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DATLT AND SUNDAY. '. ,.
On rw........lU0 f 0n mon. I '.B
Not wt taw bppd to mr
snlf today,, but what has hap
pen od to other through me
that should be my thought
Frederick DeeriTig Blake, J.
president elt.tott axt regtj.
latiox ; .
1N AN ADDRESS at the develop
ment convention at Salem last
night. President Howard,; Elliott
of the Northern Pacific ; reiter
ated his prediction of bad results to
follow 'efforts by state and federal
government to regulate railroads.
In 1887; Jamea J. Hill predicted"
dire results that he insisted would
follow the passage by - congress of
the Interstate commerce act ' He
said: "Should the bill as It now
reads become a law and be inf orced, j
there would hare to be called in 60!
days an extra session of congress fori
the purpose of. repealing it The rail-.;
roads could live under this bill, but
the people of the west would be !
bankrupt" But the "interstate Tpom-;
merce act was passed,' It has since
been very greatly strengthened, and
is now rigorously enforced. - An
enormous railroad mileage has been
built and the west, with rare excep-j
tions, has since been in a state of
unparalleled prosperity. ? t
The whole course of legislation
for legitimate regulation of carriers
has Jbeen marked by predictions otj
panic and ruin, not only of the- railroads,-but
of the "country's agricul
tural, and general business interests.
It is needless to point out bow events
do not justify the calamity predic
tions, but they do not cease.
- Mr. Elliott's plea is for the rail
road magnates to be allowed to "con
duct their own business," and this
the people for a long, term of years
permitted them to do. But the stock
gambling i and stock; ; waterings : be
came such a menace to legitimate in
dustry that, as a measure of safety
for themselves, the people were com'
pelled to Undertake regulation. " It
was the manipulations of "Wall street
speculators whose view of the world
did not extend outside the limits of
New York that compelled regulation.
Thus, stock gambling was at the
bottom of the fight between Harri
"man and Ryan for the control of the
Equitable Insurance company,' They
wanted to use Its accumulated mil
lions in their private enterprises.
They coveted Its rich and persistent
revenues. A splendid fund devoted
to safeguarding the welfare of htra
dreds of thousands of homes was in
their eyesf of use primarily In pro
moting selfish ends and Increasing
personal power.
In the processes of manipulation,
what was not accomplished by mere
might, was made easy by the acts of
dummy directors and other confeder
ates. Iji alliance with banking, in
dustrlal and other Interests. the
kings of .transportation
street assembled forces of colossal
power,; a power Illustrated, for, in
stance, in the case of J. P. Morgan,
who is a dominant figure, in enter
prises aggregating : $ 6, 1 3 3,4 8 7,0 0 0,
of which the railroad interests total
2,46.543.000, 'These syndicated
interests can, ,by dictating interest
rates, make money, cheap or dear.
Controlling huge resources, they can,
if they will, interfere with the natu
ral course.of markets and of distri
bution, manipulate ;-; bank -reserves,
establish, confidence or destroy it, en
courage new, enterprises or ; blast
them, and,' by vicious assaults upon
credit, create panics among, the peo
ple and menace the' government it
self.
It was by reason of the millions of
watered securities that have been
dnnrped npon the public, the wrecked
railroad nrrmflrtiea. i.hA rAfftlvewsriina
, - - , - 'W - -.-MlW,
the ruin of one road for the benefit
of another, the bankruptcy of .one
system 'for the creation of another,!
and the . general abuse of the tre
mendous power in their hands, that
railroad magnates themselves have
forced the public into a system . of
regulation. V ' ' ' '"-."'
.A reasonable and conservative reg
ulation is . not only better for , the
public, but tt is better-for the rail
roads themselves." Such regulation
means legitimate " railroading,' and
legitimate railroading means that in
vestors will have more confidence In
railroad securities. : Instead Ot Btop
llng the flow of money' into railroad
investment, the greater confidence of
the public ' under proper , regulation
Vill increase. lbs amount of capital
seeking such Investment
All the public socks is to have the
railroads regulated as the national
banks are ; regulator." ' The purpose
is to confine the operations within
legitimate methods. - Under that' kind
of regulation the national banks have
not bf en wrecked or ruined, but have
I : gft, o AiJiIarcgiUatltta.fi.y ox thy ,. aclikvomaaWria--breed log.-j
the. railroads
will yield similar re-
full.
A tlornupy owna the railroads
.:' Lvr Iwdcrs, kl3 4s ablo to
i'x the ratrs m that v.e-1 1 - t n i - i
can lire as far out as 20 r .U thlm 1 i
t.ict from..larse cities. and' pay only j cow ar. I ,., r
40 cents a week fare for that dis-; become antiqa
tanoe, and 25 cents if they live ; harr-ony wuh
- j
nearer.. Hence multitudes cf thern ; of the ox-yoke
escape paying high city rents." Rail-! time, and hav
roads in this country might do well:
for themselves, as well as for mil
lions of city. working people, by, re
ducing their commutation rates to
points 10, 15 or even 20 miles from I
large cities. This would attract
many city working people to rural
settlements,' where rents are low, or
where they could get homes, , and
they would have to ride twice a day.
rORFIRIO DIAZ
A
PRACTICED revolutionist him
self, Diaz has apparently sub
dued the uprising in Mexico.
