rilC OREGON. DAILY JOU D. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTORE 101D. THE JOURNAL AJSPEPENPEXT NEWSPAPER. C. 8. Jtiso. .Ill Wish rt I'uMli'twil try Mntnf (exrpt Snnflity) end rv Somlav n.orninir at lhe Journal Build ttg ' ntb anif Xamhiil atreoti. Portland. Or. Entered at tba poatofflca at Portland. Or., ft fraiamltalw. Uiruh Ui maila aecpndsClaaa Blatter. ,, y .t .,'yy - '.'''.; V '- TELEPHONES Utn T1731 Home. A-60M. All opirtmnta reached br these number. Tell tna operator what dpr-artment yo want. fOIEIGN ADVERTISIa HEPEF.SENTATJVE. Benjamin ft Kentoor Co., Bucaswlck 2,ul'dln t2E Fifth .wne,.Kew Xork; 1007-uS Bujee liulldlng, Chicago. . ... - '" flnbeertptloo Tenni hjr moll or to eny addreaa t to United States, Canada or Mexico: : DAILY. One jreat 13.00 I Oo month .89 . , . '.. SUNDAY, ,. Oiie rta..,.....f2.50 I One month... I .23 DAILY AND SUNDAY. ; ; One rr.. 17.60 I One monta.,......! .69 3 The greatest" work has always gone hand in hand with the nwSt fervent moral purpose? -.gydney Lanier. ' -3 GEORGE E, CIUMUERtiAIN GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN Is a. citizen of Oregon. Few Eden In the history of the state have . - enjoyed a wider acquaintance. Few have been accorded, as general respect, or as universal esteenu" Few have been more ready ;td y return friendship for friendship, to " etve back esteem for esteem or have been more steadfast In the discharge of those obligations' that- man owes to man. or citizen fawes to the state. ' Such is the reputation MrJ Cham berlain has-always borne In Oregon. . It was such a measure Of general confidence that caused him to bej first elected to the governorship of the state. It was a splendid testi monial "to him that he overcame a heavy -adverse majority and secured election to the position, ;;.? Four years in the office brought him a reelection with an increased plurality, oyer one of the strongest men In the state. They ere years of an administration of which no . voice was' ever raised in criticism. No newspaper? attacked it, but all newspapers' applauded it. In two legislative Sessions, more bills were vetoed by Chamberlain than had ever been vetoed hy any other governor, and the; wisdom of his Vetoes was attested by. the fact that In, nearly every Instance the vetoes were sus tained by legislatures, overwhelming ly Republican. It was the excellence of his most "popular administration to a second term. f .i The loaning oL the school fund which had hitherto lain In banks and drawn interest that state treasurers had pocketed, the recovery, by suit, - t the state's 10 per cent ownership governors had allowed to lapse a general Reform of -the land affairs . and "a. "dcie!" other1 measures that worked for the general welfare of the stater were aUiong. the1' adminis trative acts that made Chamberlain me most, popular governor la. the - history of Oregon. , - - - His rub'llc career, at Salem result ed in .his elevation to the United States senatbrship from Oregon. He received 52,421 votes for the' posi tion, or" 1522 more than his oppo nent, a testimonial of reward by .a - people for faithful service, such as ' has been rarely seen. These facts ace all recalled by sys tematic attacks of a personal char acter that are being dally made on Senator Chamberlain by newspapers mat are righting in behalf of assem blyism. They are attacks that were cot made on Mr. .Chamberlain at any time during his official life as gov-; ernor, They are attacks that are made, ; not for any act of Mr. Chamberlain's, ' nor for any desire to reprove Mr. - Chamberlain for any failure or feult in the discharge pf his private or public duty. These attacks are due to the fact that a- faction of Republicans recent ly held assemblies in this state. They have succeeded in nominating their candidate for governor. They are bending heaven and earth to elect this candidate that they-may subse quently claim that the people' by electing him have indorsed assem blies. By some inscrutable process of reasoning tbia -candidate and his campaign managers have concluded that the. way to help Mr. Bowerman is to assail Mr. Chamberlain, not te , cause there is 'anything to assail Chamberlain for, but to wantonly as ratl, attack, belabor aud malign him in the distant hope that some aid may thereby inure to Mr. Bower man's candidacy. ... Mr. Chamberlain has manr thrm- '" sands of friends in Oregon who bo lieve implicitly in him. They are friends who are devoted to him for his sterling qualities, seen and auuwu Luinugn many years or per sonal friendship. They are friends who will resent to the number ot ... many, thousands, the wanton, un called for and malicious attacks that , are being made on him for the sole , reason and on the impossible theory . that In so;ne way or somehow or fomewhere they will be helpful to ' the' candidate, of assembly ism. ASSAILING DIVORCE .! MERICAN youth are turn A -Ing ' criminals because . Hi of Godless education.' The laxness of her divorce laws Is a" d 16 grace tA America." Such, In brief are criticisms made of American life by Cardinal Logue, the distinguished Irish prelate, in a recent interview. "Your marriages are experiments onjy. You have ap- . , . . . fit. . I...