THE OltEGON DAILY JOURNAL, ; PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY ' 13, -1911.
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VT,, DAILY AKD iCNDAT.-V .'
Oos rear. I 0- P0"1" M
With curious art ' tha brain, to
finely wrought. : ,
preys on hrelf, ' "
stroyed by. thought
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, A If 0TB OP ALARM ; . ;
R' 0RTLANDER3 WILL he Inter
ested In an utterance fcy the
Seattle Time elsewbera on
this page. It Bounds note of
alarm.' : Seattle' advantage a to
transportation- rate are , crumbling
and the paper call npon Seattle In-.
. -terest to ght Under change or
dered In .rate acheduleV Seattle
- atrength', ;.'? Jobbing center ; la
dwindling, and the Timet appeala to
Seattle people to resist.
' Portland Interest are similarly
Jeopardised." ' But tor the Columbia
- river and Ita Influence In rat njak
Ing Portland would be aa eriouly
Imperiled aa la Seattle." ' " -7'
-. The Interior elUea and". Jobbing
jjolnta are securing ,1-ate conceaslona
that lessen the Influence of the coast
. cltlea. In, the eye of the rate-mak-Ing
body, competition from the aea
counts for lesa than It need to, nn-
lesa competition from the aea ao
competea as , to lessen rates. The
Times declares that Seattle Jobbera
are already being ahut out of the ln-
tertor by the lowered ratea to ?po-
kane and other Inland polnta.
;The article presents two nonder--
one facta to Portlandera. : OnrJs
that they muat utlJUe the Colnmbla
lirer aa a rate-making ,derlce.;. The
cthei' U that they must stimulate a.n
- ocean traffic tha will cut the trans
continental railroad ate to the
v mlnlmnin.',: . t.. ' ; r-'- . --v
The Columbia ninst be cleared of
"obstructlonsTandbe ooTerjadTwIlK
. trafflo-bearlng craft It must be.env
'- ployed as i a competing system ; of
. transportation.' -It and it nlone la
Portland's open sesame to the inland
empire. It and" ft -alone la the' final
power that can arbitrate rates and
defend Portland' supremacy east of
. the. Caacadea'.'.- V-v TVi;
. , The deep bine aea and the Pan-
. ama. canal are. th other factor, by
' which we can , meet the increasing
competition . from inland. - Jobbing
points. If the present trend of rate-
' . making continue. If the transcon
tinental railroads encounter at Port-
' land an ocean competition that is
really eompetltlye, they must Jneet
the rates or lose the business.
The situation is one; that Port
landers must consider -(i The things
that the .. Times urges upon Seattle
Interest are - eanally applicable o
Portland interests, , There are things
that roust be done If Portland la to
preserve her Influence In the hln-
terland.
MRS. ITRESHOUR'S ' WOES ,
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rRS. rnESHOUR of Dayton.
, Ohio, has Just cause for com
plaint..' She I seeking "a di
vorce because, her nusband is
too' fond football' ' She aaya In
court thaC her , spouse Is so lured
by the game that he neglected not
only her but his practice aa a phy
alclan, devoting his time to coaching
the Dayton High school team. Most
of hie time, he aaya,' waa devoted to
showing . the quarterback how to
make a forward pass
She la right She ought to have
a divorce, heavy alimony, ana '.. a
special decree enabling her to marry
some man more worthy.
- Any doctor .who will become en
amored of the. Quarterback kick, and
the flying wedge la bad enough. Or
one who would Quit a good case, of
measles or a $250 operation for ap
pendicitis to show youngsters ' how
to execute a mass play or a fake
punt la a monster. vv-jfr":
-. But this man who foroewore the
- Joy of his fireside and an affection
ate wi!efor the lure of a nasty for-
ward pass la a .downright heathen,
and,. ought to be disciplined, f Let
the misguided rascal feel the heavy
hand of the divorce court
rro see otjrsel's as ethers
' - SEE TS"
-p HIS PRIVILEGE to see.. our
. I eel's as lthers see us Oregon
and its Inhabitants are enjoying
, , Just now from the face to face
View that Governor Woodrow Wil
son Is getting, and ' the Impressions
he draws from this closer acqualnt-
ance, - - '' '.
i ' it Is certain In advance that he
i Will, have nothing but good , to re
port of the beauty of western Ore
- gon--the only part through which
' he wlirtraypland of Its fitness to
. providb- for; a ' population,1'; ton fold
greater tbanrthe 700,000,-which Is
all that we can; find today in the
86,000 square, miles ;jwithin pur
boundaries, ?CLt the i distribution ol
that 700,000 people many anomalies
will appear Dealing in percentages,
.44.3 par cent of the total live In the
one ctty.'and tn; the1 towns of-, over
4000 inhabitants,: 15.1 -per cent ' In
the suburbs and,. villages, 'and only
40.7, per cent Undf their tome: on
the farm and Ganges, , on the. or
chards, In the foresU'4knd mine .of
Oregon,. ; . . -j
. It ia a fair auggestlon, that Gov
ernor Wilson expected to. find him
self In a predominantly rural atate.