No man on the planet has had
more experience as a revolutionist,
a fact that enabled him to know how
to go about the work of "crushing the
revolt against himself.- . ,
He was a skilful .military com
mander in; the early '60s. He was
forced to surrender to the Prench at
Puebla in .1 863,' IIo .was . paroled ;
but immediately broke his parole and
raised an Insurrectionary army. , He
had to surrender again in 1865, at
Oaxaca, and was- made prisoner, but
not being executed at once, escaped.
He and Juarez began operations
against the government of the ill-
starred Maximilian, whom the French
had established as ruler, at Guere
taro; defeated the royal forces, and
entered the .capital in June, 1867
Maximilian:, along with many of his'
adherents, was executed by Diaz.
, Diaz retired to his estate", hoping
to succeed .to' the, presidency,: but
after Juarea 5 was. elected Diaz , be
came . a revolutionist . again. His
forces were routed and, in company
with General Gal von, he was forced
to flee, one disguised as a priest, the
other as a valet (Diaz went to New
Orleans and wrote to, Juarez, asking
permission to return, and promising
to be good. His request was grant
ed,' but he no sooner, arrived at
Matamoras than he began fomenting
another revolution. Again he was
taken, ' and again tie made more
promises. Jnarez brought about his
election to congress to keep him
quiet But he used this position to
stir up insurrection again, and was
again beaten.. He fled to Browns
ville, Texas, where he remained until
Juarez died, in 1872.
The , constitutional ' successor was
the president of the supreme court,
one Tejeda. He granted annesty to
Diaz, who came back and at once
began techemlng to gain the presl
dehcy. He proclaimed & reform,
democratic plan of government, and'
raised an army, was .twice defeated,
after' which he retired to New Or
leans. -.Through adherents in Mexico
h raised ati army; of 7000, tailed for
Vera Crus, disguised, as a stoker,
took command of the army,' and af
ter three battles forced Tejeda to
flee the country , Since then, except
for one term, which he had to forego
on account of the constitution, which
was changed to accomodate him
thereafter, he has been president of
Mexico.- - - 1 .
HALF . CENTURY - OLD
DENT RECALLED
IN CI-
A
PROFESSOR IN an Iowa 'col
lege has made the. curious sug
gestion that since Senator Bev-
eridge has been defeated, or
will be, In Indiana, , the people of
Iowa, in consideration of his promi
nence and ability, might elect him,
if he would come over to Iowa 'Just
previous to the election, for, that pur
pose. The suggestion is absurd, be
cause Iowa has numerous men anx
ious to go to he senate; 'eac of
whom thinks he Is as good or better
than Beveridge. But there is noth
ing in the federal constitution to pre
vent such an election.' It only pro
vides "' that the person elected must
be. "-an inhabitant" of the state send
ing him. And it takes only. a day
to become an "Inhabitant''- .
In 1860 the Republicans and War
Democrats in the Oregon legislature
formed a coalition and elected as one
Senator Nesmtth, a War Democrat
and E. D. Baker, a Republican. Baker
was a resident of California, and had
been defeated for congress, but ow
ing to his great fame as an orator
the Oregon Republicans sent for him
to come up here and become an "In
habitant,! . promising they wpnld
Send him to the srenate, which they
did. "Next year the war broke out,
he resigned to enter the army, and
was killed in the first considerable
engagement of the war, at Ball's
Bluff. " , . , , - .
THE NEW DEAL
A
IfERD OP 63; bead of choice
Jersey cattl was added to the
fancy livestock of Polk county
last Friday.' '. The expenditure
for the lot was,$17,00 and the Im
porters are J B. Stump and it A-'K
Nelson. , At the head if the herd Is
Noble ; Peer, an animal that cost
$5330, , though but two years old.
He won the grand sweepstakes prize
In the Isle of Jersey, and has beaten
all comers wherever he has been ex
hibited In the United States,. With
him In the herd are a number of
cows that cost $1000 each., , i . T
Polk county is already noted for
fancy livestock. Some of tbe best
known breeders and. a number of the
best herds in the state are in that
county. Lincoln and Cotswold sheep,
Angora goats and Short Horn ' and
Jersey cattle are among the lines In
which, the county has, made note-
The 'importation of the herd of Jer
seys Is evidence of 'how breeders
there are constantly rcacb.lng.out for
higher ideals and better types. '
The efforts for better blood is. of,
ll : ' w
y 2 re out or
'1 1 rv were .
. s r - 1 theirs
on with the
ti
grain cradle and the flail. The elec-j
trie road, the steam transportation;
and the other appointments ot mod-
em livingtbave brought us the ro-
tund forms, the curved lines and the'
sleek bodies of the thcroughbred and
fullblood. , '
' There is no profit for the breeder
or the dairyman in the hybrid or
the mongrel. It is as hard for a
dairyman to succeed with a pauper
cow as for an ox cart to compete with
a railroad train. It Is as Impossible
to keep the. farm, going with scrub
livestock ass to grow $3 apples by
the old scheme of wormy-apple or
charding in Oregon. ' .
Pate, has ' ordered a ' new deal.
