THE JOURNAL
aN IKPErENPFXT NEWSPAPER.
l.T.r JACKSON..
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He who hurts others injures
himself? he who helps others ad-
vances his own 'Interests. Bud-1
dha.
FLATFORMS WHILE YOU WAIT ?
HKY SAT the Bowerman cam
paignmanagers are going to
bring out, another platform.
Why riot?1- Why not bring out
; two more platforms? Or three? Or
half a, dozen? What la the use of
, ; being short on' platforms wheaJi i
' so easy to make them? Why lose a
single vote If It can be. saved by ad
' ding one more plank? Why not em1
ploy corps of : trained.? platform
writers" and solemnly ' commit the
party to any ich or ism that any
voter may call for.
; They forecast that one of the pro
' ' posed new platforms will declare for
' the direct primary;" Certafnly.v And
for Statement One. Certainly.-And
against .assemblies. Certainly.. Makft
it "declare for anything. yPit In the
Ten" Commandments, .free silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1. the New Nar
tlonalism and the golden rule. " Put
" planks promising free, soup houses,
; free Christmas; gtft&and free-. rall
road passes. - ' Any 6r - all,-of 'them
" might catch, votes, and why miss an
' opportunity , to hook , a voter ;; it It
can be done by merely adding an
other plank ? , . ;-y .V." '-." .-' '
Why not have a special platform
for every precinct? Make it a Dem
. : ocratlo platform In a Democratic
precinct," a' prohibition 'platform in a
prohibition precinct and be; strong
for holy rollerism among the holy
rollers. t It .'will be aft. right" with
Mr.-" Bowerman he will ; tand .on
any of them: and never baV an . eye.
Why not 6end every : campaign
speaker out with a trunkful of plat
" forms and If one trpn is not epough
", take two? ; Mako.lt a ort: of .bar
gain counter arrangement, and let
voters. cjme up-' and .'take' their
' choice? ..Why take, any chances as to
platforms when . you've got a candi
date who is' willing' to stand, on'any
' plank from the ' tf'old standard - to
Mother Goose's melodies?
THE PRICE OF GROWTH
WHOEVER . HAS ; followed
followed' thoughtfully ihe
history of Portland "for the
last few years knows that a
critical moment ' is close al' feand.
Various measures are terorcf the'cltl
iens, which the Oregonian lists, but
fails to classify, 13 in number. , As-'-
whatever Is not understood appears
gigantic, according- to tha ancient
proverb, therefore let us try to. cut
' up this Jumble Into Its several parts.
So, perhaps, wiU" better understand
. lng come about. -; A t ; 1
' i "This "city . is growing Into a great
' f metropolis and Its improvements will
have to keep pace with Its gowth."
' An admission,' the .truth of which
none dares deny and which will
v. serve as the text for this short dis
., course. -
First: .The' health of the city mjust
mands. - Therefore "garbage crema-
, tories, municipal garbage collection
: and public baths" must be provided.
. Second: The lives of our children
must be safeguarded. Therefore to
fire-proof schoolhduses who - 4aras
" object? One catastrophe would col-
.or the lives of all successful objeC'
'tors 'with the darkest hues of re-
, morse lor all time to come. .
? Third:- The present city jail is a
disgrace; as all who know admit.
Shall the disgrace continue?
i' ' Fourth: Ineffective fire protec-
tlon on land and on the; waterfront
; has two evils, Therliyes and prop
erty of many citizens remain, day by
day," In" "needless perlt"Tne M.oavy
charge of fire insurance, feilt by all
- of us, reduced by more efficient ap
' paratua, would be a gain to every
citizen through the extension of pro-
' tectlon from the risks of conflagra
tion and well worth the public out-
' lay. -
Can the most conservative stand
patter hesitate to concur in the neo
essary costs, so far considered? The
"necessary cost," be it always un.
derstood. This means that the city;
..a. through ita representatives, shall see
' to it that no graft," no unwisdom
shall prevail, in making effective
these undertakings. To suppose this
- an impossible Ideal is to take a long
step backward in handling the pub-
r lie affairs of thls fair city May not
all these items be classed as neces-
, eary charges" for the present public
rood? .-Then seven out of the 13
itoma . in the pregonian'a. bugbear
, list o oisappear; . '-;t. : v ;
' Ono mill . on the basis' of the tax-
roll probable for .19 11', means, when
translated. Into', dollars $248,000
The Increase in the coming tax-rol
over that of 1910 will, in all likelt
komtHwttM 4i-tbw-4 ,M
A big help towards the burdens of
the budget of the city ;
"Unnecessary and extravagant'
pro- .big-, words.:. But. Bueh; word
.n-tar.t;s.'a'SubEtitutcf"nijrces
sary even if costly, and judge if there
do not far better fit the case eo far.
The other items in the list relate
to matters involving the growth of
the city and development of Its com
mercial Interests. They should be
studied from a different standpoint
AN ANCIENT FRIEND
OCR. OLD, esteemed ' and. well
known friend "Taxpayer" ap
pears In a column letter in the
Oregonian of yesterday de
claiming against public docks. He
wants Borne information about the
Open River Transportation company
and State Portage railway and seems
to be peculiarly distressed that the
efforts of Portland's business men
have resulted in loweprates to-east!
era Oregon,, Washington and Idaho.