But a city; of quarterof a million
people greeU hlni He learna far
ther that while the increase of pop
ulation between 1900 and l10 wai
1$3,2U in an, T0.7 of that Increase
ha been in cities, 12.4 per cent in
suburbs and village, and onlyfl6.9
per cent have settled on the land, v
Thus the nroblema of government
and legislation In Oregon have been j
more Tar ed by far man u iu
growth Of the atate bad been by ex
tension of the life of the pioneers
with their attendant simple indus
tries, . Manufactures, commerce,
transportation, mining ana a Hun
dred, dependent; employments,' have
been introduced and have' grown far
faster than the landed industries, at
tractive though theso are.v It fol
lows that if the people of Oregon as
a whole have taken part In . origina
ting, developing and solidifying that
wtaiatlnn which is known as me
Oregon .system; It. has been found by,;
experience that all classes in a mosi
diverse ' population llv and thrive
nnder It, and recognise and adopt It
aa their own.,
y One other nolnt The principle of
the ultimate power of both revls-
Ion and.; origination oi iaws oj
people hMwon'.lt wayJnVtace of
bitter - opposition of governing,
clique , kndr bosses, and their many
and powerful advocates ana aaner
enta. It is now so firmly entrenched
that from the ranka of Its opponenta
recrulta In Its support have - been
won tthey, came, to scoff and have
remained to ! pray. - ; ; 1
'.,'' LEAVE- TO PRINT 7 "
IN WASHTQTON the ther "day
Congressman Ruokef of Colorado
delivered an honr address with
only a stenographer for an au
dience. He waa talking for home
conaumptlon. It waa a speech to he
Minted In the Congreaslonal RecoTa,
to be read , in hi .district in Colo
rado. ' .. ; .
Mr. Rncker ripped up the govern
ment and flayed the special inter
ests. He thundered at, the trusts
and fulminated' against official, ex
travagance. He deienaea.tne a own-
trodden and fusiladed the fortresses
of plutocracy,, . ; 4 -. .'
.There waa no applause from the
stenographer. There was no wild
burst of cheering from the gallery.
Tho-roera-wasJlentHmv-fpr th
sonorous voloe of the speaker ana
the rustle .of .the stenographer'
pendL' -C ' .. "' , '
But the, speecn went into mo
Congressional Record, the govern
ment, prints it gratis, and clerk
sends-' It under the congressman's
frank to Colorado constituent. It
was not intended to Influence the
dfcllberatlon of the house. It was
not expectel to exercise the slight
eat weight on pending legislation.
It reflected the' congressman's pur-J
... i .. iiMlflMAM urn
WHUOUl Tuo v B.fcu.v-vv
at a glad word of cheer to the folk
at home. H-yT'Ari - " :.:
The episode Is example of a prac
tice that has grown up in congress,
especially In the house. It is a prac
tice that has destroyed the value of
the'-,: Congressional ; Record..1 Along
with 'speeches actually made, it goes
out ' from Washington stuffed with
fake 'utterances, embodied in the
Journal under unanimous v consent
for leave to print. : . . e
As an authentic report of what
is said and done, the publication has
lost Its value. "tt has become a
cheap means of advertising by which
members give themselves publicity
Thw two chambers ought to ; go
back to first principles and make of
the Congressional Record an hon
est account of what actually trans
pires. The present practice Is cheap
fakery that in private aiiaira woum
be roundly denouncea.
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JiEW8PRINTPAPEB AND
RECIPROCITY
U
NDER THE treaty news print
paper is Included in the free
list, to pass between the two
countries with its price unaf
fected b- the tariff.
The tariff board having now fin
ished its Inquiries Into the cost on
each side of the border makes Its
report The public can now Judge
whether the facts ao ascertained. Jus
tify the inclusion of news print pa
per in the free list.
The figures also blow tne extreme
difficulty of arriving at a clean andj
clear basis of comparison.
The commission report that the
average cost" of a ton of news
print paper in Canada is $27.63 as.
against $32.83 in the United States.
The difference, of $5.85, In favor of
Canada is. due to the lower cost of
wood pulp, ' But, on the other side,
Canadian "milla, have an; advantage
In superior . equipment ir tne
products are -put on the American
market side by side U may safe.y be
predicted that American manufac
turers will speedily provide them
selves with Improved equipment.
So the disparity of cost will be re
duced, but to what extent there are
no figures to determine. s Again, In
fixing the average cost, there, is a i6 inch , wire-wound pieces. The
much wider margin Jn American-j largest calibre yet provided for is
mill costs. , For the range of costs; the 14. inch to go in the Texas and
rai-iftB hfitwfifln 124.50 and S43 oerlNew York, the lateBt of United
ton . in America as against $24.97
and $30.18 in Canada, and the ton
nage on which the average cost is
based is not given. The general de
duction appears to be safe that the
tariff of $3. 75 per ton on news print
from the Canadian side Is not need
ed to : secure a permanent equality
or cost on notn siaes oi ine Doraer
line; :'::X-:::' ;" A t;4; tr
On the question of wood pulp and
it comparative - cheapness Von the
Canadian aide it ; may. be reiriem
bered that only a few days, ago , it
was reported that the long pending
experiments by this government on
the. possibility, of utilizing- buU pine
for malting pulp had progressed so
far that there was every probability
of the extension of the manufacture
by the conversion into paper pulp of
this hitherto unused but very abun-
There la good ground for expect
tlon that free trade lnf newa print
will 4 help the American consumer
without ..injury to .the 'American
nnnfatnrr. ' -.V.'.. i Z -: - v ," - T,
MEN
BEFORE MONET 5 '
W
B ' OF Tnn
tlnited ' States
shall ot always be so at
tracted by. the thing that
merely 1 glitter. ' The news
paper recently , , teemed ,' with i ac
count of a lT-year-old mfss, named
Gould. Her claim, to much mention
was that she is an heiress and mar
ried a titled Englishman.. The cable
still telle of her1 movements.
