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i)AH,V IV 1 I. . k I . l), i HE JOURNAL AN IM'F.rENTMCXT NF.wsrArr.a. ( .- S. JAChSON.. PnW1-!fi5r" etcrr rrci.tng (n-j.t Sunday) and i tftJh ul Yamhill itrofU, Pert land. Or. F.rtwd at the pnarofnoe t PortUtnd. Or., five rann,lkkD through lb aila aa acood-cla mutt.-r. . IfM.F.rHOSFS Mln UTS: H". A-'-All d-parnwnta ruiehed or the nnnl Tell tba operator what departmsotrnuwant. I OIIBIGN ADVERTISING JlEPBKSKSTATjV'B, H-nJaroln & Kentnr-r-Oa.. Burusw Mr Building. I-vrv Klfth awone. New 1 ork ; J0O7-W J . lH.llUttif, Chicago. Snharrtptlnn Trrma mull or to any addreaa In tba lulled Statea. Canada or Wf xlcol DATLT. On jer.,.,......V0O ( Ona month. ...-.. I J0, One year...,..; .$2 50 I Ona month.. ......I 25 DAILY AND 8UNPAT. .. -On yj'...;.i:i.T.no ) On month ..".I Nature Is mors powerful than ) , education; tiroe will." develop .' ' INSURGENCY A- NSURGENCT In Oregon differs no whit from Insurgency In any oth- i; ' I er etate. : f hat it exists anywhere is due to the effort, to .take .from ' the people the direction of govern ment, which means the direction of their own, affairs. In Oregon this ' tffort to overturn popular rule Is embodied In the assembly. Opposi tion to the assembly' scheme In Ore- ' gon Js but another name for the tidal wave of Insurgency which Is sweep Ing over a score-of western states. Tor a brief period President Taft! undertook to stem the rising tide. . He assumed to read out of the party Intelligent and patriotic Republicans who had dared to Identify themselves with the people's cause,-!: put the. tide swept onward. King Canute was . -driven Ignomlnlously before it. A power mightier', than the preslflent, mightier: than his party, the power of the people, has compelled surren der. President Taft is no longer an .opponent of Insurgency. But here In Oregon we have the spectacle of a group of pygmy poli ticians who foolishly fancy that they can combat And defeat an aroused people. .Closing, their , eyes to the ' portends of .the coming storm, they are busily building up dykes of sand ' to withstand the advancing sea. The result Is as inevitable as the sweep of the ocean. Voters of Oregon will never con sent to the surrender of the right . of self rule. ' The powers which they have gained they -propose to keep. The Insidious attempt to restore the rule of the political' machine and to rlace the corporations again in the 'saddle Is foredoomed" to' absolute de feat. With belated realization of the magnitude of the insurgent TpQTATnfnfr, President Taft at last bowed to the , Inevitable and aban doned his futile opposition. The petty 'leaders" in Oregon "who copied Lim in hls-blunder will do well to pattern after his subsequent repent ance. THE BRIDGE BOND SALE D ORTLANTD Is Jubilant, Its ene mies are' discomfited.. Port- land's enemies are those ob- structlonlsts ;who oppose pro gress by resisting the high bridge at liroadway. - Nearly a million dollars was bid yesterday for.'tbe $250,000 Issue of bridge bonds, and it was by J Portland capltaL The aggregate bids were more than three , times the issue, and it was the gold of Port land's own citizens. . It . eventuated ' at a moment when the bond market 13 depressed, and sales of bonds everywhere 6tagnant'" It' was on ; Interest basis of four ;"per cent, while other" cities are - being compelled- to raise their Interest " rates to five and even six per cent In order ,. to float bonds, It-was in the lace of the pusillanimous Kiernan-Dunl-1 way suit, maintained "for the -solitary-purpose of harassing and preventing flotation of the bonds and construc tion of the bridge. It is a splendid expression of the faith of Portland people and Portland capital and capi talists In their home city. "It is a ntlnglng rebuke to the clinging bar-t . nacles who make merchandise of tho city's progress in the hope of further- ' lng their petty and personal inter ests. It Is a crushing indictment of the men, known and unknown, who rare capitalizing and perpetuating the .delays, halts and loss of time on the low, congested bridges in the effort - to put a few tainted pennies into their own pockets. i-'v. Even at the moment when money flowed like water in the bidding for 'bonds, Puniway and Klernan pro .faned the temple with their presence in desperate efforts to prevent the ale. But it H the statement of . Mayor NSimon that they will be brushed aside, and that construction ;rf the bridge, will Immediately begin. Is there not in the splendid episode of the bidding and bidders a circnm- stance to shame Duniway and Kler-1 nan Into withdrawal from the miser able activity in which they are . en ',aged? Or are they wholly aban doned as to the issue of how It Bhall fare .with the multitude that wait at the bridges, or what shall b the odium in which their obstructive ac tivity Is held by an outraged public? Mayor Simon and those who have joined .with him in the campaign for flotation of the bonds have a right to ' 1)0 Jubilant. ' All of Portland has a right to bo Jubilant. Yesterday's bids and Udders, and yesterday's re buke to Klernatilsra is occasion or general fellcltatloYi.' "vz- me more me uregoman credits nournn vuii an ,- mis revoiuti , iignlnf-t ausemhlyism, the more ip'" y.Ti'rL"-r-r !iJ?Jftnlon"UhlnUiin i impmimirffl (.n.i iuirt', .r. Jiuurnestiouia sub- s.tdljsv tne pjjK'r. Tor Jhe splendid Moik It la doing for. him.' With th.e odds sp.ainpt np.,mli! i.