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action done.
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PROVEN A PORT
ITH almost as much ease as
If she had been on the high
seas, the battleship Oregon
has made the journey up the
' iColumbla, bided for a period In
" Portland .harbor, and .-eturned to
Astoria on her way back to the Pa
cific and other cruises.
- All the evolutions Incident to the
1 turn in the Portland harbor, all the
, maneftTer8 ior the Journey from sea
to port and from port to sea were
"executed without unusual incident
and without accident. There was
water and there was room. There
' was facility and there was success.
"Y" It Is to go into the record that It
, was during the Taft administration
i that a real battleship, and one of
1 1 worldwide fame, was permitted to
prove to Christendom that Portland
Is a Karbor and the Columbia river
n a great waterway.
J The visits of the Maryland and the
Oregon are epochal in the history
J of the - Port of Portland. The case
J Is proven.
WISCONSIN 'BONDING PLAN
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I HE Wisconsin plan for associ
ated bonding of cut-over tim
ber lands may be commended
to the serious consideration of
Oregon and Washington.
i By this law twenty-five or more
owners of cut-over lands In any coun-
ty may' Jointly petition the county
board of BUperviBors, showing that
they are such owners, that it would
(promote the public welfare to clear
?the lands, and giving the estimated
cost Issues of bonds, to amounts
S not exceeding $25 an acre may then
' be made, covering all the cut-over
Hands of the petitioners. The bonds
" are srepeclal first lien on the lands
' in, question. Such lands are to be
--taxed to an amount sufficient to pay
. Interest on the bonds and to provide
a sinking fund for their repayment
at the expiration of their currency.
The actual clearing may be car-
' -.rled out under contracts made by
., the land owners, provided that they
ehall be submitted to and approved
I v by the county board.
1 IlTias been suggested that a slm---
llar plan might be extended to the
' Irrigation of arid lands. Borne
V. months ago attention was drawn to
the invention of a convict in the Arl-
jtona ..peiiitentiary who had, been
given parole to enable him to go to
Sthe patent office at Washington
' and secure patents for his In
dention of a plan for collect-
' jlngand utilizing electric power
sfrom the , air. The fact that
-patents for so mysterious an lnven
1 t tlon were issued after demonstra
l lion by models in the patent office
'-I , shows a prima facie case In favor of
V '-the convict Inventor. If such a plan
' "materializes a great field would be
vopen for irrigating arid lands where
:,. Subterranean water abounds.
DRIFTING LIFE RELTS
N six years, two life belts from the
Wrecked steamer Stanley Dollar
are said to have drifted 12,000
miles from the coast of Japan
through the northwest paBsageandto
'have gone ashore on one of the Shet
eland Islands, north of Scotland. En
'Vottte, they are supposed to have
passed with the ocean currents
through Bering straits, through the1
irozen Arctic, through Baffin bay,
and into the north Atlantic, to be
picked up by the Gulf stream for
i final deposit on the shores of the
Shetlands.
, . A mystical northwest lasaage was
long the dream of navigators. Hud
tson was trying to find it as a route
j to India when he accidentally dis
j covered New York bay and tailed up
! tne river mat Dears ms name.
j ' Captain Nansen and the Fram be-
came internationally known through
t an attempt to drift from east to west
Uo or past the north pole. The Fram
(was an especially constructed and
provisioned vessel for the purpose
o the uncertain voyage.
f-' It departed from northern Asia in
1893, and in March 1896 reached
latitude 84. From there. Captain
-Nansen with a companion made a
(dash to the north, reaching latitude
kf564, degrees and 14 minutes north
MajWjrhe two made their way
fsouth finally reaching Norway,
Jwhere they were Joined a few weeks
Jater by the Fram.
! . Though he failed to take his ship
.through. Sir Robert McClure of Eng--land
was first to make the northwest
passage. He sailed in 1850 and was
"four 'years 'in making the Journey
'from ocean to ocean.
. Tht first to make the passage
1 with a vessel was Captain Amundsen,
who recently 'added to, his .distiac-
tioriydlscverfng The' South Pole.
lie maltha Journey In a gasoline
vessel of only 39 horse power, and
in which the cabin was six by nine.
The crew consisted of himself and
six men. The primary object of the
expedition was to relocate the mag
netic pole. He sailed from Chrlstl
anla June 17, 1903, and after passing
from, ocean to ocean north of the
American continent, reached Nome
In October, 1906. ' 'N
It is believed that a current sets
lntd the polar basin, both from the
coast of Norway and through Bering
straits. That there is a neutralized
zone and permanent ice somewhere
In the far north is also believed, .a
fact that adds a curious phase to
the alleged long drift of the, two
life belts from the Stanley )ollar.
