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We moralize when It is too
late; nor is there anything mora
silly than to regret. One event
make p.nother; what we antici
pate seldom occurs;- what we
least expect generally, 'happens.
Benjamin Dlsraeu.
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FRANK MR. STAFLETON
.R. STAPLETON was frank.
His speech at the Armory
Thursday night was a marvel
jof frankness. He quietly ad-
mitted that a secret conference of
Big Business lawyers took place in
the Fenton building, as charged. Ho
recounted that attorneys for the Pa
clfic States Telephone company,
Standard Oil, the Southern Pacific,
the Northern Pacific and other big
corporations were there. The "oth-
. ens" were attorneys for Wells Fargo,
,the Railway, Light & Power com
pany and other great establishments.
He admitted frankly that their busi
ness was in connection with' the se
' lection of candidates for the Judi
ciary. He freely admitted his own
connections as a corporation lawyer
' and said it would take too long a
period of time fo give then a list of
. the corporations tor which he is at
v torney. It was a straightforward ad-
- mission of facts, facts that other as
sembly leaders have attempted to
. - dispute.; He defended the action of
Lhose at the conference in the Fen
ton building and his defense was
vigorously applauded by many of the
Big Business attorneys, all of whom
were present at the Armory meet
ing. To Mr. Stapleton, the public is in
lebted for his frankness. It settles
. beyond cavil one question that has
been disputed. One secret confer
fnce of corporationlsts was held, It
was held in the Fenton building, and
Mr. Stapleton frankly stated its bus
iness. All this, the public can ac
cept as fact It is to be added to
those other secret conferences that
fixed up the assembly legislative
ticket. Nobody has denied, or will
""Jehy, that they were held, that the
-' :onferees prepared the typewritten
list; that the list was handed around
tn the county assembly after it had
ippeared in The Journal, and that
dearly all of the slated nominees
ratlftarl hv ftiA hnrlv. Mr. Sta-
pleton's frankness makes the sj1h
iion doubly interesting to the peo
ple of Multnomah county and the
ttate.
Ms, Stapleton is unquestionably
tlncere In bis belief that government
. ay this method is good.' Mr. Staple
ton undoubtedly thinks a corporation-selected
ticket' to be a better
ticket than one selected by the peo-
' pie. The other Big Business law
rers have the same view and are of
:ourse entitled to a respectful con
tideration for their opinions.
But the question is, is government
Jominated by these big interests the
best government for the great body
6 of citizens. Some of the lawyers
who attended the secret conference
In the Fenton building are trying to
beat the initiative and referendum
In the courts. They have a case now
pending in the United States su
preme court at Washington. That
Is an instance in which they are in
conflict with the views of the great
Obody of the people. The same big
' Interests are trying to beat the law
taxing telephone, telegraph and ex
press companies. They went Into
the courts, and were defeatod In the
supreme court of the state. Thev
have now appealed to the United
states supreme court, 'mat is an
other instance of conflict The law
was passea oy Oregon people ny a
vote of 70,872 with only 6360
against. That Is another Instance In
which Big Business and the citizen
body are in conflict. And there are-
many other instances. The Oregon
- Railroad commission ordered a 16
- per cent reduction In distributive
rates out of Portland on the 0. R. &
- N. That was for the benefit of the
people of Portland and the great
eastern Oregon country. But the O.
R. & N. resisted. It fought the or
der in the federal courts in Port
land. It was beaten there, and has
appealed to the United States su
preme court. These reduced rates
are resisted, though the O. R. & N
earned .nearly 130,000,000 on its
lines in Oregon In nine years. The
same road is fighting in the courts
, the order of the Oregon Railroad
. commission reducing wool rates.
It Is a conflict that is never end
ing. , It goes on all the time. The
big Interests see the situation from
their viewpoint. It is natural for
Big Business lawyers to do the best
they can for those they represent.
Rut the public will hardly agree that
It is best to let them control the
public affairs of .the'etate. It will
&e bad policy to let them overthrow
the people's right to make laws, and
reto bills. It will be bad poltey to
let them throw the election of sen-
am buck into the legislature I:
, r. ill be bad policy to lot them
. through their assembly scheme nulll
v,, the dlfect primary v : It win be
had policy to permit them, through
their secret conferences to pack the'
judkiary and the legislature. Mr.
Stapleton's f rank admission of the
facts and his strong defense of cor
poration participation In politics will
cause the people of Oregon to do a
lot of hard thinking, and probably, a
lot of hard voting. ,
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SLANDER
IT IS AN Insult to Roosevelt, to
Taft and to Hughes to hold them
up as favoring Oregon assembly
isra. When assemblyltes quote
the Cobb bill as evidence that the
three distinguished leaders are In
cahoots with Oregon assemblyism.
they slander Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Taft
and Mr. Hughes. Did Hughes try
to put the Cobb bill into effect with
out the consent of the legislature?