-'in alout 10 1o 1 throughout the si a to, it win. If It ran persuade the people t'jat Mr. BpjirjijLfliiLItJllJiiak successor. Tne papers siupiauy oh this point la disgustingly oiscourag intr tn Intelligent aspomblylles. As a sample of hlgh-browed campaigning, It la a fearful and wonderful episode. THE HEAL ISSUE , . P INCHOT conservation is Roose velt conservation and Roose velt ; conservation Is Tinchot conservation. Yes t e r day's speech by Roosevelt at Denver fixes unalterably the alliance of ' the two men in their views of public assets. The langunge of pinchot on the sub Ject i is the language of Roosevelt. "Those who assert that conservation proposes' to tie up public resources, depriving this generation of their benefits in order to hand them on untouched to' the next, ; miss ;; the whole point' of the conservation idea.",, declared Mr. Roosevelt. "So far as possible, these resources must he kept for the whole people, and not he handed over for exploitation to single individuals.: , ,s Oar .consistent aim is to favor the actual settler, the man who takes tip - as much public domain as he himself can Cultivate and there makes a. perma nent home for his children who come after him; but we are against the man, no matter what his ability who tries to monopolize large masses of public land." ,:,..-v ; The ; thousands who heard . the speech at Denver and applauded it are also against those who monopo lize large masses of public land, large masses ;pf . coal, large masses of water powers, large masses of forests, large masses of oil, and by that monopoliz ation wring exorbitant profits but of those who are rendered .helpless tor resistance by the; monopoly process. The - millions who will read the speech and appland it are en rapport with Roosevelt-Pinchot conservation. It is not a plan that obstructs devel opment. - It is a plan for v making more homes and: more home owners with power to take from, the land, the forest and other resources the means of existence. It is develop ment that spreads wealth widely among the people, instead of gather ing it into a few .hands.- It is con servation not only of natural re sources, but of that greatest of all resources, the human home owner, and saving to him and the generation that" comes after htm the power tot eanfa living and' defend the nation. The war on conservation is main tained on a false Issue. '"' Men-wno have profited so enormously from non-conservation want the public as sets held open for them to exploit They, resist. the plan by 'which these tributed for the many. They raise the -cunningly devised. Issue that con servation prevents development. It is o iaise issue, in mm it uura nut prevent human development but only prevents development, and expansion of the money bags of the exploiters. II does not lessen the number of homes and places and opportunities for home building, but merely les sens vthe ease with which jthe Gug genhelms pile ' tip millions on mil lions. The country needs more country homes, more land owning units and more Independent, soft supporting citizens, worse thajl It needs Guggenheims, and wocse'than Guggenheim needs more millions, and that is the real issue in Pinchof Roosevelt conservation. , TIMELY ACTION. T HE Portland city, cornel! has voted unanimously to submit the public docks bill to the elec torate for approval or rejection. It could have done nothing less. In theory, it Is a representative. In practice, it ought to be. Its repre sentative function ought to be exer cised in behalf of the peop" In the matter of public docks, It has not been so exercised in the past. Its turn: down of the docks ordinance was misrepresentation. Its action yesterday In ordering the new docks bill submitted Is a step toward real representative government. The nearly 4,000 signatures to the initia tive petition were an expression of the electorate's aspiration for a de veloped Portland. It is a fraction of that increasing public sentiment for resistance to private monopoly of the water front. It is a part of the de mand for preparedness for the Pana ma canal and the increased Pacific commerce that is to be the product of that tremendous fact. It is in harmony with that splendid vote of j nearly 10,000. ballots for the original; docks measure against which less than 5,000 votes were cast. It was a turning by the council towaj-d govt ernment for, by and of the people. The outcome will be a verdict at the balot box in which the demand for a dock 6ystem commensurate with I tlm nmtnir crontpr Pnrtlanrl wfll he ...... - - - thundered forth In tones that will shake the city hall to Its foundations. Portland's water front must not become the private property of a sin gle corporation. The gift after, gift that has gone to the interest that has such a large holding in the-very heart of the. east side harbor line is beginning to be' understood. 