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THE OREGON DAILY TOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, UK THE JOURNAL "'iS - INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. c. s Jicaso.N. ...Publlabef I..,.. ialrDt KumWfl t r Knnrf.r nturnin at Tha Journal BuUl- tut. Tth and Vamblli ata., Eortlan ue. Euti .1 lb. iwiiofnc at ta"J2La (Lnnirk tha malla M MCODQ rlaaa BMttaf. ' lkl.KHluNKfl Main TI7t Home. A--All departments raavbtd br tb-aa 1U t apafatoe what aeparimani UKPUKSBNTATIVa. 12a rifih anna. KaW UU tfW tlaa Bolldlnt. Cttlcago. unaerintloe (wrna by mall at Mraaa U U Cuiud Stats or Uexleo. ' - DAILT. . . . On rea.J.,...$5.00 I Om onfb. M ' eOHDAt. Om aar.........W I On month. .......$ .. DAILT AND iUNDAT. On rMr.i.'....fT.M 4 M a""011 -0 ' - The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the goo4 L'llhtngg that belong to adversity are to he admired. Seneca. DEATEN '. pvqHE country is shaken with the 1 nature and extent of campaign "contribution revelations at Washington. Undoubtedly there ' will be desertions from, Mr, Roose i velt as a result. Many of those who early enlisted ' - for -3 Roosevelt did not expect such ." disclosures. " They are honest pro - gresslves who quitted -the Republl can jajty because of the bold action by Boss Barnes, Boss Penrose, Mur Tay Crane and the other reaction aries at the Chicago convention, -r r They- correctly reasoned that the extraordinary position taken by the ' etandpat leaders released them from all obligation to support Mr. Taft : They drifted to Mr. Roosevelt in an . effort to take a Btand for progres aivelsm. " " It wasnot unnatural. As presi i j dent, Mr. Roosevelt did many good ' .things. He waa an ardent supporter of conservation. . He was an earnest advocate of reclamation. He was a purposeful friend of the Panama ,, canal. He stood for other policies that were of value to the nation. . They were acts that' still stand to his V' credit, and for which, in fairness, he must be commended. But no man can bear up under "the weight of the disclosures that , have been made public at Washing ton.. Theodore Roosevelt 'with all tirpa8rpreBtlge7P6wefBd"re80urce"r cannot do it. No man can carry - -Morgan- Perkins, Frlck, Arehbord and . the. other great , brigadiers of ' monopoly on his back and make speed Kr a" presiflettttal race. "T'."'' ' - . Mr. Roosevelt is done for. Saga more' Hill is beaten. A deserting army of secedera will withdraw from hia service. , It is an era of Independent thought ' and awakened public conscience. The - average man in thelhlrd party is for . clean politics and fumigated govern ment. ' He is against a system In - which Steel; trust - icontributions, J Standard Oil, contributions aad Dan " JIanna contributions enter into the - governmental part: ership. -Jnr ihe desertions from the third term movement, many will go to Wil son. They cannot support Mr. Taft. -With. Roosevelt already beaten, they mnet-go-to Wilson because a votrfor . Roosevelt is a vote for Taft. WHt SO STRENUOUS? m ceedlngly. concerned 4a beat ing Mr. Wagnon for asses sor! What secret and im pelling reason hag it for such zeal ous interest in Mr. Reed? Wh.y4a4ie. asgor i-f4o -so- im portant to the . Oregonian? The Journal will answer. Tax dodging is a widely prevalent and infamous practice. The tax laws offer a reward to dishonesty. This town Is permeated with men who "wanTTo he pete i and favorites at as eessment time. There are powerful men and pow erful Interests who are practical cit izens. They know exactly what they want. They want low valuations on their property with a shifting of the burden on others. The Oregon Ian is their organ. For 40 years this practice has been pursued. It has thrown a great burden of taxes on the weak. The -nall-homeowner -whose property is in eight suffers from it. The occu pant of the apartment suffers. The , renter in the flat suffers. They are taxpayers who, when they do not pay directly to the sheriff, pay In .higher rentals to the landlord. An honest assessment would dis tribute the burden more evenly. An assessment that would drag seques tered property into the light and tax it justly would help the average man. An assessment on a basis of favors fo powerful men and powerful Inter- j esta would weigh down more heavily i on the lowly and the unlnfluentlal. j The Oregonian 's herculean efforts! to beat a