Scrub livestock is the road to failure,
and scrub thethods the avenue to
bankruptcy. The new must be adopt
ed and the worn out and antlq.u'ated
must go into the discard. The Polk
county, breeders who are .bringing
in better1 types are solving greater
world problems than the men who
are building battleships,
MORE VICTORIES
T CHICAGO yesterday, Hood
River apples beat all comers,
and took the first prize. v The1
exhibit was a carload of Spit-
lenbergs entered : by C. H. Sproat,
and was the same exhibit, that won
the sweepstakes prize at Spokane.' Jt
was In competition with apples from
all ' parts ; ot the country, and, in
spito of the long haul and repeated
handling, was an easy winner. The
prize was a cup and $1000 in' cash.
The exhibit was the subject f much
comment, and almost fabulous prices
were offered for it
A significant episode Is that In the
same city, on the same day, Oregon
livestock was a prize winner In an
international livestock" show. ' Two
shorthorns from the herd of W. O.
Minor of Heppner took fourth prize,
each in a competition In which the
best animals In the world were en
tered. The Minor prizes are a hint. to the
effect that there are other fields than
orcharding In which Oregon can at
tain distinction. It is a settled fact,
known to experts, that this state has
peculiar advantages for raising fancy
livestock. The. climate and foods
ot western Oregon are especially
effective In producing long wooled
sheep and goats. ; They yield a large
carcais and long silken wools, espe
cially sought by the trade.' They are
equally effective in producing horses
and cattle of unusual size and gen
eral excellence. '
When, . the actual conditions be
come perfectly understood, Oregon
will become as famous for animal
husbandry as she Is for orcharding.
The means and . resources are all
here, just as they ; were here for
orcharding and had to be discovered
before our fruitgrowers became the
aprJle kings of the world. '' The same
intelligence applied - with the same
patience and Industry that have been
devoted to orcharding will yield the
same conspicuous results. " '
We cannot al be orchardlsts. An
our lands are no; Buited. to fruit
growing. ". Large areas : are i better
aaaptea to otner purposes. The rame
fwon by our orchardlsts is encourage
ment to our people to seek victories
in other fields. " r '.
AUTOMOBILES AID " D13TKLOP-
V
HE AUTOMOBILE is helping the
development of the state great
ly. Formerly" it "'jrad difficult
If not impossible for people vis
iting or stopping over at a town to
make an extended trip through the
surrounding country atid investigate
its products, resources ?aud capabil
ities. Now, in every town there are
automobiles by which IndlvidualSjOr
parties can travel hundreds of miles
in a dayj and get more knowledge of
a local region that they, formerly
could in three or four days.!', Real es
tate men and; physicians and paer
chants and many farmers and fruit
grewers now have automobiles which
not only enable them and their rela
tives and friends to learn more about
their own I and surrounding conv
m unities, but that quickly and comr
fortabfy carry vfeitors, homeseekers,
rnvestorSj throughout a large area In
a few hours and are means of giring
them all the information they de3ire.
Actlon at law are numerous In
which the plaintiffs have lost money
by investing in some wildcat scheme,
through gross misrepresentation;
have bought stock in this,' that pr
the other get-rlch-quick scheme, only
to find that it was utterly worthless.'
The swindlers should lse made to pay
the money back, of course, if that is
possible; but the. gullibility of these
complainants Is enough M make peo
ple of 5 v; ordinary common . sense
"tired," There af-e: plenty .of safe
ways to invest money, with profits
ab80lutly sure: . ; f "
"The recommendations of the chief
ot army engineers for appropriations
for , the ; Columbia river and other
Oregon rivers are liberal, but reason
able, v , Whether ' the appropriations
will be made this winter is somewhat
doubtful, ' as President v Taft T has
twice given notice that ho will veto
a "pork barrel" bill, and. it is very
difficult to eliminate the "pork. bar
rel" feature. Oregon Interests should
be prfpareB to get busy In behalf of
ttrc5rpTOprtaCTiyrf!r.;
The secretary of the American
Protective, Tariff league KayB the tar
iff is riot high enough; If any
changes are made the dutiea should
t
cnw.uiri ar
thrown to
f
it,
t
bnt it
t r
shut up sh
no longer d
7' 3 I
1 by 1
Hie next revh joa cf tha t.rr;
Will
be downward.
. -ts '
-The govrrnmont denounces the s:v
gnr trust as a ruthless monster, and
is moving for Its d!.;:;o!utio!j. But
the government should confess that
It is partlceps crJmlnis. It made the
creation of this "monster" possible,
fostered it and fattened and gorged
it, through Its high protective tariff
policy." And. la doing so yet .
A Wide Difference.
St Johns,' Or., Nov. 25. To the Kditor
of The Journal, An editorial- In Thurs
day's Journal,1 badBi "Guilt Is Per
sonal, doses with these Words: "Thcr
wllj b no effective resistance to combi
nation In restraint of trade until the
higher-ups who break th laws are sent
to Jail. Guilt is personal. -The corpor
ate entity canpot be reached for puni
tive purposes. .; It Is the men who ma
nipulate the corporations and violate the
law that . should be punished by the
law i
And in an editorial reply jo Mr.
O'Brien In the next column you say;
The Journal's case is not against Mr.
