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Seraphs share with the
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thin alone.
Schiller.
comtxo CHANGE
A
SPECIAL " representative of
Bristol, England, has been at
Seattle and other Pacific coast
ports laying plans to develop
i trade when the Panama canal is
opened.
A Netherlands banker was In Port
"land several months ago looking
plover the fiefd with a view to estab-
llshing trade by direct steamer lines
.12 with this city as soon as the Isthmus
la severed by the waterway.
Representatives of several of the
Dig ocean liners piymg to New i org
ID aire oeea in racmc cutis t yui is in
vestigating docking facilities and se
curing harbor terminals for steam
rs to be put on the Panama route
.when the canal opens to commerce.
B. N. Baker, retired capitalist of
Baltimore, has written friends that
lie will be in Portland in the near
future to meet with business and
shipping men for, the ostensible pur
pose of stimulating Interest in the
' , establishment of a steamship line
between Atlantic and Pacific ports.
The postmaster general of the
United States la advertising for bids
" for mall service betv.een Pacific and
"."Atlantic coast ports via the Panama
. canal, bids to be opened November
25 of this year. The advertlse
" xnents call for service as early as
October, 1914, and require a con
tract! tor 10 years.
t A syndicate headed by J. P. Mor
ri (an is declared to have bought a
'"controlling Interest in the Pacific
Mai Steamship company, "which op
7r erates steamers from San Francisco
. along the coast and to Oriental ports.
V Most of the foregoing Is a resume
of current news from The Sunday
Journal, and Is an index of what
Is going on In anticipation of the
opening of the canal. History at
fords no parallel of change 'such as
1. Is apparently about to be wrought
- In the transportation system of the
L world.
THE MOROCCAN TANGLE
THERE ARE many indications
that the diplomatic battle be
tween France and Germany is
approaching a crisis. It has
been a case of old fashioned dick
ering. At first Germany was the
t urgent party, pushing France for a
. decision while British politics were
In the greatest muddle of the cen
... tury and Tabor conditions threaten
. ing still worse troubles. But the
British nation has a faculty that has
often stood her in good stead of
, refusing to let internal diffi
culties interfere with national ac
tion on the outside.
So when Asquith and Balfour
" stood together, with Lloyd George as
spokesman to the oute world, and
i as it developed that there was no
-breach, and no prospect of any, In
the entente with France, it was plain
1. to an outside observer that a big
arrny and an overwhelming navy
were strong arguments for peace.
And this the advocates of arbltra
tlon must make the best of.
- Then the commercial side of the
x German claims came into full view,
and with that the sentimental side
of the negotiation passed into the
V back ground. The bargaining was
for pelf not power.
If the French ultimate statement
; of their concessions is not accepted
by the German government a repe-
liuuu oi iue Aigeciras conierence or
.nations Interested may be expected.
Unless, indeed, in the acceptance by
all parties of the new arbitration rem
edy for all national quarrels, the
world should see a trial of the "com
mission of inquiry," followed by the
necessary "reference," come Into
play.
A RETROGRADE till' CHARTER
THE HISTORY OF the pro
posed new charter for the
city of New York appears In
the last number of the Out
look. Mayor Gaynor Is the au
thority for the facts. He states
In a nnlillahnri letter that' l.
w . V.Jfll, I1C
had collected all material for the
preparation of a, new charter audi
.- took: It with him on the ship in
which, on Aueust 9. nf mm h
was preparing to sail for Europe,
when shot down 'and all but killed.
,. ! He being disabled, entrusted the
data and the work to an unknown
. hand. The result was transmitted
to the New York legislature, and by
! a committee of that legislature was
s revised and redrafted.
:. ' There followed a rroposal to pass
thl charter la the early summer,
; public discussion of a matter of guch
. tremendnna Imnnrta
'.tlon numbered by the millions hav-
In been ao scanty as to be worth
leaa, Governor Dix thwarted this
Ulan, Public hearings were an-
!
nounced for this Just closed month
of August, when the most interest-
ed men were scattered from the city
far and wide. It Is now proposed to
press the passage of the new charter
of which so little Is known even by
the press, and still less by the peo
ple. One feature Is made clear, and
that la that the will of the people, ex
pressed in the election of 1909. for
placing various men In charge of
important offices, is to be overridden
by the suppression of some functions,
wide extension of others, and placing
the filling of those offices and many
others. In the sole power and discre
tion of the mayor.
in the new draft charter the
mayor is ail but absolute who,
gains, says the outiooK, an autocracy
wider by far than that of the presi-
dem or the united states, o: or any
other municipal officer now in ex
istence.
Probably "absolute" as opposed
to "commission" form of govern
ment is the best definition.
Will Tammany have the power to
force this new charter through!