man who wants an honest j asBeBsmeai iB me enort of en-; trencnea privilege and big tax dodgers to side step payment of their Just dues to government. The Oregonian is a powerful ar gument for the election of Mr. Wag non. ;- " Mr. Wagnon'a opponent is a powerful-argument for the election of Mr. Wagnon. , THE VOTERS DUTY . A KIT Six days remain in which voters may register, the books 11 -TriUTlowflattrrday; October 19.1 , A voter who has moved Id, to another precinct,' should go to the clerk's office and have his. registra tion changed, ; Voters who have changed from one rct'denca to another in the tame pre- clnct should go to the clerk'a office and have the matter adjusted. Voters who have riot registered at all, should enroll themselves at once. Not in years has an election pre sented such important national is sues. -...i'C'v.'V1. Not in a long tlmo have so many pressing, state Issues been presented. F Not in-a-4ong tlmo hag an election brought BO-much. .of yesponiibility to the voter. A PREPOSTEROUS CLAIM 0' N this page, the esteemed Seat tle Times Bays Portland la not a seaport within , the true meaning of the word, because 100 miles 'inland.''". Seattle Us 10 miles inland. " '"",' The Times concludes that Port land Js also an Impossible port, be cause reached from the ocean by a river. How about London; in point 6i tonnage( the greatest seaport on the planet? It is 40 miles, inland, and reached by the Thames, a river about the' size of the Willamette. How about Manchester?' It 1b 35 miles inland. Its channel to the sea was artificially cut, and two ships recently launched for the Manches ter trade are of 9000 tons. How about Rotterdam? It ia IB miles inland, and is described as a port second only to London. ' The depth of its river channel is 28 feet, or less probably than Portland's. How about Antwerp? It is 60 miles inland, on the river Scheldt. Its channel to the sea is only 26 feet. Has the Times heard of Ant werp? 'it is one of the best known harbors in the world. How about Hamburg? Hamburg is described as the greatest seaport commercially on the continent of Europe. It is on the river Elbe, and its depth of channel Is 28 feet. It is 93 miles Inland, or about the same distance as Portland. Has the Times heard of Hamburg? How about Montreal? It is the leading seaport of Canada. In 1903, 29 per cent of the Imports and 32 per cent of the exports of Canada passed through Montreal. The port was then third in importance in grain shipments in North America, being exceeded only by New York and New Orleans. Last summer, vessels of 15,000 tons began for the first time to arrive and berth at Montreal wharves. The channel to the sea has a depth of SO feet. Montreal is 985 miles from the ocean, or nearly ten times as far inland as is Port land; " These are a few of the great inland ports of the world. The list could be Indefinitely" extended. .The facts prove that the Times' contention is preposterous. A NATIONAL BUDGET QUE8TI6N to be met in the coming session of congress is whether the national receipts and expenditures for 1914 A shall, be lased on a budget to be sub mitted by the president to congress for its coiTbI deration, In a letter from President Taft to the secretary of the "treasury the whole question is brought up as it presents Itself to the executive. These statements are made. 3iatha.oyexnjneni jg .without an accurate statement of resources and lia bilities. That It Is being financed with out a prospectus which shows expendi tures In relation tq revenues or the ef fect of past financial policy. That the reports of expenditures and the eatl- laetewrtf ermltyef -elassl fteatton-,- -and are Incapable of being summarized In such manner as to give to the con gress, to the president, or to the peo ple a picture of what has been done or what Is tronosed." TMsetloa-a taken br the ident in consonance with recom mendations of the commission on economy and efficiency, which were presented to congress with the presi dent's message, June 27. Tbe president statedthe main pur poses of the proposed change to be to lay before congress a clearly ex pressed administrative program to act on, and also to enable congress to lay before the president a clearly ex pressed and readily understandable funding act for his approval or veto. The chairman of the committee on appropriations of the house of repre sentatives, in dealing with