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to pass her down.
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IN. VERMONT TODAY
VERMONT lias extreme signifi
cance today. Politicians will
watch toe returns from the
Btate election there with deep
concern.
Vermont foretold the election of
Cleveland in 1884, and repeated the
performance In 18S2. On each oc
casion, the groundswell to Democ
racy was Indicated by a considerably
reduced Republican plurality In the
stato election. 0
The average Republican plurality
In Vermont is around 30,000. In
19Q4 It was 31,559. and In 1908 it
was 29,654.
The general Republican reversal
la the state and congressional elec
tions of 1910 showed Itself In Ver
mont by a Republican plurality that
fell below 18,000, brought about by a
slightly increased Democratic vote
and a greatly reduced Republican
strength.
Democratic, Roosevelt and Taft
state tickets are in the field. To
day's voting will give some indica
tion as" to the relative "strength of
the political forces now contending
throughout the country. It will give
some hint of the Taft strength as
compared with the Roosevelt defec
tion. It will show to what extent, if
at all, there are to be Democratic
desertions to Roosevelt.
These and other surface lndlca
tlonfl, modified more or lesB by local
complexities, will be, thrown on the
screen by the votlnguoday in a state
that has been a curiously accurate
political barometer In many presi
dential contests.
OFFICIAL ACTIVITY
GOVERNOR WEST may not ac
complish all that good citizens
would like to have accom
plished in Portland.
. But, even in failure something will
be won. On this page, a correspond
ent relates the renewed activity by
officials in applying the law in Lin
coln county.
" Press reports have brought ac
counts of official activity In several
other counties.
- It may be set down as certain that
officials throughout Oregon are un
usually alert just now In attention
to duty. They do not want the pub
licity incident to the governor's pro
gram. t
Pitiless publicity is the best medl
cine in the world for official negli
gence or official misfeasance.
No sane man does wrong expect
ing to be exposed. Everything sinis
ter la in ambush. If every official
h4-$k41es pu bHelty -eonstantiy-pTin
ulng him, there would le very few
bad officials. There would be let??
government by officials and more
government by law.
, The governor may not be able Jo
rid Portland of her Jungle. But,
Oregon will for a time, hav more of
ficials on the jump than in many a
long year.
OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS
I
T seems Impossible for the public
officials of the city of Portland,
good men and truo as many of
them are, to exercise sufficient
'imagination to reckon what the
Deeds of the city will be at any Riven
'future time and provide accordingly.
J If any one of tlio school directors
were confronted In his private ca
pacity with the continuous and ex
panding growth of any enterprise of
j which ho bore the responsibility him
'eelf alone the first question he would
put to himself would bo how about
buildings and equipment? Will
I those I have now suffice without un
jdue crowding? If not how long will
rit take me to prepare, suitable ones?
Have 1 the land to build on in suit
able locations, and if not where shall
I I provide It, and how?
I Now, says Mr. Thomas city school
J clerk, fifteen or twenty portable
school houseB have to be built and
got ready, under the stress of an in
crease of pupils to 30,000 being ten
'per cent over last year and teach
ing space provided for at least fifty
-additional teachers.
These temporary school houses
? are little less than an abomination,
'both for pupils and for teachers.
Heating and ventilation are both of
supreme difficulty, and intensify the
need of special attention In both di
rections if the children are to be
IkeptVhealthy as they should be.
If the emergency were a new one
end had to be met by new experi
. xnenta there would be less to be said.
-Hut the real point is that the In
creased numbers of school children
were foreseen and have been for
months a matter of common obser
vation, and the provisions for theio
children, though enlarged overvihosa
of last year are today Inadequate, to
the1 extent of fifteen or twenty tem
porary school Jbuil dings and - fifty
veucnerB. , . '
"m" Tfc6mas boasts that $73,000
has been spent by the board in three
months in adding to the aecommoda
tlons. That Is an admission of, not
an excuse for, the insufficiency of
the provision.
Now the board will have to hear
the complaints of the mothers of
these extra, unprovided ' for, " chil
dren. Will they take them to heart,
and-next-year pro vide" accordingly ?
A WEST "RECALL
BECAUSE Governor West has at
tacked the great intrenched
system of commercialized vice
iu roruana, w. a. oiorey
would recall him. Since he would
oust Governor West for seeking en
forcement of the law, would Storey
have his recall candidate against
Governor West declare for non-en
forcement of the law?
Would Mr. Storey have his can
didate pledge himself never to attack
Portland's Jungle town of capital
ized law breaking?