- - I A ' . . pa many pa uuriMiaa iueaoi mar- no home life. In the best eense of the word is possible. . You are.degradlng. your womanhood and making of your men Lothario?." These were among J thft- strictures 'kindly but firmly i placed ly Cardinal Logue on some Of our social institutions. . Cardinal Logue is one of the nota ble churchmen of his time. He was recently on a visit to New York city, where he attended the jubilee on the occasion of lifting the debt on St. Patrick's' church. It was at that time that though unwilling, he suf fered himself, to become one of the figures ia the great international in terviews now running in The Sunday Journal. . ' ';' .. .. ' His Interview on divorce as it will appear in tomorrow's ! Journal i,s a striking indictment of our. divorce laws. It is one of the strongest phil ippics, against laji divorce that h'as been uttered. Its analysis of the sub ject penetrates to the .fundamentals fln(i laya the subject bare in its every phase. ;.;':-!"' -L' ;. Many will differ and many agree with his contentions. He. belongB, lof. course, to a faith that is bitterly oppdsed to divorce, & fact that to a degree discounts the effect of .'his ex pressions, i His dissection of the sub ject is so masterly, however, that it will attract the attention and respect of those who . agree as well aa of those who disagree with his opinions. ' THE NEW PROTECTORATD ; HE ASSEMBLY is not the issue, bor anti-assembly; The issue Is the Integrity and preservation of the direct primary. Ore- gonian. - . Think of the. Oregonlan as a pre server and defender ot the "integ rity of the direct primary 1" Foi one moment, contemplate it as a fond guardian, " shielding that law from attack! Imagine it. as the special custodian tenderly watching over the direct primary an seeing 'that the integrity of the direct primary is not ruthlessly violkted, by the anti assembly fortes! Think of the Oregonian as a fond, and affectionate protector ot the di rect primary and then read what it said but yesterday! Here it is: : "Republicans of Oregon intend to repudiate Statement. One. They" In-, tend to suggest. in assembly or con vention candidates for the primary, and will put the knife into each and alP who declare for' Statement One. And if men of this class obtain nom inations, every effort will be made to' defeat every one ot them." , . Such was the way the Oregonian discussed the direct primary yester day. Until Assemblyite ,.Bowerman got the . nomination for governor, "every effort" was to be "made to defeat every" Statement One direct primary candidate. What low brows Indeed must the Oregonian believe people to be when it tries now to pose as friend and protector of the "Integrity" of the direct primary. And, think ot havlato elect Bow erman in order toVrfeserve theiirect primary." Bdwennan is the brigadier of assemblylsm. He . went In with Beach, Cohen, . Lockwood and -corralled the delegates beforehand. He went , at it In the old .convention .wax, only vorse. He got delegate chosen for himself in pertiaps 25 'counties without a single. Republican outside of the delegates themselves knowing a thfng about it It was the boldest game' of brace politics of ' the old kind ever played in Oregon. It' was worse than. the; wprst of vile con ventionlsm. Think of Mr. Bowerman aa the fatherly custodian ot the direct pri mary. Think ot him as throwing his protecting arnis around it and shield- Ing it from thonslaughts of wicked anti-assembly persons. Think of this king of the assemblyltes, this field marshal of machine politics weeping salted tears lest harm may come to the direct primary. Three days ago, Mr. Bowerman's campaign committee called hjm In for consultation. A resolution was pending before the committee, de claring for the direct primary, for Statement One, and against assem blies. What was done with that res oIutldh?Was it adopted as It should have been? No. After counselling with Mr. Bowerman, it was rejected by the committee, and Mr. Bower man by that act Is before the voters of Oregon asking to be elected gov ernor and plastered all over him Is the record of the rejection of that resolution, a resolution declaring for the direct primary and against as semblies. What a nice, fond, loving guar dian of the direct primary Mr. Bow erman would be. ' What a devoted pair of protectors and preservers Mr. Bowerman and the Oregonian would lie. What ajplendld pair of protec tors a-. couple of gray wolves would bo for a band of spring lambs. THEIR WATER QUEST T HE TROUBLES that have over taken the people of Hood River In the efforts to put In a water plant are to be regretted. Their attempt, to secure the best possible water supply is most commendahle. It Is both enterprise and -sagacity Since we have learned what pure wa ter means to' health and human life, we are all ready to applaud any city that seeks to secure a Water supply that is above suspicion. Hence', the sympathy that is naturally felt for Hood River, or any other city that meets with " obstacles In the quest. . ' All experience and all knowledge attest the value of pure water. For any city not to seek It, Is io throw humani life in, the balances against dollars.' Portland1 with its reduced death rato as aresult Of Bull Run water Is a case of proof and there are many blherB. . ., t . The unfavorable Condition , of the bond market has been a -serious handicaD to Hood River's 'efforts. At- tempt, to float city