Does Roosevelt advise the.. Republi
cans of New York to employ the
means of nomination proposed in the
Cobb bill without the' consent of th
legislature? No, a thousand times
no. That would be unlawful. That
would be a "process that Roosevelt,
Taft and Hughes would resist.
Not so the Oregon assemblyltes.
They are attempting to put their
Cobb bill plan into effect without the
consent of the legislature. They are
attempting to carry their assembly
into Effect in spite of the fact that
the legislature refused to legalize' it
The New York legislature-"rejected
the New York Cobb bill, and Gov
ernor Hughes and his Republican fol
lowers acquiesced. The Oregon leg
islature rejected a bill proposing to
make an assembly lawful, and we
have the amazing spectacle of Seneca
Beach, Bowerman, Max Cohen and
the corporationlsts going out and
holding an assembly anyway. Gov
ernor Hughes and his followers ac
cepted the' verdict of the legislature
and bowed obedience to the . law.
They have not held anyobb bill as
sembly. They are. not going to hold
a Cobb bill assembly. They are not
advocating the . holding of a Cobb
hill assernbly. until they can . se
cure the lawful right to do so from
the constitutional authority. Theo--dore
Roosevelt Is not advising 'them
to attempt the nomination of can
didates by the Cobb bill method. He
will never give such advice. He will
say "Wait until the legislature has
made the plan lffwful before using
It."
It Is only in Oregon and only by
the Oregon assemblyltes that the
constitutional authority is defied.
After the legislature refused to le
galize their assembly, they held it
anyway. They 1 tried to get their
plan through the legislature and.
failed. They refused to submit It
to a vote of the people. They have
declined to go to the people with
their claims and accept the people's
decision. They are attempting to
govern, according to their .personal
desires outside the law and outside
the constitution. Theyjrefuse to obey
the law: the New York Republicans
refuse to act except In obedience to
the law. That, is the difference be
tween them, and that Is why It is an
Insult to Roosevelt, Taft and Hughes
to claim that they are in sympathy
with Oregon assemblylsm.
WHICH?
STATEMENT ONE was savagely
denounced by Statesman Tooze
at the Armory assembly meeting
and the assemblyites present
cheered the utterance to the echo.
Pat McArthur led the applause and
the Big Business lawyers In the au
dience smiled and clapped their
hands vigorously. They are deter-
mined to prevent the people fDTJ
choosing senator, If they can. They
are going to throw the elections back
into the legislature if possible. They
don't want a legislative candidate to
agree to let the voters select. They
want to slip some big corporatlonlst
Into the senate without the public's
knowledge or consent. They want to
pledge legislators secretly to them
selves instead of publicly through j
Statement One to the people. They
like "Statement 23," by which Dres
ser of Clackamas and all the Mult-
nnmah county candidates were bound!
hand and foot In 1901, which "State-1
mont 23" was a written pledge se
cretly made to a Multnomah county
bosB that they would vote for Mr.
Corbott for senator. The secrecy and
silence of Statement 23 Is the method
by which Big Business selects United
States senator. The open, fair, hon
crablo and public agreement of
Statement One is the- method by
which the people select senator. That
is why Big Business clanned" its
hands feverishly and shouted its
proval when Statesman Tooze de-
nounced Statement One,
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Which are
the people going to applaud, Big
Business' "Statement 23" or the peo-t
1.Kb Statement One?
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EXPRESS HATES
THE REASON why It is not until
this late day that the question
I of oxesBlve express rates has
boon brought before the inter
state commerce commission for reg
ulation and reduction is said to be
that there has been nb formal course
of procedure, until recently, by
which complaints could be heard and
dotermlned. it is over four years
since express companies engaged In
interstate business were declared Ju
dicially to be common carriers and
subject to regulation by the inter
state commerce commission, but It
was only until amendments enacted
by the last congress, and which have
but recently gone into effect that
there was a Judicial modus operandi
on which to proceed. Soon, it may
be expected, the extortions of the
The New York Journal of Commerce
remarks -that since the Heyburn
amendments to the interstate corn-
merce law of 1S96 the express com-jof jurors also, In 'this case, but it
panics have made no change In their; dors not seem possible that 12 men
. I. n .r..n a . . .11 VI .-. 1 ...1,1.
its requirements, except in a few
cases in which complaints were made
which indicates that only compulsory
proceedings would Induce them to
do so. The express business on the
railroad of the country,, it states, has
been a practical monopoly for many
years. There are several companies,
which, through agreoments with the
railroads and arrangements between
themselves have divided the Sfleld
among them and avoided competi
tion. They have been virtually free
from regulation and have conducted
their business according to their own
rules and with sole reference to their
own interests. , '
The actual Investments In this bus
iness are very small. In proportion to
th& enormous earnings. The rates
ought to be radically cut down; (but
besides that, there should be a par
cels post system, 'We will get that,
too, after some more Insurgency.