A MURPHY PRESIDENT
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B have additional evidence as
to why the secretary of the
American Protective Tariff
League, said, "If we are to
have a Democratic president, I
would rather have Murphy or Croker
than Governor Wilson."
A report has been made by Labor
Commissioner Neill on conditions at
Lawrence at the time of the strike.
He. says wages were so low as to
force women and children into the
mills to keep families from starving.
Only "about half these employes
are adult males. Many heads of fam
ilies would earn little more thau $5
a week, and where there were chil
dren the wife, would be forced to
farm them cut for the day and work
In the mills to keep them alive;
Most of these people are foreign
ers, says the report. They know the
pauper labor conditions which the
American government was adver
tised to protect them from. Yet
the strike revealed heads of families
on a wage of S5 a week, and life
conditions so squalid as to be ap
palling, .
The facts made public in this re
port are not narrated by a labor agi
tator. They are the result of a fed
eral inquiry by a high official in the
administration of President Taft.
They are explanation of why the sec
retary of the American Protective
Tariff League, who Is the official
mouthpiece of such men as the Law
rence mill owners, prefers Boss
Murphy of .Tammany hall to Wood
row Wilson as president of the
United States.
Woodrow Wilson refused to ac
cept crooked campaign contributions
from Thomas F. Ryan. He refused
to put the White House under obli
gations to the Lawrence mill own
ers. That Is why there is a shriek
from Lawrence for a Murphy presi
dent. FIRST I (EARN THEN ACT
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ENATOR BORAH and Repre
sentative Hughes are trying
through bills they have intro
duced, to Induce congress to
authorize a commission of Inquiry
Into the Industrial relations. Pres
ident Taft recommended It In a"sTfe
clal message, feeling the need of the
nation for trustworthy Information
on the one subject that ..ouchs the
interest of more people In this, and
other, countries than any other.
The- commission wlU gather
knowledge on these matters. Wages
and conditions of work in all man
ner of Industries, the relations of
employer and employed, the rights
of the public in face of strikes and
lock-outs, the powers of unions of
men and associations of employers
over their members, how to make
terms of settlements of labor dis
putes effective and binding, and an
swers given In other countries to
these questions. The proposed com
mission will contain representatives
of both capital and labor, as well as
students and writers on these mat
ters. When suddenly confronted with a
pOEEible strike, or a threatened lock
out, it is too late to set tbout gath
ering up knowledge how similar sit
uations have been met in other
places. Without such knowledge we
drift along to a Budden (Umax that
might have been avoided. We are
apt to act first and then learn it is
desired to reverse this order.
THE MTNDifUM WAGE
T
HE American consul at Leeds,
England Bubmits a summary
of the award of a minimum
wage for miners in the West
Riding of Yorkshire coal mines Just
filed by the district board under the
coal mines act.
There are two subdivisions in the
district and the rates vary slightly.
"Qualified getters," the actual hew
ers of coal, are to be paid $1.62 or
$1.50. "Trammers and fillers,"
$1.38 or $1.26. "Leading by-workmen,"
$1.46 or $1.34. All other
workmen $1.22 or $1.18. Bovs an
average of 83 cents or 77 cents.
These rates compare reasonably
well with those paid in the York
shire district previously to the strike.
But how does the award define the
qualification of a man for obtaining
these minimum wages?
In the first place workmen over
65, those who by reason of age or
infirmity, cannot do a reasonable
day's work, are excluded. Next, If
the pit works less than five days In
the week the workman must attend
and work each day. If more than five
days a week the workman must put
in not less than 80 per cent of the
days the pit does work. t a work
man, through his own default falls
to do a fair day's work, or fails to
obey reasonable orders, or delays
getting to his work, or quits before
quitting time, that man forfeits his
right to the minimum wage during
that day.
If accident or unavoidable cause
stops the working the workman can
1 1
claim only a proport!6n of the wage,
In case of strikes stopping work
the right to a minimum wage' is for
feited. ' ,
A complete system 'of fair arbi
tration is provided for settling all
disputes arising nader the award.
. The "shift" of eight hours Is a
normal day's work. The average re
cent annual output of the mines con
trolled by this award is twelve mil
Hon tons of coal. : ,
The doubt first expressed, and
still held, has been how the work
man's right to the minimum wage,
should be ascertained. It is shown
here how it has been worked out on
a considerable scale. ' v
THE PASSING SHOW
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N Iowa, the state convention re
fused to indorse the Taft nomi
nation, and declared that the
electors could vote for Roosevelt.