Would Mr. Storey pledge his can
didate to stand shoulder to shoulder
In defense of these privileges, with
the dive . keepers, the north end
rounders, the white slavers, the scar
let women, tho men who live off the
scarlet, women, and the higher-up
side partners and profit sharers, of
the system?"
As the emblem of his new party
organized for defense of commercial
ized vice, would Mr. Storey adopt the
red light, and would he call his
party the red light party and his can
didate the red light candidate?
How many votes does Mr. Storey
think he would get for his red light
candidate "after he got outside of
jungletown and the secret profit
sharers of "the system" in jungle
town? What An inspiring spectacle wo
should have In an attempt to oust
Governor West with such a candi
date and such a backing and for
such a reason?
THE 8MALL VALUE
IN testifying as to Murderer Rob
erts' sanity, one Oregon alienist
demanded a fee of $1000 and an
. jjther $950.
The value of allenlBt testimony is
disclosed in New York. At the trial
of James G. Robin for bank wrecking
thirteen alienists, count 'em, testified
that the defendant was insane and
therefore not accountable for the
widespread financial upheaval and
ruin to depositors brought about by
his crooked banking.
The Jury, however, disregarded
their testimony and returned a ver
dict of guilty and the trial judge ap
plauded the finding as a "horse
sense" verdict.
In Interviews the doctors denounce
the verdict as an "insult to the med
ical profession." This was but a few
months ago. Robin was sent to the
Tombs, and now the newspapers are
filled with accounts of $1,000,000
that he la declared to have made dur
ing his confinement by speculating
in Wall Btreet securities. If be Is
now keen and sagacious enough to
beat the shrewdest operators at gam
bling on the stocV exchange, what a
marvelous influence the jail has had
in effecting a cure since the thirteen
alienists swore he was crazy!
The Incident shows that the alien
ists' testimony was not worth six bits.
The fact that alienists mostly testify
for whatever side employs them is
evidence of the farcical character of
such testimony.
TF"MTntnonTali county buys much
of it at $1950 per, it will make a
very bad bargain.
A KOREAN TRIAL
THE strange doings at the trial
at Seoul, where 135 Korean
Christians are accused of con
spiracy to murder Count Ter
anchl, the Japanese governor gen
eral, are specially of interest in
Portland. One of the Presbyterian
missionaries accused is Dr. J. Hunter
Wells, who prepared himself In Port
land some fifteen or twenty years ago
for the medical missionary work, and
is still most kindly remembered by
some of our older citizens.
It was not noedful for Dr. Wells
to disclaim the slightest knowledge
of, or association with, a plot to mur
der any one, much less Count Teran
chl, a Japanese official of the highest
class, of whom Dr. Wells has had
nothing but good to say in his cor
respondence. But such an aspect of
seriousness has been given to this
trial by the Japanese officials in
charge of it that, on the idea that
so much smoke implies at least some
fire, credence has been given both in
some Japanese papers and In other
journals of the far east, to the
charge that Korean Christians were
nvolved.
Thore was an apparent effort to
connect Dr. Wells with this scandal,
and his hospital assistant, the head
of the bookstore who sells for the
Bible society, the principal of the
Christian grammar schools of the
city, and. various other people of
character and prominence, were ar
rested, wlth'a number of high school
boys and college students.
No attempt was made to charge
Dr. Wells or any other of the Ameri
can missionaries directly with this
conspiracy, and he was allowed to
ljiave Korea on his furlough without
any Interference. The accusation ap
peared In questions of the govern
ment prosecutor to some of the ac
cused, in such words as these: "Dr,
Wells is alleged to have urged the
assassination of the governor gen
eral. Is that true?" To the honor
, of Korean Christians a complete and
firm deDlal was given to all such ac
cusatlons and insinuations.
It took courage to do this as it in
volved the repudiation in open court
of so-called confessions wrung from
these men and boys by cruel and re
peated torture during the previous
examinations before " thecriminai
magistrate, the procurator, and the
Japanese police extending over many
months :v":'f-c '-ri,-'
The trial lasted from June 28 to
July 17 and was ordered" to be re
sumed on August 23.
Eighty , thousand Korean church
members and as many more church
attendants in so few years are the
results claimed by Dr. Wells and his
colleagues. Perhaps the Japanese
had the Idea that all Korea was be
coming Christian.
THE OREGON SYSTEM
A SMALL but condensed and
tersely written book, under
the title of "The Oregon Sys
tem, nas neen puDiisnea oy
Allen H. Eaton of Eugene.