'The4 citizen is eoming to understand that it is a propgs by which other great trunk lines that mr.y seek terminal facilities in Portland are being shut out. The property owner is swiftly coming re realize that the gates of the city are gradually bMng closed j to that, competition In transportation I that is tho safety valve and devel oping factor in commerce. The way M motion of taose secret and sinister docks. Let the city own and con frol that pivotal 'and strategic strip of land wlwr the ocean lines meet land, linos for intorrliar. of traffic. Lot the people through their own trusted n scats bo the arbiters be- oceanic linos and great continental railroad?, as tvi. be the case when public docks are a fixed and unalterable fact. The city council has put Itself right on ihe docks issue. And the citizens of, Portland are going to In sist that it shall remain right. There will be no more reversal of popular mandates In this - town without a prompt and vindictive rebuke by the Portland electorate. Public officials are going to be taught that they are mere agents, and that porer restB in those who foot the bills and" feed and makd ..dig great city.. , ROOSEVELT 0?T THE U. 8. , 8V , PREME COURT T HE people "of the i country will probably agree with Theodore Rooseveit in his criticism of the supreme court, great as their respect is and should be for that institution.: ,s Roosevelt's utter ance on this respect was especially notable because the pupreme court Is now: being refilled, and will have to be almost re-created by, : President Taft and his successor. . There is' a possible intimation in Roosevelt's re marks that, he does not approve of President TafOs choice of Judges so far, and that Judges to be chosen hereafter will not", he of the fight kind. On this one ground alone Roosevelt may fun, for president in 1912. ; It is really the most important thing before the country! , " , The supreme court of the United States makes law. It decides all Im portant public, questions It lsa ar biter of millions of men's fates. And it is composed of 'mere men, after all. It is very important to" the people who those men are, or rather,, what sort of men the js, are. , Rooseveit declares that certain recent decisions are "up setting democracy.". After recount ing the facts of oneof the decisions to which he objects, he says: . ''By a five to four vote they de clared the action of the state of New York, unconstitutional, because, for sooth, men must hot be deprived of their liberty " to work under unhy gienic conditions. They were, of course, themselves, powerless to make the remotest attempt to. pro vide a remedy for the wrong which undoubtedly existed and their refusal to permit action by the state did not confer any power upon the nation to act. In effect it reduced to impotence the only body which did have power, so that in this case the decision, although nominally against state rights, was really against popular rights,'aga!nst the democratic princl-! wtt1htrwn Pen,dln5 th application of r,, , v, . .iwater from irrigation projects. A. year under the forms of law." This is surely forceful criticism and will cause even the grave and rever end Judges "of the -court 'to sit Hpiand take notice. ' vl f ...Hs''' w 4' AMERICAN LAKE HERE is no question but that the work at American Lake is of value. It cost the gov ernment $75,000, but it con tributed tp the efficiency of the citi zen soldiery. A citizen soldiery schooled in the ! rudiments of tactics Is a valuable national asset. It has been the citi zen soldiery that haB fought all. the great wars of this country. Separa tion from the mother country was achieved by an army of farmers and tradesmen. The civil war, one of the greatest war tragedies of his tory, was a desperate conflict be tween armed citizens. An army of professional soldiers to do all the national fighting never was and never will be the country's policy. The standing army of the European type would be a mistake In the United States. But, as preparation for theemer gencles of national life there ought to be a citizen organization Vith some, knowledge of military funda mentals. The more efficient the citi zen militia, the. more speedy will be the realization of results In a day of emergency or a time of national peril. Our own wars In the past have been unnecessarily prolonged because of time spent in drilling vol unteers for 'service. It was to abolish such loss of time that regulars and militia were brought into contact"" at American Lake. About 2500 militiamen and an 'equal number of regulars spent a brief period In the evolutions and processes of the camp, the march and -battle. A regiment each from Montana, Idaho and Washington, and two regiments from Oregon met there for Instruction in. maneuvers and tactics. It was an activity far less costly than to attempt to main tain an armed host of professional soldiers. - The time and money spent at American Lake was in an excel lent interest, as is any other activity for having a' citizen soldiery pre pared for a day of vicissitude. NOTHING TO SAY "I HAVE nothing to say," eays foxy Sunny Jim Sherman, vice president. "I have nothing .. innvnncn.n , ,, .. . - Ellis, nominally representing tens of thousands of people. , No, they have nothing to say now. Even their poor old