water' bonds on a 4 per' cent basis failed, as did a similar attempt on a 5 per cent basis. Bonds bearing 6 per cent interest were finally resorted to and even this' alternative r La3 resulted In a resort to the courts with the city as defendant In" an Injunction proceed lS.r : "..''' v' i As to the merits, or the pending issue these remarks have no appli cation. The point is, that Hood Riv er wants the best water, should, have the best water, deserves the best wa ter and the public will be glad when all difficulties in the. way of it shall have been removed. NEW YORK POLITICS UJ2 INDEPENDENCE league of New York seems to have . got awayjtrom MrJIearst in his bsenca. "There is not very much of it, anyway, except.whon Mr. Hearst Is a candidate. The Republi can party in, New'.Yprk is in desper ate straights, and needed the help of Mr, Hearst and his league, but while he was willing to aid the Roosevelt party, most of the xest of the leag uers seem disinclined, to follow; so the result is still doubtful. '' Mr. Roosevelt ' has 'apparently picked out .an admirable candidate for go'vernbr, a clean, strong, capa ble , man, and no harm would be done if he should be elected, as he may be; but that would signify no indorsement of Aldrlchlsm and Can nonism, and the weeding out of dis reputable o incapable Republican congressmen would go on, just the same. . ' ,;-.'..":" . THE VALUE OF A FREE PORT t- I T IS FAR from enough that cham . hers of commerce, ehipowning ; and seagoing men, heads of man ufacturing and commercial houses, importers and exporters do ing business In, this city, and the few men of leisure who have studied' the. subject, should be ready to vote, were It even as one man, in " favor of public, and against railroad own ership, and control, ot the Port of, Portland, their votes count, but only as units, when . ballots are dropped into the boxes, t The solid rank and file of the citizens, in their thousands,- will determine the issue.' Can it bo made so plain to them that he who runs may readf It is as free porta' that the great maritime cities of the world have grown and are growing still. Their records have been freely open to in? quirers and tell the same tale.' Glasgow, Newcastle on Tyne, Liv erpool, Bristol, Swansea, Hull, Car diff, answer for Great Britain. Port Adelaide for South Australia, Auck land for New Zealand, Bremen and Hamburg tor Germany. And this list mentions but a few. ' Six of them answer o ouf .conditiqnljin ' that riv ers have had t6"be deperiedcleared,. canalized, embanked. The others, placed on, ocean or estuary shores, escape these, necessities, but have natural advaages as protected and fresh water harbors. ?! In every case but one, that is Hn.ll,' the third port in Great Britain the harbors are managed by harbor boards on which ,tjle corporations of the city the chambers of commerce, shipowners and users of the port are all represented. Their service is uni formly unpaid, and a seat on the har- ! bor board is held as an honor. The sums expended range from fifty mll- linn lnllnra to flvA- hnr tb ppnnrtn fegree ,Q twQ facts; F,rgt money fo th lrnnroVfimpnt(1 ,9 Aaanv fonnfl at rates of 4 or 4 per cent. Second; the returns are, without a single ex ception, progressive, and suffice, af ter payment of interest,, current working and maintenance, to' yield a yearly surplus towards redemption of the bonds, or for extensions or re newals of the harbor works. The yearly Increase from harbor dues demonstrates the corresponding growth of the commerce of the port. And this Increase is, in " various in stances, maintained . though harbor dues are reduced. Some of our doubting Thomases may object that the cases cited are of ports and cities centuries old, giv ing ingress and egress for crow'ded populations in both town and coun try, offering no safe and Bane exam ple for us. Let us then find room for a short analysis of the figures from Auckland,. New Zealand. The comparison is in that case all in Portland s favor. Auckland is the chief port in New Zealand. Her harr bor Improvement was begun in 1874, with the proceeds of a loan of $75.0,. 000, taken at 6 per cent Interest. Of this f303,500 remained due on Jan uary . 1, 1906. Subsequent" loans amounted to $265 ft, 000, but the in terest on each fell to the level of iVz per cent On a last loan of $500,000 Jn 1906-7 only 4 per cent was paid. This sum was borrowed to replace with reinforced concrete original timber structures. The .prop erty In the hands of the harbor board waB officially and in minute detail examined and valued at the end of 1905. The result is reported to be an excess value of $1,919,505 on January 1, 1906, after deducting all loans and other liabilities. But the growth of net revenue is shown to be fro,m' $63,490 In 1872, in the early;, days of Auckland, to $383,980; for 1905, towards which sum harbor dues contributed $191,- 970. Value of imports-through' Auck land harbor Is given for 1905 as $15,- 733,350; of exports. $13,217,475, The returns of shipping are for 1905, 4290 steam vessels tonnage, 1,24 p, 525; 2345 sailing vessels, tonnage 129,556 arriving, and 4284 steam .Ky.snla. toacagftJCUtAVaad-JUia sailing -vessels, tonnage 1415,473 de parting .; We repeat, the growth of total harbor dues in each year is a sate and certain indication of the de- velopment, not only of .