O'Brien or any railroad official. It is
a case against the railroad corporation
and in behalf of .the city of Portland.
The corporation is one things Mr.
O'Brien la. quite another. Officials come
and go. but the corporation is perpetual.
The officials are Interesting and agree
able gentlemen; the corporation ia oat
for ftll it can get and gdta much that It
goes for." .,":.: -!'
Now, Jf the interests of the people
are sacrificed- to a corporation, by the
said corporation gaining :control of a
waterfront, i . legally - or . otherwise,' a
crime has bsea committed, and as "guilt
Is personal," some no doubt "Interesting
and agreeable gentlemen" are guilty,
and "the Jails yaws for defendants ot
this type." C.'A, VINCENT.'
(The trust magnates are violating
laws.' For their offenses fines and
prison "penalties are provided,
i In the case of the O. K. & N. and the
street vacations, whatever the corpora
tion may get is with the consent of
the mayor and council. Such bestowal
as the corporation may receive Is by the
voluntary act of those In charge at the
eity halL -There , Is no. law to prevent
the railroad from i taking ;; all the city
officials are willing to give it. There
is no criminal provision to punish; the
corporator or corporation official: for
acccptng the whole city of Portland, If
the mayor and the city council see fit to
bestow IS as an affectionate donation.
put there is a- law that the trust offi
cials are violating and It contains a
criminal provision, prescribing penalties,
prison sentences among them. The
cases cited by the correspondent are
jrldcly different. Editor.)
: ' , SeatUe's Are. "
BeatUe,- Wash., Nov. 28. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The Oregon Journal
has always been fair in its attitude to
ward Seattle, and I rely on your fair
ness to .cprrect a misapprehension which
a number bf Portland people have about
Seattle's area. ' Believing that Seattle la
much larger In area tlfan Portland, these
people claim that - Portland - would be
larger in population than Seattle were
Portland's large in area as is Seattle.
But Seattle's area Is only slightly larger
than that of Portland, the actual fig
ures being- 65.8 square miles for Se
attle to 60 square miles for Portland.
The square miles given out as Se
attle's area contain 24.2 .square miles
of lake and bay surface, leaving a net
land area of 65.8 square miles..
. J. A. BCABGLETX."
Mm East ward Street, Seattle.
. Curbstone Brokers. V 11
Woodburn, Or, Nov. 28. To" the Edi
tor of The Journal X want to call your
attention to the fact that out of 19
nl ataoA are maintained. These
men, who are commonly known as "ctrrb-
itoners," go to no expense whatever
gave a 25-ccnt note book and a lead pen
cil, while the man that does an honest
real estate business and supports an
office Is subject to many expenses, such
as light, fuel, water and rent Besides,
he has to eep teams and vehicles and
costly literature that he sends east to
advertise the-country. The curbstoner
gets out of all of these necessary ex
penses. " I have known some of these
men' to- go Into a real estate office for
the sole purpose of "sizing up" the pros-
Letters From tlie People :
pective purchaser and then go, out andw the race. He was given a liberal
Jiio in wait for him.
They can and do
unaerseu an oxners.
A CITIZEN. ,
A rieTolnlion In Cotton.
Blnce the invention of the cotton gin
nothing has been more Surely needed
for the development of the south's
greatest industry than a cotton harves
ter. The. slow, ; tedious i harvesting of
the crop by hand, and -the uncertainties ,
of negro : labor, nave sermusiy . inter
fered with the advancement of ,the cot
ton belt. Wblle machinery , has been
perfected for- the gathering of ' other
crops, cotton is todayf picked througn
out the south Just as It was a hundred
years ago; ' .! ' -
According to Arthur W. Page. In The
World's Work for. December, the long
delayed revolution is at hand. Recent
experiments Indicate that practical
cotton harvester has ' been produced.
Among the results predicted from the
use of this machine - are;- putting the
children In school, reducing the number
of tenant farmers, Increasing the, price
of land, and making the lot Of the farm
er's wife easier by lessening for her the !
housework Incident to the cotton pick
ing season. At present the picking alone
often costs a 'fourth of the total value
Of the lint. . ' '
"The tenant . system: Is a particularly
heavy cursa on the. south, and In many
Instances it Is Hobson's .choice with the
land-owner. If he does not take tenants
he cannot he -a sure of having . labor
enough to get along; With. The Intro
duction of machinery Is likely to enable
many farmers to do Without tenants
to farm with machinery and a minimum
of help. cThls Uught to tend toward bet
ter yields and bettor care, of the soil.
i ' A Tuskcgee Graduation.
By Booker T. Washington in The
1 r" World's Work., -
Ordinarily, at the closing exercises of
a high school, graduates are expected to
stand vp on a platform and, out of all
their Inexperience, i instruct their lders
how to succeed in life. We waro fortu-
"T flTr ,,' n. mr y;Ben
l Oi lC(J VI U1DIIT, aiiU life LlltJ
thousand acres of land that are cultl
vated, lo be sble to give pur 'students,
tm addition., to their; goneral education,
a pretty good knowledge of some. one of
the familiar trades or vocaUons. They
have, therefore, something to talkNabout
In tbeir H8a in which all of the audl-
wreMtrtet md"WWr-wrto
are all morn or Ichs familiar.