partisan plati tudes and persiflage , are unavaila ble now. Because the people are thinking a little more than they ever did before;" and when they think, and understand ' they will unload the Shermans and Elllses. : What the people are going to de mand and get, as public servants, TS" ElflCflro'"trtfii --men "wTi6"aareTp think and, say what they think and wbd have the capacity to think right . . ' . , , i wealth to Its owners. ImnB'lno.a column o, Sherman has nothing to say.lof black oa BpoullnB frortwo hundred Ellis has nothing to say. But tbf people are going to say something. After yesterday's bidding by Port- landers, anybody else but Duniway and Kiernan would crawl into a hole and, pull down the lid. In the presence of all those thou sands yesterday, T. R. must have had a perfectly corking time. r The Judges of the supreme court are also doubtful whether Roosevelt is sane and safe. Letters From tlic People - Lettcra to The Jonrnat ihould ta written on one ld i of th paper only and ahonld be acrom. panted by the name and edrireaa o( the -writer. The njsie will not be naed it the writer aaka that It be withheld. The Journal la not to be understood aa lmloraln the Tlewa or etatementa of correspondente. Letter abould be made a brief a j poislble. Tnoae who wish their lettere returned when not need ahould Inclose postage. . Oorreapondente are notified that letter ei ceedlng 800 worda In length mar, at the die. ere I ion of the editor, be cut down to that limit ' MTiere Is Our Rainmaker? To the Editor of The Journal I no tice, by th paperg that an attempt Is likely to be made to pray for rain Jn order to quench the flames that are destroying- our forest b. What Is Colonel Holer doing? Why not call on him? Last year when it was supposed that our cropa were likely to be Injured from drouth, he came to the rescue and through prayer brought down euch co pious showers that the farmers had to call on him and request htm to deslBt, or they would be drowned out But now that millions of dollars "Worth of tim ber and mar.y lives are being sacrificed he has not a "Word to say. Can't he stop spouting politics for a day or two and boselge the throne of grace to open the windows of heaven and cause such a downpour as shall quench the last spark of our forest fires and make tire hearts' of timber dwellers rejoice as well as the tillers of the soil? Come, Colonel, treat us all alike. Show the world the Influence you posaftas with the powers on high-and we shall give you such a- vote) that all other candidates will hide thelr heads for very shamer- FORESTER. Tke Public Domain Now, that there is so much Interest In conservation of publio resources, a brief statement of the amount of the publio domain will be of interest it comprises 731,354,081 acres, of which 368,016,038 acres are In Alaska. Host of It Is In the western part of the coun try, of course, yet considerable areas are in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The total withdrawals for conservation and other purposes, exclu sive of small tracts to be used for mili tary reservations, lighthouse stations, etc., amount to 294,000,000 acres. The withdrawn area Includes, of course, the national forests, which aggregate ap proximately 193,000,000 acres, of which 66,000 acres are in Porto Rico. Much of the publio, domain consists of mountains and arid lands unfit for cultivation. But the expectation of the government to reclaim a large area by means of irrigation Is shown by the fact that 17,000,000 acres have been ago the total srea. to which water could be supplied by the reclamation service was 889,00ft acres. rTlie figures showing the public do main in detail are as follows. A u bam a . .. . , Alaska Arizona ...... 106.220 868,016.038 42.354,438 l,t)S,364 28,614,931 . 24,716,047 497,684 28,119,803 138,239 88,952 123.03S 1,450,966 88.60K 12,600 42,900.229 2.341.686 Arkansas California' ..-... Colorado . Florida . . Idaho. .... Kansas ... Louisiana Michigan , Minnesota Mississippi Missouri . ,. ml a. . m. . Montana Vaskk '.7.7. !! Nevada 66,700,871 .New Mexico 88,812,890 isortn jjaKota Oklahoma I 1,911,057 35.687 Oregon ..(..... 18,225,694 South Dakota 5,061,966 86,896,414 3,198,645 Utah Washington Wisconsin 12,750 Wyoming 35,890,270 Total 721.854.081 The figures showing the withdrawals up to July 1, 1910, and the purposes for which they have been made, are as fol lows; . . . . -... - Acre. Coal 72,210,393 UU 4,628,t)7 Phosphate 2,694,113 Water power 1,454,499 National monuments' (approx.) 1,481,440 Game reserves 1.566.348 national zorests. unoiuaing Alaska and Porto Rico) .. .193,931.197 Reclamation (approximate).. 