NOW FOR SCHOOL
S
CHOOL opens Monday in most
places; In some it began last
Monday; In some- country dhv
trfcts the event may occur a lit-'
tie later. But about this time some
20,000,006 American children re
sume their studies in schools of one
grade or another. These include
kindergartens, grammar schools,
high schools, and parochial and pri
vate schools; to which will go Mon
day a mighty army of 20,000,000
boys and girls, in this country.
Very important people these chil
dren are, though most of them, and
the rest of us as well, do not realize
it In them is enwrapped the-country's
hope and destiny. That they
will be more Intelligent men and wo
men than their parents, will have
more knowledge and about more
things, 13 certain. Whether they
will be really better Jn character,
whether moral and ethical progress
to correspond will also be made is
not quite so certain, but let us so
hope and believe.
There lsno brighter and more ad
mirable a contingent or portion of
this great army of American school
children than those of Portland,
some 30,000 strong; none healthier
or happier, or more capable of mak
ing advancement through study, and
in all ways. Do your best, boys
and girls, this year. The long vaca
tion time is over. Now for study.
THE "R'
MONTHS AND THE
OYSTER
T
HE FORESTS, brush lands and
orchards are donning their an
nual fall dress of crimson, scar
let yellow and gold. The
leaves are falling thickly, withered
brown and sere. It is again, already
fall.
We are well into an "r" month,
when, .bask east, the. oyster comes
into fashion again though out here
we pay little attention, in this re
gard, to the "r" months. An east
ern paper, apparently with an oys
ter appetite, whetted by long absti
nence, says: "Exposed on the half
shell, and chilled by the layer of
ice between them and the plate, they
He, tempting, Indeed, after these
long weeks since April said adieu.
They beckon us to seize ketchup bot
tle and cracker bowl. They hold
forth tantalizing promises of cock
tails and stews and frys and pan
roasts and the sometimes succulent
escalop."
We have In this region several and
varying species of these sessile mol-
husks, Ostrea lurlda; not so large
as those of Chesapeake bay, yet very
comforting to the Inner man. We
consume them even In May, June, j
July and August; but even here they
I lasie a mue ueuer, are periiaps a
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little fatter, during the "r" months
as the clothing of the trees turns
to scarlet, crimson, yellow and gold,
and Time changes Summer Into Fall
and Fall, soon hereafter, Into Win-
ter.
the radiant glories of Mistress Sum
mer, but tney nave boauties and
Blorles and a wealth of wonders of
their own. And among their nour-
ishlng If not poetic incidents, In
some parts of the country, is the
oyster.
There were two hangings at Sa
lem yesterday, proper and orderly
extreme punishments provided by
the laV, which Is based on the Bcrlp
.tural doctrine: "Whoso shoddeth
Sman's blood, by man shall his blood
m sneo. il is tne lex tationis, otn -
an-'rwlse expressed, as. an eye ior an
eye, etc. If capital punishment is
i u 4..tlnt.. t n j iin-Minm vm juiiiH lime uciurn, ana Hi-
right or Justifiable at all and weit,,ch !t )H not , whlv nm.
are not intimating here that It Is not jcruts and tariff "reformers will .repeat
it was well used In these two!wi,n .vehemence. It Is very Important
leases Roselalr brutally and foully
iiituueieu mo nuw, iui
no cause
whatever; and Harrell killed two
young men, his employers, equally
without excuse. These men were
well hanged.
. The Republican members of the ! V1"'"?, ,ann0vep1!f1,1,1 !!yrt00tB,ewJfc. u
,,, , . . will gradually be accepted by the maior-
Balllnger investigating committee do;lty 0f the Republican party.
not seem to be standing by him very - .
well. They are a majority of the jJ. P.. Morgan, King of the World,
committee, yet they do not get to-Frm the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
gether and Join in a,.xeport In his
favor. Where Is Root, for Instance?
Why doesn't he show up in Bal
Hnger's bihalf?
Lee O'Nell Browne, member of the
Illinois legislature, tried for bribing
other members to vote for Lorimer
for United States .senator, has been
acquitted by a Jury. Probably the
jurymen really had no doubt that
the' alleged transaction occurred, but
did not feel "Justified, In convicting
took a bribe and then exposed his
confederate in crime. There has
been a good deal of .talkNqf bribery
selected as jurors can have been
bought to bring in a verdict of ac
qulttal. That corrupting influences
were at work la probable, but tho
verdict cannot have been gained in
that way.
From Success Magazine.