, It deserves -attention - because-U
fulfills the purpose which suggested
It. It alms not to express the opin
ions of the author as to the resulting
good or evil of the Oregon system,
and of the legislation which has be
come effective by It. It does narrate
in simple language the story of the
various measures which constitute
together this system, to supply the
legislative history of the eight years
during which it has been 4n force,
and to shortly tabulate and analyze
the measures submitted to the peo
ple's vote under the referendum and
the Initiative.
In these tables are given the meth
od by which the various measures
were submitted, the affirmative and
negative vote on each one, the per-1
centage of the total vote cast, and the
percentage of the total vote by which
the successful measures were adopt
ed. Pour elections those of 1904,
1906, 1908 and 1910, may be con
sidered to offer a broad enough
ground to ascertain, in the nature of
the propositions .. submitted to the
voters of Oregon, in the steps taken
to advocate or oppose them prior to
the voting thereon, and in the re
sults of the elections,, how far the
decisive majority of the people of the
state have adopted the Oregon sys
tem as that under which they are
content to live.
Little doubt can be felt that the
claim Is well founded that in Oregon
the most complete system of popular
government exlstshat can be found
anywhere in tTfS'clvillzed world, not
even excepting Switzerland. "Both its
advantages and its defects appear In
this book, and may be deduced from
facts shown, uninfluenced by argu
ments, pro or con, of the author.
LACK OF FRESH AIR
ROBABLY not more than one
person in every hundred,
taking the country as a
whole, gets enough fresh air
to ward off the ordinary attacks of
dangerous Infections and contagious
diseases." On this sentence for a text
Dr. Farrand, the executive secretary
of the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis, has written a book.
This book gives plain directions
how to live, work, play, and sleep in
the open air, which, the writer says,
and now almost every one knows,
will do more for us than hospitals
and drugs.
This new handbook on this topic,
which goes to the public as tho last
word of the national association, tells
kQ5K.iiny.Qnfi. can -get fresh air In the
home, the shop, or the schoolroom,
at a cost ranging from one dollar to
a thousand or more, according to the
elaborateness of the equipment de
sired. The book costs one dollar, but to
those who ask the secretary of the
association at 105 East Twenty
second street, New York City, and Il
lustrated summary or synopsis of it
will be sent free.
Because nature's great remedy is
free Indeed many of us despise and
fear to use it. It is significant that
those who have adopted the out of
door sleeping chamber, and In other
ways practice the gospel of fresh air
at night do not return to the close
oedrooms and curtained beds of our
fathers, and are much the better
or It.
SHORT TERM RECRUITS
SOME few years ago there was a
controversy In England as to
the possibility of a young man's
learning his military duty in
six months, so as to be a capable
trained soldier in case of war. It
was determined to put it to the test
of experience.
The Spectator, a very influential
weekly paper, which had resolutely
said yes to, the question, offered to
provide all the expenses. A com
pany of 100 was very easily recruit
ed In London and in some of tho
small towns to serve for six months.
Retired officers volunteered to drill
them and get them into shape. The
government provided barracks, uni
forms, and rifles, and the play was
on.
There was a gymnasium attached
to the barracks, and spare time, out
side of drills, was put In there. The
young men, from 19 to 21 in ago,
picked up weight and strength and
enjoyed the work. To cut a long
Btory short, all went well with the
Spectator company and the close of
the six, months drew on. The com
pany was then taken to the standing
camp of the regular army, at Alder-J
shot, and attached temporarily to ;
one of the best drilled and most ef-'
fective regiments in the service. !
Then a series of drills, of long and
hot marches carrying equipment, and
of rifle shooting competitions took,
place under the eyes of veteran offi
cers M)f rank jindexperlenceThe
Spectator company held its own with
the competitive companies of regu
larly enlisted men at all points, do
ing excellently well in-marching1 and
in rifle shooting.- They were mus
tered out with thanks and were at
once absorbed in civil employments,
service in the Spectator company
acting as , a good endorsement for
several who were needing work.
It Js now seriously' discussed In
Englana if it be not possible to en
list many "thousands of young men
for one year, and no longer. No
strings on them are proposed. When
their year Is up if they do not choose
to enlist either in the army or the
territorials" they are to be free to
go where they please. The advan
tages to the nation are to be two
fold. The first that in case of war
their army experience and pride
would afjtnoBt ineyitably call them to
the colors. The second that a year's
good food, regular discipline, rea
sonable work and tlenty- f exercise
would' make men of them to the
leavening of the , nation with well
grown, developed and disciplined
men, .