17,472,468 Total 294,237,155 California Oil Crazy. From "California New Gusher Era," by C. L. Edholm, In Technical World Magazine. With the gusher era, California has added to the world's wealth In her usu al generous ana spectacular manner, reminding one somewhat of the west ern millionaires of the "Scotty" type, who fling their golden largess right and left, to be scrambled for, not taking any particular pains to dodge the kodak of the newspaper man while making their splurge. ; The official estimate of the rlohes flung skyward by the oil wells of the state during 1909, has Just been given to the punuc it represents the tidy sum of thirty-two million dollars, ac cording to the report of State Min eralogist Aubrey. This Is the estimate of the value of the-year's output which amounts to more than fifty-eight mil- lon barrels. . ., , ; No wonder capitalists from the east and abroad are pricking up their ears at the sound of the roaring geysers of black, lli-smeijlng fluid, which, never theless, has such -a golden shimmer, to it when seen at the proper angle. No wonder that California , is going "oil crazy," Just as in other times it suc cumbed to the gold fever and the cor- ner-lotltls of the days of the real es tate boom.-. According to the United States Geo logical survey, jtne amount of oil re maining in the ground to be brought to the surface for the benefit of the lucky Investors, will come to about ten uiiuuii uHiiu.B. co 1 1 mi ing rears out- put, , great as it is, may be reasonably compared to the handful of gold that "Scotty throws to the bcll-hons, Stnange as it may seem, the fact that tnere is an inexnaistibie supply c-T oil will tend to raise the prices Jn the long run rather than to lower them and the explanation of this seeming paradox Is that on burners will be Installed In con Btantly. increasing numbers ' with the assurance that there will be no ; oil famine to render them useless. There fore the; owners of generous wells like the Uakevlew gusher watch its flow, of about 40,000 barrels -a day withpurt any niataot. j v - ,.-. ( ;Tho Lakevlcw is the most famous of the gushers which has brought sudden wealtli to Its owners. IniBglno. a colum COMMENT AND SMALL CHANCE Ths weather man did pretty well. There's lots of fun In hoppicking, they say. ,.-.. . f An' immense amount of fuel is wasted feeding fires, of hatred, ' tet us give Congressman Bills due credit he -has not yet gone back on Cannon. - , ., O, we guess Taft and Teddy are friends yet, all right Neither of them is a big fool. -. -i e e . - S, If Walter Wellman doesn't hurry, -,he will die of "old age before he makes a successful flight. .,. Offieial figures show that the Indians own lands valued at 1576.000.000. It Is rich, not poor, Loo now. i : , Roosevelt oould undotibtedlr carry Cheyenne if he wanted to locate there and run for mayor or sheriff. : ,: : .::--, '.e v. a y,:..-,.-: .;,..',:, --,. :-k-Bturvesant Fish Is not renorterl to have shed any - large tears over the troubles of President Harahan. ' . . .. The question. TWnat to do with our ex-presidents V has been solved. Send them to Cheyenne to ride a broncho. The woman who a-ets a man a nice breakfast should be forgiven for what ever lomes sne does the rest of the day. ' . , , V:" It is a wonder that the Illinois Central stockholders had anything left more than a right of way and a streak of rust' .,', -. "" - V: ;':.i:":: The "latest population guess for the country Is 03,000,000. Most of them are so unfortunate as not to live in Portland. -- . - ., -,;..,' , . ,.:" .0 ' )', ; ', Nick Longworth' : is still trying to save the country, but he can't keep his wife from smoking cigarettes perhaps doesn't want to. , ', An item says that a New Tork police man recently ate 1 ears of corn at 4 sitting. What -could -eat standi ng Is left to ihe Imagination. I - e e ..;". x, i Chicago Record-Herald: Owing to the recent welcome showers, It Is. again becoming necessary to use th bridges across the Mississippi river. , Hha Republican psfty can still be proud of Itself; there Is enough left to spilt It Is doubtful If this can be said or the Democratic party. , . " :,, v A New Tork bride slanoed her hus band's face because he bought her 'a norse ana ouggy instead of an automo bile. Then he was sorry he got-married. . Nick says he won't surmort Cannon. But maybe the peopje of his district won't support Nick any longer. How ever, he has plenty of money, and won't nave to. worn. There Is many a man In Los Anareies. says the. Times, who loftily tells the waiter to -Keep tne change,", but who Insists upon knowing of his wife what she did with the dime he gave her last ween. ',"''. Boston Globe: Senator Aldrich eef. taiii.v has his people almost as badly buffaloed as the Colonel once had the nation. Each man has been obliged to reiterate to tne point of chanting It, l am reany retiring.- And In each case, there are skeptics- yet.. Why don't Hofer, the rainmaker, c re duce a downpour from the heavens right now Instead of so wasting his time In explaining his peculiar virtues to the people? The people might in returs, . gratify his ; political ; aspirations in sneer grauiuae. fenaieton fcast ore gonian. Well, didn't It rain? But can the Colonel prove thai he prayed for it tne nignt oeiore: August 30 m HJstoryCleopatra o Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt was one of the most famous and fascinating fe male sovereigns of antiquity. She may also be reckoned the world's great est coquette. She captivated the great conqueror of the world, Julius Caesar; entranced the heart and the senses of the brave Maro Antony, and succeeded in beguiling the watchful Octavlus Caesar, the three greatest men of her day. Hers was the passionate poetry of con quetry. 