. But. outside of New-York, scarce
ly i line, relate the passing of Dr.
Herman Knapp. . .Though he was ror
40 years a resident of New York and
one of the most eminent oculists In
the world, more notice was given
his passing in Paris and Berlin than
in America.
His years were' given to thelle
viation of distress. His researches
and' hie radiation of knowledge
about the human eye edified scien
tific men throughout the world. He
helped, to carry the light Into the
eyes of thousands who sat In dark
ness and In his devotion .to his work
of alleviation gave all he had" to
give tn strength and striving.
Those who were unable to pay, he
treated without price and. gave to
them the same devoted attention
that millionaires received at his
hands. ' On one occasion, a multi
millionaire sought to make an ap
pointment during the scientist's of
fice hours so he would have prece
dence over other on the waiting
list "If yon com at 8, when my
office hour begin, you may not
have to wait; ' but otherwise you
'must take your chances with the
rest" wa the reply. In treating
patients, he did not look at their
pocket books, bnt at their eyes.
: He was one of the country great
But' while he lived, or when he died.
It wa almost without an annalist
He went away nnproclaimed In his
wn-lMdretaTisalsBla-TOTe
tinsel, are devoted to the tawdry
and prostrate themselves before
mammon.- Later, we .shall ' turn
from money to merit and honor the
Knapps aod their kind in their time.
paying; the commons
$
INCH THE EARLIEST day of
parliament In Britain members
have nerved without pay. Toe
rule of centuries is now to be
broken; and a sum of $1,250,000 is
Par OI mvmoviM.
pay
Since the days of Parneil many
of the Irish members have received
a modest allowance from the funds
raised for support of the Irish party.
Labor members have been-aupportp
ed to some extent by the unions to
whlcn they 'belonged. The assess
ments for that purpose have been
cheerfully paid with very few ex
ceptions. But the question' having
been raised in what is known as the
Osborne case a to the jight'of the
managers to disburse, any sum from
the union -funda-rfor-tbis purpose,
the court held, against the legality
of the practice. " ;
It waa generally felt that the
way, -andi the only -right way out
of the dilemma : was to provide in
the annual budget for the living ex
penses at Westminster of all mem
bers without distinction. J
." The Tories have -run amuck as
usual by attacking the proposal on
the absurd ground that the house
will be flooded with money-grab-
blng--poUtlclan- seeking - an eas7
livelihood. This indirect Insult to
the labor members will be resented
by all their constituent regardless
of party. No class of membDi has
stood higher in ' the estimation of
their colleagues for honesty of pur
pose, and Industry in performing
their duty as members. That they
should be relieved of dependence on
unions . for their subsistence will be
welcomed by a great majority of the
British people. .
. THE FIFTEEN INCH- GUN
E ARE DISCUSSING the
peace , treaty. Also, the 15
Inch gnii. A few are even
speculating on the 18 inch
gun.
One phase of the talk about the
15 Inch cannon is whether it Is tp
be 62 M feet long, or only 60 feet
That Is, whether It is, to be as long
as a standard Portland lot Is wide,
or;12i(4 feet longer'. There Is also
wonder as to what nation, will be
first to adopt the 16 inch monster.
By all means, the contemplation , of
such a weapon of destruction of life
and property ought to whet the hu
man appetite for peace treaties, v
It is said that designs have al
ready been prepared, for 15 and even
States dreadnaughts, one of which
has only been begun and the other
not yet laid down. - : !
England has four' new dread
naughts in "the water and two about
to be launched that are to carry 13.6
Inch - guns'. - No other powers have
got beyond ordnance of 12 inch cal
ibre. The Krupps hare a 14 Inch
gun 'on their list; but it' is believed
to 06 a fortress weapon.'- The only
W
other guns, of that size reported ar
for the third Brazilian dreadnaught
now in course of construction, but
the facta as to Its calibre have not
been confirmed. ; J ' ;" t' ;
, The proposed increase in cali
bre and the fact that 1911, 1. wit
nessing the greatest addition to ar
maments In . history should . enliven
interest In peace treaties.'; - )
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' Some men. ' Bay the: Milwaukee
Sentinel, are appointed to the United
State senate, some- are elected, and
soma come from Illinois.
I Therftjare tlmea when. on la al
most convinced that" there lssome
dissatisfaction, with our mayoralty
candidates: .;;'i.'.$ V-
Ih'thi spring, time whn'th sky. la
gray, and th rain rrequwiiiy pou
from th clouds. It hlps a chwrful
disposition to rad such a choice gem
aa that which follows. It was written
by a young Hebrew pot of Daiton, Os-,
Kobert Jjovwnau. , -
It isn't' ralnlBg rain to m,,
Ife raining daffodllal '
In ev'ry dimpling drop I -see ;s
WHO Ilower on 101 ui ;
A oloudo( gray angutta tb day
And overwhelma th town-
It Isn't raining rain to ma, ' '
Its raining rosea oowni
it isn't raining rain to ma, '
nut fielila of clover bloom, l . "
Wher any. buccaneering be ' .