WICKERSHAM SHOULD RESIGN
A
LAW forbids the polluting of
the food supply of the Ameri
can people, but it is nullified
by a functionary in the depart
ment of agriculture. This function
ary is Solicitor McCabe, anj the
house Inquiry has shown that he as
sumed to be sole Judge of whether
cases against food dopers and patent
medicine fakers should or should not
be prosecuted.
The Hartford Canning company, of
which Vice President Sherman Is the
reported head, was not prosecuted"
for selling short-weight products,
even though evidence to that effect
was collected by Dr. Wiley's assist
ants. Aicuaoe Doin iaisinea ana expur
gated the account of a court proceeds
ing in a pure food ca"se. A firm
pleaded guilty to the charge brought
by Dr. Wiley's assistants that certain i
soft drinks contained "cocain ben-j
vnlA tr A a n H anal tow ir 11 WhAn I
HV1V OViU t'UBI vm u J VI,
the printer's proof in which was con
tained an account to be, given the
public of the proceeding was brought
to him, McCabe erased the words
"benzoic acid" and substituted the
word "caffein."
With such Jugglery going on over
the protest of Dr. Wiley In the ad
ministration of the pure food law,
we have example of false pretense
and actual fraud In a high depart
ment of government, presided over
by a cabinet officer. Because Dr.
Wiley, with his back to the wall, has i
fought the whole raft of Impure food
Interests, government officials and
all, we have the spectacle of Attor
ney General Wickersham recom
mending to the president of the
United 8tates that "Dr. Wiley be al
lowed to resign."
It is now In order for the president
to "allow Mr. Wickersham to re
sign." An a rf Jrtl A frnm 4 Via A m a I a
n.l T i r u
Medical Journal elsewhere on this j
page, Is pertinent.
SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT
K
EW MEN, NEW methods. The
board of harbor commission
ers of San Francisco control
the waterfront. The board ap
pointed by ex-Governor Gillett was
complacent, and avoided disturb
ances with transportation corpora
tions. If the companies thought i
their old rentals were high, enough
the commissioners assented, and all
was lovely.
But Governor Gillett vacated the
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cuair anu uovernor jonnson IOOK l " "u uu UY ' uuu
his s,eat. A new harbor board wasjJumP ,n competition with each other.
appointed. Then came trouble for i They train hard and long, they bring
the companies. The new commis-! the body into subjectlon-as says St. ,
sion went after expert knowledge of I Paul for a ,nal test- In many j
values of the properties. It named
a committee of prominent real es
tate men to ascertain the values and
to figure out a fair return on the
state's Investment. This commitee
mede Its recommendations and the
board acted.
The Southern Pacific was paying
$3976.65 a month ror the ferry
property and the adjoining slips.
Rental was raised to $G298.B9. The
United Ilallroad's rent for adjoining
land was raised from $250 to $1000.
All other railroads, and the Wells,
Fargo company, enjoying water
front privileges, were treated in the
same way. The total Increase was
$11,191.05 a month, or $137,455.80
a year.
As. a consequence the public Is to
be the direct gainer, and the com
panies will profit indirectly by the
following improvements, which, it
is said, are to be put Immediately
under way. The new Union street
wharf three new ferry slips six
additional piers extension of the
belt railroad across Market street
completion of the sea-wall from
Channel to Mission street and a
vladust for foot passengers from
the ferry building to the north and
south sides of Mission street.
Is the public the gainer by the
change from the old ways
u '
new?
THE SECRETARY APPROVES
T
HE ATTORNEY general's office
at Washington has held that
the secretary of 1 war has au
thority to begin work on the
Willamette locks, notwithstanding
that the $154,000 balance required
tor completing the project has not
been appropriated by congress.
Acting Secretary of War Scofield
has officially signed approval of the
locks project, and Major Mclndoe is
to receive instructions1 to proceed
with the , securing of the right ofl
wayi ana construction of the locks.
Another step is thus; taken for a
plan - that , has been prominent In
I . I
J Oregon life for .many years. Possl-
bly other obstacles will arise for Te
I movai, as disappointment ana post'
ponement have followed each other
consistently In this splendid scheme
for freeing Willamette commerce
from tolls at Oregon City.
The news from Washington Is,
however, evidence of the progress
,we are making, and strong encour
agement to keep hammering away.
The successful outcome will be
worth many times the effort, time
i and trouble expended on the plan
Time has demonstrated the effi
cacy of water competition in mak
ing freight rates, and demonstrated
the certainty of high rates when wa
ter competition Is absent. That a
freight rate Is a paramount influ-
ence in fixing the progress or non -
progress of a community Is an lnex-
orable maxim, thousands of times
proven.
All this the present cen,tury knows
as it was never known before. All
this! the Spokane rate decision
presses home to Portland and Ore
gon as it was never brought home
before.