We have heard this song before and
there is a familiar ring to the letter
that brings up memories of the not
distant past. If. any of our business
men read the letter they will prob
ably recognize the writer as one who
for a number of years has belittled
and discourged .their attempt to se
cure the benefit of water competi
tion out of this city. If "Taxpayer"
will send us .his name and address
The Journal will furnish him the in
formation ljo. desires and i possibly
more. We look" for "letters from
"Pro Bono Publico." ."Old - Sub
scriber" and the rest before the cam
paign closes. Just why the corre
spondents column was chosen In this
instance rather 'than the. editorial Is
a little difficult to see. However, if
"Taxpayer's" well known- modesty
compels him to congeal his person
ality, we will not draw the curtain
aside. - In the meantime, the people
of this city even at "Taxpayer's" ur
gent request, will not turn over the
waterfront td. the railroads, or aban
don their -efforts for an open river.
'AN. INFAMOUS BILL
Tih;
'I
HE TWO men who fathered the
infamous Brooke-Bean bill are
both candidates for reelection.
Mr. Brooke Is assembly candi
date for Joint representative for Har
tley and Malheur, and Mr. Bean asks
to be elected joint senator for Lane
and Linn, ; Both ahOuld be buried
under an avalanche of protesting bal
lots. : .
There should be,.no place in pub-
llo llf in Oregon for men who pro
posed to make it.a crime to subscribe
to Statement One. They proposed to
send to jail any legislative candidate
who would publicly agree to let the
people choose senator. ; This Brooke
and Bean did," after 69,668'Oregon
citizens had Indorsed Statement One
by making It compulsory on. the leg
islature. The vote for the compul
sory statement was so strong that It
carried every coffnty In the Btate.
' It was within a few months after
this, decision by the ' people,, that
Brooke and Bean 'brought their in
famous measure forward in the leg
islature. """ It "was not only an" Insult
to the people,' but was an attempt
to make the legislature supersede
and set aside the expressed Instruct
ions of the people. ' A more shame
less proposition was ne vr advocated
in the Oregon legislature.' iThe peo
ple have i opportunity to resent the
Infamy now and they wllUdo It.
Mr. Brooke is opposed by Thomas
McKnlght, a strong and capable
citizen. . Mr. Bean, is opposed' by L
H. Bingham, a prominent Lane, coun
ty Republican. Both should be
elected as the protest of the people
against the two men who proposed
to make direct election of senator a
crime. . ' . - - - . --.
ROBERT O. 8MITH
R
OBERT G. SMITH, Democratic
candidate for congress, opened
his campaign in an address at
McMInnvllle last night. : He . Is
clean man, and .. well worthy of
suptfort,: .He ias a. splendid legisla
tive record. At the session of. 1905
he Introduced a corrupt practices
act, but that session as well as the
one that followed it refused, to pass
such a measure. He introduced at
the 1906 session a railroad commis
sion' bill " drafted along the same
lines as the one now In effect which
was enacted at the session of 1907.
Evidence of how Mr. Smith's views
were closely in accord with the peo
ple appears In the fact that the elec
torate itself later passed the corrupt
practices actby the Initiative. It" did
the same thing with an anti-pass bill
that Mrt Smith, introduced - In 1905,
but which was rejected by the legis-
Mr Smith resjdesat Granta Pass
and -is a man of affairs.-. Ha. Is a
splendid speaker, and is in every re
spect worthy of election to congress
THE NATIONAL FARM HOMES
ASSOCIATION
T
HE LATEST development of the
"back to the land? movement
is seen In the National Farm
Homes association. : Tne organ
ization was effected in May last in
St. Louis with Governor Hadley as
president. Its alms are stated to be
the general education of the entire
people In farming business, ;;: that
thereby the problem' of the high cost
of living may be solved. The meth
ods to be used are the organization
of farm colonies or clubs,, and the
esiaonsnment tnerebju or" practical
farms on a commercial basis, Illus
trating both individual and -cooper
atlve crop raising and cooperative
marketing. ' . - .
The leading idea is that the "asso
ciation shall arrange for the f pur-
cuaBa oc-iracts, of suitable land and
ccuiuusn mere larma or -40- acres
fm
its a wntraf raTaBtT'gav'
100 ares; Thtf central farmer Is to
be an. expert ' agriculturist,-, prefer
ably an aKriculturai college grad
uate, versed in modr!v- tnMheds-of
lntcusiYo" farialnfc" This, 'xuan shall
he guide, philosopher and friend, to. prompt prosecution and punishment
all the satellite farmers on the 4 0 of the guilty parties. Among those
acre farms. The limits of his pow-j who join in-.the denunciation are rep
?rs of interference with the Individ-; resentatives and advocates of the
uai are not set out. "But the obvious ' cause which the rowdie3 thought
intention Is towards cooperative , they were- aiding by breaking up the
cropping of the soil and marketing meeting of Dr. Foulkes and the other
of Its products. It is expressly stated ' ministers.
that previous farming knowledge is' '
in no degree required. .. Simply good j Senator M. A. Miller is a candl
r.hararter. antltiirf and hosrtv mn. ! date for reelection in Linn rmintv
currence in the central idea. Two
colonies of these 40 acre farmers ;
have been already established and j citizen. He has always been a de
set working. Both are in Missouri, i voted friend of the common schfts.'