The Taft Republicans are going to
name another set of Taft electors.
The program will put two sets of
electors from the Republican party
into the field.
In South Dakota, the ttate con
vention refused to indorse the Taft
nomination, and the electors will, If
elected, vote for Roosevelt. The
Taft followers in that state will be
sure not to acquiesce, and fighting
all along the line may be expected.
In Nevada, petitions are in circu
lation In every county for putting
Roosevelt electors on the ticket. In
opposition to the Taft electors.
In Maryland some of the electors
named at a recent state convention
have manifested a purpose to Sup
port Roosevelt, and In Oregon some
of the Republican electors have de
clared their intention to do the same.
The cenditi6ns are unprecedented
in American history. The fight in
the recent Republican primaries and
the fight in the Chicago convention
is still on and with what appears to
be increasing bitterness.
The bolts of the Iowa and Fouth
Dakota state conventions of the Taft
nomination, with the delegates all
In good standing as Republicans, are
more than mere incidents.' They ap
proximate political events of the
first rank. Nothing like it has been
seen since the Democratic spilt of
1860 and the political crisis In which
the Republican party rose to power.
The process puts the Republican
party under a tremendous strain.
The convention battle has degener
ated into a hand-to-hand encounter,
with gumshoe tactics, for capture of
the party organization and points of
advantage, with 11 tie regard to prin
ciples or the hope of carrying prin
ciples into effect.
It is fort; nate that the Baltimore
convention gave the country a can
didate whom disgusted Republicans
can support with the utmost satis
faction. COMING TO OUR. SENSES
A
SAMPLE of the spread of the
anti-pistol sentiment appears
in an article from the Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph on
this page.
Alarmed by the many proposed
laws, the United States Revolver as
sociation desires to head off what it
regards as irrational anti-pistol laws.
It wants a 'nation-wide law provid
ing that the act of carrying firearms
or other weapons while committing
or" attempting to commit a crime be
regarded as an attempt to commit
murder, punishable with not less
than fifteen years imprisonment, the
sentence to be made mandatory.
Also that any person ever convicted
of burglary or any other crime shall
not be licensed to carry firearms,
and for carrying weapons without
license shall be imprisoned for not
less thanflve years.
The move of the Revolver associa
tion Is an effort to forestall radical
measures. The organization wants
to save something from the wreck,
that it sees is coming from the wide
spread protest against the pistol.
It is one fragment of circumstan
tial evidence that we are gradually
coming to our senses.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Y
ESTERDAY'S results at Stock
holm give the American ath
letes a scSre of 88, the Swedish
62, the British 51, the German
23 and many smaller scores for wide
ly scattered countries.
It is a curious fact that wherever
and whenever Americans have met
the world in Olympic contests they
have always scored a series of tri
umphs. They must Journey farther
than any of their stronger rivals, but
with an unfailing certainty they
overcome this handicap and return
home with a long list of victories.
The militancy of men In the great
Democratic United States is one of
the wonders of the world. Fault
finders charge that our plan of gov.
ernment is wrong, yet the sovereign
ty of its citizenship and the Indi
vidual freedom of action seem to de
velop a race of men who almost unl
versally triumph in whatever they
undertake. If It Is not our process
es of life that give us winning ath
letes, what Is It?
There seems little chance that the
team now defending the title of the
United States to championship hon
ors will lose at Stockholm.
xne courts nave sustained a new
law In New York, and there Is an end
In that state of the loan shark ex
tortions. The law was passed by th
last legislature,, and was the result
of years of agitation. The effect
will be to 'deliver thousands from the
loan shark tyranny that has long
held them in subjection.
In round numbers, the bank de
posits of Oregon rose for the year
ending June" 14 from $118,000,000
to $124,000,000, a gain of six mil
lions. The' bank resources rose
from $147,000,000 to $158,000,000.
an increase of nine millions. The
per capita . of bank deposits, : which
means the per capita of ready money,
is $191. -;. .y.
As the Elks read of the heat at
home, what do they think of Port
land as a summer resort? " ; ,1
Letters From tlie People
Articles and questions for this page
should be written on only one side of
the paper-end be accompanied by the
writer's name. The name will not be
published, but Is desired as an Indl-1
cation of rood faith. -j
The State Holiness Association. ,
Portland, Or, July 13. To the Editor
of The Journal As there seems to be a
misunderstanding- on the part of some
people at least In regard to the tenets
of faith of the Oregon State Holiness
association,' now holding: its eighth an
nual camp meeting at Tremont station,
a word of explanation is due the asso
ciation, that it may not be placed In a
wrong light.