It has always been one of the
striking absurdities of Oregon life
that a toll taker should stand at
Oregon City taking tribute on every
pound of freight and on every pas
senger that goes up or down the
Willamette. A river is nature's high
way, and It is a reversal of all nat
ural laws that a private corporation
can establish authority over it and
exact a fee from the public for pass
ing up and down.
It is hoped that the end of disap
pointment and delays is jeached,
and that the actual building of the
Willamette locks will speedily be
come a fixed and delightful fact.
BODILY EXERCISE
"B
ODILY HEALTH proflteth
little," Is a familiar quota
tion. Frank Ootch is cer
tainly an example of the op-
nnHltA TIa nnrolv hna mnriA a anlatn-
A,A hnAv A OVP,nnp,, nnA trnln.vi
to fhJ h, hefit ,nt a m
able investment.
While there are very few cham
pions in a generation there is a grow
ing number seeking to find that
profit which Is not realized in the
pocket, but in dally life where a
sound body is of nearly as much
necessity as a sound mind. The pic
ture of this champion shows that the
twentieth century need not go back
to the fourth before Christ for an
example of an athlete, with every
muscle and limb developed to Its
hAar nnrl nnlmntAfl hv n nrnurt rnn.
Bclou8ne8a of power.
What an ancient art Is this of
wrestling, and its traditions are un
broken. Poets, historians, and nov
elists have found In the battle where
Greek met Greek subjects of univer
sal Interest, and the ancient sculp
tors have bequeathed to us models
for comparison of the old times with
the new.
TAn..r.A - .,... .1, v.. f I
DO,-auTO a ' " ""Hof
Stained with blood it Is contrasted !
wlth the pr,ze ftht much tQ the d,8J
prize fight much to the dls- 1
advantage of he latter. But as far
r . r i . . . . I
(nii nhvafenl ibnuracra la naorlod tn
. - -o- - i
dominate "physical suffering the I
wrestler neds the most. Probably
thA hoHt tfhnt ran h aM to thar
. ... . ...v ,
wrestling faua tor more general ae
veloptnent of every muscle in the en
tire body.
Among the movements of the cen
tury this physical culture is One of
thft mnfit ppnpral Tr 1 a riirlnna in
notice how various is its pursuit -
ttiiiung iub uauuiis. tn me Anglo- ;
Saxon race it finds its outlet ln the
crisis of. physical contest. Men wres-
tl.' -..4 K- K I
!otner nations tne perrect exercise or
wind and muscle is found in ath
letic exercises of the Individual, un
der a doctor's or trainer's orders
and ln that perfection, without the
demonstration of contest, the end is
reached. So it has been, and, so
far as we can see, it will always be.
SENATOR ROOT'S LESSON
T IS A HEALTHY sign when high
officials and statesmen of na
tional reputation vie with each
other in sending special messages
and careful "written communications
to a Bible conference, such as that
Just closed at Winona Lake, Indiana.
Such a conference of 6000 people,
with a large proportion of them min
isters, may be taken as expressive, if
not representative, of the moral and
religious side of national questions.
After President Taft's message
had been read, expressing his desire
for the cooperation of the churches
In favor pf the pending arbitration i
treaties, a personal letter from Sen
ator Root was taken up. Some ex
pressions ln that letter are very
noticeable.
"There is a limit to-the benefit
which can be secured by merely talk
ing about peace unless the conduct
of thnsA whn nre nnrmnspii to ho tn
favor of peace is practically affected
so as to promote peace. More quar
rels among private Individuals come
from insult and heedless disregard
of others' rights and feelings than
come from real questions about
rights." Therein spoke a man who
has mixed much with his fellow men,
and has handled affairs great and
little.
It is good for us all to be told to
remember the feelings of those with
whom we may be at Issue. Especial
ly is that counsel fitting when big
interests are at stake,
Many of us
may concede much of our strict
rights provided that the opponent
has been careful of our feelings.
Regard .to this simple counsel
has made many treaties possible.
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I j XaCxxcTs a rom trie x-copic j
(Commnnleatldna (cut to Tba Jonrnal for pub
lication in mis oenariroant aoouia not nrrtn
800 worda In length and muit bo accompanied
oy to nam ana aaarees oc me neuaer. )
Good Roads.
Oregon City, Aug.' SI. To the Editor
of The Journal As tho time Is drawing
near for the state good road committee
to meet. I suppose It would not be out
of place for a very Interested farmer
to make a few suggestions to the mem
bers of the committee, . through The
Journal. Now this Is only one man's
Ideas and they may be entirely at var
iances with the Ideas of a great many
of the committee, but If they will be
any help to getting a bill framed that
will be good for ' the whole state. I
shall be well pleased.