The Socialists derflred to change all
this; their conception of government
was that It ahould be conducted for the
good of the people and not as part of the
political game. They held seriously and
consistently to the Idea of John-Wes-ley'a
motto that Emil fieidel nailed
upon the wall of his office: "Do all
the good you can 'to all the people you
can.".
. Here are things they proposed to
achieve for Milwaukee as declared In
their city's platform, says dharles; Ed
ward Kugaell In Success Magazine:
Home rule. . '"
' Public ownership of public utilities.
. A municipal terminal and municipal
wharveB;
Equal and just taxation.
Public slaughterhouses; publlo mar
kets; publle cold storage.
Publlo Improvement by the city; no
contract system. - -.
Municipal quarry;' wood and Coal
yards; Ice plant; work for the unern
ployjd.- : ;. '':;"; .
ExteneUwi of the city limits; sanitary
homes, factories and . schools; " play
grounds .for children. ,
Dispensaries; foty hospitals.
Public comfort stations. ' ..
Sewage and garbage disposal
Small parks; shade trees; the aboli
tion of sluni neighborhoods; a municipal
lodging house to abate the tramp nui
sance. School extensions; fre text books;
free concerts in the parks; social cen
ters. '
Fair treatment for all city employees;
no dismissals without public trial r
Now, most persons would agree that
these proposals are sane, reasonable and
for the public advantage. In fact, many
of them were copied into the platform
of the local Republican and Democratic
parties.
But the Socialistshaving a mandate
from the community to carry out these
improvements, found the mandate nulli
fied by the legal swaddling clothes in
which the city was bound up.
For home rule nnd the publlo owner
ship of public utilities they must be
seech the legislature. The street rail
road monopoly had a franchise for 25
years. The gas monopoly had a fran
chise forever. The administration at
tempted to build a municipal electric
lighting plant that would save money
and release the city from another
monopoly, but somebody had recourse
to the handy Injunction and the courts
made it permanent. They tried to build
a hospital for contagious diseases al
ready authorized by popular vote and
a thing most sorely needed) and were
blocked by the non-Socialistic minority
In the common council. The bond issue
required a vote of three fourths of the
council, and while the Socialists had a'
fair majority they did not have three
fourths.
The municipal terminal, municipal
wharves, public slaughter house, cold
storage plant, dispensaries, sewage dis
posal and other good things they found
to be blocked either by the charter, by
the necessity for legislative sanction or
by the condition of the city finances.
Uncle Jo or Uncle Jonah?
The ship of state rocked o'er the deep
With half the crew a-balling.
The other half would wildly weep
About the bitter sailing.
"Aha!" they cried, "at last some balm!
We finally are shown a
Good way to make the billows calm
Chuck over Uncle Jonah!"
"Jump overboard," they gently said.
"Jump while the Jumpings splendid.
Please Jump into the watery bed
Let our suspense be ended."
They fixed him up a sailor's lunch
Of biscuits and bologna
And smiled: "Sav farewell to the bunch,
Go swimming, Uncle Jonah."
They showed him how to clear the rail
And do some fancy diving.
They vowed that an enormous whale
would shortly be arriving.
But calmly still he sat and smoked,
Refusing to be thrown a
Wild sacrifice, and to be soaked
Like the historic Jonah.
The wheelsman begged, the sailors
roared.
The passengers grew frantic;
They wept: "Oi please Jump overboard!
'Tls an amusing antic."
They brought his luggage from the hold
Ann eacn negan to moan a
Request while on the good ship roiled
"Jump over. Uncle Jonah!
The whale swam hungrily beside
The rcH'klng stabbord quarter.
"Jump over. Uncle Jo." they cried,
"We really think you oner!"
But Uncle Jo seemed not to hear
Though in an aneulshed tone a
Committee warbled In his ear:
"Jump over, Uncle JonHh!"
W. I). Nesblt
The Irrepressible Conflict.
From the Boston Globe.
The nutahln feature of Mr. Roose-
'n??J?l ulJ,'
Arf(TOf. from whl,.n np WOuld"have
; shrunk some years ago, and which ho
j would have denounced in scathing terms,
. imii uia uciiiHi rfir rence 10 tariri re-
, form.
The Irrepressible conflict between an
extortionate tariff system and the
fleeced consumer has become too fierce
for the ex-presldent to ignore It. If
we were not assured that his speeches
were written before leaving Oyster Bay
we snoum naiara tne guess that the in
i - - , ,
,at that special privilege known as hlsrh
: protection
Rut wlmt he snld vesterdav was
tV.nt, .. .-.,. .. . I i . .. . i
(tarlff fetich. Henceforth high protec-
tlon, In other words the sneclal crivl
lege of taxing the people of the United
States for the benefit of the favored
frv.', will be dropped as a Republican
expedient.
The insurgent position on the tariff
, nn n os possiDie mat j, y, morgan
is king of the world?
That he Is king of the United States
Lincoln Steffens has no doubt..
