow process and the builder hear- no cheers while he Is building. All the handclapplngs and laughter are for the humorist for awhile and then comes a frost for the funny fellow and tre mendous applause for the man of sub stantial Ideas.. , Young men, do not Imitate Mr. Can non's funny business, unless you have the energetic fiber of a Lincoln. But the admonition Is unnecessary. Jior If the Lincoln sort of quality Is In you you cannot be a Cannon. Double Crop (ln Harney County. From the Harney Valley News. There Is a very rare and remarkable exhibition of. what this country and cllmato can do In the recuperation of"a crop supposed to be ruined, to' be seen on the farm of Sebastian Hog, northeast of Burns. Mr. Hog put in a crop last fall of winter wheat which oame up In fine shape and made a splendid stand, btft when It was In bloom the severe" frost of last June gave It a Itard scorching, so that he considered It ruined for a grain crop and cut It for hay, of which It made a nice yield. Now follows the strange part With scarcely a drop of rain since, thnt stub ble has developed a new life andthas thrown up a new stand of wheat that Is the wonder of all' who -see It, and ralilfl prnrplyet f y jfilfl Weill, W"rth lflT- vestlng. ' v ... A sample from this field with the truthful statement attached shogld prove an attractive feature of the car load of products to be gathered for the Great Northern railroad exhibit ' TANGLEFOOT By Mile. Overkolt SHIPP THE SHOWMAN. or... . . "It was In Honolulu where. I made the ' big hit with my "famous" tittle Joke en titled 'The Old Maid's Idea or Every J Woman Her Own Husband.' " said Khlpp the showman, as he dodged the prunes ' which wer being passed for the fifty- ' first time. "It went' like thts: '"Will you marry muhr said the anxious old lover, longing to monkey with the half million dollars possessed ' by the unbeautlful and well seasoned woman. . , "'I Will tioL' PercK'l fl inn tjv.m. i dehyde. I .have a swearing parrot, a ......intrj mm cnews roDaceo, a magpie that cusses, a dog that growls, a stale ' beer barrel, smokehouse, a scarecrow, a hog that grtints, a mule, an uncorked ' demijohn and a goat with whiskers. I will obtain other features as I see the need of them.' " ",'Yealr; but looky here, Ablgal Gwen dolyn Mabelloe Smith, yuh kin get me," which takes the place of all of them an imate, and I am all In one piece.' . ,v " 'That's Just the trouble,' said the old maid. 'I'm a reform, anif whan T mm across, something In that bunch that uoesn t Bint me, why I can kill It and feed it tothe hogs. Now with a man. by the timet had eliminate nil th. nh. Jecttonable features there wouldn't be anyimng lert but a cynical smile and a saloonish odor." "Mr. Shlpp," broke tn the landlady, 1 will not ask you for money this morn ing, provided you will ask me to marry you within a week, otherwise'' But Shlpp had seized a prune and (led the scene. The sun shone bright upon tne faoe of our old mother earth. The siren voice of summer said: "Come on, and frolic, kid." And that's the reason that you see but little cause for mirth' Within these lines the past few days, because, you see, I did. TOO CLEVER. He was only a tramp all covered with rags. With rags from heels to head. But he was one of our cleverest vaga. And when the Judge with his verbal tags Said, "A warm suds bath for all such Jags." He was drowned in the tears he shed. Good Roods Movements. From the Lewiston Teller. A remarkable thing has been ac complished in road work In Iowa A good highway has been established at an estimated cost of building and main tenance of 13 a mile for the first year. This road extends from Council Bluffs to Davenport and 1s S!0 miles In length. The work was practically all done by volunteer labor, on the "township unit" plan. There were commissioners for each county through which the road passed, all without pay, and Ul classes of people, including farmers, automb!l owners, bankers, clergymen, "merchants, ' teachers and editors were pressed Into service. The townships were also or ganized, and like a great military ma chine, the whole line was put Into ac tion under the direction of the "dragged road secretary." The road was divided among the varlons squads and persist ently dragged Into good condition. Drags were attached to autos, w'hleh' proved very valuable for the purpose. The good road was very speedily evolved from what had been a mud road. One of the results was the encouragement of tiie use of more motor cars, and it is said that 8000 of them were sold in that slate this season. On a smaller scale something of a similar character was recently done in Idaho. Last Sunday a large number of auto owners of Wallace made an excur sion to Fourth of July canyon. Each one took an extra man and carried picks and shovels. All worked hard all day on the road between Wallace and Coeur d'Alenn for the purpose, of making It a good thoroughfare for motor vehicles, and. Incidentally for all other vehicles. The moral of these Incidents Is that cooperative effort goes a long waye in road improvement- The building ot good roads does not necessarily Involve the collection of heavy taxes or sub scriptions and the spending of a large sum of money. The contribution of a small amount of labor by many Individ uals under a systematized plan of work, W'tll often accomplish wondtrs in road Improvement The Same Old Summer Time. The same old summer time Is here. The same old scene Is set, Of dancing waters, shining sands, And rocks where high Tides fret The same old golden moon comes up To make the scene complete. Along the shore I walk with her- The same old tale repeat. The same old mountains stand to guard The. little lake so blue; We paddle 'mid the Illy pads The same old bark canoe; The same old pine trees whisper low As dreamily we float And from the same old poets then In thrilling tones I quote. The same old band Invites to danoe. And I at once make haste To place this same old arm of mine. Around' her slender waist. The same "Blue Danube" sets the pace. And in the giddy whirl, I thank my stars this same old time Brings always a new girl! Life. Different Tastes (Contributed to The Journal by Walt Maiou, the turnout Katmai poet. Ilia prote-poetui am regular feature of this column li Tu Da!! Journal.) It Is not well to scoff or Jeer at other people's Joys; the pastime that to you seems queer may please the other boys. One man's amusement in this life Is playing dominoes; another fellow heats his wif. and. gives hls soul repose. One packs a heavy -gun for mites, through stream and swamp and fen. and wears al) kinds of happy smile when I19 comes home again. Another likes to risk his bones on flimsy aero plane, and when wo scrape him frbm the stones we weep for him in ,valn. One fellow thinks It fun to dodge the cops with speeding car; another likes to. go to lodge, where all the passwords are. And all these things I understand, and sympathize with folks who rummage through the .blooming land for pleas ures and for Jokes.? But when I watch a statesman try to 'run an office down, and talk .until the fount Is dry, uml bore the whole blamed town; and when I see him, worn and tired, a-hanglng round the polls, to find that he's been Timnsff1 ana1 "fired nV1 pinfrnfrTTuTsTT' ask such sphinxes as arc noar: "What sort of men are those, who chase f.ir- office year by year? Docs such snort V-aalltf Tl oa at a 9" 4 VM 1 J 1 UU I3W I . 1. , CmriKbt. 1910. ' b Qaorg - Matthew Adami, v.