Is this a dream or would It work
in America as well as in England?
Letters From tlic People
(Communication sent to The Journal
for publication in this department
should be written on only one side of
the paper, ahould not exceed S00 words
In length and must be accompanied by
the name and address of the Bender. If
the writer dooa not desire to have the
name published, he ahould so state.)
That Proposed Recall.
Toledo, Or., Aur. 29. To the Editor
of The Journal In last Wednesday's
Oregonlan I noticed a letter from the
ever ready pen of one Joseph Wilson,
of Corvallls, wherein he raised his voice
for the recall of Governor West Wil
son's criers seem to be many, and he
is not afraid to come right out In the
paper with there either. He wants a
recall and wants it ri;ht away, and
even wants to name the candidates to
run at a recall election. And Mr. Wil
son has a strenuous attack of regrets
also; ' He says he voted for West and
at the same time claimed to have been
a Republican. Now he wants to have
his vota counted for Bowennan. All
right, so far as the people of this part
of the state are concerned. If it will
do Joseph any good, wo move that his
vote be taken from West and counter
for Bowermnn. It won't hurt West,
and I suspect that if one could look into
the recesses of BoWferman'g mind he
would find that there is no desire for
Mr. Wilson's vote harbored there. It
was last election when Mr. Bowerman
needed votes, not now at this late hour,
when Mr. Wilson Imagines he has fully
made up his mind.
While I do not agree with Governor
West " tt9 " f0"cSliTtar pmirshmeht," T 36
most heartily agree with him in his ef
forts to have the laws of the state en
forced; I agree with him that it la the
duty of the officers of the law to en
force the law, and while I do not claim
any degree of political wisdom or power
to gauge the minds of the people, I am
of the opinion that if the attempt is
made to recall the governor that our
friend Wilson will find out that he has
guessed wrong again.
When Governor West begins to prose
cute officers for doing their duty, then
it will bo time for the recall.
J. F. STEWART.
Only a Dream.
Chehalls, Wash., Aug. 30. To the
Kdltor of The Journal Last night I
had a most remarkable vision, which I
feel it my duty to give to the public.
At first I imagined I was on top of
the Washington monument, with an
awful fear of falling off, while I
looked down on Pennsylvania avenue
and viewed the great throng returning
from the eapltol, where Woodrow Wil
son had Just been inaugurated presi
dent. Next, I was at Matteawan, where
I was shown through the various wards,
beginning with the convalescent and
ending with the most violent. Among
all tho unfortunate there was not one I
knew till we got to the last padded cell
on the right, as you waUt from, tiia eu-.
trance. There was a sight that seemed
to congeal my blood. My hands ard
feet began to grow cold and then numb.
My tongue cleaved to my throat and
my llfs seemed parched. Cold chills
ran down my spine, and while I wanted
to run my leaden feet refused me. It
seemed an epoch before the cold sweat
began to drop from my forehead and I
could turn from that awful spectacle.
There in one corner was a man on tils
all fours, pawing up tho supposed dirt
and attempting to imitate the call of
the bull moose. Presently the man's
mania changed, and he suddenly seized
by the Jaws a stuffed lion that was
placed in his cell, and then ylled for
a photographer in a voice that could
have been heard a full mile. Next he
adjusted a tin crown to his head and
proclaimed himself king of the uni
verse and began giving away the plan
ets and stars as trophies to his follow
ers. The nomenclnturo and position of
the fixed stars did not seem to suit
him and he peremptorily ordered
changes, so made that in either hemis
phere the arrangement of the constel
lation would spell his name. In his
next delirium he was In turn Caesar,
Cromwell and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Such a sight I could no longer endura,
and as the attendant led me away he
remarked about the ignominious defeat
of Horace Greeley and tho starless mid
night that overtook his brilliant mind.
J. D. HARRIS.
Minnesota's Experience.
Cottage Grove, Or., Aug. 30. To the
Editor of The Journal-ln your several
editorials on the subject you seem to
think it to be an unheard of thing to
require a majority of all voters par
ticipating in an election to carry an
initiative measure or a proposed con
stitutional amendment. I think that if
you look up the laws of Minnesota you
Will find that such a method prevails
there. It is, however, open to the ob
jections you make to the measure to
be proposed by the urenlo crowd on the
ballot this fall. It is almost impossible
to secure the necessary votes. In fact,
several years ago an amendment' was
passed to the election laws authorizing
the stats auditor to put such measures
on a separate pink ballot in order to
more emhpaticelly call the attention of
the voters to them.