. Instead of having a boy or girl read
a paper on some subject; like ''Beyond
the Alps Lies' Italy," we have them ex
plain and nVmonr-t rate to the ' audience
how to bultd -roof, or the proper way
to make cheese, or how to hatoh c'llck
L ML (
Now for the !h; 1 ;
Tt,l3 Governor iv
all, for a little wiiiie.
The enr'ir shoppors
atttntiin and barK'Una.
u aft.-r
t'ft the better
Ont goes wet Novprribr; la
tbe ljust month of 1910. .
corner
At laast the snffragettf-s hve not yet
resorted to-hat pins for a wonder.
A New York man pai l $1000 for three
fKJckled snipe egs but not to eat
.'.-...
The government la after tha wildest
proraoturs, and the game is, plentiful.
Look cheerful; the bills will be a
good deal Wgger the first of ntxt month.
What IS the Colonel and contributing
editor dolngT Kot fasting and pray
ing? . . . .
, -
Premier Asqiilth apparently needs to
wear a coat of mail aDd have his life
insured. ,
x An eastern paper tell of hailstones
as big as ben's okks. But they didn't
cost 40 cents a dozn. . -'
Tomorrow will be the first day of
the Christmas ,month the best day In
it to buy those presents.
'';- '' . ' !,.'..; ''.'' '.
The loSig and short haul qnestlon Is
nearly as troublesome as the frequently
recurring long and short footpads. t
:'''''"!?':'-''-";:H 'W: .'; '"":'. ''','. -vV;,:''.'i.' .i-'sV.-,.':'.-':1-..;
There is no laW. unfortunately, by"
which the cover dcnlpns of some of -the
magaxlnes can be barred from the malls.
If 'beef-should go down to one cent
a pound, the scale of restijr.int prices
and size of steaks would remain the
same. ... - -.v. , . , . t... .
.,' " ,' '
Mr. J. J. Hill could not get to the
Development league meeting, but we all
know that he is doing a lot of develop
ing in Oregon. i
It la reported that Jim Patten has
said that he will distribute his wealth
to the deserving. To the Armours, per
haps he means. '
" ; "'
' Cot Roosevelt willf dedicate a dam In
Arizona next spring, v It is suspected,
that he dedicated several damns at
Oyster Bay on November 9. .
';'!i'.;'!V:;'-!::S'U' ;,'.: ..; "'..v.';; . 'V.-v'-ti!' :'- '
.The new Judicial amen dimwit te the
consUtutlon will at least direct wide
spread attention tp the need of reform
in court procedure. -V---- -. '
' Poor old BrHtanla: It will soon be. in
the throes of another election, only a
few months since the L&ist one. Tbe
lords have hlgn hopes of winning tola
time. . . v
It is barely possible that the Deme
cratio majority In the bouse will dis
appoint .: everybody by not having
factional quarrels and playing . petty
Politics.. ,
Why not make a systematic effort
to induce some of the thousands of
tourists now arrhrtng In soutUtm Cali
fornia to -visit Oregon before thtrr return
east In the spring, -... : ...r, .....
.,.':', V 'j. '' ; "'i'A1'-' 5p:V
A Republican paper calls Wood row
Wilson a "dreamer.'1 On the contrary,
he ia a hard-headed, clear-vlsioned, prac
tical man who entertains about as few
illusions as anybody. -
An ' exchange remarks that when a
man' boys a hat he gets what he wants
at once, and doesn't fusa about it like
a woman. But when a woman boys a
cocktailr bat she doesn't . .
Go sooth, young man, where the Dem
ocrats always have won. Atlanta Jour
nal. Come west young man, where yon
ctra thrive and flourish regardless of
whether Republicans or Democrats win.
About 200,000 Koreans having amput
ated their topknots since the annexa
tion of Korea by Japan, the local price
for the cheapest quality of Korean hair
has dropped from SO cents to 12 cents
an ounce while the best quality ts now
selling for about f 0 cents. American
women who wear false hair should be
Interested In this, and ask dealers why
me pucv ot oair naan come down.
' Jonathan Swift, one of the greatest
satirists the world has had. wag born
on November 30, 1667. Ba was likewise
the ; most eccentric, . and few brilliant
men of literature have had such good
and such harsh, things said about him.
Surely no man ever cared less for what
opinion any man might hold against
him. . From his early years his Inde
pendence. was one of his chief charac
teristics. He never counted the conse
quences of his satire,, nor did he care
Whether or not it would bring him fame
or blame. N
, An Irishman by birth .be Inherited
considerable , of the characteristic wit
education, took; holy orders, and for
a considerable time was- satisfied to live
the1 life and on the income .of an ob
scure country clergyman. , He began his
political writing in 17Q1 and had as as
sociates such distinguished literary
lights as Addison, gtcele and Arbuth
not. , ' ,'.