In the current Issue of Everybody's
Mafiazlne this Is elaborately and con
vincingly foreshadowed, with, the tacit
admission that when, the walls' have
fallen, not only will vMr. Morgan rex
be found seated upon the throne, but
Uncle Joe will be discovered court
Jester; the boss of Tammany Hall, a
mere page to hold the ermine robes.
the vice president of the United States
,a gentleman In waiting, and Senator
AJdrlch a sort of financial underling.
nklpalltles at the meeting in Toronto
Wednesday gave out the word of alarm
that the greatest peril faefng the coun
try was not municipal corruption, or the
wheat blight, but J. P. Morgan who
Socialism in Milwaukee
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
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, SMALL CHANGE j OREGON SIDELIUUTS j
La Follette told 'em so. 'years ago.
Down goes the old standpat Burrows
also.
Certainly .the big fair will be a suc
cess.. .v." ..'.
. Roosevelt has never been a sleepy
fellow. i
- v. '
ired of course; you've been oh a
vacation. -,-,
. - ', -Pinohotlsm
U preferable to Guggen
helmlsm. .
It's fair weather for that fine fair,
after alL . . k -, , .
r .
The, Insurgency tide is. rising'' and
spreading. . .. . ,
Marjorle will make her way pretty
easily, even without feet, hereafter.
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Next week take a trip to Salem, to
the state fair. It will be better than
ever before.
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. Most of them are running tn auto
mobiles, proving their capacity to earn
or borrow money. . '
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The people will, agree cordially with
The Hague tribunal in Its reconsidera
tions that cannon be dispensed with,
particularly a certain Cannon.
Senator "W. C. Hawiey arrived last
night and will remain in the cltv for a
couple of days. Albany Herald. This
is news that Hawiey la senator. '
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; The town was scarcely eve"Y' more
wickedly and viciously "wide open"
than .now, as, any observant person can
see. It Is a reform administration. '
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The "rising young attorney" may be
quite a worthy , young man, but the
young man who raises potatoes 'or
chlclw-ns Is a more-Useful citizen, as a
rule. .... .
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A Wall street paper says "there Is
plenty of money in the west." That is
why Wall street is inclined to start a
panic; It doesn't want the money in the
west.
That 12 mile hquse still shows up
frequently In connection with reports
of automobile wrecks and Joy riders'
deaths. But possibly it Is therefore a
good rather than an evil thing,
There was probably a meteor last
SiinriAV. nil riant: hilt thA tpattmnnv nf
a good many people who were out Joy
riding: is not to oe considered as con
clusive or very reliable on the subject.
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The hobble skirt may not be the best
sort of garment for women to wear;, we
would not venture any expresslonof
opinion on that; but it Is a fine thing
for us paragraphers to make remarks
about, and we all love the wearers still.
September 10 in History
Today is the date, in 1313, of the
historic battle of Lake JSrle, in which
the gallant young naval officer, Oliver
Hazard Perry, defeated the British
under , Barclay. The battle opened at
noon and for several hours there was
an Incessant roar of artillery. Sev
eral of the English vessels directed
their fire upon the American flag
ship, and by 2 o'clock over two-thirds
of her 130 men were killed or wounded.
Perry had named his flagship Law
rence, after the brave commander
whose "dying words, "Don't give up
the ship," had become the motto ""Of
the vessel that bore his name. At
length the Lawrence seemed about to
sink, and the undaunted Perry, waving
his banner, passed In an open boat In
the face of the enemy's fire, to his next '
largest vessel, the Niagara. Presently
two of the British vessels fouled, and.
the Americans', taking advantage of this,
raked their decks with a murderous fire;
but only for 20 minutes, when the Brit
ish fleet raised the white flag and sur
rendered. Perry'a laconic dispatch to General
Harrison, "We have met the enemy and
they are ours," soon became as famous
as the Ttioble words of Lawrence, Which
he had made his .motto. The brilliant
victory transferred: the control of the
lake wholly to the Americans, rendered
the recovery of Michigan practically
easy and gave the young American com
modore an undying fame.
This brilliant action occurred during
the second year of ur second war with
Great Britain. General Harrison (after
wards president), who was put In charge
of the army of the northwest, was par
ticularly anxious to secure control of
Lake Erie, for as long as the British
held it he could make little headway in
the northwest. - .
. To Perry had been assigned the task
of securing control of the lske. He la
bored for months In preparation for the
undertaking, and finally succeeded in
getting together nine crude ships, with
armament consfsting of only 64 guns.
The crews of these vessels only num
bered. 400 mn,bu Perry drilled them
nleht and day until he felt they were
proficient enough to cope with the en-l
emy. x.
When the British commander saw the
holds In the1 hollow of his hand, accord
ing to Mr. Llghthall.jK. C, honorary
secretary of the union, the destiny of
Canadian cities.