First. It Is not held in' the Interest of
any one church or mission, neither does
any church or mission or eect have any
controlling power. It is strictly inter
denominational and embraces ' in its
membership people from the Methodist,
Baptist, Presbyterian, Friends and other
churches of the city. At the sixth an
nual meeting, a vote was taken as to
church membership and It was found
that there were over a score of churches
represented. There Is an idea abroad
that the association is directly Connect
ed with the so-called "Tongues" move
ment. This Is not so, only in so far as
the association is In hearty sympathy
with every movement that has for its
object the advancement of Christ's king
dom here on earth. In the saving of men
and women from lives of sin and proper
Ing them for the coming of the Lord.
Second, the association believes fn
and teaches the Wesleyan doctrine of
entire sanctlflcatlon a distinct second
work of grace wrought In the human
heart by the Holy Ohost, subsequent to
conversion that It is a work of faith,
Imparted InHtantaneously, whereby the
heart is cleansed from all unrighteous
ness and the Adamlc nature is removed.
While the above statement of belief is
the cornerstone, yet the association be
lieves In the work of conversion as a
necessary first work, to be followed
very quickly by the second blessing.
The reclamation of backsliders is one
of the Important objects of its service,
so that taken all In all. it always
presents to its congregations a full
gospel. It is not expected that any
association will father the Individual
beliefs of its members. Some may be
lieve In divine healing and others may
be lookng for the quick' coming of the
Lord, but this society ties" fast to the
Bible injunction: "Seek first the king
dom of Ood and his righteousness and
all these other things will be added untQ
you." A MEMBER.
VTagnon for Assessor.
Portland, Or., July II. To the Editor
of The Journal Since my arrival in
our city, 1906, I have been a subscriber
to The Journal, and I believe your pub
lication has been conducted for the gen
eral good of the public With a few ei
ceptlons, the position you have taken
on the various economic and political
questions has been in harmony with
what I believe to be good patriotic and
democratic principles.
Having been for years a close student
and advocate of the Henry George sin
gle tax method of rating revenues, I
have noted with pleasure the attitude
your paper has taken in reference to
this principle, also the Initiative gradu
ated single tax, which is to be voted on
at our next general election.
However, 1 have been anxiously wait
ing to see your paper come out and ad
vocate for assessor some one who is in
harmony with these principles, but have
as yet failed to see your offer to sup
port such a party. Especially have
I been disappointed by not seeing the
name of H. D. Wagnon, a single tax
agitator of long standing, who la gen
erally and universally recognized as a
citizen of more than ordinary ability
mentioned in this capacity. If he is
elected to the position of assessor, and
with your support, I have every reason
to expect he can be elected, and If the
single tax initiative measure carries.
we era absolutely assured with such
an officer as ws would have in Mr.
Wagnon, that the laws would be prop
erly enforced, without favors to the
big Interests or any others.
Should an assessor who is tiot In" ac
cord with these prlncipfes be elected.
w would ' hot derive the amount of
good that we might otherwise expect.
With full confidence that the appar
ent lack of duty is probably from your
standpoint more political than other
wise, but believing you will see this
matter as many other advocates of
single tax have already seen it, I beg to
remain, very respectfully yours,
WILLIAM QRABACH.
Xo Reflection on School Board.
Portland, July 12. To the Editor of
The Journal. In the article written bv
us and printed in the dallies of July 6.
commenting on the useless and unwar
ranted expenditure of publlo money for
excavations, fills, concrete walls, etc., on
the new Falling school building, there
was no intention on our part of chars;.
ing the school directors with graft, and
we wish to correct such an erroneous
impression. We do not wish to have
any member of the board feel that we
have been a party to electing members
of the school board, who would grossly
oetray tneir trust, as such a charge
would imply. They have our confidence
and we now take this means of remov
ing any injustice that may have been
done to any member of the school
board.
C. F. HATWAR0,
8. PLYMALU,
K. CASHEN.
F. J. POLIVKA,
N. H. BIRD.
WM. B. JOLLT,
J. K. STANTON,
DANIEL, FREY,
JOHN COBB.
Conditions In Huntington.