Conceiving, however, that he was 'neg
lected by the Whig ministry, he switched
over to, the Tory administration, where
he was welcomed with open arms He
carried With him shining weapons for
party warfare Irresistible and "! un
scrupulous "atlrft, ' steady hate,'"anda
dauntless spirit, s. The accession . of the
house of Hanover ruined bis hopes, and
he returned . to Ireland a disappointed
man. . "
It was then that the worst side of
Swift was most strikingly reveajed. Ills
love affairs with Stolla, the name by
which he Immortalized : Miss Hester
Johnson, was carried along through a
considerable period, of his early profes
sional career. He never 'failed to pay
his devotion o her la all the years of
his London residence.
But wnen ne re
turned to Ireland he had engaged the
affections of another young lady, Ester
Vanhomrlgh, who f oUowed ; him ; from
her home In England and took up a res
idence near his. -.".'
Swift was naturally flattered thst a
girl of 18, beautiful and accomplished,
should sigh for a "gown of 45." He
tried the experiment of paying court
to both, but at length he could carry
ens with an Incubator. Perhaps one of
the graduates In the nurses', trsinlng
school' will show how, to lend "first aid
to the Injured." If a girl is taking the
course In dairying, she will not only de
scribe what; she has learned, but will
go through on the platform, the vari
ous methods of : operating a ; modern
dairy. Instead.of letting a boy tell why
one oueht'te J right, we ask htm to
foil what hejias learned about the feed
ing of plgsrabout their diseases, ,and
the care of them when the,y are sick,-
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' Wilson's Big Victory. :'
- From tho News Tork Evening Post
.The complete figures of The New Jer
sey ; election make Woodrow Wilson's
victory even more , remarkable than it
seemed on its face. The amount of di
rect voting for Mr, Wilson by Rppub-
lng;at home, is strikingly manifest In
two ways. In the first place, the total
vote for governor was greater by 37,803
than -that cast 1rt the last governorship
election, three years ago;and not only
did 'Wilson Ret the whole of this In
crease, bt 9710 VoV a lu aduillon hU
; Novcmter 30 in History Greatest Satirist -
T - T
on v
ir lml!.js is now &ovn 1?:0 j
Nonhoi-5 jiootofflce has had to put in
more boxes.
'
- Threshing Is still going on in Kla
math county. .
.,' i
Canby man has over iO carloads of
potatoes in his warehouse.
'. Rifle bullet from an unknown source
came through a Sheridan residence.-.
...'.-
Immense number of fruit trees bflrtsr
pjantaii, especially- in southern Oregon.
- i '
Stock shipments from Enterprise con
tinue heavy; 12 carloads of lambs wore
among one day's shipments.
-
After being idle several months, Ban
don's broom handle factory Is running
again, and will run. all winter.
Boy near Cresswell raised - on his
father's larm two squashes, one of
which weighs 125 pounds and the other
90 pounds,,
-
, On account of the , heavy rains , of
the past few days "there is now water
running In the Umatilla river pat
Echo. This is the first time in weeks
that any water has been in the river
at' this..' point on account of the great
amount of water taken out of the
stream above town for Irrigating pur
poses. ... . - ','.. . --
Contractors are having great trouble
gotting first class brick lor their big
building - operations contemplated at
Eugene and SprlnKfiold.. One just pur
chased 295,000, which will cost J20 per
thousand -in Eugene. There are very
few brick for sale at any price and those
who have them do not seem to care
whether they sell them or not. - , , -
... - . . . ; .,'-.'
- Central Point Herald r The Gold Hill
News last week gloated over the fact
that Gold Hill was furnishing the black
loam soli for the surface of the railroad
park at Med ford and modestly mentions
that they have more soil of the same
grade to loan to their less fortunate
neighbors. Oold Hill should be selling
that soil at 12000 an acre, like Central
Point does. Instead of distributing , it
among her neighbors. v .
TTnlon Is organizing her forces and
will go after the branch Insane asylum
for all it Is worth, and In this work our
city is promised the aid of La Grande,
Elgin and other points In the county,
for all of which onr! little city Is luatly
proud and .grateful, says the Republi-
can,- There is to be no secret abontJ tr4n went rushing by. -
the matter Union wants ie asylum.'And we'd gorged oursolve wlta
believes she has the best location, and
is going after the prize, on the basis of
pure merit. '''
... . ,
The citizens ' of Pleasant H1T1 are
awake to the fact that they have one
of the richest sections of the state and
axe going to endeavor to let the rest of
the country know it, says the Eugene
Guard. They will hold a meeting soon
to devise means of propej-Ly boosting
their section of the county and placing
Its advantages before : homeseekers.
Pleasaftt Hill will be among the first
Communities to take advantage of. the
new state law which allows counties
nd districts to bond 4 themselves ; f or
roaa improvement . . .
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The TTsrrlsbnrg 'Bulletin tftfls this
story of a butter dish bursting into
fragments, accompanied by a report that
frightened the whole household. The lid
was pot broken, the small amount of
buttar tbe dish contained was spat
tered about in every direction. Some
idea of the force of the explosion -may
be had from the fact that a small piece
of the glass pierced a solid teacup sit
ting near without otherwise damaging
it, The destruction of the butter
was as complutM as though It had been
struck with a piledrlver. . -
'
Rosebnrg News: According to. a we if
known capitalist, who recently arrived
here from Marshfleld, work on the Coos
Bay. Oregon & Idaho railroad will be
commenced within & days, notwith
standing that many people In this vicin
ity scout the-contentions of the -promoters.