One covered 32 of tlw 40 acre farms.! As a member ofthp textbook com-
a 1 - . i V . . . a
ine.omer u, in eacn case me coi-; mismon, as a senator ana wua . ms ,
onlsts pay 10 per cent down of thejpen he has always been an advocate,
purchase price and have 10 years to, of a-perfected common school sys-(
pay the balance, with U or 6 per cent i tern. As a senator, he has one of;
intereston the deferred payments
In the first colony the land was
priced to the colonists at ?2i per
acre, in the second case at only $1
In both ,cases improvements made on
each 40 acre tract were charged to
the-colonlsts at actual" cost.
It is Intimated, though not stated t
In plain words, that the associalon I
will acquire the. tracts to be colon
laod, providing the funds on some
fom of mortgage. ' The inducement
to .furnish, the money la given thus:
"The minute a good settler occupies
one of these farm units, he adds 50
per , cent to his purchase price,, and
for years thereafter adds from 5 to
15 per cent to its value." ' ' ,
Emphasis is laid on the idea that
the ' townsman, ; tired' of , city life,
eager for acquiring a home, seeking
a future hi practical farm life, will
grasp the chance so to bd given him.
It is said In proof of this that for
the 32 farms of 40 acres each in the
first colony 'nearly 400 applications
were received, i. ; J
The further progress of thU ex
periment will be closely watchdd. It
looks as if the idea could be trans
planted to Oregon where, In our fer
tile lands, even . 40 acres might
prove too large a unit for the per
sonal work of a single family.
JULIA WARD HOWE
IN ATTjjSM rTiisti to recau some qi
the qualities which made Julia
Ward Howe "one: of the note-
worthy . characters in the past
five decades of this nation's history
t Is their variety which makes the
task so hard. ..','
Among the poet's of the time her
name is found. A traveler in many
ands and a:very graceful writer of
good prose in recording the scene
that met her observant eyes; an arr
dent, fearless and. tireless upholder
of the cause of the weak ; a diligent
student through her long life of lit
erature In four languages; a lover of
this' nation with, passion that found,
expression In war song and hymn
that swept through the land and
has become classic with young and
old; one to, whom religion was' al
ways vital," and who felt and heard
the call to declare and exhort In lec
ture, speech and sermon -bo serving
for many years."
And this public life, these days
and tears, filled, one would think.
with the conlnuaj labors of Ihe writ
er's callinl, robbed the home and,
family Jlfe of Julia Ward How of
hone- of , its sweetness as wife and
mother, nor of the grace with which
she filled a distinguished place in a
circle -of brilliant men, and women
whose names are household words
in the literature of the time. - I
To her 10 talents were entrusted
and she traded with them all. The
family of Jalia Ward , Howe that
from which, sue sprung and that
which ha followed and is following
her now add yet one more to the
many Instances of the force and per
manency of hereditary influence a
veritable aristocracy of brains.
i
A NATIONAL LOSS
THE LATE Senator Dolliver was
a noble man. He worked un
ceasingly to find out Important
irum, ana aarea to ten , at
the risk of party ostracism. He thus
became one of th.e most courageous
public men. who ever lived; and he
dled.'llke some brave generals have
aied, in the forefront of battle.
Jonathan P. DoUiver, in recent,
mature - years, stood , for a great
cause. His prolonged investigation
Into the iniquities of the Aldrich
tariff bill very probably caused his
death. He was a splendid specimen
of manhood, physically, but he did
not have the vital force to with
stand the strain. He died serving
the 'people. But he accomplished
much... He served tha people truly.
He set an example. u Ills service will
live after him. ,"'"
THE IPENDLETON EPISODK
IT IS NOT JuBt to the city " and
people of "'Pendleton to charge
them with responsibility for, the
indignities heaped ; upon minis
ters who were holding a street meet
ing la that city last week. The per
sons who threw the eggs are In, no
sense, representative of the Pendle
ton spirit as reflected through many
years of orderly life. It was an act
that la resented by the better ele
ment -on both sides of the contro
versy of which It was the outgrowth.
Hoodlumlsm is everywhere, unfor
tunately. It - Is ',' as , Impossible ;'. to
stamp it entirely out as to toss the
Cascade; mountains into the Pacific,
It breaks out here and there when
ever there is occasion and some time
or another almost every city Is pen
allzed by It. v . ' - j
The Pendleton hoodlums on this
occasion were as all hoodlums. They
made an ugly Incident, but that in
cident was not Pendleton's. : It was
Mnoflr vaa rtrT van n lornn-D -c- i r - vai
a uuuuiuuia mwutsut,. auu. tdu wuiji
be charged to hoodlums.
The enisode. was nromntlv and
strnnlv rlennnneprl in n sle-npd Ktatei
strongly denounced in a signed state-
I -i- m a-
meut bv Jt-long list'of promineut.ln th fhsps of -hemlock and spruce,
r',iinn"MA-' ki jlj th i, Thero is a large and growing domahd in -
rendleton cltliens who aemana the thiM AimUm which w shnuid eonidr.
'and should be successful. Senator
Miller is av progressive and useful
lJ 1 . .i lit .
the best records ever made' in a leg-
islative capacity at Salem. He 1 an
all around useful citizen to the stats
and Linn cbunty will make no mis- '
, " T lZ .
take- by returning him to the senate.