The first principle that my Ideas are
1 baaed on is. that every man in the
state, whether he is a taxpayer or not,
should help to bear the expense of build
Ing good roads, unless it la some old,
feeble man-that has no property. Then
If we ran devise a system, so that any
road district where the majority of the
taxpayers In the district ara In favor
of building a piece of good road any
where In tholr district, can do so, un
der the supervision of a competent
county road superintendent, appointed
by the county court. If it seems best,
have a competent state road engineer
to look after and direct this work In
each county, so as to have the work as
uniform a possible. Would H not be
possible to devise a system of bonding
for building these roads, so that the
hulk of the bonds could be taken up
by the laborers- that help to build the
roads, and by local capital within the
counties and state and thereby prevent
sending so much money out of our
counties and state? If this could be
done It would give employment to a
great many men and teams throughout
the state and by the taxpayers and lab
orers taking up and holding as many
of these bonds as they possibly could
afford to hold and getting the benefit
of the Interest and sinking fund, on
the bonds, they would hardly feel the
extra taites they would have to pay.
In order to have good roads all over
the counties and state, I would suggest
framing the bill In such a way that
the county courts would order county
road warrants, beirtng 6 per cent In
terest and redeemable In county road
bonds. Issued each month at the regular
terms of the county courts, to meet the
expense of the road work In each road
district for the preceding month. The
expenee of each district should be kept
by itself and the districts that wish
to build roads of this kind should ber
one-third of the expense of building
these roads and the counties should fur
nish their districts will all the neces
sary machinery and tools to build these
roads, as fast as they can. Issuing their
road building outfits (such as rock
crushers, road rollers, engines andMools
of all kinds necessary for road build
ing,) to the districts as evenly and fair
ly as possible and making all necessary
restrictions and provisions so that each
district will be furnished as near s
possible according to the order in which
they made- their application for the
same. The county should bear one-third
of the expense of all such roads, built
In the county. Then let the state bear
one-ihtrd of the expense of building
1WV tH KM 1 f th ... MnAa ....!. I-
to Issue them In denominations of $20,
$100. $500 and $1000, nonassessable and
transferable and bearing date of April
15 of nach year, and bearing 6 per cent
interest payame annually. Have 1 per
cent or the original principal paid with
the Interest each year, for the first 10
years, and have 2 per cent of the orisr!
nal principal paid with the Interest the
second 10 years and have S per cent of
tne original principal paid with the ln-
r o l inn iimu i u years ana per cent
the original Principal naid with the
Interest the fourth 10 years
tne lrlterp8t and 8lnkInfuand'
and have
the Interest and sinking fund that is to
?9 j,a,w ach, year, attached to each
bond In the form of a coupon. Have
. - . K
inese coupons received the same as
gold for all county taxes, and have it
80 thnt ""y coupon becoming due the
iJul1 ul l" ""lowing April, may De de-
i 'u u paia m on taxes, prior to
tacned and pa)(1 ln on ta
March 15 so as to get the benefit of
the rebate ln the taxes. Let the county
issue the bonds for the entire expense
of the county up to its regular meeting
ln April, selling sufficient bonds at par
to secure money to pay bills that they
cannot pay with the road warrants, and
SSVafiiTV
be due
rrand Intn
tne boay or the- bond. Where th
amounts due each party at the time of
l??1??'!0'" ? not corn'1
" . " uriiuiuiiiauoni 111
the bonds, make the change with county
road warrants or pay the difference in
casJj from th "' of bonds. Then let
fu enV'oad Txpe'ns of "tM.Tna It
roads for the year to the secretary of
state and authorize the state hoard to
issue a state road bond of the same
kind the counties have issued, to each
county for one-third of Its entire ex
pense for the year and have the cou
pons on these state road bonds, as they
become due taken the same as gold for
either state or county taxes. Then au
thorize a special levy each year on all
the property In the state, sufficient to
pay the interest and sinking fund on
those state road bonds, and make pro
vision that the special levy for the
state road bonds shall at no time ex
ceed one mill on the dollar on the en
tire assessed valuation of the property
in the state. Then let the property in
each district pay the Interest rind sink
ing fund on its share of the road bonds
eaoh year and the counties the same. I
think the Interest and sinking fund fln
this kind of bonds for the 40 years
averages about 6 1-8 per cent for the
whole time until it Is all paid off.
Then would it not be wise to make pro
vision in the bill so that if the tax
payers of the district discovered any
graft or anything wrong; going on in
the rood work of their district, they
could call a meeting and stop or sus
pend the work, if yiey thought best?
Hoping that the meeting of the commit-
tee win tie very harmonious and sue
,p8sfu'. I h" walt P"'ntiy for the
results. GEORGE HfCINBOTHAM.
LaffeYty.