The gontleman In -question
says that Engtneer Haines and his as
sociates have Interested eastern capi
tal In the proposition,' and have been
assured of $10,000,000,. fund which
they deem sufficiently large to finance
the construction of the road. . :
the deception no further.4 Esther wrote
to Stella, to ascertain the nature of her
connection with Swift. The latter In
tercepted the letter, and rode instantly
to her residence and, when asked to sit
down, he flung the letter on the table
and-instantly departed.' "Wherf Esther
opened the packet and found only her
louur. w .avciiu, ii was nw aesLn war-
rant She survived this last interview
but a few weeks.'- ' . '
Stellar and 8wlft were at last secretly
married 1n the garden of the deanery
when on her part all but life had faded
away. Just before her death he offered
to acknowledge the union, ' but she ro-
pueus - "it is too late.". - - f
The fair sufferers were deeply ' re
venged. In a few year the malady
came . whlcl Swift . had long forseen
and dreaded," and his reason gave way.
tils almost total silence during the last
three years of his life (for the last year
he spoke not a word) appalls and over
awes the imagination. He died on
October 19, 1746, and left his fortune,
about, J50.000,; to found a lunatic asy
lum In Dublin ;. . ' . ' .
rGulflver's - TravolB" and the "Tale
of 'a Tub", are the chief corner stones
of his fame. After Dr. Johnson had
finished ' these : books he expressed a
doubt as to whether Swift had writ
ten, theni - and Swift himself was
heard to mutter In later years, as he
iwuw mo vases ot jn. laio 01 a 1UD,
"Great Ood, what a genius I had when
I wrote that book." .
On November 80, 1782, the preliminary
treaty of peaoe' closing the revolution,
was signed In Paris., Today is the birth
day of Andrea PaTladlo, , the Italian
architect (1518); Lawrence Kearney,
the naval officer who opened negotia
tions for our first treaty with" China
(1789); Cyrus WJ Field, merchant. famr
ous for his connection with the Atlantic
cable 081r Samuel L. Clemens, "Mark
Twain" 11836). Today Is the deathday
of Euripides, tragic dramatist (490 B,
C); Lord; Baltimore In 1675, Maurice
Marshal Saxe (1750); John Dunlap, first
printer of congress (181S) and James
Sheridan Knowles, dramatist (1862.). S
vote being greater by 47.683 than that
obtained by the Democratic cahdidate
three years ago. On the Other hand,
Mr. Wrilson's Bepublican opponent, of
course, got 9740 fewer votes than his
predecessor of three years ago.' And In
the second place It Is to be hoted that
while the state of the party ,vote, as
such, Is Indicated by. an aggregate tiet
Democratic plurality, of H068 in the
vote on assembly candidates, Mr. - Wll -
son's plurality for the governorship Was
49,360. . It ,is fair, therefore, td say
that he rsn 35,000 ahead of his tlckpfc:
and if allowance Is made for the -very ! since 'the miperstltion hangs on double
great amount Of anti-Wilson trading dinged demnitiqn, that mules have fell'
that Is understood to have been done . Intent -And yet O mule, you'ra trim
by the machine 'politicians. It seems as
though 150,000 were a very moderate es
timate of the amount by which, taking
tne nonest vote fiono, wuson ran ahead
through jU)a,ce.s,DrcXcrencfRe -
publicans who otherwise , voted . the
party . ticket. (v;:-
The Elizabeth will take about 5000
fHi's of salmon from the Coquflle Blver
Cooperative Canning Co.'s plant on her
next trip to httn b'rapclsco. NOvernlxir
21, taja the Aljrila 1'ouu Kntcrpri,'-9.
c
r
1 i :
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'.t us in
the Val-
ii-y of Mo-l ni'ini.-,
Vvli.'ro we tiii'il to itinki! a profj
UH Itand.soni -ii viilonil.
-ct I i y
And Ve trrmv bh s-f v ot cnpital t
t w
hail to fat our ti-nt,
Frie,1 In oil from a Lad go r, for we didn't
have a c nt
Time went on and still we hunenred,
but the ents were,-not in sit;ht.
We ha i eaten all our burros and the
future wasn't bright:
We, had boiiri our boots and trousers,
we had stewed our dynamite,
We had roasted oirr suspenders, we had
; eaten-our 'last bite.
"Scpnery is ripe." said Crowfoot Crow
foot was our president
,"We will eat it raw for breakfast and
it won't cost us a cent."
Well, that's what we hRd next morn
ing mountain views of every
size.
They were plump and fat and juicy, but
we ate 'cm with our eyes.
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Then at noon a desert mirage furnished
us with luncheon rare,
In the evening we had Inndscape and
each of us took a stare.
An on Sunday .Mr. Crowfoot his front
. . name, you know, was GeorKe
Said we'd ought to have a banquet, so
we gorged ourselves on gorge.
: s v - .1 ' " - .
Yep, we walked across the country ttjl
. we found some mountain streams.
And we dined on gorges, canyons, c,U-
racts and sunlight gleams.
We were handicapped, however, for. we
' couldn't eat at night, -
For our food kept In the background
; when there wasn't any light.