May nnfl a ooa ana room.
A health, then, to the happy, v ,
A fl to him who freut -
It ien'f -raining rain to, me, , ;
ira raining Tioieiai- , -- -
Henry C. Hooker caught tha splHt
of theae lines and ,wrot in the sama
strain: , ' ' -' . ' ,
"It isn't clouds and mists T see, ?'
It's leave and fruit and flowers;
It'a hands stretched Out as if with glee
To greet the summer snowers. ,
It's little thirsty mouths to fill;
It's buda and blossoms dear; . -
It isn't raining rain at all. .,'
It s raining. Ufa and cneer.
Prominent Chinese Cut Queues. ...
By H. H. Windsor In Popular Mechanics
, ' uagaaina. .
To the averace man. a hair eut is
simply a necessary and unpleasant evil,
and the thought of making the event a
groat social function, to be periormea
as a solemn ceremony, wouta seem ri
diculous. There was. however, a case
of bartering recently, which not only
became the talk or a wnoie nation, nui
the event waa cabled around the globe,
and to diplomats, scientists and stu
dent of world progress it was full of
significance. For centuries his 'queue
wag dearer -to tne cninamaa man even
the head which it adorned; In fact, if
he went abroad and lost bis locks, be
had much better never return.. But
even time, which moves slowly In the
lnd . o -Confucius, - pr Bap j
has been moving so many thousand
years, at last brings a social revolu
tion, and th queue la about to lot Its
hold. Tb average American 1 so ab
sorbed In doing things he is quit in
different aa to whether he la bald or
not, and is therefore unable to realise
the portentous seriousness oi a uninese
hair cut A- guillotine execution in
Prance would cause far less excitement.
' Th leader in- this reform la no other
than Wu Ting-Fang, at one tlm min
ister to th United States. One hun
dred and fifty leading officials, busi
ness men and prominent citizens Joined
him in the ceremony, which was per
formed In publlo after due announce
ment Wit. such a notable example,
the effect upon ' their 400,000,000 fel
low cltlsens can be Imagined. Serious
ly. ' th event means vastly mora than
th loss of a few handful of long hair;
It reflects th growing spirit of an age
of progress In the largeat and most ex
clusive nation in the world, and la
significant of a development which, a
generation or Jess hence, will give tne
other natlona ' of th world abundant
focd for thought If not action.
Turkish Bath Rubber Gets Even.
From L6s An gel e Tlmea
"London is less, agog over the coro
nation than over th new Royal Auto
mobile 'dub in Tall Mair," Sir Frank
Newnes. the English publisher, said, at
the dinner in New York. "London is,
;rtv. JTiT.JZ
T. the Club"
opening us eyes wia ov.r w wuir
swimming pool, gymnasium, barber shop
ana - J. uraisn - oiu mayum ' wit
your American clubs bav bad from
tlm lramemoriat -t:
"On Of London's Judges had an ex
perience in a Turkish bath the other
day," he said, "that th law courts ar
h M . . , L 1 - ,1...
SUU laugning over.. n iriea ine Din
for the first time, having heard of it.
uTn a.hed'hlmr .'7"" " ?-T
"The judge, pron. on the wet W
waa beaten ana tnumpea ana pincnea
nrt nrnM htf th rnhhw hvonfl ii
' i -r. s. I
Then be groaned and aald:
" Is It (thump, bang) quite necessary
(whack, bash, slap) to mak m black
and blue (crash) all overr
'"Never you mind.' said tha rubber
hauling off and giving the Judge a ter
rific left hander In the rib, 1 know my
business.' (Thud.)
- " "Who ar your asked th Judge.
Tour face (bang) look (craah) famil
iar.' :
" "Oh, you remember me, do youf
growled the rubber. "Well, blast yer
buttons, mebba y won't be so ready
next time to gtv me eight months for
prls flghUn'.'" ' - ,
Forty Kinds of Trouble.
From the , New York Herald.
"All this talk about th Democrats
having trouble reminds me of a story,"
said Assemblyman Smith. "A man was
standing In a railway station with a
small boy whom he was' apparenty pun-
-It Wt RaminV Rain
tshlng severely. The boy . was crying JTU1 the struggle is won and he takes
,A ,Via nnlnnV... if anraa a.A lha. T 1.1. . . -
and to the onlookers It appeared . that
he was being abused. Finally a police
man went up to the man' and said;
"If . you don't Stop abusing that boy
I'll make trouble for you." f ,
The man - looked tha policeman over
and delivered himself thus:
Say. old pal. let me tell you some
thing. This boy's mother died two years
ago. Two cnnaren' died" a rew qay
later. The remaining six children are
down with the measles now.' ataying
down the day after my wife passed
away. Trie " insurance policy nad ex
pired the day before, The tSOO we had
aaved up waa burned up, and to top off
all that a Drotner naro in Albany was
killed by. a atretcar. The neighbors
raised money to send me ; her and ' I
brought the sboy along. ; W haven't
eaten anything In U hour and hive&'t
cent I had a return ticket to, Roch
ester, where, we live, -and this kid got It
out of my pocket and at it. Now-, if
you can mak trouble . for - me, go
ahead." A - , 'Vi - 'f - :y -f-.