-the port lt self, but of the city and wide dis trict served.- Is not this an example to bo noted? Compare with thesa figures those given for shipping in and out of the Port of Portland fpr 1909: Vessels entered 785, tonnage 867,633; cleared 777, tonnage, 863, 857; " The average tonnage of the 6hips,' 1108 contrasts with the Auckland, N. Z., average of,' only 212 2-3, so showing the radical dif ference in the traffic of the , two ports: It seems a safe deduction that the wonderful growth of the Now Zealand port cannot ,be reasonably expected to continue at past rates, but the growth Of the Port of Port land has only begun. . !: .. Figures are dull reading, it is true) but often bring, to light truth that can be made publio property in no other way. In the present case they show" by example and analogy the benefits ' Portland and Oregon : at large may confidently expect from the improvement of the port with funds to be supplied by the publio at cheap rates, and handled by a pub lie body representing, hot a single financial Interest but this city and state, and citizens of. bpth, In this and future generations. ' The obverse of the shield, depict ing the Inevitable, results ot the oppo site policy, is another story. , Letters From the People Boost for Good Roads." Foster, Or, Oct 7. To the Editor of The JournalIn a recent editorial you say: "If there Is any reason why Ore gon should not raise all the hogs needed for consumption In the state, w would like to know It'.' Of course you did not expect an answer, bflt I am going to give our reason why we raise 10 In stead of 60 hogs. ' -, ' ' .'..'.;.' . "; . - . . -' The breed of "hogs In this part of Ore gon belongs to the scrubs. It takes much feed to make a hog ot that kind, and you haven't much hog after all. l have watched ; The Journal advertising col umns and the fair awards in hopes of seeing, the name ot; an owner of , real Poland China hogs, vut Yalled to find, what I wanted. Hoga must be marketed In:' the winter, and the roads are .atro cious and It Is expensive to take a load of hogs one day and be forced, to spend the night and come home next day. Aa yet there has not been found any rea sonably cheap feed for hogs. Wheat In this part of Oregon does not yield to perfection, and at tl per bushel there la too little profit in hogs, counting the other expenses. Another thing: Many of us. own small farms, surrounded by road land, we have waited and hoped that when.lt did come on the market we could round out our possessions Into hog farms, but our, hopes were vain. A road land quarter adjoining us, no tim ber, perhaps 29 acres of good land scat tered here and there, not 20 In a body on the whole quarter, the rest hills and hollows, rocks and gravel, and - they won't listen to less than 25 per acre for the, quarter, so we must remain small farmers. , That quarter would make hog pasture, and that la about all, but "It cannot. was," as Artemus Ward would put it , But remember, that miserable roads and A PQor kind of bog that are to& long la maturing, and a hard kind to fatten, . are a great drawback to hog raisers. . HEADER. i Y. SL OV A. Room Rents. , Portland, Oct 7. To the Editor of The Journal The letter Of protest against the raise n room rent with about 150 Signatures, has been made to the presi dent and board of directors of the fort- land Y. M. C. A.. If It receives the proper consideration .'It cannot fall to have the effect of bringing the rents down to the old rates. The dormitory was making money at the former rates, and there was no good reason for having the rates Increased except that of a private corporation which is In the busi ness for all the money that can be got out of it. The policy of those in con trol seems to be identical with that of a trust hotel, charging all the traffic will bear. The Mills hotels In New York city are an exception to the ordinary hotel. They are charging rents lower than the for mer rates at the Y. M. C. A and have just as good accommodations,, and. are also fireproof and . conveniently located. The present rates at the Y. M. ,C. A. make It .Impossible for a young man Just starting out on his own resources to live there. There are only a few rooms in the building as low as $12, and they are Inside rooms and not large, enough for two, so that even If two men share their room they will have to pay at least $10. Most of the rooms rent for over $16. Now take a man just starting out mak ing say 145 a month. Ills room we will say Is $10; association dues $1, meals $20, car fare $3, only leaving $11 a month for clothing and Incidentals, with no show for any saving or amusement Speaking for myself I wouldn't have thought of paying $10 a month for a room when receiving $7fr a month. I tried to cut my board and room down to $20 a month. I very seldom paid more than $8 or $7 for a room, and had. no roommate either. ' Now the Portland T. Mi C. A.' pre sumably erected its dormitory to ac commodate young men who are Just starting out to make their own living, aS well as those who are making fair salaries. The present rates makes the association- fall of Its purpose, as t drives out tlie Very class. ot young men whom It was supposed to help. ' JUSTICE. v As to War Veterans. , .; ' Freewater, Or., Oct 8. To the Editor of The Journal Please give, this space