"We re it on good authority, he
declared, "that this financial organiza
tion is bo complete that all the princi
pal franchises, water powers and great
resources generally are mapped out and
controlled by the Morgan syndicate in
New York."
The power of the Morgan house in
London Is too well known to deserve
mmnuni. If the United States, Can
ada and England, why not France, Ger
many. Russia, Japan and the FIJI
islands? If money rules the world and
Mr. Morgan rules the money, then there
would seem to be nothing mure tut a
few chapters by Mr. St mens ana a
general, acclamation!
Emerson Jmd the Washerwoman.
From the Christian Herald.
A poor washerwoman In Concord wss
seen to be hurrying her work and roll
down her sleeves considerably before
her usual hour for leaving.
Tm going out," she Informed her em
ployer, with a pleased and rather conse
quential air.
'Where are you going, Bridget?"
"To hear Mr. Emerson lecture."
"Why. he Is very deep. Bridget. Most
of us can't understand him very well."
"Oh, I don't understand him, mum,
hut I like to see him stand up there and
talk as if, he thought everybody else
was as good as he was." V
The great philosopher was absolutely
free from pride and he made his hear,
era realize- his perfect -democracy of
feeling. - '.
A similar story is ' told ' of Phillips
Brooks, another large hearted man. A
poor scrubwoman once asked htm tf he
would allow her daughter to be married
ii the chapel, "because," she said, "the
big church Is riot for the likes of me."
"Oh, yes, U is," he replied promptly.
"It is for the" likes of you and the likes
of ma and the likes of everybody."
Patriot Dicfc
From Collier's Weekly.
oeaklng.-of .,Clilo,M.Chacleg Dlok the
game warrior of, tha flowing hair and
the -gumshoe tread, visited President
Taft at Beverly to convey to. him, the
cheering Information that there was to
ba "an old fashioned Republican fight"
- More corn is being raised than ever
before a good elgn.
.
Thousands of people are In Toledo
this week attending the Lincoln county
fair.
Alice Smith, years . old. traveled
alone f ro.m Missouri to reside with an
uncle at Junction City. .
Eighteen deer and one bear were the
results of a 15 days' outing in the Ben.
Camp country by a party in Josephine
county. .
A machinery and vehicle depot and
harness shop, one of the few things that
Gold Hill tlll needs to make It first
class, ell round trading center, is now
assured, says the News.
' The carpenter's hammer Is stilt heard
In the land, and .from -all Indications
will continue to be for many months,
says the Ontario Optimist. This week
there are no less than 10 new houses
being built In Ontario, and contracts
for others are being let continually. .
The schools of Malheur county are all
preparing for Increased attendance thla
year, and the various; towns are plan
ning to provide increased facilities 'for
teaching in ways that will be of much
credit to the county, Vale Is making
a great stride this year in the addition
of a full high school course to the cur
riculum there. ' ' ,
-.
Roseburgr News: 1ss than one fifth
acre near Roseburg produced over $300
worth of .cherries this spring. One
hundred and eighty-five acres In North
Dakota produced 714' bushels of oatu
this year. Taking; out seed, the gross
nroduetlnn la about 1136 worth' of grain.
Compared on a basis of acreage, and I
value of production, if the North Da.-1
kota land is worth 140 per acre, the
Umpqua valley land is worth something
over 48000 per acre. ; If figures do not
He, some years one acre In the Umpqua
vallev Is worth more than half a sec
tion In the Mississippi valley.
A farm near Thurston, Lane county,
has been sold to California parties, or
ange growersfor $15,000, or about $200J
per acre, the deal having been maae Dy
George Fisher. Mr. Gray's place has
on it a 26 acre apple orchard Just com
mencing ' to bear. He Planted fast
growing trees to etart with, and then
grafted them himself to the varieties
he desired to raise and thus got good,
healthv trees with lots of nutrition for
the scions and they have done remark
ably well and there will be several
thousand boxes of good apples this
year. The other place sold was that
of the 60 acre farm of Squire Smith,
who lives near Irving, which was sold
for, $9000, or $150 per acre, and on
this there Is a, good orchard of five
seres. People are beginning to realize
the value of our orchards and are
ready to pay good prices for them.
Eattle of Lake Erie
accomplishment of the swarthy Ameri
can he seemed to have lost his desire to
fight, and wheeled about and fled west
ward. It took Perry a month to find
him, finally locating him at Put-In-Bay.
In the battle that followed the British
lost double the number of the Ameri
cans, and for the first time in all his
tory, an entire English squadron sur
rendered. And. best of all, the victory
was won by a flotilla of rickety, rough,
small craft manned largely by farm
boys and foresters, and led by a man
only 27 years old.
Perry sent bis famous message to
Harrison, scribbled in pencil on the
back of an old letter, and using his stiff
naval hat as a desk.