ELBERT BEDB.
"Medicine" for Joy Riders.
Portland, Or., Aug. Jl. To the Editor"
of The Journal There la much Joy and
thanksgiving among mothers In thia city
that the reckless auto drivers have
been made to slacken their pace beoauae
or lines.
yp can. now-Tontuxo -across the street
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGS
Oregon hop fields help a multitude of
people. : . -.- - - "--r.
Labor dy Is In t ended - to be no-labor
day. i .
No sincere and Intelligent reformer
enureiy : rails. -- -
August tried thunderously to make
up me rain aericiency.
"Earth education' will also help to
make children healthier,
For once, It took the Colonel long
tlraa to write a letter.
Bourke Cochran had to do something
to attract attention again.
. .
from her granite rreen mountains
Vermont will send forth a straw.
e
This time It t th Democrats who
have sprung the quadrennial "over-confidence"
bugaboo. "
a
Prospective campaigners probably
overestimate greatly the influence they
will have on voters.
In tho trust realm It is considered
unethical not to plunder consumers to
tho utmost possible limit.
e
Quito naturally, the owners of muoh
very highly Yaltied land don't like tho
graduated tax proposition,
.
- It was quite superfluous for Senator
Perkins to announce his retirement at
the close of his present term.
Borne bad people can be to be
have better, perhaps, but fitfiVtan be
made real good by law or Torce. .
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Notwithstanding Mr. 'Taffa honest
opinion to the contrary, the tariff board
was probably a good deal of a humbug.
Things become bo bad politically that
once in a generation Or so the people
become desperate and put tho Democrats
in power.
Aa a rule, country people do little la
menting over stolon and smashed auto
mobiles, or resultant bruised bodies and
broken bones, either. ' t
"
The British newspapers talk as If It
was at least half John Bull's canal. But
it is Uncle Sam's, and he Isn't violat
ing any treaty, either.
Woodrow Wilson say he ts learning
all the time. Such a man is far moro
dependable and fit for publio trust than
one who already knows it all.
SEVEN MEN
Robert
It ..Is to Robert Ralkes that we owe
Our present system of Instruction In
Bible lessons our Sunday school. Bun
day schools had existed before his time,
but they were more or less limited in
their scope. It was William King, a
woolen cardmaker at Dursley who first
dropped the Idea Into Ralkes' mind. He
had established a Sunday school at
Dursley which failed for want of co
operation, though he never lost faith
in hia plan.
When at Gloucester one Sunday he
called upon R'aikes, and the two walked
together by the island one of the low
est parts of the city. There the ragged
children were occupied in various sports.
"What- a-pity," - aald King, 'that the
Sabbath is so desecrated." "But how?"
said Ralkes, "is it to be altered?" "Sir,
open a Sunday school, as I have done at
Dursley, with the help of a faithful
Journeyman; but the multitude of busi
ness prevents my spending as nmcr.
time In it as I would wlh, so I feel
that I want a rest."
Ralkes visited the Gloucester prison.
Ho found a young man there condemned
to death for housebreaking. "He had
never," said Raikes, "received the small
est instruction. He had never offered
a prayer to his Creator." Ha knew
God only as a name to swear by. He
was utterly devoid of all sense of a
future state. This Interview "made a
great Impression upon Ralkes' mind.
Very few of the young men about the
city received any instruction whatever.
As soon as they were abla to do any
thing they were put to work, and In
their interval of leisure, of which Sunday
was the chief, tho children were left
altogether without restraint.
Thereupon Raikes decided to found
a Sunday school. He had a sympathy
for childhood, and ho won the love of
the little racamufflns, as he affection
ately called them. He proposed to teach
them to read and learn the church
catechism, and to enforce order among
the little heathen.
or allow our children to go down tow
without fearing that they will be
brought home in an ambulance othei
names to be added to the appalling list
of auto victims.
In other cities they have taken a more
strenuous course than we have. For
instance, let us look at ...SL FauL
Time was when the Joy rider shot
through the streets and up St. An
thony hill with the gay abandon of
a cowboy In eastern Oregon. Now he
travels along kind of tame and life
less. What has worked the miracle? '
The story Is this: The Joy rider
caught red handed in St. Paul is taken
to the bridewell. There Is no need of
trial. The price of liberty is making a
certain number of brooms. There no
ultcrruitive no fine which only the
wealthy can afford.