Washington, Sept 2. To the Edtto
of The Journal Your Salem correspond
ent reports Hawley as having said on
his arrival home last week that the
"Lafferty affair" at Washington was
uaa enougn, ana as navlng bearded not
to discuss It. Hawley treated m with
?;ZStXJ?'B
' "itrllUUO UU
lore nis aeparture he aave his hw
wishes. Tour correspondent further stat
ed that Hawley said the important leg
islation of the extra session was reci
procity, statehood, direct election of
senators, corrupt practices act and the
apportionment act and that Hawley had
voted for all of these. That statement is
Incorrect. Hawley voted against reci
procity. He voted with the regular Re
publicans on every measure that came
up. There was no cpntest whatever
ln the house on the apportionment act,
statehood, corrupt practices act or the
resolution for the submission of a con
stitutional amendment - for the direct
election of senators. The regular Repub
lican organisation as well as the regu
lar Democratic organisation, Voted for
all these measures. Hawley, however,
failed to vote for the free list bill, put
ting agricultural Implements, .barbed
wire, etc., on llje nondurable list, and
be voted against the bill to reduce the
I
COMMENT AND
SMALL CILANGEt
Fortunately,
few.
"high priestesses" are
If Fashion la becoming sensible the
nuiKiuum may not De tar on.
If some people who talk much said
oniy wnii xney Know, mey wouia db
lent most of the time.
a
Man of 14. became the sixth husband
or a woman of 96. Maybe he had a han
kering to be a widower.
Secretary Fisher also nercnlvea the ad
visability it a government owned rail
road to the Alaska coal fields.
Burns says most private detectives
are unacrupuloas rascals, but there axe
exceptions at least one exception.
a
Mrs. UDton Sinclair's free-love, non-
mariiage views rrlsrht not be bad if
there were no such thing aa children.
PerhaDS a municinal carina- riant la
the onlv man of nrevAntinar nronertv
owners from being plundered of millions
of dollars in pavlr.g contracts. ...
Uncle John D.'s Standard ' Oil stock
Increased $11,000,000 In value the otherj
iioj irm wocii inviiniriDi nun iiiiiuiisum.
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No wonder he thinks the Lord Is very
good to him.
You men and youths, and Rrlrls and
hoys, with all your projects, hones and
joys, your selfishness, and greed, and
schemes, your ardent work, your golden
dreams pause reverently, with humid
eye as white-haired grandma passes
by. Wher'er a woman old you find, be
tolerant, rcspectrui. Kind. ne, too, was
once a blooming miss; she, too, has
thrilled at love's long kiss. She had her
Joys; ah, sorrows, too; dark, haunted
vales she has passed through. Wife,
mother, grandma, she has been; a moth
er, helper, friend of men. With pa
tience, tact, endurance, love, sustained
by power from above, to duty she was
ever, true, her virtues many, faults but
few. Now she is old, and creased, and
gray; friends of her youth have passed
away. She lives with memories, as she
waits the opening of the pearly gates.
Methlnkg of all who find his rest, God
loves the good old grandmas best.
SEVEN NOTABLE RUINS
Colosseum.
Second only to the Acropolis at
Athens in interest to the antiquarian
and historian in Ms study of ruins of
Europe, is the Colosseum at Rome. This
historic edifice was erected during the
reigns of Vespasian and Titus and In
honor of the latter. It Is said i.iat
(10,000 Jews were engaged ln its erec
tion for 10 years.
It was a feudal fortress for a long
time and finally a- quarry from which
were built churches and palaces, until.
by Its consecration as holy ground on
account of the number of martyrs sup
posed to have been immolated here,
further ravages were stopped.
It Is said to have given seats to
87,000 spectators, and was Inaugurated
A. D. SO, the same year ln which Titus
died, on which occasion 6000 wild ani
mals and 10,000 captives' were slain.
The inauguration lasted 100 days. An
ecclesiastical tradition makes the archi
tect to have been a Christian, one Gau
dentlus, afterwords a martyr.
This structure was originally called
the Amphltheatrum Flavlum, but since
the time of Bebe it has been known as
the Colosseum, probably given It be
cause of Its enormous size.
The Roman Colosseum became the
spot where prince and people met to
gether to witness those sanguinary ex
hibitions, the degrading eifects of which
on the Roman character can hardly -e
over-estimated. The circumference of
the tfullding Is 1641 feet. The height
of the outer wall is 157, the length of
the arena, 278 feet, and lts width, 177.
It covers an area of six acres.
It is only by ascending to the upper
terrace that the enormous size of the
Colosseum Is fully seen, and by moon
light the effect of size and masslveness
Is much Increased. The ruins south of
the Colosseum are supposed to nave
been the Vivarium, ln which were kept
the wiiu beasts for the combats.
As a general description of ine build
ing, the following passage of o. .on
is said to be perfect: "The outside of
the edifice was incrusted with marble,
and decorated with statues. The slopes
of the vast concave which forrned the
inside were filled and surrounded with
sixty or elguty rows of seats, of mar
ble likewise, covered with cushions and
capable of receiving with ease about
eighty thousand spectators. 8Ixty-four
Vomitories' (for by that name the
doors were very aptly distinguished)
duties on wool and woolen goods and
the bill to reduce the duty on cotton
goods. Hawley is as nice a gentleman
as Oregon ever produced, but ho is as far
from being a progressive Republican
as the North Pole is from the South
Pole. He was with the "organization"
from the start during the extra sesJTon.