, When Perry ehif ted- his " command
from tha Lawrence to the Niagara he
did so amid a storm of shot, grape, can
ister and musket balls. The British di
rected all their available fire on the lit
tle boat. One shot shattered an oar, an
other went through the boat, but Perry
coolly took off hla uniform coat and
stuffed It In the hole to keep- the boat
afloat
A line In an old aong goes:
"He pulled off his coat and he plugged
up his boat.
And away he went sailing In fire and
smoke."
By effecting the capture of this en
tire British squadron Perry became fam
ous in a day.
On September 10. John Smith was
elected presldont of Virginia In 1608; the
in 1.755; Ellas Howe received a patent
for the first completed sewing machine
n 1846; the fugitive slave bill was
passed in 1850; and the statue to Com
modore Perry wa unvellea In Cleveland
in 1360. Today is the birthday of Nich
olas Riddle, the naval officer (1750);
John J. Crittenden, United States attor
ney general and governor of Kentucky
and artist (17im : Judge Noah, Davis
C1S18: Joseph 'Wheeler, southern sol
dler and statesman (1536); John Bris
ben Walker, editor and author (1847);
and Pmiltney Blgelow, author I M855).
the Connueror (1087); Henrietta Maria
(1669), and Dr. Thomas Bnenaan,
, .
Irish scholar (1788).
in Ohio this fall, and "an ohUfashloned
Republican victory." Just what the sen
ator meant hy "an old fashioned Repub
lican fight" may be Inferred from a
newspaper dispatch which tells of his
enthusiasm1 over the discovery In a
Beverly barber shop of two pictures
printed on advertising calenders. One
showed Lincoln addressing the soldiers;
the other the raising of the Stars and
Stripes at New Orleans. .Copies of these
stirring engravings the Ohio leader In
sisted he must have to circulate In the
campaign. Thus would he put to flight
the treasonable hosts of the Democrats,
free the slaves, save the Union and have
himself returned to the United States
senate. ' '
Thnt Man Once More.
By Wilbur D. Nesblt.
The man with, the Iridescent whis
kers sidles Into the office and Immertt- j
fttolt. einri Mft WAV 4ft th 4(.1 n h. I
shackled hireling with the frayed cuffs
and tho unafraid bald spot.
"I haven't been In for a long time,"
he says.
"It hasn't seemed long," Is the re
sponse. '
"I thought of a clever little thing you
might work up In your own way," be
glnes the man with the iridescent whis
kers. "These Ideas come to me every
now arid then, and I-tTelleve in passing
thorn along. . Whenever I can lighten
th'e task of a friend, I am always glad
to do so."
"Yes? You said you had an Idea?"
"Yes. It's a conundrum. You can fix
It up to suit yourself, but the general
style of It Is Ilka this: 'QMiat is the
difference between a man with pictures
all over him who draws a large salary
as a freak in a side show, and a huee
billboard covered with posters , about
auto hams?'' .
"One is tattooed, the other Is toot
ad."
"One is tattooed the man, you see;
and the other Is toot "
But far -over ths distant hills the
breezes were racing In the pale glow
of the twilight, and on the mountain
sides the great trees were murmuring
guage of nature, while high' in the, sky
a single cloud drifted slowly Into" the
hush. . , .-. . .. - - ,
Trains aranpw running to Brngan.
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles OverWt "-
SURE, WERE ALL CONTRARY.
He always went swimming when told to
stay out . i . . "
t He wanted to be contrary. 1
He went the wrong way when he was
in doubt ' - .
' He wanted t be contrary. J
He ate greenish apples, too sickly; for
..... ' P.161.-. 1
wnen toia to te bold, why, , he always i
He'd catch i ta'ii diseases-, but he never
did die- . i , .;
,- He wanted to be contrary. -
W'hen he grew to 'manhood he searched
for the truth,- - - s... .. r
For he wanted to be ontrarv"
He permitted his kid to act like a youth
- For he wanted te be contrary.
He told him to swim In the winter or
; . fall.
To eat unripe fruit till 'with colic 'he'd
" bawl, - . .
And he told him to swear till Jt hiing
. j like a pall .
He wanted to ba contrary.
Now, youth la unfathomable, too, at It'
best. . . ' . , v
Most all young . kids are contrary, '
They want to do things that defy every
test, v . .. . ,
Just so they can be contrary.
But somehow they manage to live Just
- ' the same,
And. each takes his place In the long
winded cama
Some die in the poor house, while other
But at that they all are contrary.
Use of America's Waste Lands.