The records show that the first can
didate was a banker. Ho offered storks,
bonds and ready-to-use money. But
there was only one way he could pro
cure his liberty get the brooms fin
ished with his own hands.
The system haa brought forth excel
lent results, safer and surer than ours.
I leave It to tho parents of this city
to consider.
There are still Joy riders In this city
driving recklessly through the streets
and showing no consideration for peo
ples' rights let them work off their sur
plus energy in prison. Outraged Jus
tice demands it. A MOTHER.
The Socialist View,
Salem, Or., Aug. 29. To the Editor of
The Journal As Governor West'a moral
crusade in your city seems to be the
subject for quite a little argument, I
fain would send In my version of the
affair. The main point In this campaign
lies along the Immorality of certain of
your cltlaens, and the city most assur
edly needs a cleaning up. However,
this Is merely secondary. Statistics
show that 8 per cent of the prostitutes
are driven Into tho Ufa because their
wages ale not enough to support them;
-therefore, the primary cause of prosti
tution ta in the oconomlo system. News
papers may write about It, clergymen
may preach against It, lawmakers and
police officials may unite their efforts
in attempts to regulate or suppress It,
but It will all be In vain as long as our
present economic system lasts.
An economic system which results in
a condlon of extreme wealth and
extreme poverty,, side by side ts
bound to produce prostitution. I
have heard that West should not pun
ish the women, but ahould go to the
causo of the trouble and bring the men
to task. Such rot I Men are no more
the causo of suconaitlona tha Cbaffja
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
, A contract has been let for tho con
struction of the Country elub house at
Baker. It will be finished In a few
weeks. - - - ';r; ""
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The walla of tho now Presbyterian
church building at Bend are to bo of
pink" rock quarried close to the town
and tho foundation of lava rock,
. Union Republican: Contractor Keefe
Is pushing work on tho library building.
The brick, work Is practically oompleted.
The building , will bo easily completed
this fall.
Item in Aatorlan. reproduced from is
sue of August If, 1881: Senator Slater
Is expected back on tomorrow's steamer.
It is thought that during the recess of
congress he will visit all parts of the
etats..
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North Powder News: North Powder
citizens are taking up a subscription to
end Miss Aughey and her horses to the
Pendleton Round-up. She won the prize
for the best riding at tho Union stock
how last June. ,
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Hermiaton Herald: If one has ship
ments coming In from Portland it would
not De a oaa idea to have it como by
Open River boats to Umatilla and from
there by rail. A part at least, should
come this way.
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Toledo Leaden Our main street la a
fcusy place. Contractor Knudsen Is lay
ing tne concrete pavement on the block
between. .Fourth-anl Fifth-streets and
Messrs. Avery ana Harding are laying
the planking on the lower end of the
street. '
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Vale Enterprise: Nearly every week
has seen some splendid improvements
made inside of the beautiful new stone
church of the Christian denomination.
Last Week electric fixtures were In
stalled. Subscriptions are being taken
for the oak pews that have been ordered.
Pert Orford Tribune: The Bane mill
on Sixes la cutting mostly Port Orford
cedar, and an auto truck, making five
trips a day ana naming zooo reel at a
load, deliver the lumber at the wharf
in Port Orford. This cedar is found
only in Coos and Curry counties. It
is the most beautiful lumber on our
coaat
Eugene Guard: The outlook for Eu
gene's growth next year is especially
bright Railroad construction in this
vicinity is only fairly under way, a
trunk sewer system is to be laid at a
cost of $200,000; there will be several
miles of pavement to lay. and a number
of large buildings to be erected. We
have only just begun to grow!
OF ACTION
Itaikes.
In 17 SS fee proceeded to hire two
school, and agreed to give a shilling
to oach of the teachers of the neglected
children. The curate of the village vu
also Invited to visit the aohools on
Sunday afternoons and examine tho
progress made by. the pupils. Ralkes
schools possessed the most valuable ele
ments of teaching genuine love for the
children on tho part of the teachers.
Their little hearts were stirred by the
dwotlon of those who ministered to
them.
Nearly 80 years after the establish
ment o Ralkea' first school there came
to visit him In his retirement a young
Quaker named Joseph Lancaster, to
whose energetic efforts was due the
formation of the association known
afierward as "The British and Foreign
School society, for giving week-day in
struction to the children of the poor."