He will probably remain with the stand
pat end of the Republican party as long
as he remains ln congress.
If Mr. Hawley thinks my social af
fairs at Washington are "bad enough"
I quite agree with him, but I Invite
comparison of my official record with
his ln working and voting during the
extra session for the benefit of the
people of Oregon and the country.
Somehow I feel that Mr. Hawley was
misquoted ln reflecting upon me ln the
slightest degree ln his Interview, but I
have had no denial from him of its au
thenticity and for that reason I take
pleasure ln making a little statement of
my own as to "Washington" affairs.
The man who hops onto me from now
on will hop off Just as quickly as he
hopped on, If I know myself, and I
think I do. A. W. LAFFERTY.
Racing Is Dead.
From the New Tork World.
American horses harness horses
are traveling Just as If they "had not
hoard that bookmaklng was necessary
to Improve their breed. Uhlan, cham
pion trotting gelding, went a mile to
wagon at Cleveland this week ln two
minutes flat, and that Is a record. The
grand circuit races at Indianapolis,
Kalamazoo Grand Rapids and Cleveland
have been conducted Just as If "the
doom of racing' had not been pro
nounced. New Tork, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and California horses have been
there. The progeny of Arlon and ilrown
Hal and McGregor have proved worthy
of their sires, and the veteran Geers
still drives the best of them. Racing
dead? Twelve out of the 18 world's
records for the mile have been made
since the Hughes laws were enacted.
On the 2000 trotting tracks of the'
country there Is harness racing with
owners doing their . own driving
spirited, clean, betlesa racing, its tra
dition as wholesome as baseball's. Such
was the local contest this week between
Speedway and Parkway drivers. From
now to November, once every fortnight
at least, some world's record should
fall. Will the running horses take
notice T
Knew She Was Converted.
Tea. Brother Smith." said Mrs. Dun-
lap when 'testifying to her conversion,
I know that I have been born again.
I was once fond of dress, and worldly
pleasures, J spent my money for Jew
elry, and fine apparel, but . when I
found those thlna-s were rulnlna- my
soul,' I gave them all to m sister," I
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
CorvalHs new; ,flre bell can be heard
at the distance of five miles.
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J. A. Barker of Eugene, has taken a
lease for a term of years with privllego
of buying the SO room hotel at Glenada.
The eount-court ef Douglas county
has ordered a thorough and Immediate
Inspection of all the bridges In tha
county. , -
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Professor Woodward, for several years"
instructor in mathematics in tne tiaicer
high aohool, will enter the University
of Pennsylvania medical school.
Manager George B. Gillette of the
Western Union, after 10 years' service
at Pendleton, has been promoted to the
management of the company's efflctt
at Victoria. B. C,
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Corvallls Gazette Times: R. W. Klrlt
has a rasor hone made of petrified
hlrkorv fnunil In an Irish neat bog
and brought to this country In 1725 by
his great-great grand-father.
The oldest male resident of Astoria
is H. P. Parker. He was born In Wash
ington, Orange county. Va., September
1. 1825. He went to Astoria in 1S51
and has been a resident of that city
ever since.
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The vote on the new school building
site at Umatilla resulted In the selec
tion of the Brownell site, on the high
est elevation In the city and affording
a splendid view of the Columbia and
Umatilla rivers as well as the sur
rounding country.
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Athena Press: Hunting Jackrabblts
by nuto at night Is the novel sport
being enjoyed by Hermlston sportsmen.
The rabbits sit by the roadside, staring
at the lights on the machine, when
they are easy prey to the deadly "23"
with the machine going at full speed.
Hlllsboro Arcus: Hlllsboro la" wet
ting to be quite n lovers' lane for those
who trit on marrlase bent. There Is
scarcely a week that one or more couples
from the Rose city ao not come to tnis
city and get Into the blind god's auto
mobile, we seem to have Vancouver
going.
poured for the the immense multitude
and the entrances, passages and stalr-
rnnefl vftrn rnntrlvpri with ailioh Aicnlll-
rslte skill that each personi whether of
the senatorial, the equestrian or the
plehlan order, arrived at his destined
place without trouble or confusion,
Nothing was omitted which, ln any
respect, could be subservient to the
convenience and pleasure of the spec
tators. They were protected from the
sun and rain by an ample canopy, occa
sionally drawn over their heads. The
air was continually refreshed by the
playing of fountains ind profusely Im
pregnated by the grateful scent of aro
matlrs. "In the center of the edifice the
'Arena,' or stage, was strewed with the
finest sand and successively assumed
the most different forms. At one mo
ment it seemed to rise out of the earth
like the garden of the Hesperldes and
was afterwards, broken Into the rocks
and caverns or Thrace. ; The subter
raneous pipes conveyed mn Inexhaustible
supply of water, and wMat had Just be
fore appeared a level plain might be
suddenly oon verted Into a .wide lake,
covered with armed vessels, and re
plenished with the monsters of the
deep."