Why, Tm giving you no fiction, there
were dark and gloomy days
When we had to cut out eating oa ao-
, count of fog and-'bazou , , ;
SO we worked and dined and struggled
; :; till at last we found the vein
And we sold for half a million, honest,
we went- near insane. :v. ;,v
When we counted out our portions, each
. two hundred thousand bones, -We
were tickled most to pieces. Crow- '
foot, me and Red-eye Jones. i i
When we amhled to the city. Bed-eye
- said: ."Liefs go and ,eat;
Let's fill up on pie and sansage; coma
' on, lads, its Bed-eye's treat"
Let us pause. . I bate to tell ft, bnt Wd
plumb forgotten how,
Anyway, we Weren't hungry, 'cxtzse, ywu
see, we'd seen a cow..
And a herd or two of horses. M the
tend..
scapes till there wasn't room for
pie.. . ; . ,,' ,.--.f
We had eaten trains and bouses. Oelds
of grain and hired men.
We had fed our eyes on barnyard, rafl-
road track and hill and glen.
Though we tried to gain some bnnget
we were always doomed to fail.
For unconsciously we swallowed scen
ery by chunk and bale.
And that's why Tm pemilmlstla why
I'm looking for a hoarse
That is why my moneys worthies
though it overflows my purse.
No, my- friendj I've been to dinner, ate
It from this very spot,
Though I wasn't very hungry,. X Just -
ate a house and lot ,
. Frora-McCluro's Atagaslne.
James J.. Is Ms railroad; for 39
years he has been nothing else. Night
and day he works for It, with tho enthu
siasm of a fanatic He is a tremendous
worker tn a very curious way plan-
ning, sJl the time,-how- ho wm eortend
an enlarge his road and distribute Its
great profits, and always talking hie
plans aloud - to any listenerx-f roro ', the
barber to r: the Wall , street magnate. .
These who know him best believe that
he can this successfully only when ha
Is talking, and talking to an auditor.
And,. day after day,, he goes down the
line of his acquaintances, telling them
of his plans, getting their opinion of !
them, changing and improving them as
he goes along, and finally bringing them 1
out in aq entirely different form from
any ho has talked about For this rea
son his enemies have called him a liar."
He is really an inventor, inventing and
planning aloud. . He is, in fact a very
fortunate roan; his enthusiasm drives
hiiu to accomplish an enormous amount
pf work, with the greatest of pleasure,
very day. - ,
' A "Big JDIty.
From I
the irrlgoa Irrigator. ;
Portland Is,-without a doubt the
"biggest" city in the country qC r her
sizc' We'doiot- mean in sauar miien
jof territory contained within the city.!1
uiuns, ior in tnai respect they are
smaller by far than many other cities
J around the 160,000 .mark. But In every
essential going to make, a metropolis,
. Portland joutdoes and outshines any city
in the country, with even 60.000" more -people.
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Nor do we believe there Is "a more
prosperous city In the country than the
Bose City is today. And. what Is bet- ;
ter, it Is growing better every day. In-1
deed, it may be. said that within the
five mouths since the count was taken
for the current census, Portland has
been far more prosperous and has
grown faster far faster than during
any period of equal length of her ex
istence. ' . -A ''I ... .. . .
,'A Safeguard.
' From Collier's Weekly! '
Maine. -began' the Pemocratio sweVn.
Massachusetts did her full share. Bound-"
d by both of thorn Is New Hampshire.
.snsnrS n ' Hamii"
! ilin,Sur!n are not
-" -- mu u piRaeo out or the
election almost everywhere. And, by the
way, Just watch La FoUette In the next
senate. He will fight for all the meas
ures he believes in, and against those"
which he thinks wrong, and he will be
ajreiief among those who allow their
(Contributed to Th imimsi k w.m
il . " vii, mum a. ,
th (nmons Kiit! n,. proM.pwm r ,
SSwnLl). ' i U,U co,,uim p"f
Ton have endured so much slander no
wonder that, it stirs your dander o sad
yed mulo ; of , mine! No wonder that
you're Wooding, brooding, your scanty
ears of corn denuding, with yellow teeth
that shine! Your tall, it Isn't long and '
flowing; it's Shingled, and has whiskers
growing In tassel on the end; your neck
Is dished, ahd Dover arching, like that
of, warhorse, proudly marching, where
strains of bugles blend. You ears are
long and out of drawing, and wJen you
laugh your loud baw-toawinfr brik dis
tant window, panes; and people Jeer at
and deride you; through all the ftres
- they've denied you- a decent ,..,.
:'. .1 '; '!.
Tbe Mule . ,
j brains. : A thousand years ago Or over.
some mule, fed up'too'hlgb on clover' I
reached out and-kfckeil . ' I
and trustyt r I tare not for the legends :
ulUB(.yt vi .picjuuicesioia;. you did... not i
stack up high for beauty, but when the
mazier s ono ox auiy, you're worth Votir '
'tajjalKt . 1 nlil A I i. m . s ...
waiht - - l - - old,
human duffer, like you, O mule' mi.st
,ive and suffe the world's oo" empt a S
jeers, uciouw ne is not Oullt for danc
ing, for' pirouetting "and for prancinc
and has ungainly ears. .
rnnirlfllt. Wo,
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