Railroads and
tK(! G
overnorsrup
From , the Medford Matl-Trlbune.
" In sn Interview, WUUam Hanley of
Burns, formerly of Medford, expresses
himself ts'tollows on the political situ-
atlon: - - -- - ------ -t
, "Jay Bowerman's nomination Is- just
What we want ; Those who want to ee
Oregon take one lony step forward have
got to get right behind the Republican
nominee; those, of us who want to see
this great, big, fine state go backward
r well, they had better vote for Oswald
West. Now. this lad Bowerman wants
Pto see more railroad development, mora
roads built, for that Is what Oregon
wants most, so let us get behind and'
btVst for these roads to be built." I
Mr. Hanley accompanied Louis Hill !
president of the Great Northern, on his
trip through Oregon, and-is said to be
closer to the Hill people than anyone '
In the state. But why should the Hill!
favor the election of Bowerman over I, Cooa roads leglslaUon Has been agi
gt . tated for many years in Oregon, -but
Is It because West as ranroaf com.4 movement has so far alld to rtaeh
mlssloner has reduced exorbitant rates
charged by railroads -and express com
panles, and the highest courts have
sustained these reductions as JustT -
Oswald West's career shows him to
be fair. No Instance. can be cited ol
official Injustice on his. part to rail
road? or anyone else. He certainly hat
the Interests of Oregon as much at heart
as Mr, Bowerman, and la as heartily lb
'""" ' t,...o..v. - j.j
Jay Bowerman, as attorney for the w
Southern Pacific brought injunction PnM, except to (uppreu i":
suits and tried by every legal tneant "on r rPl .,lB' .JJiZ -inhlpower
to stop the construction of amendment, .which
the lll railroad into central Oregon. , or' of the sUte grange and thrOre.
Oswald West, as railroad commlsJon f00?8-" "80c't'on-
loner, reduced rates on grain and other county to. Issue bonds for the building
products, so, enabling . the , farmers . of Permanent roads, but .11 such debts
the Interior to market produce at i "hall ,,be Incurred only -after approval
profit :t f
Which action was favorable to tht
development of OraTOt'---?"?-e" v---
What ; has the election of governoi
to do with the' construction of - rail
roads? : If the railroads get a square
deal, what more are they entitled tot
There Is not a railroad man In Oregon
that does not know that Oswald West
gives them a square deal. -..
Mr. Hanley's talk indicates that he
feels himself authorised to speak for
the railroads, and he says ths railroads
prefer the election of a railroad attor
ney as governor to the election of a
man whose entire career Is guarantee
that the railroads will secure fair treat
ment, .and at the same time the rights
of the people will be preserved.
Why?
Do , ths people of Oregon Want tf
build up a railroad political machine to
govern' them, as California and Wash
ington have Hone, and Is ths election of
a railroad attorney as governor the
first stepT - 4.,-Wu ' -.i. - 3 v-:
Oregonian and Party Harmony.
From the Eugene Guard. -
It was not very many.weeks ago that
the Oregonian said editorially: .
"Republicans, of Oregon Intend to re
pudiate Statement 1. They intend to sug
gest . In assembly -or convention can.
didates,' for the principles, and will put
h. irt,if in rh ttnrt ail who ao!p.
for' statement 1.'- - -. - -
Now It seems, howeyer, thst the Ore
gonian editor has laid aside the habila.
meats' of war, washed off the war painty
.ho.k v,- t,i- v-i . v, a! .
sheathed - the big . knife , that . he pro
posed
to use for' slaughtering State-
XVin?4Pafmon
peace and harmony and brotherly love,
Why this change of heart? Is It be.
cause the head of the ticket. Jay Bower
man. is an assembly, i anti-Statement
1 man, and that every effort must be
made .to pull him through, at. the polls.
alonsr- wltk a iot of assembly, candidates
T".,.... -,a iu.J ."
ESZX y.iVL gT n be
doomed to disappointment, because Ore.
gon Republicans tare Intelligent and
Independent They cannot be fooled all
the time, and they: are In favor of the
direct primary and against the assem
bly. -They will record their Votes that
way next month, and If .Mr. Bowerman
suffers by It, h will be wise enough,
no doubt to understand why the people
laca confluence in him, n , , ,v ;
This talk about harmony should come
from some other source than the Ore
gonlan. which was so lately filled with
threats about sticking the knife : Into
good .Republicans who believed in the
direct primary and Statement No. 1.
Bowerman Plops." " '''
.From the Beaver State Herald (Rep.)
One. of the most ridiculous .changes
of front on the part of the politician,
that has ' ever come to public notice, is
the present attitude of J. Bowerman,
candidate for governor, v Mr. Bowerman
has associated himself with the anti-
statemont antl-prlmary- men for - the
past two years and ver, was one of. the!
promoters of the assembly movement,
organized the state -convention Of as -
sembly delegates in his Own Interests.
and in direct opposltfon to the intent or;
the primary law; having - "fixed" the
delegation hopelessly in his own inter
est and now ne faces aroun and de
clares himself to be a friend of State
ment No. 1 and the direct primary, the
moral of which Is. that Mr. Bowerman
realizes that the methods he has us9l
are not in accord ith popular stand -
ards. Wo as Republicans may not want
a Democratic goyernor, but we will
probably support the than who , stays
on the same side of the vital question
till the Issue is settled.