There, are thousands of square miles
of waste lands in the Rockies that are
practically of no commercial .value as
far as food production is concerned, says
Captain Fritz Duqiiesne, In his article,
entitled "New Animals for America,", in
September "Success Magazine." - - Com
paratively Speaking, there Is little life
in them. As I write, I can, without
leng thinking, call to mind 14 animals.
au exceiieni rooa and at least two fine
beasts of burden-J-thal' would thrive and
multiply In that territory. The yak of
the Aslatlo mountains Is used exactly
for the same purpose as our own domes--tic
cattle. It beef Is as good as our
ox beef; Its milk compares favorably
with our dairy product; it Is used as a
beast of burden, for saddle and harness,
and its hair, which reaches the ground,
is In great demand among Oriental car
pet and rug makers. Its great value
to the United States would be that It
will, live above the snow line and on the
most uninvitlngprovender. The land
in this country resembling the yak's
habitat and there are thousands of
miles of It produces nothing in the way
of food now and is practically unin
habited. A companion of the yak in the, moun
tains would be the llama of South
America that lives from the plains bor
dtring the Pacific to the arid heights
of the snow-capped Andes. This Is an
animal whose wool Is splendid and very
lchg, which makes fine meat, and is
also a beast of burden. In Its home It
in packed up to one hundred pounds.
Like the yak, its habitat is absolutely
different from any domestlo beast In
the country, other animals from South
America that would live In the Rockies
are the vicuna and alpaca, both, valu
able for f pod and wool "The llama., al
puca and vicuna are of the camel fam
ily but more resemble sheep, though
from twice to three times the size of
the latter. The European chamois., fa
mous .tor- Its meat and leather, is an
other animal that could be introduced
into the mountains of the country.
C. J. Reed forCongressman.
From Colliers Weekly.
An Interesting story that was not
told during the Ballbiger Investigation
has a decided bearing on the congres
sional election in Oregon. ' a former
United States marshal' there. Charles J.
Reed, Is running as an Insurgent Re
publican candidate against Congressman
Kills. Reed was tho chief assistant
iiquuq, iio uiuvu t,iiii uiou ill l i I v.' u' i t-n i.
of Senator Fulton. Ilis untiring efforts
In the Portland Coal and Coke company
cases, as well as In other Important
prosecutions, were Invaluable to Lduls
R. Glavls In his work hi Oregon. Reed
refused to contribute to the eampnign
fund in the last presidential " election.
Balllngcr told Glavls. in Portland that
M not be reappointed because
of this failure to contribute, a proceed
ing entirely In accord with Balllnger's
Ideas of public office and publlo trust.
Mr. Reed is the kind of man demanded
In congress by the new spirit which
sweeping the country. Oregon HjJ
i at-irvi rt irAenoAiH nat nan . mnnmr in nn
U 111 HI rullvUllVUr cauu n- uvs ouw n m
give herself the honor of turning down
Mr. Ellis, and selecting Mr. Reed a
one of her representatives in Washing
ton. Cure for Virulent. Blood Poisoning.
The Rockefeller Institute has Just
announced the successful -development of
another boon to the human race, a
serum that is a positive cure for one
of the most' terrible diseases known
to the science of medicine. The serum
was discovered by Dr. Paul Ehrlich of
Frankfort, Germany, but it has been
used successfully In the Rockefeller
Institute. This disease Is one of the most
violent forma of blood poisoning, Jhat
Is known to continue into . the second
and third generation, and a cure for
which medical science has been strug
gling to obtain for more thanr flva
hundred years. "
iOosen
(Contrlhutrd to Tb Journal by Walt Maaoe.
the ffltrom Kint poet. HU proie-poemt art
refills r feature of this column U Tea Dally
journal.)
When a beggar nsks a dime, loosen opt
To refuse him Is a crime loosen; upl
When we need some money down for a
scheme to help the town, draw your
bundle from your gown loosen upl If
the hausfrau needs a hat, loosen upr If
the daughter wants a rat, loosen up.
If yoilr children have the blues 'cause
they're needing shirts and shoes, and
are shy the revenues, loosen up. When
the elders pass thp plate, loosen up;
help the church to pay the freight
loosen upr when it's time to pay your
tax. dn not s vonr trustv ax on. the
poor assessors' "backs; loosen up. If
you d. have a -happy life, loosen tip; ir
you'd have a Joyous wife, loosen up; If
you'd walk In ways f peace, finding
things as slick as grease,, loved by peo
ple and police, loosen up,, .-In the raging
winter storm, loosen up; when ,tho sum
mer days are warm, loosen up; In the
fogbank and the sleet, in the storeroom,
tn the street, blow your bundle and re
peatloosen up: When you hear a wall
4.et yaln,lnocn, up;' whrn the hnmelutt
rfolk complain, loosen, up; spread your
snining scans aoroaa; wncn you re laid
beneath the sod you can't use, your little
wad loosen Up! ; 1 -
toprrnrbt, llu, by i t . fn
Georiri Miutbew Adamt.l
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