1 Her Irresistible power lay In the ability to adapt herself to tho peculiar tastes and to the varying char acters of mankind. She studied the gratifications, the enjoyment and the caprices of her lovers, bringing , them to her in a delirium of voluptuous in- toxicatlon. In the case of her wooing of Antony appreciating his love for display, noth ing has ever equaled her effort In this respect , upon one occasion when: she went , to meet him-' When she floated over the waves of the river Cydnus her galley glowed with gold; , odors filled Us silken sails, and the loveliest girls of Egypt performed, the part of mariners. Beneath an awning on: the deck lay the queen, in the slight drap ery Tvith which painters and sculptors sometimes invest .the goddess of beauty. Silver oars struck the water to the dulcet sound , of . music, and beneath and about them sported the fair representa tives of marine deities. ' Besides her charm of person and her ability at arranging display, Plutarch says: "Her voice and words wero mar vel ously pleasant for her tongue was an Instrument of music, which ' she easily turned into any language that pleased her." .u Finally Antony suffered defeat and later utter ruin, and he blamed his re verses to Cleopatra's having betrayed him. The Egyptian queen, alarmed at his vehemence, fled -to a magnificent tomb she had built as' a; refuge near the temple of Isls," and caused a report to be spread that she , was dead. An tony, on hearing this, reproacnea nim- self for his cruel words, and throwing himself on his sword, Inflicted a mor tal wound.' He died in Cleopatra's arms, who, hearing of his rashness, caused ths dying : Roman to be conveyed to to four hundred feet high, throwing a nrav for miles about and forming a veritable lake of crude petroledm in the reservoirs. ; Tba$ sounds like a spas modic attempt to make a showing when company la expected, but when you think of a flow like that keeping up. with practically mo interruption, from the middle of March to the present writ ing, it appears to be a very lengthy spasm. Seattle. From the Spokane Inland Herald, While It Is possible that the estimates raade irt the Portland and Seattle news papers may border on the actual figures," there is no "possible way In which the Cfflcial count may be reached until : tho census bureau is ready to give but the figures. When the official announcement Is made It Is practically certain that Seattle will be disappointed, Tho city ef Elliott Bay has gone back. It is yet a great city, with rosy-promise for the future. -But Seattle's musii room growth has ceasedlhAU:ilXJ ex'Dcndinsf nimions in, making the. ad vantages possessed by I Spokane. " The regrade in Seattle cost that city thous ands of residents. - Men of small means lost their ' all ' In the assessments put upon thero that Seattle might be made NEV 7 5 IN BRIEF o;;!.:gon sidelights Hop yield around Brownsville will be big. . ' There are Creswell. ripe strawberries yet in A new town site In Crook county is named Metolus. Hillsboro Is to have a rest room1, pro vided by the county court. y,- Yamhill poultrVmen have bad an en thusiastic meeting. Good lu-k to their efforts. The crowing and cackling that thev encouraee are iovful noises in tbu land, .' . . A reach tree at the courthouse In Corvaliis shows. six, eight and 10 large peaches "rowing , so close- that they touch each other.1 The' tree Is heavily laden with fine fruit the ceaches crow ing in large groups, ; v , , The dog rtoisoner is at large again. and a toll of five 'dogs was exacted Wednesday, says the Clatskanle Chief. Prompt work saved the lives of three others which were sick, and owners of dogs are swearing vengeance on the cul prit If he Is found. '. The nrune eron In th vlclnltv of Dst. las this year Is reported to be a record- nreaser ana wm Dring a gooa price to the growers. Prune huvera are already around contracting - for the green fruit on the trees at 56 cents a bushel. . Tamhlll ' Record: : f I.arirA . arrotiria of laborers - have been passing through town during the past .10 days to work on the Carlton & Coast railroad. Sev eral fourtahorse loads of powder and dynamite Tiave been taken out to use in blasting the big timber out of the right Of way alonir the Yamhill river. Grading Is being carried on in several piuces aiong tne nnenear town. w Glendale News: The young lady who came upon Sunday to commence school at the Holmes valley schoolhouse on Monday returned to Roseburg the same evening. Her reason for declining to take the school was that she "always wanted to be where she could go to the postofflce three times a day, and the idea of a tri-weekly mail service was PPt .10 -be considered by , hr,",- . Even flowers feet it a part of thelt duty to look like Teddy-Roosevelt, say the Eugene Register, u R. F. Scott of Creswell has one that at a sHfort distance InoVR 1 1 lfM tYia nhvnlAffnrtmv Vf th. a v. Fresiaent. xne-Dioom hs been removed rom three spots on the face of the flow er so that a close likeness of the most prominent man in the union today la growing in a Creswell garden. ; . -' .'