(The editor of the Beaver State Her
ald Is lecture of the Oregon State
grange.) -, - :. ... - ..
Watch West Kun.
; . From tha Bend Bulletin.
Now that Jay Bowerman has. been
nominated-by the Republicans for gov
ernor, watch theDemocratlo, Os West
give him a run, for his money. . And we
snail not pe surpnsea ii yvest Deats
I , . 7
servtca is ceitaintly better. to date. . ,
' Why would not a pulp mill be a good:
il. I a. -n11 alt. TT.
f. iu' h"to;i; " huwiu.
We.Tiave ocansof pulp timber at hand,
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
1 ,
Yet the Beavers are on top.
La Follette may be president yet,
Buy your Christmas presents early.
-..;.
Save money ,jowi for the Thanksglv-
lng turke)r
The next generation may abolish au
tomobiles. ;
We are only fairly In the beKlnnlng
of -development. v..j .j
-.
DoUiver spokeMn the right time aud
in the right way. . , ,;
Most 0f us would better walk than
ride in an airship.
-The "harmony" in the Bepublloan
party is 'noisily funny.
- . 4
s"n- 800,1 m"y oter Who ought
to have done so did not register. .!
jf
I President T ft Is maKing another
I brief visit to Washington, D. C.
Burfreons and doctors are.vlewlnr the
I approaching football seation with nope,
i ' .
i , "WeUman has got himself and Ms at-
leged airship Into the newspapers again.
,.; ,-i5T',,.';.'-:,:i:.-;;.?-"- --:..,;;';,..,..,,.---, ?.-.;- 'y t '
' People have already been born ' who
will see the new court - house complet
ed, probably,-but they may have to live
to be very old
'i The old Oregonlim Is helping West
a little, perhaps; but he donn't really
need the, service, and It isn't worm
much. . r
' ;: y '-J: '-v- v "V-i.-; ":':-:V f-'--s-:,
"'Speaking of a young mart "majtlnit
good." the ' most eonspicuous cFe . In
Oregon today Is that of Oswald West,
Probably there are still other people
who will not reach the top of Mount
Mc Kin ley, and, some people don't care to.
May Authorize Bond fori Gooi RoaJs' ,
Plan Goes Before Voters on November 8.
the nolnt of bringing about any sys
tematic laws or effective financial aid.
This year t will e possible for'tha
voters of the state to provide the means
by which good roads may be bullf. -
To accomplish this result a constitu
tional amendment has been proposed
Which removes the constitutional .re
striction upon the issue of bonds hy
the counties e-f th state. Under the
constitution as It stands, no county can
. .....
W J UWJVi4.; V fc" TWfc.W. . .. ... . .- 4.
Tnder this amendment, bonds in ex
cess of J 5000 xould be Issued only for
the purpose of building permanent high
ways, and the question would be sub
mitted to the people of the county
where the bond Issue was proposed, to
be decided by majority vote. The debt
could tajte the form of either bonds
or warrants, for such length of fime
and at such Interest as the people .may
approve. - "
Weed for Good Boads.
"" The" development ef 'good roads has
long been recognized as one of the chief
eeds of Oregon. A new'country,-with
long distances to be traveled by wagon
In hauling its products to market, flitds
bad roads a fearful drawback. Good
roads mean Immense saving of time,
saving bf wear and tear on machinery,
increased Immigration, larger popula
tions, growing farm values, extension
of rural free delivery, and a variety at
comforts and conveniences.; Good roads
are expensive in first, costr. and. th
question for the people of the state Is
the best4 method of meeting this, tx-pens.-;-:
i ' .r -
Multnomah county, under the ' pro
gressive leadership of Lionel R. Web
ster curing ms term as county juoge.
has built a large number, of good roads
and has" Shown -what may be accom
T" " ' ? "ln0"tV ""-T
- !. beep taken in the same direction.
plished. In a few other counties a step
These local efforts are necessarily con
fined td etmntiea. having large wealth
and a large tax rolL- Th most -of the
"iwin tV
road building from taxation.
counties are unable to do any effective
, ... .,j
lnf : .h4 rnfMot n,,,t-
of the ' session. .-" Conflicting interests,
differences of oplnTon as to , the pro
portions to be contributed by the state.
the district, 'or the Hbottlng property,
have always been sufficient ; to keep
11 5 :
isavocaies oneve uiat -wnen-
are aiuthorizod to build by going, into
Hdebt, the enthusiasm generated by. good
road building will bring: about; useful
Gounod and "Fausf , The two words
are associated. . One 'does, not think of
the composer in any other connection
unless pne is himself a musician "or a
musical critic .. And 1 .thus .; ''Faust"
1 stands as something of an anomaly" in
the annals of musio. Its writer touched
In it the supreme height of his glory,
and that at the age of 41; though' he
wrote 11 other operas, no one or tnese
was, like "Faust," an unequivocal suc
cess with critics and audiences. . ,
,. indeed, perliaps no Other, opera ever
presented has had so universal and so
constant an acceptance. ' From, almost
the first week' of its presentation, up
to. the hour of its composer's death, it
maintained.' for 85 'years, a undimin
ished popularity, and even at the pres-
Pnt day It has not lowtmny of Its favor.