"In the decoration of these scenes,
the Roman emperors displayed their
wealth and liberality, and we read that
on various occasions the whole furni
ture of the amphitheatre consisted
either of silver or of gold or" of amber.
"The poet who describes the game of
Carlnus, In the character of a shep
herd attracted to the capltol by the
fame of their magnificence, affirms
that the nets designed as a defense
against the wild beasts were of gold
wire; that the porticos were gilded, and
that the 'Belt' or circle which divided
the several ranks of spectators from
each other was studded with a precious
mosaic of beautiful stones."
In ancient times there was hardly a
town ln the Roman eniplre which had
not an amphitheatre large enough to
contain vast multitudes of spectators,
and as specimens of architecture tne
amphitheatres were more remarkable
for the mechanical skill and admirable
adaptation to their purpose displayed ln
them, than for any beauty of shape or
decoration.
Tomorrow The Ruins of Pompeii.
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
THE AEROPLANE HAT.
T passed a millinery store.
Inside were hats and plumes galore.
And then I thought: "I'll buy a lid
And show that ITm the candy kid."
Straightway I ambled to the shop;
A woman with a tinted mop
Came forward ln a languorous way.
And said: "What do you want today?
Th' boss Is back from Umpteump n
With all th' face cards and the trump:
We've got 'em by the wagon I6ad.
Th' finest wo have ever showed.''
I said: "I don't know much of hata,
Or powder puffa or curls or rats."
I said: "But I can plainly see
When any lid looks good to me."
"All right," said she. "Just look at
these.
Our motto is:' 'We aim to please.'
Now here's the Goodwin. Natty? Wot!
A honeymooner; hits the spot
And here's the Reciprocl-tee
We sell the shape; the style Is free.
And here's the Taft: it's large and soft.
The swellest sky-piece ever doffed."
And then she turned and Joy and pride
Beamed on her face eight inches wide.
I stopped her then. "Look here," I said
"I'm getting foolish in the head:
This talk of yours gives me a pain
Just let me look- at something plain."
"Ah, ha," she said. "Ha, ha; I know.
Now here's the dope the Molly O.
A scrubbing woman would be vain
If she should don this Aeroplane.
This is the latest; quite the last,
Two days ahead of Fashion' blast."
One time I tried to buy a hat
Tou bet, I still remember that
And when the price tag showed Its
face
I very promptly left the place.
And so J said: "Let's rest a while."
She waited, then ehe grinned a wmlle.
I said: "Before Hhis sale is lost, ,
What will the dadfelamed airship eostf"
She said: "I'll tell you what I'll do,
I cannot make a pries to you
Because, you gee, we do not know"
How high an aeroplane will go.
Just now the price is going up,
Since Airman Atwood won the cup.
If Wilbur Wright should take a fall,
Why, then we'd lose our little all.
And there It stands. Just .take the lid.
It's plain it's aeroplane, tr-kjd.
And when a year roll's 'round once more
Just pull. the latcnstrlng to yon door
And come Inside. We'll tell you then
If it be ninety, eight or ten. '
One -of tte ; Nation
Best Loved Men VU ;
From.the American Medical journal. .
When it was first announced that
congress had oalled for an Investigation
of. the facta leading to the charges pre
ferred against Dr. Wiley by Messrs. Mo.
Cabe, Dunlap and Wickersham, the
Journal expressed the opinion that no
one wouia welcome sucn an investiga
tion more than would Dr. Wiley, unless
It avaa tha areneral Dublld. Although
the body created by congress to look
Into this matter has been In existence
but a few days, the mass of evidence al
ready presented shows how accurate
the journal's statement was. Every
point brought out so far has put Dr.
Wiley n a still more favorable light,
while at the jarre time it has proved
how well founded is the lack of confl
uence wnicn tne hud no hub in moae wno
are fighting him. It has been shown
conclusively that Secretary Wilson un
knowingly, probably has been a pas
sive tool of thoso vsst Interests which
have made their millions by poisoning
the country's food and sophisticating it
drugs. .
The active partner ln this attempt to
nullify the national pure food law and
make its action abortive' is Solicitor Mo
Cab e. According to the evidence pre
sented, McCabe both falsified and ex
purgated the account of a court proceed
ing In at least one pure food case. A
firm pleaded guilty to the charge,
brought by Dr. Wiley's assistants, that
certain soft drinks contained "cocatn,
benzoic acid and coal tar dye," Mr. Mc
Cabe would not permit this Judgment
to be made publto ln that form, but
when the printer's "proof" came he
erased the words "benzoic acid" and.