Huntington, Or., July 12. To the Edi
tor of . The Journal Your news Item
relative to the resolution adopted by the
council of this city has afforded much
amusement to those of our people who
are familiar with the business Interests
of (its members. The only "business
Interests" that have suffered in all the
bitter and prolonged fight after better
conditions have been tho illegal sale of
liquors, the bawdy house and Its affili
ated Interests, and the gambling fra
ternity. The writer has had the pleas
ure of refusing a bribe of a cool $1000
to allow one house to run. His church
and home have been perforated with
bullets, his membership cursed on the
streets, and one member of the cty
council has advocated the use of dyna
mite as a remedy against the cleanup.
I am lrank to confess that the claim
of the council that Huntington was
"never better governed or cleaner moral
ly'' than at present Is a point well
taken, even though we. know . that we
owe nothing to the city council or the
city officers for this condition. This
appeal to Governor West makes the
I third "fever of fear" that has attacked
COMMENT AND
SMALL CTLANG3
On the surfaoe, at least, the Portland
police behave pretty , well,
'. ' ' '; ,- : ' -; . e y-ii)
' Bummer days In Oregon are Just warm
enough, and nights just cool enough,
.IV. ; ' ""-v.. ; i:'":2
Voteni are very many who regard the
third party movement as largely a farce.
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' The Elks set an example of quick and
harmonious action in electing officers.
Greftt and ttronr ! th lufVof th
far west, and it grows with sxperlencs
Of jthis matchless region.
back to Portland at one time, but many
of them will come singly. .
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Of the many fraternal and social
orders, none has been more successful
and popular than the Elks.
The willing and able man Is a ooor
hustter who Can't get. a, lob these davs
at least out in the country.
and of about Portland's population but
it won t De mat is, tne latter in a lew
years.'
m m
Thf old motto. "Try. trr a rain." will
always remain a good one: but It is
often better to try In a little different
way.
There may also be a "progressive"
candidate for congress in. this district.
What! Isn't Lafferty progressive
enough?
mm
If Taft and Roosevelt beat each
other, neither will feel entirely unhsrmv:
yet how "thick" "Theodore", and ."Will"
were not so long ago.
Almost every broad visloned and keen
sighted eastern man Who visits Portland
predicts that lb will become the metrop
olis of the Paclflo coast.
Roosevelt would control the trusts.
but would maintain the high protective
tann that breeds ana rosters the trusts
and enables them to plunder the people.
The progresslveness that believes in
high protective tariff taxing the
many for the enrichment of the few
lacks much of belnar satisfactory to
multitudes of voters.
Roger Crab, the eccentric hermit of
Buckinghamshire, who was born about
121 and died in 1680, attracted a great
amount of attention throughout Eng
land for his peculiar literary attain
ments as well as his remarkable style
of living. When Crab was 20 years of
age he began to restrict himself to a
vegetable diet, avoiding even butter and
cheese. From roots he got to a regi
men of broth, thickened with bran, and
pudijlng made of bran and turnip leaves,
and he finally resorted to dock leaves
and grass.
For seven years he served in tne par
liamentary army and during this period
he Induced one Captain Norwood to fol
low his regimen with fatal results. He
Stated that while fighting for bis par
liament his skull was cloven to the
brain, an injury which may account for
some of his later eccentricities. The
ground of his abstention from animal
food seems to have been tne supposea
moral effects of a flesh diet "Butch
ers," he observes, "are excluded from
Juries; but the receiver is worse than
the butcher."
His asceticism was connected with a
rude kind of mystical revolt against es
tablished notions in religion. His views,
he claimed, came to him by illumina
tion; digging In his garden with his face
to the east, he "saw into the paradise
of Ood." His sccount of the seven
spirits in man is original as it is curi
ous. His notions often got him into
trouble.
Leaving the army, he became a haber
dasher of hats at Chesham, Bucking
hamshire; but he shut up his shop in
1661, and "sold a considerable estate
to give to the poor." Settling in "a
small roode of ground at Ickenham,
near Uxbrldge. he dwelt as a hermit
in "a mean cottage of his own building,"
our city officials. Once It came as a
result of 13 convictions out of 14 In
dictments before the grand Jury of
Baker county. The second came as a
result 'Of a complete expose of the Im
moral conditions In the city, when the
city council pledged their word that if
prosecutions were stayed, things should
be ordered according to the wishes of
tho better element. Again came a moral
rolapse, to be followed by the devil's
third reformatlOR, following the appeal
to Governor Went. There Is at present
m the hands of the committee having
the work of forcing "law respect" in
this place such an abundance of evidence
that the Only difficulty is as to the
choice of selection all of which will
be attended to in good time. However,
we Join hands-wlth the city council and
congratulate Huntington on the present
happy condition that exists and the lofty
aspiration of the present city council
In behalf of good government.