At that time the founder of Sunday
schools was 72 years of age. and past
active work, but he still took a lively
Interest in hia much loved Institution.
Many were Lancaster's Inquiries respect
ing tho origin of Sunday schools. Lean
ing on the arm of his visitor the old
man lad him through the thoroughfares
of Gloucester to the spot in a back street
where the first school was held. "Pause
here," said the old man. Then, uncover
ing his head and closing his eyes, he
stood for a moment In silent prayer.
Then, turning toward his friend, while
tne tears rolled down hia cheeks, he
said:
"This Is tho spot on which I stood
when 1 saw the destitution of the chil
dren and the desecration of the Sabbath
by the inhabitants of the oity. As I
asked, 'Can nothing bo done?' a voice
answered: Try," I did try, and sea
what God has wrought 1 can never
pass by this apot, where the word 'try'
came so powerfully to my mind, with
out lifting up my hands and heart to
heaven In gratitude to God for having
put a thought Into my heart"
Tomorrow John Gutenberg.
la the cause of the saloon business. I
tell you again that It la the system un
der which we now exist that causes such
a disgrace, and until you, society aa a
whole, will come to your senses and vote
for a new system that will assure the
working people of their Just dues, you
will have prostitution.
It Is a sad and humiliating admission
to make, in one of the greatest centers
of civilization In the world, that it Is
not passion, or corrupt inclination, but
the force of actual physical want, that
impels our young woman to go down into
the living hell of prostitution.
I would suggest to anyone Interested
in this line of social science, that they
procure a copy of Rappaport's book
called "Looking Forward," and study it.
It can be procured of almost any So
clallst local, as the member of such
organizations are all students and have
tho best works published relating to the
economic conditions existing today.
If Governor West succeeds In hia
morality campaign and clears the city
of Portland of all Its vice, he will have
done something that haa no precedent.
However, he will eventually have to
begin at the bottom and remove the
causa, and when he does that he la
lining up directly with tho Socialist
platform. Our slogan Ja "No Compro
mise," so If you would have this busi
ness done up right, aend in your appli
cation to the Socialist party of Amorica
and vote to oust a system that forces
our young women to sell their bodies
that they might live a few years longer.
. HAL E. HUBS.
A Hero of Humanity,
From New Yjork Post.
Another hero of science and human
ity has gone to his death as a martyr.
Dr. T. B. McClintlc, of the Marin Hoa
pital service, who had spent two years
Investigating and fighting an epidemic
of -spotted fever in Montana, was him
self infected with the deadly disease
and died yesterday. Hia, nam will bo
added to th illustrious roll of men
who have cheerfully faced dangers more
appalling than those pf battl. and have
yielded up their Uvea in th effort to
save the Uvea of others. Th quicken
ing and inspiration of such an exatnpl
needs no words to heighten them; but
recognition and gratitude ahould not be
wanting. There "must be wreatha for
tho happy warriors of civilisation who
never wore a uniform.
" i ii Km . . m.i , , ,
Insidious Scorn.
From the Washington Star.
"Ar you really looking for an hon
est man?" asked the suspicious citizen.
"No," roplUd Diogenes. "Conftden.
tlsJly, I am merely taking this method
of letting my neighbors know, what 1
think of them.
Tke Spj System.
. From th Bt Louis Post Dispatch.
. Senator La Follett produces plentiful
evidence to support his charge that his
mall has been tampered with system
atically. Scores of his letters show
marks of having been opened. This
oould not have been don except with
th consent of nostal authorities and bv
secret agents In th service and pay of
th government Tho government had
a strong motive in intercepting informa
tion sent to Senator La Follette, and th
indications ar that It did not stop short
of crlm In its methods,, .
There Is no surprise at thesa indlca.
tlons. Tnere have been repeated revela
tions of an extensly py ysteA In this
country until its existence Is generally
acoepted as a commonplace of govern
mental policy ntf practice. The Idea
of a "secret service," which was tho out.
growth of tho Civil war period, and was
at flrat excused on the score of th
government's military neceaaity, has
been tolerated with singular compla
eency by a fre oltisenship. Under, this
oomplaoenoy ha grown up a spy system
that amounts to an Industry. Congress
openly expends large sums for tho main
tenance of this powerful secret depart--ment,
of which the people are not ap
prised. - ...