! Considerable Speed, y "
-'7. V.- ' From Puck, , ,
TeacherChlldren, natur la, superior
tb man in everything. For instanc.
ther is nothing that travels so fast as
the unBn wind. ;- '.- ': "--; '.yy-j- '
Willie Hub! You ought tqattear What
my pa says about a sight draft! ; - -
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Mh Light ha found it rather dark
lately. v r v y:: fr-; j,.
r Woodrow. Wilson Is a guest deserving
of honor.;'' .. - ' . r -. '.;
Vobod 'who 'could X vote and, didn't
should squeal. Vw-' , m,
Tet there have been Judge -who mer
ited a recall, at least. ,'; 1 " " .
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. Don't gei gloomyi It , Isnt long till
Strawberries and rosea.--... ' ,' 1
:,e m '' t . "; !
banquets ' have ' hastened V the ' death
of many a prominent man. ( v ,
.'"..'.' 'V ; -h- S. .'VV-V. ,:
Enthusiast over partisanship in mu
nicipal election have become scarce, ,
v . I y , ..yriK"
But will Dunlway and Kiernan res
nect an Injunction unless It Is in their
favort.,.i J'k - . s iy'jt TK. V.,
V 6ld man lets Insisted en 1ein bis
own lawyer; convicted of murder in the
first degree. - : ..,'"l.-.v,v.,1-..r;. .'.
I- Dias will Have a neavy ioaa i orsr
nence. It esrinjy aoeus rm w(usu
.the over yonder. . y ''?
But, laying all Jokes aside, the worst
enemy of the recall must admit that U
Tlctims stay put " ?''.. ; 0 ''' '
... . .-. .' ' ; .' ' ,' v ' v
Young Oammans has learned that in
some cases getting married is short
lived and disastrous fun. -. v.".
What a sad world it IS;, think of the
multitudes of women who- ea t afford
to attend the coronation . blowout, r, '
Would it be as difficult to-find the
right kind of willing commissioners as
It Is to find fit manrwh will con
sent to runfor wayprT.. .;ri,-.-, .. , : :J
v i)iaa won't resign without Maea.' No
peace until Dlas reslgna. Maybe the
best thing is to U down- and Walt for
Dlas to die, as he must some day. -.
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Tha Broadway 'brldga obstructionist;
have been enjoined, but what would
really scare them 1 a Judgment against
them and in favor of the city for. heavy
damages, ; ; V' vi 'v.'t
-If those arehaeologlsta whaSnade oft
with the tables of, the 1-Wtaw
Oreg6n men everybody would have said
their scheme was to add the recall to
the decalogue. . .! ".
' Queen Mary of England may be trying
to go too, far in regulating the style
of ladles' apparel, but for putting a
ban, a far a she can, on the cigarette
she Is to be commended. 4 : ) - .
If one doesn't inte to "welcoma Wood,
row Wilson as Democratio possibility,
S7h.. oe'. choice of at least . a dosen
other capacities in each of which i he has
excelled and in each being worthy of
highest homage, 4 -. r '.': '.
Jji SRVRN ROMANTIC AMERICANS
Nathaniel
Success has frequently spelled f am
nd lack of it treason in tne nisiorj
Th great numbers of people who cam
to this country rrom jtungianu,
oppression in th early days, had Ideas
of their ewn regarding personal liberty.
It was but natural then that thr
shpuld b frequent clashing In a land
wher they expected to find freedom
and unreatralnt '. -.' -
Nathaniel Bacon Is arf excellent Il
lustration f thU point H cam to
America during Cromwejl' 1 rul In
England, and waa soon called to a seat
tn th council of Governor Berkeley of
Virginia. Thoroughly democratio In his
views. Bacon often crossed the official
path of th haughty cavalier, aa an
asaertor of popular . rights, especially
after the restoration of Chart II mads
th Virginia loyall insolent and ty
rannical. Th assembly, under th in
fluence of th governor, abridged th
libertlea of the peopie. propagated the
vipers of tntoleranc and imposed "heavy
fines upon Baptists and Quakera. The
people soon learned to despise th Ham
of king, and a strong republican party
was formed,'
Nathaniel Bacon lifted his aria for
popular freedqm, he failed, and history
records his name among traitors. A
uccessful blow against tyranny is
called patriotism; an unsuccessful one
la branded as rebellion. "Bacon settled
on a plantation near Richmond In 173.
About this time Governor Berkeley was
.inff Htenslvelv in furs with the
Indians,' giving them liquor and 'fire-
! arms i payment - Thea they used to
,?"". tha tattlers.
, - e agalnBt tha set
i ."f: "t.w , male
unci uvauws
They begged Berkeley to mak war
I Jfc" W .
against th savages, on o w
loss of his fur 4ust- Finally com
promised by bufldlng f lv nseless -forts,
but th Indians "oon discovered where
th old mouse trap wer t' Th dep.
redatlon of th Indian went on. with
----------- -, . n nrntttrt the
Berkley raising ao. hand t
'- human tlraHaM.
.'-?1S2m tH'
i""'""- 'Zi
dlan. This was rfused,and .-!itooK
tth. innttar into his own nanas ana
drove th red men far Into the, wilder-
ness. -
j Berkeley called on hint to-- disband
Dlaa.