R. C. LEE,
Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church.
B Wins.
Waahougal, Wash., July 7. To the
Editor ofThe Journal To settle a dls
pua, state who is right, A or B. They
are playing seven-up. A has high. Jack,
game, and needs three points. B has
low, and needs one point. A claims he
wins, and B claims, he has won.
W. M. CHANDLER.
The Grand Jury.
Portland, July 11. To" the Editor of
The Journal Will you please tell me
when the grand Jury meets again to
try cases7 MISS MADGE HADYEN.
(The grand Jury will convene some
time next week. The exact date has
nqt yet been fixed.)
Antl-Fistol Legislation.
From Pittsburg Chronicle Tetegraph.
In a circular sent out by the United
States Revolver association, the organi
zation which provides the American
teams for international revolver match
es, a strong plea is made for a uniform,
nation wide, safe and sane revolver law.
The association sees little merit in the
laws to prevent gun toting proposed in
New York and other states, whereby the
respectable citizen Is deterred from arm
ing himself for his own protection,
while thugs and crooks are subjected
to no severer restrictions than are Im
posed by the old laws prohibiting the
carrying of concealed weapons. The law
abiding citizen, it'ls urged, is not the
one in need of being disarmed. Deter
ring him from arming himself would
be as sound in theory as. to disarm the
police, to whose enforcement of the laws
he lends encouragement and cooperation.
It is, therefore, suggested that a law
be generally enacted providing
First: That the act of carrying fire
arms or other weapons while committing
or attempting to commit a crime be re
garded as an attempt to commit murder,
punishable With not less than 16 years
imprisonment; this sentence to be made
mandatory, on th part, of the courts,-
Second: That, license or no license,
no person ever convicted of burglary or
any other crime of violence may carry
firearms or other weapon under penalty
SEVEN ECCENTRIC FOREIGNERS
Roger Crab.
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Medford has a new ordinance that
provides that trains must not exceed the
speed of eight miles an hour within
the city limits. .-
A call has been unanimously extended
to Rev. Victor E. Hoover of Cottage
Grove, te i accept the pastorate of the
Christian church at Dallas. t vv jvj
' Baker Democrat: That the Highland
mine near the head 9f Rock creek Is
doing things is shown by the fact that
its output of concentrates alone dally
amount to 12 tons , y ; r ' : v .
Baker' boosters are .arranging" a tour1
to that region Of Baker county called
the Panhandle, for the double purpose
of getting acquainted with the people of
that section and advertising the eom
Inc county fair. , t
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Hood River Nw: ; At a meeting of
the congregation last Sunday it was
decided to have' the last service in old
Riverside church July 28, to give the
pastor August for vacation and to ded
icate the new building "Sunday,- Septem
ber 1,
e ,
The Estacada fire department man
aged the Fourth of Julfestlvltlee and
cleared $250 on the flnanolal side of
the transaction. The money will be
used as the nucleus of a fund for the
relief of firemen disabled in the line
of duty, - -
' . . e
Klamath Heraldt The 'city of Mer
rill is planning to macadamise all of the,
Snncipai streets or tne town witn cin
ers from the lava beds. This material
has proved so satisfactory on the coun
ty roads that the town has decided to
adopt It for streets There is an unlim-
Ited supply of the cinders,, which
packed become, like cement.
mm
Albany Democrat! While excavating
on the south side of the Oregon Elec
tric depot, workmen uncovered an old
well 20 feet' deep and six feet in diam
eter, that had been covered over and
abandoned, and it was necessary to, fill
it up with dirt before operations of
grading could be resumed.
Falls City News: . This season's ex
cellent and abundant crop of strawber
ries proves that this Is the best berry
land in. Oregon when given sufficient
rain at the right time. Irrigation will
solve the problem of good crops. This
can be done easily here, for there are
springe everywhere and every canyon
and ravine contains a stream of clean
mountain water.
where, he practiced his austere regimen,
wearing "a sackcloth frock, and no band
on his neck." He dabbled In astrology
and physics, having from a hundred to
a hundred and twenty patients at a
time.
He began writing odd books, and he
went to London to try and find a pub
lisher, but instead he found a prison,
although eventually he was assisted in
bringing out his books by an unknown
hand, which supplied some additional
particulars by way of introduction. His
publications are rather coarse, but
shrewd, and with occasional lapses -into
rhyme:
"When I was dlgglog parsnips for my
meals,
Then I discovered these cheats.