I FOr all classes of music lovers it has
1 retained an almost unexampled charm,
1 Before Its composer died It had had
upward of 1000 presentations in the
city -Of Paris alone, and It Is an opera
that today is neard ; wun ever ; new
and naive- delight. ; ::m , .---
The best critics' seeni to .agree that
one secret of the beauty of "Faust"
is said to be contained in the fact that
its musio ttlustratos every charm that
1 its creator possessed his amiability,
grace, tenderness, warmth of sentiment
dreaminess, ecstacy and fluency of pas
sion. - Gounod was a mystkj,a dreamer,
governed by : emotional influences and
morfc deeply affected in his essentially
feminine nature by faith and affection
than by reason or logla He thus ex
presses a devotion to - the sensuQ,us
charm that was part of his own lovable
nature. : It Is said tjiat his life, in Its
emotional ecstacies, in Its winning amia
bility, was the counterpart of his musio.
Born In Paris, July 17, 1818, Gounod
inherited the artlstlo temperament on
the one side of his father, who was a
painter, and on the other from , his
mother, who was musician. Hlff father
t v
ibid, h
bid,, his 'mother educated him with the
intention; however, that ne snouia be
a lawyer. At 18 years of age he
was
i . i.. . . . .;. .
,t pursuing tne studies necessary ror
... nr0fe(isi0 0f law. when his mother
i' xX1X1Tmb
pwiaeii nis
Early in Ufe
wish .to. take uu music.
she had tauurht pirn to
J Qctoper 18 m niaW , ;
NEW5 .IN BRIEF.
OREGON '"SIDELIGHTS
The rrk promises to b one of Al-
bany's preat ornaments, a fine thing;
and deserves the best support onr peo- .
pie can give It, says the Democrat. , j
. , . e,t,v
The colt show at Drain Is 'ftS" :
was a decldM success, some 30 line
Pcrrhprnn vminesters from 5 months to
i years old being exhibited by horsemen
Of that section. -. i
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A Eugene merchant got a quantity of
Gloria Mundl apples irom uw
m Ji?"nlZ,
n rnntaine l
(OX coniainea
that r Rimniv Immense.
HnA ViuKhel box
only 29 apples, one of which welshed a-1 -a
th..a.niarr und ther were .
oound and threa-ouarters and there were
manv single a-pples. - in the bor that
welthed from 23 to 28 ownces. I ney
are certainly beauties. -y. (,. ,
Wednesday mornlna
a man waiKea
Into a saloon la i and ,se-zlnf hte
of the proprietors i who was on snirt,
nmoaoTsA n ( htm ser-urelv to a chair.
The robber sthea calmly went through
the cash register and abstracted all the
visible supply of the coin of the realm,
tnolf a. drink and walked OUt. HIS
ger. and the robber was piaoeci sacureiy
behind the bars of the Seaside hostile.
rf:.-,: l KiA''
Horad River Glacier, Oct. 13.: The a p.
file shipments by the Apple t Growers
union have been tield up thiS wee fey
car shortages and last evening the ware
houses of the union In town and on Jht
east side were filled to capacity. Tte
growers are all sending in. their crops
and the railroads are promising cars.
However, If cars do hot arrive today, the
growers will have to hold their apples
as there will be no room Ih the ware
houses where nearly 100 carloads are
now stored, . About .two:f If ths of - the
crop Is being handled at the. east-side
shipping station. The apples have beon
coming In so fast this .week that , at
times there were 20 loaded wagons In
line at the Union warehouse in this city
with apples to unload. .
legislation, - working In harmony with
the proposed amendment. r.". -i-
T Saeh County Decide. -
Th4" good roadS' Sssoclatlcn In its
argument for the amendment places em
phasis on the point that each county
should be allowed to act for itself. It
makes the Issue on the point that the
people should be allowed to, decide for
themselves In each county. ' The ques
tion the association asksls: "Shall the
people have the power ' to dd as they
please- about It?" ' " . V, .: '
Some yountles. : U. is conceaea,- may
not care, to use the power -conferred
uporf them, but the good roads advo
cates say the people of those, couatles
snouia not stana jn tne way ot oiner
counties that desire to pledge their
credit for rod building. After the peo
ple have been given the power, they
argue, there will be time enpugn to
argue the merit of each proposition as
It comes un '
Effective work in behalf of tha pror
posed amendment is being done by the
good roads association, of which Dr.
Andrew C Smith is president and Lionel
R. Webster Is chairman of the execu
tive :' committee. Ths Oregon stats
grange In session at Oregon City last
May; adopted a resolution favoring the
1 . w- ..,i.,ini -,.,t-
niuiuvai . vi. niw vMBwmwt v.--' ... ""II " A. BELKNAP "
tlOn,,'. ' 4 . i-S
Opposltlonto the amendment is cen- ' ,.,,.,, ,
tered largely In the argument that there 1 HawlQ a Weakness.