It'a.a-wotl!l-o)d story "over again, t
Retold rom day to day, - y
Of him wh tries, but ever In vain,
The hand of Fate to stay. ".-.-.
Who holds the sceptr of plac and pow-
' Whos heart is fUld with pride m v
Oh! wo to him If h misses th hour.
To lay them both aside. -
The king of the turf Is sent to the post
..Ho for-the killing Pace! - - - , ;
Once too often, at last Jjebag lost , :
The prise of the greatest race.
W1U mucles like steel that is newly
drawn.
A champion hear them greet, v
"One fight more," and th man of brawn
"Lies helpless In defeat . - a -
The man" In tha street of the golden goal.
Braving tne storm ana swobb
hln toll
In millions more or les. ( 1 -With
greed unsated makes hi, demand t
t "Only one million morel' a ,
Then blindly gropes with an empty
hand ' k
Vanished his golden store. , . . , v
Victor ' whos i brow wear tb laurel
- wreath, ' J '
Token of hard-won frays, ,k '
Victor, your weapon back in it sheatn
w Voir eklil Is lost and the publlu
isr rail tne
Ambition's palsied lust, ;
ami th' laurel wreath is a
crown of
i thorns ,- . ; , , , . ;
And your fam 1 crumbling dust,
' v Richard Llnthlcunt
Straight Down. r
From Puck. 1 - -Passenger
Er how far ar,w from
land, Cap? '
CapUln About a mil.
Passengi-TA mile?. Why, ' I J can't
slt. , . - .
Captain No, th water too deep. ,; ;
..,f . ; ... ' ,
i . , Beyond Him. "
'' - From the Chicago Tribune. 7. v ,
"There's one thing Wizard Burbank
can't do. any way., - V , yr
"wur , . j. 1 '
"H can't improv the quality of "the
apples W th center of the barrUM - v -
NEWS IN BRIEF
. i V OREGON 6IDUGni3 r
Ayiyy ' " ' A'-'V
At Albany a big booster : meeting la
to be held la the near future. ,
f ), B." Hatch of Dalla ha been elected
principal of the I.afayette schools. t ,..
? The old W. v B. church building st
Lebanon is to be sold at auction May SO.
"'(''- ,
' The city council of Madras naa en
acted an ordlnanoe prohibiting music
In saloons. ..;.:,....;AT.,r,v;.s...:ai.
V The' date for the poultry show of the
Columbia River , Poultry association Is
to be- December .6-..-:.; 7;
The" Paclflo Telegraph' . A 'Teiephono
company, is -putting Its .wires under
ground in Chemeketa.atreet, Salem, k
A new . company of firemen, -lo be
mIm- th .-Fort Dal es" flra flpperi-
ment, has been organised at The Dalles,
;,..-.y :v yty- -,,
irha nit, urinui, of nulla s navln re
fused to ocept 60 cents an hour for
service, ban been put on a salary of
tit per month., V' V.
The' Lincoln county Leader la InsUli
ing a typesetting machine and now
claims It has the best printing outfit
In all the coast counties. Vk
C ' ,'.:'--' ' l
'" The Coqullla Lumber -company is in
stalling the machinery in Its new mill
at Coqullle. The mill's capacity Is to
be'66,000 to 70.000 per dayvs.,.-'.:r--
; y- C- ' '
' Ambrose R." Nichols, of Bputh Omaha,
Kcb.. has been elected to tesclw manu
al training In th Corvalaalty schools.
He has been teaching Jhls course In the
Omaha aohoola, ;? , ..tf ", :': ;
Vs Th Hood River council has turned
down a proposition for a w spray
plan" The site selected; was objected
li on the allegation that odors would
offend; residents. m v-.
A manufactured in eorrponne)
with the Albany Commercial club-on
the eubject of a factory for converting
Oregon oak-lntc wheelbarrows, ax. han
die and the like- ';. t1 ;'.('..' ' ;4
The "Seeing Benton County" acuN
slon? due to l?ave Corvallls Wednesday,
was postponed one week on account of
rain Cleanup day has been postponed
tflnnelr and tor the same reason. y
. 'w.ll,... '. Tk bi loa drive
of thTsnauldrng Lumber company ha.
logs will be taken to the big mUl Of
the. company at Salem, y, .
La Grand Start Postmaster RJchey
Is expecting notification that wdVk Is
" a nn th no federal
hutldlna f or-- La Grande. What isb
llevid to b a rellabl report says that
iL..,VHnn win b commenced by
JUn 1... ; ' ' - W --
Bacon.
hi force, and at hi refusal. et out
i.i. . hM nf ivelrv to arrest nim.
Thn-th peopl arcs In rcbelI1011.hAklmr.W'BAli -jEHMharay-Taoom
aristocratic assembly, waa dissolved, and
a republican one raeieeiea. umvi.
suff rag restored, Bacon wa
chosen commander-ln-chif of th mlll
taryi and a commission for him wa
demanded of th governor. ,
"That official wa alarmed, and prom
ised compliance, not, however., until
Bacon, with larg force, approached
Jamestown. He waa compelled to at
test th loyalty ,of-Bacon, and on th
Ftmrth of July. 1S7, Jht lOOyaar
befor 'th colpnie wr .declared fr
states, a more liberal and enlightened
legislation commenced in .Virginia. , ,
'TJpoa this outeom. Bacon- prsuadd
th scattered ttler to go back to
their homes arid, put - agriculture and
other colonial -affairs on a sound' bast
But Berkeley, "in- his 'absene. bad
proclaimed Bacon a rebeL 'j Backlo
Jamestown th Indignant patriot
marched and trtd a civil war.