in your paper andf oblige ah old friend and subscriber to all old Indian war vet erans. Boys, don't vote for any "man for any candidate for congress of the legislature who. won't egree.to work to tho placing of all Indian war veterans on the sam level With all old .soldiers, both as to pensions and as soldiers of the Grand Army. W blazed the road for the rest of th people to settle this grand state of Oregon. Hence we should have' some recognition by the govern ment . . JAMES N. W. BELIEU, . y " -The-Initiative Measures. : From the Rogue River Courier. The Initiative is'ono of the most Pow erful weapons that the people hav for achieving their wishes. That, with the referendum, makes It possible for , the people to secure any law they wish.' There has been much intemperate criticism1 of these ' two progressive measures. Reactionary Irreconcilable, like the Oregonian, are constantly pro claiming that no one ,can understand in telligently all of the $2 ineasures that will be voted upon at the general elec tton. 1 -" 11 1 . '.'"; ' . '' ,; . " With these great privileges that the people 'of Oregon have there is Imposed the obligation to , study the measures so that they may come to an intelligent uiwlttrstandlna: oi tham, ' - i COMMENT AND fiMALL CHANGE October isn't so bad, after all. Many" people are laughing at "party." ! ; Roosevelt la always ready to be hur rahed for. 1 , - .'. , ' : Bowerman seems able to hire a "liter ary cuss." . ... .. , e e . , Make assemblylsm odious by beating its nominees. .. Hop growers are not going to get very rloli this year. . . Ballinger appears' to : be resigned, though he hasn't ; ' . e. e v It won't take many men to man an aerial battleship. , - . . , e . e.,; , ' It's well for the rest of us fellows that farmers work. EeffiS nominees don't have to spend a cent or even look Pleasant The, Pacific Northwest Is getting a great and deserved apple record. ; About 40,009 Oregon voters should register yet this fall. Really, It Is a duty. ' ' e ' The excellent work of subdividing big Orejgol "' t0,n,r on ,n U B,irt9 , ' ' TJncle Joe is keeping pretty quiet these days. He may not be absolutely sure of reelection. . - . i . . ; e . : , Roosevelt' would have , jnad a, rip roaring evangelist, -if he had taken a notion that, way. , ' j :: "',;'.,- '0 ::':,..-::;:. BtimSon appears to be very oredlt nble candidate for governor of New York, but he has a hard fight on his hands, .:: : . i . Curious; & paper supporting Ha wjey and at the same time fighting nearly everything that Hawley stands for and voted for. .., . A California woman aged 81 years has Just entered the state university as a student Shrovidently believes that one Is never too old to learn. State Insane Asylum One of the Questions Which Eastern Oregon will be given a branch of the' state- insane aslum if the people In - November give approval to a bill submitted to their vote by the last legislature.- It (a the first application of the -constitutional amendment adopted two years ago whereby the location of state Institutions in cities other than Salem was authorized, : ; Astern Oregon comprises a large ter ritory, and members of the legislature from that nd of the state united In a call for a branch of the state asylum. The legislature responded, but attached to the bill a proviso, that the people of the state should first . give their sanc tion at the election of 1910. . . The proposed law does not definitely fix the location of the institution, but requires it to be, within five miles of either Baker City, Pendleton or Union. The final selection is to be made by the trustees of the asylum, the governor, secretary of state , and state treasurer, within .60 days after the act becomes a law. V 4 For the purchase of a site and the construction of the necessary buildings the bill appropriates $200.t)00, or so much, thereof - as may be noceBsary This, appropriation also covers the pay ment of all salaries and expenses of the new asylum to January, 1919. -, , Mart Accommodate 60Q Patients. - It is provided that the eastern Oregon state hospital, as the new Institution Is called, shall be built to accommodate not less than 600 patients and planned with a view to enlargement when needed. The board of trustees is au thorized to employ an architect to draw the plans and supervise the work under the direction ot the board, the board to receive all bids and let the contracts, The board Is also empowered to select a superintendent and the necessary corps of physicians and attendants upon the completion of the buildings. Another feature of the proposed law Is the removal from the Salem asylum to the-,. Institution of such proportion of the patients as the board shall deem ad visable, the selection of the Insane per sons to be ramoved being the dutv of the superintendent of the Salem Insti tution. . Proponents of this measure urge sev eral arguments in behalf of a branch asylum. It Is imperative that the old asylum shall be enlarged or a new one built, within a Bhort time, as the, asylum has baTely kept up with the demand for room and some of the wards are almost always filled beyond capacity. Arguments for the Measure. Instead of building an addition at October 8 in History On Sunday, October 8, 1871, there broke out a fire in Chicago which raged for several days and is