-.,...;' ' Tllllsboro Argus: N. H. Jones is car rying a 25-cent pieca which was dug out from under the old chlmnty in the house built in pioneer days on the pres ent Jake Milne farm. The coin is dated 1845. and it took a strong glass at the Shuts . bank to determine the year of coinage. The house under-Which it was found was occupied In early days by James Imbrle, an uncle of the Hillsboro imDrie coys. . Hillsboro Argus: The last two years has seen a revolution in fruitgrowing In this county and much of it is due to Hood River growers who have settled in this section, They have sold orchard lands up there for from $500 to 31000 per acre and bought down here at prices ranging from 3100 to $160 peracre, and say they are not displeased Vwlth their bargains. They give their Arees every care, and this e'ncouTages others to maxe an .errort xo produce the best Clatskanle Chief. The last ocean going log raft to leave, the Benson Lum ber company's csadie at Wallace Island this season was taken out on the haw sers Friday to stnrt for San Diego. The tug Hercules will tow it to Its destina tion. The raft contained about 6.000.000 feet of logs. After the completion of one more raft the cradle, which is now 1000 feet' long, will be lengthened 100 feet and undergo changes thatwill per mit of a larger carrying capacity.. This makes the fifteenth of these, monster cigar rafts which have been constructed here for shipment south, and -not one nas oeen tost. the, tomb, where she sought to bind up his wound, covering him with pas sionate careises. It was Octavia Caesar, whose sister Antony had Married, who caused his overthrow and utter ruin. Following nis aeatn, octavlus desired that Cleo patra should grace his triumph on his entrance Into Rome, and he further heped that, he would be able to obtain the Immense treasures of gold, emeralds, pearls, ivory and precious goods which tne queen Uiad collected in the tomb. Octavlus allowed the queen to give a magnmcent burial., to Antony's re mains, permitting her to lavish upon his ashes great masses of her most precious suyua. iu passionate sorrow or Cleo tpatra, induced her to attempt starving herBelf, but Octavlus prevented this. She fully realized that bis cold nature would be impassive against all the wiles of her witchery, and she deter mined to disappoint by suicde, Oc tavius' projected triumph. This she accomplished on August 30, 30 B. C. Paying first a long visit to the tomb of Antony and calling" on him pathetically to witness her Intended immolation through her love for him, elie had on her return. While at dinner, a basket of figs brought to hereunder the leaves of which-an asp was con cealed. She asked her maids to retirts. Upon their return, Flutarch says, "they found Cleopatra dead, lying on a bed of gold, attired in her royal robes. She was 88 years old, had reigned 22 years and governed about fourteen of them with Antonlus." ... r August 30, 1781, the French fleet ar rived in Chesapeake bay. to. help the Americans. A preliminary treaty witV England was signed at Paris In 1783, It is the date of the battle o? Plevna In 1877. August 80 is the birthday of Pedro I of .Castile (1333); Dr- David Hartley, the moral philosopher (1706); Archdeacon"- William Faley, author (1743); and 'George F, Root the well known , American composer (1820). It is the date of the death of Theodorlo the Great king of the Goths (626); Pope Alexander III (1181); Louis XI of France (1483)! Sultan Sollman II the Magnificent (1666) and Francis Bailey, the astronomer (1844). ; a city normal in contour. ' , Excessive rentals drove homeseekers to other cities and towns, in the state. As a result it is asserted that there are in Seattle today thousands of residences minus ' occupants. , . vThe first rush to Alaska made 8eattle a great city, This was not due alone to the money left in Seattle by gold seekers, but because of the advertising Seattle got .And, Seattle will continue to develop, but ; not with that celerity SO marked during the Alaskan crae and the prosperous days that followed the finding of gold in the : far northern country. . Could Have Found the Other Kind. . From the Eugene Guard. Jay.' Bowerman reports that he dis covered .much assembly sentiment in this part of the state, .Had ne been looking for it, he might have found a great' deal of another kind of senti ment,', also. '' ' - 1 you -nave ,ueen ouereu a splendid price Dlendld nrtr u.i us I'.iuiti jjmck hi pears and peaches and it will keep fcrettv busy for the balance of the season with ap ples, peaches, prunes and other f nlHs, The season looks prosperous, says the Kct'istoo . i . . . ,. , - . - TANGLEFOOT fry Miles Ovcrnolt ACUOO! AT y0U! (Interstate .Hay Fever association meets at Bethlehem, N. H.- News Item). j Presldent-M9:30 a. m.)-."Achoot Th ' beetlg will cub to order. Achoo! Arhool Members "Achoo I Achool Ar-hfcol Achoo! Achoo! Adhoo! r Achool Achool Achool Achoo!" (Continued tn ii-an President 'lAchoot Achoo!" President- (At U:56) "The. sears- tary will read the bldits of tda last beetlg. -x Achoo! Achoo!" "' ' Secretary "Achoo Achoo!"