Berkeley collected about 1000 men and
made Jamestown hi '- headquarters.
Bacon applied : th torch and laid
Jamestown in ashes. ; He , then . crossed
tha York river. to drlv th neme
of popular freedom entirely out of tb
Old Dominion,, but ther h met fo
to hi lit mor deadly -than..royallta
n. th. iniilsna, Whll continuing his.
pursuit he fell 111 with malaria and4J
died cut oown oy aB
fluh of bis victory. ' When Bacon dld
h wa only 17 year old. With their
leader gone the rebellion went to plecea.
Only hi genius and dashing valor bad
held tt .tOghr, '-'- )'"y
Berkeley wreaked terrible vengeanc
..Baon'a natriota. H - aiew- om
hands on them.. Twenty wr h angel.
scores wer Imprisoned, and mucn prop,
erty ; was confiscated.' Because th
patriots were unsuccessful this episode
in Virginia history is . known v as
"Bacon's Rebellion.'! When Cahrle II
beard of Berkeley vengeanc he de
prived him of th governorship, angrily
declaring:
Th old fool ha put to death mor J
peopl ln that naked country than I
executed for the murder of ray father."
Tomoaow-Wllllaro Walker,
Atchison Globe Sight.
, When-a man begins td look into the
futurh sees so much that isn't there.
Bom men ar such good mixers that
It is hard for them to get useful, work
dona ' .''t,7j": -f '.;f''7!V5 -.7
1 A garden spot won't do much to re
duce yonr. living "xpenses unless 'you
cultlvat It' a good deal."
i-Reveng may be sweet, but It Is. an
other of those sweets that Impair the
digestion a good togJ,;.''
It might be well to bear in mind that
a sick person appreciates, flowers more
than a dead on does; " A. i-.. 3 ,.!
Parties ar, Important to " politicians
and society glrla, but other ' people
shouldn't take; them seriously.
Lov (Isn't .so blind' that it hasn't
been knVwn to shift its - course , when
a better ooklng woman beckoned. .
Our nation , of extreme, laziness Is
carried our , by any reasonably healthy
person wh( et break fa's t in bed. -
Before toning your troubles to your
friend, remember jthat he probably .baa
enough of hfo Own' to keep him busy. .
" Men can't 11 understand women, but
there eontlnii-s to be a fair number of
bachelors whe are never caught
- Every boy rWre4S that. In- the course
of events; sq7 many '(rood dogs are
spoiled by having women for ; their
owners. - . ,
Try to save wnough money so you
won't have to . go back to , the bush
leagues when- yoij begin toret old and
worn out 1 ( , ' v
-Friends may h divided into v two
classes but those) who stay with you
until you begln to need them form th
larger clasa -V -
. Do you sometimes doubt th possi
bility of getting .an honest opinion?
Then ' listen to on expressed, of an
other behind his back.-,- -
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, The PablicisV Mistake. .
From the Chlcag( "Record-Herald. ;
"What this town, needs aiosf said
th eminent : publicist "i a thorough
cleaning up, about a dosen new bridges
and a first-class subway system'"
-"You are mistake8,' replied he aver
age oitixenb i ."WhaL- this town needs
most la a good.lef handed pitcher,'': ;
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Sounding tne Alarm
From th Saattla Times
It ' is becoming dally appawnt that
Seattle Is now. threatened with enemies
from without to an extent that -almost
equals the actual work" of her enemies,-
within. ' " :'.:-.;. 1 .
Laying aside the Intornal dUae-nslong
that have existed within the city fo
almost a year and omitting tb ad
verse exploitaUon which has been don
In the esst . and, central west against
hfir she la now threatened, by a dis
crimination in transportation charges.,
Whereas, heretofore her freight rateg
iivj Deen' DMoa .vn v u...-v- . .
commission that has been almost de
stroyed, thus placing the Inland cltle
lying along th great continental high
ways on equal terms with Beattla.
i Uut this la not all. An effort la
neina made to nave in.nw raiww
commission maintain" the rates hereto-,
for rharaed foa Inland business, there
by almost ; prohibiting the-- possibility
of Seattle's selling th product of her
manufactories ?. ast r of a the, ; Cascad
mountains. ' . -yM V , - ' r '
"Th time ha com when tb' people
of .this city must arouse themselves
along th lines of their own Vital com-,
meroial -Interests, and- for a tlm give
attention to events which ar gradually
but surely building v a Chines wall
around th city. y y - ' , '' ,
-; Th - trial of th complaint .of the
transportation bureau of - the : Seattl
Chamber of Commerce against th rail
roads, heard , before . the tat railway
commission at- Tacoma, ; ha disclosed
In an almost startling manner tb seri
ous . position that Seattle - will hortly
find Itself In. if Its cltlsens do not im
mediately awak and bestir themselves
and forcibly aot ' Th whole transpor
tation system, of rate-making west of
Chicago 1 in a state of revolution. .