unparalleled In the histpry of the world for a similar conflagration. The fire originated in a Bmall fram structure in the rear of 137 DeKoven street, which was uaed ,as a cow stable. "It was discovered about half past 9 o'clock In the evening by a policeman, -when it was very small, , and who, hoping to extinguish It without sounding an alarm, set himself at work to do so a fatal miscalculation, as the result sopn proved. " A strong south westerly wind was blowing 1 the time; no rain had fallen for several week previous, and consequently all combus tible matter was preparea xor reaay Ignition. Chicago was, at that time, a .cusj or wood, with th exception or theDuslness center. " The start of the fire is said to have been caused through the acci dental upsetting of a kerosene lamp while Mrs. O'Leary was engaged in milk ing a cow. This barn stood In a region composed' mostly of shanties and the fire spread rapidly, very soon crossing the river to the south side, and fasten ing on . that portion of the city which contained nearly all the leading business houses. Some buildings were blown up with gunpowder to prevent Its spreading, and which, In connection with the strong southwest galet prevented , the extension of the flames in the south. The fire swept on Monday steadily to the north, including everything f rom! the take to the south branch, and then crossed to the north side, and taking in everything from the lake to the north branch, it burned northward for a distance of three miles, where it died out at the city limits, when there was nothing more to buin.i The total 1 area of; the land . burned over was 2100 aores. Nearly . 30,000 buildings were oonsumed; 100,000 people were rendered homeless; 200 lives 'were lost and th grand ttal ot value de stroyed, Is estimated at $200,000,000. Of this' vtst sum nearly one half was covered by Insurance, but under the tre mendous losses many of the insurance companies were forced to th wall, and H.I.K) IrttA llmildntlrin "and fh victims! of -ree5ftnagratmnf efiWere about one fifth of their aggregate losses. -If the great fir was an advent with out parallel In Its dimensional and the magnitude or lis aire results, the char lty which followed ltywas equally an' "1 NEWS IN BRIEF ORE COX' SIDELIGHTS Crops better every year In Oregon. Hazing: at the state university seems to be of fectually abolished. Not only is hay.lne done away with, but also largely the desire for hazing, reports the. Eugene liegister. - . - The 26.000 trout fry that were re cently received from the government from a Washington hatchery, were taken to Lost creek Monday by Guy Winfrey of Kompp Brothers' barn and carefully put into that stream, relates the Med ford Tribune. There were a number of dead onesin the cases, but the most of them struck out for themselves, and In a few years our sportsmen will be feed ing on them. ! ; v t . .:-,;: . :. , . v.;- During the storm on Sunday night a scow loaded with wood that was lying at the KnapDton mill wharf was swamped and about 40 cords of wood were lost-l says the Astoria Budget. The1 scow hart been loaded preparatory to towing It to Brookfield. Owing to the force of the wind the water along the north shore of the river was very rough and a raft of logs. In the Brtx Logging company's boom waa broken up by the swlfters parting, but all of the logs were saved. ---m. .'-,;'. A. man's club of ' the J Presbyterian church of Medford has bfn organized. Magazines of the best character will ba kept on file and any man or boy can go any evening and enjoy, the hospitality 0f the club. Later on It Is proposed to put in games and writing faculties. The room will be kept comfortable, and it Is hoped that a goodly number of the young .men will take advantage of the opportunity to associate' with good com pany and read good literature, reports the Mall-Tribune. , . ' v i-yv'.-' - ':::'.. - The loss Is not nearly as great as waa first reported, as much of th. timber that was .reported dead is not dead but will continue to grow, says an optimistic stats exchange. For -Instance, there Is one. claim which will cruise 10,000,000 feet which was reported entirely killed. The cruisers say the loss will only be 400,000 feet- and many other claims will show an inconsiderable loss. The real loss Is thought to be batween 40,000,000 and 60,000,000 feot instead of 100,000,000 aa was first reported, and this is not real loss, for It will be logged off in a few years and much of It saved. in Eastern Oregon Voter's Must Decide Nov. 8. Salem; it is argued, a new building in another part of the state is deslrabl. as the. first cost would be little more and there would be a saving in mlleagu and expenses of attendants, who have to travel irom (Salem to remote parts of theT state for their patients. . Another argument, for an asylsm in eastern Oregon Is that many- of the patients would b benefited by a charge of climate. The dry climate of eastern Oregon, similar In many respects" to Colorado, would have a favorable ef-' feet on many of - the patients, it Is urged. As matters now stand there is only one piaffe to send an Insane per son. ; ' .. The Pendleton Commercial club, the Union Commercial club and the Baker Commercial '. club, representing the cities In one or the other of which the branch asylum would be located, have Joined