- Th people r Its victims. Its fund-
nuns are exeriea rarely on tneir be
half but Systematically on behalf ' of
thoiarioua brantbeaf &t t icialdom. Its
onerajtionft nr' W(va1v A t r.tn on
Us results are privat property. It Is
an Institution characteristic of a gov
ernment In league with privilege In re
spect of many things, land employed
about tholr mutual Interests. Its rapid
extension ha been coincident with th
growing partnership of Bureaucracy and
Plutocracy in the past few years, and
In one subtle way arid another it has
assisted in the upbuilding and protec
tion of the great gtaft.
The great hive, of spies and informers
In the United States is the most ays:
tematlc, far-reaching and all-seeing tho
world has known. Beside its compre
hensiveness, the otmilnr appurtenance
of Russian bureaucracy is a simple,
crude affair. The growth of the spy
system is one of the most portentous
signq, that warn the country of admin
istrative despotism and a perverted fed
eral government.
In a country ostensibly free the pry
ing agency must, In the nature of things,
b exerted mainly against the Interests
of the people. Yet it makes itself felt
only when it violates th most peraonal
and Intimate rights of th citizen with
rud and violent hand. We cry halt
when it brutally Intercept and rifles
the citizen's mall, scarcely taking the
trouble to conceal its marks.
On such an occasion we may prudently
imiuiiv now jar our ngnis in general
are at the mercy of an enmeshing, In
imical secrecy, manned at a thousand
points by" rutBTpss "vTglTance an Inge
nious system of infinite facilities, un
dreamt of sources of Information, in
visible avenues and underground chan
nels of communication.
How far Is the free and open life of
the nation undermined, how far is Amer
ican liberty itself imperiled by a dis
guised power that may be thrown to
any purpose, political or industrial,
which its silent commanders indicate?
What would habeas corpus be worth as
against Its silent grasp in an extremity?
What of the right of free speech, what
of the right to labor, or even tho right
of life In a conceivable case, as against
a vast ooncealed power protected as It
is commissioned by government? Are
not these legitimate and natural ques
tions concerning an agency which now,
with impunity, invades the inmost priv
acy of the citizen?
It is plain that the spy system in the
United Statea has already developod and
encroached to the point of a tyrannous
abomination. It Is for the people them
selves to say whether it shall be
checked, whether It shall be annihilated
as a system, or permitted to flourish
and perpetuate Itself at their expense.
The Nation's Debt to Mr. Rryan.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
Of the new political ideas which pass
current in our tlm, more by far have
been shaped by Mr. Bryan, or at least
passed by him from hia Populist inheri
tance, than have como into being from
any other single souroe. For as every
body knows, Mr. Roosevelt's familiar
image and superscription have been
stamped on coin annually borrowed
from his rival's mint. Th publicity of
campaign expenditures, the election of
senators by the people, the system of'
direct nominations, Initiative, referen
dum, and all the paraphernalia of direct
government basd upon complete confl-'
dence in the people all these eclectlo
issues, from whatever source derived,
were articles of Mr. Bryan's faith when
Mr. Roosevelt's creed knew them not
It Is a safo assertion that, in the mak
ing of the American nation today out of.
the materials of 20 years ago, Mr.
Bryan has been the largest personal
factor. And if this be true, then In
deed h la a successful man.
Favor Bine Sky Law.
Baker Herald.
The people of Baker are strongly In
favor of th blue sky law and It ahould j
be passed at the next session of the
legislature, even though It may appear
to be a little expensive at first It will
prevent Oregon from getting an un-'
enviable reputation as the home of fake
stock promoter
Pointed Paragraphs
Suspicion Is the fly In th matri
monial ointment
And many a man haa a kick oomlng
that never reaches him.
If you would retain your friends,
don't give them away.
More men might get to tho front if
they dld't stop to talk.
The Wall atreet "bulls" hav tossed
many a man over the wall.
Even the man who doesn't He never
tells all the truth he knows.
Occasionally a woman drives a man
to drink, but usually he beats her to it
The average man Is always butting
In and adding to his collection of
enemies.
Horses are fed on oat and hay.
Nightmares are 'fed on wild oats and
Welsh rarebit
It Is a great deal better to be disap
pointed In lovo than to be disappointed
In marriage.
If you think you ar right, go ahead,
but don't be disappointed If th crowd
doesn't follow you.
Nearly every shiftless man has a
horseshoe nailed over his door that Is,'
If he ha a door.
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Many a girl marries a man not be
cause he is good enough for 'her, but!
necaus no is too gooa lor her rival.
About th time a man Is old enona-h
to have acquired fairly good sens hia
nsignoors ptfja calling tim an old fogy.I
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