Forces. are at work in th middle
west at Spokane, at Kennewlck and at
Pasco, and in the ocean and rail rat
aoros th Isthmus of Panama, between
New York and San-Francisco, that are
Inimical tp Seattl' -Interest. - - J
L final, decision In what is known a th
Ail xnb,.vibl vuiumiiv, vwiiuttM,. m
Spokan case, which Is expected dally,
and which is fully foreshadowed by
the commission's tentative decision of
last June, will give to Spokan prac
tically the Sam rates from St Paul
aa ar now .In fore from 8t Paul
to Seattle. This i mean, k reduction
in Spokane's rat of from SO to 10 psr
cent, with no change In rate from St
Paul to the coast and no change in rates
from Seattle to th interior of th atat.
ThJiearing at Tacoma clearly showed
that the rate to . th - interior ar
practically th highest, in th United
States;, that with on slight reducion
of I per cant mad in 1905, these rate
are thVaara aa they .wer when th
Northern Pacific first reached th coast
at a tlma when the state waa vary
sparsely Inhabited, and no large cltle
wer in existence i
Sine that tlm all conditions gov
erning transportation on th coast hav
entirely ' changed. . Th Interior baa
filled up; Spokane, Walla Walla. North
and Seattle hav become cltlea; tb ton-
nag carried has been Increased many
fold; th cost of operating the, rail
roads has greatly decreased, but ther
has been no chang la our distributive
rates. . '
Freight rates have' bean reduced la
all other part Of the country. Several .
large, reduction from the east war
voluntarily accorded ' Spokan . by. th
railroads, but no chang has been mad
out of Seattle, ' ' : ,v
; Portland has put in a lin Of steamer
en th Columbia river abov th Dalles,
and penetrates th vary -center of th
stat. naturally cutting th rail rates. '
But th railroads out of Seattl refuse
to meet the water, rat from Portland
consequently no chang In our, rate:
'' Bates dc Cbesebrough of San Fran
cisco put on a lin of steamships from
New York and New Orleana to San
Francisco, cutting th former, water
rates In th midiile, but no chang In
ocean rate from - New York or New
Orleans to Seattle followed. -
Does it not ' seem evident that som
steps should .be taken? "Was it not
high tlm for Seattle to seek Justice
before our state . railroad commission,
and to plead for reasonable rates into
the Interior of our own, state?
What la Seattl going to do? .
. Ia Old Amsterdam. . -
. From Consular Report... .
. Th population of Amsterdam 1 875.
000. Th death rat was about 1J per
1000 In U 10. Amsterdam claims to b
the healthiest larg city in th world.
Contagious diseases never get a grip
The municipal debt was reduced $1.-
00,000 during the year. The Interest
rate is from S to4 per cent The
debt waa contracted chiefly, to aid th
construction of th North Sea canal, to
build docks, and to provide waterworks,
gas and electric plant, atreat railway
and other public utilities. ,7 , . t -
Fully 40 per cent of th exports of
diamonds f rotn.Arnsterdam..coma to th .
rUnlted States. The total value of th
exports is 120,000,000 'to 130,000,000 ai
year. Diamond cutting Is aa art, and
the operators are banded Into organiza
tions which pledge -them to secrecy. The
American demand last year was chiefly
for the cheaper diamonds. - Fine small
brilliants' suitable for engagement rings
wer sold In great number. - . ny
Ther ar t ooooa and chocolat fao
tories, of which sight do aa almost world
wide business. Dutch, commerce with
the Dutch East Indies greatly favors
the Industries; :.vs-i rS jT.'--- -.-
'-iVttf 'Xtp'imd Save the' Editor. '
From j th JIumphrey County 1 (Tenn!)
;;r.y'i :,A:y,-y"-: :y. Herald. ' - .' ; '
Th. Uf of our. editor was savd th
other day by a silver dollar -- In- his
pocket t A crank shot at him and the
ban struck th. dollar; Now should we
happen to get shot before you pay up
your subscription, and there is no dol
lar Jo stop the ball,. w shall always
presume you .mlgnt hav saved our life.
(OoDtrlbntrd to TS Journal by Walt Ifaaoo.
'the tamoiu Kama poet.. HI praw-pwni are a
regular feature ei xpn coiuma id -jus vauy
Jfounial). .- , '
My trusty . wheebarrow ' Is long and-)
It's narrow. It's painted a beautiful delAt
lcate green; It's strong and us Handy
It's simply, a dandy -a better -wheel-
barrow I never have seen. With Joy
that's abiding I take- my wife riding;
she climbs In the barrow, X , wheel her
around : and motorist guy m whll
Joy riding by me, but little 1 care for
their laughter and sound. My good old
wheelbarrow goes - straight ' aa an ar
row, I push - It before, me with Jubilant
f ertt; whatever ' 'twas - made " f or, : It's
mine and It's paid tor? and So T don't
envy th autos I meet ' I'd rather -go
wheeling my barro and feeling jny rat- J
ment grow moist' with a . rich; honest
sweat, thaft ride in a carriage like groom ,
to . his v marriage,- and havex the sad
knowledge that I was in debt ; Of all
thr word,' curses there' nothing .that
worse la than aoing in debt for' th
thing w -don't Deed;. so. blithe as '
sparrow I push my wheelbarrow keep
tab on my motions, get onto my speed! 1
itioppiirhf,- io.:; by jr' -
0rgt. Mcttb w Xdamt. VJU&SXJI lIM ,
' My :WKelbarrow
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