In an argument lrf favor of the bill submitted to the people and appeal .to the voters of western Oregon to give support pointing out that eas ern Oregon's legislators . have never been, grudging in loyalty to western Ore gon Institutions. '"""''"7' " ;$r.4 1. Objeotioas. to the' Slaa,,,. ; Opposition to the eastern Oregon asylum proposal is, not organized and rests principally upon the theory that state Institutions should remain central ized. It is contended in this behalf that one corps of physicians and at tendants, organized under on Buperin- tendentf will do wetter work and work more economically than a double set of officers. New wings can be added to the old asylum, it Is argued, as they are needed, without the expense of purchas ing new grounds and making the Im provements required by a new site. There are now about 1S00 patients at the asylum, with a steady increase In the number each year with the growing population. The , last biennial report afcUia secretary or state shows the cost of-the institution (all purposes) is about $500,000 yearly. At the last session of the legislature a new central heating plant was ordered, taking the place of the antiquated methods of heating -in use. It has ieen about eight years Blnce the last wing was added to the old building.;. y .' :,.:;y Oregon's neighbor states have , more than on asylum, and. the example of others Is also pointed to by the advo cates of the measure as illustrating what Oregon should do. California has six asylums, located Iri different parts of the state, Washington has two and Idaho has two. - " . r 'Tlie Great Chicago Fire rivalled in its extent All the civilised world appeared to Instantly appreciate the calamity. Food, clothing, supplies U or every kind, money, messages of sym pathy, etc.; began pouring in at once m a stream that appeared endless and bottomless, j It was believed by many that the fire had forever blotted out Chicago from the list of great American cities, but tne spirit or ner people was undaunted by calamity, and; encouraged by . the generous sympathy and help from all quarters, they set at work at once to repair their almost ruined fortunes, and the city came up from, its ruins far more palatial, splendid, strong and Im perishable than before, and is today the second largest city In the opuntry. In one sense, the fire was. a benefit Its Consequence. was a class of struc tures far. better than before. Thousands. of the people lh the burned district fled far out on the prairie, but Other , thousands, lees fortunate, were hemmed in before they could reach the oountry, and were driven to the sands, a grtiup of beach hillocks fronting on Lake Michigan. . These ' had been cov ered with rescued merchandise and fur niture. The flames fell fiercely upon the heaps of goods, and, the miserable refugees were-driven Into the black waves, where they . Btood neck deep In chilling , water, scourged by sheets of sparks and blowing sand. When Tues day, October 10, dawned, Chicago had passed through the greStost and most disastrous .conflagration on record. The burning of Moscow in 1812 caused a lobe of $150,000,000. The great fire of London In 166 1 devastated a tract of 86 acres and destroyed 13, 000' dwellings, but that of Chicago swept over 2100 acres and burned close to 20,000 dwellings. The area consumed contained about 73 miles of streets, - On October 8 the. treaty between the Unlfed States and Holland was signed in 1782. Today Is the birthday of Jdhn Clarke, "father, of American Baptists'" (1609); Dr. John Hoadley, the English dramatist (1711) George Abernethy. Oregon pioneer (1807); John H.'Reagan, postmaster general of th .Confederacy i ei e TnVit, trat, ".-,'..,... ' "noise of th lev (1II2SV. and Kflirftr W RnUn tha on. thor (1858. Today 1 the data' of the death of Flenzl, the Roman 'tribune (1864); Sir Richard' Blackmore,' the poet (172S): and John Hancock (1733). . ' l'i'" ' -"--1 TANGLEFOOT ; By Miles OverlioU THE SADPKST WOFwPS. ' Well, so Inns, folks; It's me tor play; I'm going bauk to yesterday To- yesterday and the day before, hack, to the Was a few davs mmi. Hcclc to the .woods for a wetok of rst, From the dally grind and the so-called ' - -'jest , '4 I know you're sad, but-sadder yet I this: I'm coming back you bet! ' . ' A NIFTY LITTLE PUZZLF. (An algebra for the best solution.) Algie was a burro . - ' : , And he brayed around all day; In barn or In the furrow, You. could hear x plus y, etc. - ' . . ... i . t.if " " SCIENCE NOTE. , If all the people who are at this mo- - me nt thinking of purchasing a. new hat ,f wcutd concentrate their . minds ' they '. eould move .Mount McKinley to' eight, miles south of Houstonr-TenaSi - AMUSEMENTS FOR A RAINT PAY' ; Imagine yourself a pair of dumb bells and ' run yourself through - wringer. ; " . T .. . " Ih vaudeville a baseball team Composed of dogs brought -forth ' scream.- .''-,? -v-1" " i. I'hA-i Yiwno . salA" "ThAiiA Antrm of . mine Are rightly named they're my K nine." '-" CURB FOR GROUCH. ' Ed. Tanglefoot; I gotta cure for grouch. Idea Is to go put .in the fastness (meaning slow- ; ness) of the' mountains , and camp out!