For which I sate six hours by the
heels."
In his later days he does not seem
to have been molested, and he acquired
a reputation for sanctity and seershlp.
He is said to have foretold the restora
tion and to have predicted tht William
of Orange would come to the throne.
The persecutions the poor man in
flicted on himself caused him to be per
secuted by others. Thourh h utat.n
he was neither a Quaker, a Shaker nor
a jianter, ne was cudgeled and put in
the stocks, the wretched sackcloth he
wore was torn from his back, and he
was mercilessly whipped. He yns four
times arrested on suspicion of being a
wlxard. and he was sent from prison
to prison, yet still he was persistent in
his course of Ufa, not hesitating to term
all those whose opinions differed from
his by the most Opprobrious names. He
died on tne 11th of September, 1680, and
was buried In Stepney churchyard, where
his tombstone exhibits a quaint epitaph.
N' Week Seven Famous Dogs.
Always in Goocl H
umor
Sigh not for him who finds his bier
Unwept, unhonored and unsung-
Sometimes it's luck to leave this sphere
Unsought, uncaptured and unhung.
Judge.
HE SHOULD REMEMBER IT.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Scientists have found that a grass
hopper can Jump 200 times its own
length. This fact should be remembered
by the collegian who thinks he Is going
to be needed in the world because he
has broken the Jumping record.
THE DIFFERENCE.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The woman was talking to the pro
fessional chauffeur.
"Did you ever run over a dogT" she
asked.
"Yessum." he answered, cheerfully
"Goodness! Wasn't It awful?"
"It sure was. ma'am."
u-a-aid you ever hit a cow?
"Twlcct."
"Ugh! And er did you ever strike
a human being?"
"Meaning a man? Yessum oncet."
"Heavens! Did you faint?"
"No'ra; I stuck to my wheel."
"But haw did you feci? What was
it like? How what when "
"Well, It made a bigger bump than a
dawg, but it was lots softer than a
cow. Otherwise it was sorter betwixt
an' between."
Blind Man's Memory Feat.
From the New York World.
It was announced at the offices of the
Matilda Zlegler Magazine for the Blind,
No. 250 West Fifty-fourth Btreet, yester
day, that a blind man, Clement E. Coffin
of Brooklyn, has memorized the popula
tion for tho years 1910, 1900, 1890 and
1880, of the 285 cities of the United
States which have more than 20,000
inhabitants.
In addition to telling the population of
these cities, it Is said. Coffin can re
verse the test and when the census fig
ures are given he la able to state the
city which has that population.
Utterly Reckless.
From the. Chicago Tribune.
CampaignerUncle Cyrus, what Is the
feeling up in your part of Michigan?
Uncle Cyrus Well, sir, the peach
crop's gone to thunder, an' some of us,
begosh, are goln' to vote for Debs!
of not less than five years Imprison
ment; this sentence to be made manda
tory on the part of, the courts. v
atven an act of this kind, the a'eeo
clatlon contends, the homicide problem
will take care of Itself. Be this as it
may, the merit of a measure such as
that cited Is not to be disputed. It is
undoubtedly true that it Is the armed
crimlrral -that - needs primarily" to"; be
reached. Stringent legislation to effect
this Is desirable and essential, and any
move towards securing It should be encouraged.
More Newspaper
Comment '
Detroit News. Roosevelt Republican!
The big question now Is, What ef
fect will Wilson's nomination have on
Roosevelt'i candidacy T , With four'
months of campaigning yet to Inter
vene, this Is a difficult question to
answer. The answer that fits today
may be' entirely displaced when No
vember comes in view. The country
seems pretty sure of one thing, that
Taft should be eliminated, and that
whether . the third party movement
succeeds or ; not the country is . re a
sonably sure of a big man and a pro
gressive ; it; the White Houso. J Repub
licans who cannot stomach Taft and
who have personal antipathies toward
Roosevelt may be counted, on to vote
for Wilson. The Same may be said of
that great body 'of Democrats who
heretofore have had no chance ' to
vote for any progressive save Roose
velt, and who will now gladly flock
back to the new standard of their
Pittsburg Dispatch," Republicans The
Democracy, after a hard fight which
can but leave its sores, but from which
the candidate has kept clear, has thus
made its nomination. It .would be Idle
and blind to refuse to recognla ths
high qualities of the candidate. Gov
ernor Wilson has already made a re
markable record, especially as the ex
ponent of the college and educational
leader transferred to the political field.