This of courss makes the government
report of the case an official falsehood.
but apparently McCabe feels that falsi
fying is permissible when it Is done
in the Interest of the conservation of
sodium benzoate. The fact of the mat
ter la, the real power behind the throne
so far as the administration of the
food and drugs act la concerned Is So
licitor McCabe. By framing and manip
ulating the departmental rules with all
the skill of a pettifogging lawyer, he
has put himself In a position of being
sol Judge whether cases agalnat food
"dopers" and "patent-medtclne" fake
should or should not be prosecuted.
Dr. Wiley's bureau Investigates oases
of food adulteration and drug misbrand
ing, carefully and scientifically exam
ines the products and submits erldenoe
to show that certain foods or drugs are
adulterated or mtsbranded. Mr. MoCabe,
by the autocratic use of powers that he
has delegated to himself, may 'bury tn
the 'government flea all the evidence
submitted. That he has thus withheld
from the courts evldenoe of violations
of the law has been shown at th pres
ent congressional Investigation.
It is not surprising that a man wh
could thus "protect" manufacturer wh
might have been proved guilty, should
have altered the court's decree when
such decrees brought out facts regard
ing sodium benzoate that were distaste
ful to him and the "Interests" he serves.
The exercise of this autocratlo power,
which has long beer, known to those who
wer conversant wth ihe inner workings
of the department of agriculture, may
explain why the New Hartford Canning
company, of which Vloe President Sher
man is the reported head, was not pros
ecuted for selling short weight products
even though evidence to that effect had
been Collected by Dr. Wiley's assistants.
It may also explam why the cases
against the Duffy Malt Whiskey fraud,
Kilmer's Swamp Root and score of
other similar preparations hav never
been brought to the courts.
The American people, after having
fought for over 17 years to get the food
and drugs acts on the federal statute
books, finally succeeded thanks largely
tn the aggressiveness and honesty of
the chief of the hureau of chemistry.
That act, although not so strong or
comprehensive as It might be, can still
furnish a large dtgree of protection to
the public.
At the outset the chief of the bureau
ef chemistry tried vigorously and un
flinchingly to enforce it. Such enforce
ment 'against vested wrongs and opu
lent dishonesty was distasteful to those
In high places.
The fortunes that might be made by
polluting the food supplies of the coun
try and by the manufacture of "patent
medicines" were not to be abandoned
without a struggle. Pressure was
brought time and again to secure Dr.
Wiley's removal, but ln eaoh ease It
was found that that official was too
strongly entrenched ln the hearts of the
great American publlo to be removed on
any mere trumped up charge.
When the present charges wer mad
against Dr. Wiley, th publlo and th
press showed that they had confldenoe
ln him. The Investigation that was de
manded, and that la now being carried
on, Is proving as rapidly as possible that
the Judgment of the press and of the
public Is to be relied on. Dr. Wiley
will come out of the case stronger and
bettor loved than ever. His traduoers,
we believe, will bo relegated to that po
litical oblivion to which they belong.
A Valuable Man.
From Llpplncott's.
Tea. he had some rare trouble with
Ms eyes," said the celebrated oculist
"Every time be went to read he would
read double."
"Poor fellow," remarked th sympa
thetic person. "I suppose that Inter
fered with his holding a good position r
"Not at all. The gas company gob
bled him and gave him a lucrative Job
reading gas meters."
Wfcat Is Beer?
(Contributed to Tha Jonrnal by Walt Haaoa,
tha fa mom Kanaaa poet. Ilia proeepoema are a
regular feature of '.tala column la Tha Dally
Journal. ) '
Doe Wiley sailed on to deajde the
pregnant question: "What Is beerT"
He'll spilt the subject open wide and
hand a verdict down this s year. Ha
might consult -some dreary bum who
has a dark and mouattiful tale of how
from affluence he's come, to occupy a
cell ln Jail. Beer is a good and harm
less drink If you but let the stuff alone,
while bottled up, like purple Ink, It
never caused a sigh, or groan. " But If
you pour It down your throat, on bot
tle clamors for Its mate; It start right
In to get your goat, and it will get It,
soon or late. This drink ln which such
virtu lies, will fill your head with
ache and, pains,, and give you puffed
and crimson eyes, and scatter cobwebs
through your brains. On energy It puts
the crape; In useful work you hate to
launch; It puts new outlines on your
shape until It leaves you mostly paunch.
It spoils your appetite for food beer,
beer alone if all you beg the good old
brew, .from glass or wood until you
are a human keg. And when your love
f,r beer you lose, because It falls to
hit th spot, you fondly turn to strong
er boose, and drink It till, your Ins Idea
rot. " , '
Coprrlgbt. 1B11, by
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