Is danger o wast' and Excessive in-j f From the O.old Hill News. . '
debtedness. If counties. here and there J R. G. Smith has but .to o forth and
undertake to build rood roads, with nd tell the people how Hawley, instead of
assurance of uniformity or of scientific serving, has betrayed their' Interests,
expenditure, - It Is contended there. Is An ounce of principle isworth a barrel
certain to toe a waste of funds and pos- of pork. and. when the people are shewn
stbllily, that the; work, when -done -will "that mwley- has no prlnolples but those
not- measure up to- expectatlona, i that fill a congressional pork barrel, and
, " What Opponents Bay. 1 Jthat , his further claims to statesman-
Opposition is manifested by some who ate but west wind, they will give
cling to the idea of state aid by leg-.bint" , what they should have given him
islative action, with general control ndlat the primaries, a reserved seat in the
Instruction' In 'the hands' of the -state, extreme rear, along with Tawney and
Jhia plan, they say, will tend to a uni- others who served Interests that were
form . aystem. the 'expenditure of: tba M-the people's. ?...-.f ' , ,
money where it will do. the most good, i Smith . should go uji , and down . In
the use of scientific methods,' and the.' Hawley s country, preaching the gospel
gradual extension of main highways ex- of decent polltcs. Hawley's record will
tending across the state. -C ; t ' .v j be as mighty In -Smith's behalf as art
Friends of the amendment point out army with betfners-. FlghUng on the
thst its'kdpptlon will be na bar to,fu- defensive,' afraid to meet hie opponent
..i.i.tin. tii - aokiA ih.' In debate, as ho was with Mulkey. Haw-
i.. i.
make a start without delay, they de -
people of each county 4he power to pro-
oeed in "the building ofi roada.V Wait
ing' for comprehensive legislation by
the legislature has so fit beetj. one long
QmpiivuiutwiK. y- .v,-r ,-.'..- puuiicana or Oregon snoum narmonize.
Some opponents of the ; amendment They "should present a ' sdlld front on
also pxilnt to another-amendment which ;eiection day. This can be accomplished
would . remove the constitutional re- hy each faction acting sensibly and with
strlctlon on the power of counties, dis- j Buch an object In v'lew; all advocating
trlcts and municipalities as well as the and standing firmly on tha following
state,, to. Issue.,. bonda:jfot,lhe.,conttruo-4pianks;r. ; -y "
tlon or-purchase of railroads. These. , Abolish assemblies before direct
ara entering wedges of danger, they as-. prims ries -'-- ; "1:";"'vJ"-".( -.-
scrt opening the way for possible perils. , . 'Abolish ' Suternent Nof!."" i'
In, removal of constitutional, safeguards a, Provide that legislative represents
agalnatdvbt ly.'?! iUve support for United States senator
playthe piano, and he was well equipped
in other directions for the special course
of Study at the National. conservatory,
He distinguished himself 1 that school
almost immediately, winning vexemp -
tlon' from military service and carrying
orr some nrlzes in his first Vears - - 'i - .(
By the end of three years he won tha
grand prise of the Institute of France,
which carried with it a two years' resl.
dence- in Rome as pensioner of the In
stltute, and ono year of travel In Ger-
many;- In Rome he occupied himself
prlnripslly with ecriPKlnFtlcal music for
it was now discovered that his mystical
nature strongly inclined him toward tha
church. He spent some time In a semi
naYy for priests m Rome, and when he
returned to Raris he entered the smi
nary of the foreign missions. It seemed
certain now that he would renounce the
world, for he put on monastic robes and
devoted himself wholly to theology. 11a
surely contemplated taking holy orders
and was known ss the Abbe Gounod, .
. Receiving,: however, a commission for
hL0VtniTJF U1,N
lng, in 1851,. the well known Sappho,"
for- 30 years thereafter the mat i who
seemed . to hava ninM t iaf .
foot firmiv tn thh,h Wv ht,.i.
almost whfelly tr the theatreV Eight
years later he produced his "Fausfy
and sprang into Immediate and unW
sal lorn. Next to "Fausf his "Romeb
and f ullet" ranks as the best of his
works. He died at St Cloud. October
18 1891. .
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L'on''Woberi,v.;BRoW"wlfita
was tried for heresy; in 1875. the treaty
with the Narragansett, Indians-: was
signed; la 1783 the continental army- dls,
bandedr, In. 1842 the first submarine
Mnh 1.1-,.. k.-.k-
Governor's Island and New- York city,
and in, 1887 the United States took pos-
session of Alaska. Today is the birth- ,
day of Beau Nash , (1674); Francois
Eugen, ,the French general (1663); Rob-',
.rttuvvwawtbujldflgju
(1787); , Giuseppe Alarlo, the . Italian r
tnn. mhii. u.i.- t !,. ...
,u- 4tat. filnmo.
politician (lS39)W Henry O: ll&vJ
AZ,yj;i & ,r 5
date of the death -of barah. uchws ef
- Marlborouah ill)
TANGLEFOOT
By MiWOvcrhoV
Altl'lsiTii TOXSOK1ALK.
II. A. Belknap writes Tanglefoot
f roin, Santa Cruz a pathetic missive
from which wo Judge that he has joinod
tile Krea' majority and has puvchasei
a safety razor. His letter follows;-
, deiertrd nir-
Qe uejcciea sir.
sonietlmfs, Tangle, I Jsh I were
waver and had a greater per cent, of
moral courage on hand. . I would Hlw
to he able to sass trio Overbearing
. Earner at timts until my crippled prU
' 18 haclt 10 ' u normal condition. ' .