-. Members "Achoo! Achool- Achont Achool Achoo! Achool Achool" (Con tinued to 4:30). President "There belg do further bualdesg the beetig Id dow adjourd." AND STILL HB3 LIVES. . . t The Jokesmlth bad Just thought of a' new one. so he, tried it on his wife at breakfast. ... .. v . "Hear about Joe Blithers? i You know he stepped on a nail the other day and 1 now he has tho lockjaw." why, that's too bad." said his avm- ' pathetic wife. "'Yes,, it's worse than that" said the deep-dyed villain. "He has to have a burglar pick bis teeth now." Then-, receiving no applause from his wife,. the poor "Jokesmlth wont- down -into the basement and' laughed a load . of wood into kindling, B- 1 "Oh, why so coldF. wailed Samuel . Brown . To Maudie, lolling on the sand, "You usedto like me back In town."' And then he tried to hold her hand. oajro mtiuuie, i am cold, I know. And here s the answer, simple Sammy. lv5 b!tn.U out digging clams, And that, you see. has made , ma clammy." .- The Illinois Bribery Scandals. A reporter on the Chieae-a Trihlin the Journal which published the con fession of the bribe-taking state repre sentative In the Lorlmer election writes a full and very Interesting in. side story of the.Lorimer scandal in the September American Magazine. It has been stated that th prosecution and work of investigation into the bri- Dery cnarges nave accomplished little. The author of the article answers this in the following convincing way: mey nave done a great deal In Illinois, but they have not done alt The prosecution has been blocked In every attempt it has made to discover who furnished the money that corrupted the legislators. State Senator Stanton C. Pemberton, Republican, of Coles coun ty, and Representative Joseph S Clark. Lthe-tw mfr4mplldy-flo1tSTawTTn tne furniture deal, were Indicted in Sangamon county. Broderlck was In dicted there. Browne and Wilson were indicted in Cook county. White, Beck emeyer. Holtslaw and Link If one may call Link's statement a confession : haVe confessed; but not a particle of evidence on which a prosecution of the 'men higher up' could be based has been uncovered. , hIt Browne gave . $1000 to White. Beckemeyer and Link, and offered money to Meyers It Is Inconceivable that he used his own money or that these four were the only ones to receive It or be offered it Broderlck. If he gave $2600 to Holtslaw, did not take it out of his own pocket Browne did not Who furnished the money? It is as sumed: that Senator Lorlmer does not know. It Is assumed he did not. know money was useu to secure his election. It is possible to examine the list of com mercial Interests Which were ooncerned in getting an additional vote Into the United States senate, at a critical time in the passage of the tariff bill, but Buch an examination leads merely to suspicions and does hot furnish proof. VThe Chicago Tribune exhausted every effort to find a path to the busi ness offices of these unknown philan thropists, but without satisfactory discoveries.'-- f - -"""" "In one respeot the disclosures which began with the visit of the man 'who said his name was White;' to the Tribune office will have complete re sults. A chastened and renovated as sembly, wil meet . in Springfield next January. What Is not new In its compo sition will be disciplined. The people of the state are attending to that even now. . They will attend to it September 15 when the state-wide primaries are held. They will attend to it still further in the general elections in November. . "A new, clean assembly will meet to undertake, the consideration of legisla tion needed by the. state. There will be spots on it. but what Is not scoured will be scared." ; The World Wags On. A leaf fslls. but the wind blows on. A lark is mute somewhere: v Men do not miss the song that s gone. Nor know a branch. Is' bare. m A worker dies, the wheels stil' whlrf And men are grave or glad; A mother weeps, who thinks of her Or of the hope she had? , - s When Plerpont Morgan's work is done And raindrops wet his tomb. There will be triumphs to be won, " And roses still to bloom., ,i Chicago Record-Herald. ) "Tne Schoolmarm (Contributed to The Journrl by Walt Uaann, the famoua Kanaaa port. Mia prose-poema ar regnlar feature of this column 14 Tba l'a't Journal.) t The teacher In the country school, expounding lesson, sum and rule.' and teaching children how to rise to heights where lasting honor lies, deserves ( a fat and handsome wage, for she's', a, triumph of this age. , No better work than hers is done beneath the good old shining sun; she builds the future of the state; she guides the youths who will be great; she gives the , childish spirit wings, "and points the way to noble .' things, ' And we, whd d0 aJl tilings so well, and of our Vinstltoo fcjiuns" yell, reward the teacher with tv roll that brings a ,shuddor to her sotil. We . have our coin done Up ' in crates, and 'gladly; hand it to the skates who fuss around In politics and fool uywith their time-worn tricks. In congress one J cheap common Jay w'l1 ,oa' eek. and draw more pay than some tired teacher, tolling near, will ever see fn "half a year. If I was running this old land, I'd have a lot af statesmen canned, and congressmen, and folks like those. .':"',: SuZ , . snaps and pour into tho teachers' laps the wealth that now away is sinned. lor words and wiggiejsws and wind. Copyright.. 1010, by Oeorga MatUiwr Adami, .1 ..- . ..:'. ..... .: ' H