His qualities as a speaker on pplltloal
toplcs commanded notice in his guber-
when-tnatorlal campaign and have been, again
demonstrated In the canvass for the
nomination. His. record of admlnlstra- .
tion as governor of New Jersey,: de-V
spite the handicap of having spent av
large part Of the year in the presiden
tial field, comprises excellent points of
administrative and legislative reform,
and has raised New Jersey politics from
the lower grade of machine denomina
tion on both sides to one of elear In
dependence. New Orleans Times-Democrat, Demo
crat: By nominating Woodrow Wilson
for president,, the Democratic national
convention has faithfully discharged
an obligation to the party and to the
country, heavier than rested upon such
a party conclave In years. Its mem
bers have set the Democracy far for
ward upon the road to victory as splen
did as it Is deserved. Governor Wll
son is beyond any question, we think,
the best and the strongest candidate
that could have been named. By ohar
adter, training, environment and
achievement he is qualified for the re-:
public's chief magistracy as few pre
vious candidates for the post, in all
the history of American party govern
ment have been. With his eminence a
scholar and historian Is combined a
national fame, splendidly won, as po
litical leader and governor of an Amer
ican commonwealth. The story of hla
sturdy and successful fight for pro
gressive principles and good govern
ment In his own state and a powerful'
ring nominally of his own party, con
stitutes a fit and stirring prelude to
the history that he Is now to make as
leader of the same great cause In the
national field.
New York Tribune, Republican: The
victory of the radical element, at Bal
timore will not be a killing frost to
the hopes of the projectors of a new
third party. There is not room enough
for two radical candidates in the field.
There will be no defection of Bryan
Democrats from Wilson and as the can
didate of a third party, jColonel Roose
velt would be limited tC the role of a
mere,, faction leader trying to break
down" the Republican organisation In
some states, while hoping to seise and
use it in others, That would be too
unimportant a part for a statesman
with Colonel Roosevelt's reoord of
achievement.
New York Times: In the nomination
of Woodrow Wilson the Democratio
party regains Its anolent estate of
worth, of dignity, of power. It escapes
the thraildom of little men and Ignoble
leaders. It takes up as Its chief a man
of that statesmanlike quality which
befits the presidential office. The nom
ination of Governor Wilson wHl unite
the party. There Is not a Democrat
who can find a sound and sufficient
reason for withholding his vote from
such a candidate. Search for the taints
and blemishes, the Imprints of subser
viency to the selfish and the predatory,
of which we have heard so much, and
you will not find one of them upoa
Governor Wilson. No bargain or u?n
derstanding with Mr. Murphy or with
Wall street, nor with any Interest,
brought about his nomination.
Pointed Paragraphs
No woman is as truthful as her mir
ror. If a man Is easily bought, the buyer la
apt to be sold.
Many an earthly angel hoe a homely
face to thank for it.
Dull hearing and a bad memory or
good afflictions at times.
Time Is frequently money lost nnlesa
you take advantage of It.
We all like our friends to be per
fectly frank about other people.
It's often a waste of time to tell a
man anything for his own good.
A woman takes the same chances la
selecting a husband as she does in se
lecting a bargain counter shirtwaist
The Misfit Life
(Contributed to The Journal tor Wilt Huot,
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journal.1
The other day a weary man Jumped
In a. rippling pond; and now, I hope,
his pinions fan along the great beyond.
They fished his body from the drink
and took it to his wife; and not a man
of thein could think why he should end
his life, lie had abundance of long
green he carried it In lumps; life
should have been a thing serene why
did he bump the bumps? His wife sat
viewing with alarm beside thut lifeless
clay, and moaned: "I drove him from
the farm, where he desired to stayl
That wish of hls'n made me wroth! I
longed to come to town, and try and
cut a mighty swath, and wear. a silken
gown. At balls and routs and thlmy
Jigs I had a wish to shine, and he de
sired to feed his pigs and train his
pumpkin vine. So here we came and
here L tried to hit the social swim, and
with my false and futile pride I've gone
and murdered him! Away from all the
scenes he loved, his horses and his hay.
by hustling neighbors pushed . and
shoved, he moped and pined away, until
at last 'he Jumped Into a small fresh
water sea, and here I raise my howdy
do! Alas, and woe Is me!" 1 know a
hundred mea who lark their way-through
wretched lives because they quit thelf
proper work to please their batty wives.
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