Now when I am laid out in stats
. ' a Darher chtlr anu know aBsolutely
; that all I'm there for Is a shave. It irri-
; tales, mo to have the artist tell m4
j that It is scandalous the amount - of
other; forei
my hair and that It is not giving thi
v,, . ,
putlic a square deal ., to permit ms to
rijn ac large without a shampoo. And
then when I say no, he loous pained
and 'sad to such an extent that I allow
him to drown mo rinrt nnni- a WftiinlA.
me back to f 11. e with lV curry
trim rt
'Then he Insists that 'a massage IsC
absolutely necessary ", to remove" tho
pimples and blackheads and warts and
things from my face and that unless
something is done' soon my fice will
have' to be sent to the' refinery and
boiled Jn sweet milk Hue a meerschaum
pipe. And when I refuse- he stabs .me-'
in the eye-with a lather brush anl
knocks my teeth loose with the' handle
of k the raior and whittles off thres or
four, moles tht- I am kecnlna- as sou-
venlr?. ' . , - . ,' , ,
' "And after I have made up my mind
to die with my boots on, he Jerks a
levee and throws "ti.e chair out from '
under me and Unks my neck to 45 de
grees 1 Fahrenheit.- - Then .he Implores
me with tears In h!syes to allow him t
to singe my hair In ordes to prevant
It from leaving home, f and hs repltes
the history In , seven volumes Of men
who are now bald because of their re
fusal to get a singe. - " "- ;'j:..
''By- this time I am unable to speak
above a whisper; I feel my life slipping
away, I try to think of a prayer. Ever'
and anon there flashes before my tired
vision the Mephistophelean face of the
barber, grinning In fiendish glee, as he
burns the few , places on my person
he neglected to mutilate with his rmtar
and trush.. At frequent-intervals he
bends over my countenance and breathes
a 12-horsepower breath, and blasts for
ever the fair young life of my buddlnar
mustache and stunts the growth of my
eyebrows. . ' .,4-;;;,"-.v.;w c; -y
' "And Just as long, as I . remain in
that condition of helplessness the bar
ber continues to pom gailons upon gal
lons of fiery liquid, over my features
andvpull out handfuls of hair 'and ex
tract freckles and blister my face with
boiling water until by sheer force of
will I drag myself from the brave, an
it were, and beg my torturer to spars
my life long enough-ror me to writs
to my family. I then pay him 114.75
for overtime and walk dejedtedly home
ward. ' 1 1 '. 1
"With some men t can be Just as
harsh and Independent as anybody but
When thai harhr Innlra 111 , An tha ava.
and tells me ' what I need to make
lire one - grand . extravaganza of joy,
I Just naturally have to throw up my
hands And take-chances dn heating' the
penses. . yours truly,
undertsaer out of the funeral ex-
lev will make a. sorrv showlnar aaalnsA
' an aggressive; campaigner- with truth on
Bat Statement One Must Stick.
.From the Woodburn Independent
il The time has arrlvedwhen the Re-
ii i ! wie oi inqir pariiea souring- me nign
S I I Mt - numhA. i vttm at tha In, nH.
' marv olertion .' r-" T
;mary election.
t?l-ti Ts-A i " - ' ;-
f' 'Ui ' ra ,ft -.
'-From. McMinnvill Telephone-Register,
i : Now that tha smoke from the prlr
""" nominating has raised, it Is well to
j me a calm and careful survey of th;
i result.-,. Has assemblylsm been kiUed?
- imf-umi " w" Bni
Ihlv ticket was onnosed bv antl-aasamhlv
candidates the result was decidedly op
posed to the assembly. In . Multnomah
county, the polltlcaf "King pin'' of Ore
gon the assembly was completely routed.
lnero .f:8!l?,' i,BTno"
ln through their political megaphone
TJregonianrtMtrtheiteturna dd30t
indicate that the people are opposed, to
ne 'assrinbly. And so therefore.; the
"t nas on,y begun. .--;-rv- ,r riy
Contrlhuted to . Tbs Journal tr Walt llaaoo.
th li,mou kanaaa poet. HU prua.pomi sn
regular rcaturt f wi colanis. ii lb Daiir
,uu,u1-' ,
4 I spd to stand up for my rights,
,n. .
1 O
lways mixed in fights, and paying, fines
n court; No man, i used' to-fiercely
IV,,
iC! The Hv
S0 woulf vrtwTtaV w2
Z Z. hu , t. i
tf Vs ? th- L r'Kht.s '
f Jl tAuS, I VtL 5?
tween us we had 'painted ted the. fig
- tree and the vinei one day I punched
un fLn' 3vf,wehl)0T",le1
Ja ',"u.;?! W'ere. b!fom,"-
fA,el",nf ,iS"0r1,4Bare,Lr!ghU
?"i;,"8a " ml 'i.l A .n we
both acquired some sense; the hint was
n JWn:
XL "fTt hTi. Vs ouiu.
w.nLaftrttJ? JS?.? lR and 1
tv th J fttm 15 VP be lmp289.d
H";, "'-!ftM.--Md fret,
TvTSirrTriT6 9
mand for stri.e or ?ore, and life Beems
vluite benign. I find, In lh! Queer
1 likely boat me there. '
iA if, -jq,- hf - -" f
I Qaornt Matthew Ai.m.iMLk.tl UU1
Riglits of Man j'
ii in . 1 1111 '.i