-? Cure IS, you'll, soon become so disgusted ' with evervthlnir that when vou-'get back; v the bad thlngs'll look good. I JuBt got ' back "and the first thing I did was to give the bad boy next, door, who breaks , my windows -on the off side of ' th house, a quarter. , OUS T. j. ,:;.,.; Industrial Water Supply.' ' From, the Iron Trade Review., ' The government census figures now, being published from ay to , day ar g surprising 'even usually welt Informed,,, students : Of municipal; progress. if yTb; wonderful : growth of communities , in the last 10 years has astonished, the. .. countny. Even the 'casuaU observer,? however, has been impressed by . th fact that the most amazing -Jnoreas has been recorded by industrial com munltles, those In which mahufactur Ing has been the chief occupation at the - people. Those industrial ..jetties : have shown the mpst progress,.; from. the standpoint of th census , taker, which have encouraged their industries, hav made them fit places for worklrtg-Vj men to live and rear their families.,, havey furnished manufacturers every t reasonable inducement to locate , their ; works or to enlarge the plants already"1 established. These are some o.f the un doubted, msons , for the wonderful;,, growth ot the city of Cleveland; 1. e.. It 4 Is a good place tor worklngmen to live, hence there are skilled workmen in alt ; lines to be found here; and It is, there- fore, a good place .to manufacture; be-;; cause skilled men are to. be .haJ.- ex- . cellent shipping facilities are to be cnT Joyed, and lastly, there Is an adequate f water supply ready St hand. The same, , reasons apply to other cities , along, thi r great jaKes. i a This question of an adequate, jsupply f oi waior ior inuusirim jiuipuoe i -nuv f engrossing the attention of manufaeV turlng communities both east and, west, north and south. Cities are ' waking s up to the fact that, While their growth and progress depend upon the success,, and consequent growth of their lndus-rj tries, so, conversely, the growth: of jj these industries must braided by. th. community itself. An ample supply of wa'ter Is demanded by. every industry -worthy the name, even if It be , noth- Ing more than a saw milt - The,trf , roendous daily supply actually demand-. ed by a modern steof plant, with it. various merchant mill ' adjuncts, Is as-.-tonishlng to the layman. . Assembly Was Packed. From the Albany Democrat Former Senator C. W. Hodson, of Portland, In a communication to The . Oregon Journal, tells how the cherished ' and lamented "assembly" was "paoked" for BOwerraan by enemies of th direct primary law. He says: ia f'The assembly also came In for a great' deal of criticism. When it was first announced there would be an open and free onvention, ;many ot us who) had fought the good fight of years ag to overthrow the system which made of fice holding In Oregon a matter of per-? sonai favor on th part or the man in control of the ""party machinery, , were1, induced to participate. It became ap-y parent before the work was completed,1 howeve, that delegations had been so-' llcjted and secured prior to the opening-; and that candidates who Intended plac ing their names before the open meet Ing had absolutely no show of win-,.. nlng an lndonsement I do not say first class men were not chosen In each liW stance., but the method , smacked toA Strongly of the old System.- So, Instead of being a help to those securing Ite in-r-dorsemenfthe assembly really acted as. a handicap. , No assembly can ever again succeed i which brings in delegations pledged In advance. ' That practical poll ltlclans will ever consent to the holding of a convention of unpledged members seems now beyond possibility s V '-. Yet Bowerman, leader, master and; packer of the repudiated assembly, comes before the , people and asks an Indorsement of the assembly and- Its methods, and its purposes, by his own election as governor. .- r . Encouraging for West. Th nomination Of Jav ynftwarmnn 'l looks extremely encouraging for the Democrats to elect a governor inQregon this yeaf. TJswald 'West is'the candi date on the Democratlo Bide,' and there ' appears to1 be no obstacle to- him an nexing the Insurgent Republioan vote to hi party, which could thus eastly-wia over Bowerman. (Contributed to The Joaroitt br Walt Maeon. the fsmoui wnii poet. .Uii prose-pocmi tr 4 regular tetffur ot thla column x Ih Dill Journal.) . ' , Some man Is always before the crowd, the nation's hero, of whom we're proud t We . yell and dance when we hear his name, we swear he's gathered immortal fame; we find his picture on every page when the papers com to our hermitage. ' end our heads swell up for a' half a mile if the great man gives us a pleasant smile. 1 But the man who's making this country great is not a fellow 'of high estate. He doesn't" ride In a. palace car ana tell the crowds what his plpedream are. . He doesn't hold thatrthe corner roclf" ef th government Id a massf of talk. - He does his work and he saws his wood; his life Is clean and his credit m . . 1 Ll . ... guuuj no iuvcb mo iiume una ne loves his wife, and he doesn't yearn for the cir cus life; he pays his debts and he goes to church, and helps the neighbor who's In i the lurch, i He dorsn't lecture his I tellOW man. wr renew man, wnos "o.yhtlsdojag world's applause,, his .hands are, busy and not his Jawsi he walks through1 life with a fearless trwd, and dies at last like & thoroughbred. - 4oiyrlhi, luiu,. br 1th . Umttt Mattbew : Adama, I The Goo! Citizen iMIM