the pres ident's message of June 27, said in effect that the adoption of the new plan must be suspended unlfl'lts wis dom could be determined by careful and deliberate? study.. It goes without saying that such study is essential. It is equally clear that if such conditions of confusion exist as the president asserts they should not be continued a day "be yond the time necessary to insure a remedy. If the suggested budget plan were not a necessary element in briuglng I before congress, and the people as well, a clear and logical summary of the business conducted by the huge machine called the government of the United States, similar methods would not be in operation in every one of the great nations of the world, AN OLD NEWSPAPER T HE TIMES, the Thunderer of Printing House Square, and certainly today the most Influ ential newspaper in the British world, has just celebrated its forty thousandth issue. It had a small predecessor but was acquired in 1787 by the then head of the Walter family. That ownership held good until the last decade. Con trol passed fromjfather to son, Jbul the "predominance of The Timea in British journalism held good throughout the years. The growth of pewspapers owed nothing to the support of the Brit ish government of the day. .The at titude of the oligarchical and des potlc government of the late Stuarts and the early Georges was expressed In 1663 by Sir, Roger L'Eatrange. ,wno wrote "A newspaper makes the multitude too familiar with the ac- tlons and counsels o( their superiors, and gives, them,, not only an itch, . but a kind of colorable right and li-j cense to be meddling with the gov ernment'i v -.v- ' In 1709 the Daily Courant ap peared In London In 1712. the gov ernment laid Iti hand on the Infant newspaper by imposing a . heavy stamp duty, which endured nntil the reign of Victoria. The lawi of libel were frightfully severe, and the free dom of the press was slowly won through many trials, fines, and Im prisonments, in pillory and jail. The Times early developed a corps of regular correspondents in every country, every great city.. .The paper has spared no, expense in its tele- graphlCL-news. Its great war cor respondent, Sir William Howard RusseH, entered the" service of The Times Jn 1843, and for 40 years re ported every war for his paper. He was the dean of the profession of war correspondents. Under the celebrated editor, De- lane, The Times became the organ of the British ministry, and its editor was really a cabinet minister behind the scenes. The Times has liever varied in Its policy or lost its prestige, through the century and a quarter in which itj has flourished. MR. FULTON'S FUTILITY A' T the Selling meeting Wednes day evening, Charles W. Ful ton declared that Woodrow Wilson's party is for free trade.i Charles W. Fulton knows better. As a former senator of the United States, he passed on appropriation bills, and knows that the government is annually spending more than $1,- 000,000,000 a year. The appropria tions by the late congress for the cur rent year were' $1,026,000,000. As a lawyer and fonner senator of the United States, Mr. Fulton knows that federal direct taxes can not be levied, and that revenues can only be drawn through duties on im ports and from excise taxes. As a lawyer, he knows that the cost of government is so great, that a sys tem of heavy duties must be con tinued in order to get funds for run ning expenses. As a former senator, Charles W. Fulton knows that until the federal constitution could be changed by a vote of the state legislatures and con gress free trade would be as impos sible as free bread, free houses, free Hying and free whiskey. For a poor Uninformed dullard to make the statement fathered by Mr. Fulton would be excusable. But when a former United States senator stands up before an audience and utters such gibberish, he convicts himself of deliberate attempt to deceive, and he knows it. Mr. Fulton's words are the same that the Lawrence mill owners have been mouthing these forty years. They are the words with which Law rence mill owners managed to get for themselves the highest duty ever known, and by which they added heavily to the cost of every man's clothing. But all the time, they were bring ing pauper laborers from Europe and planting an European system of pauper labor on American soli. By the report of a high official in the Taft administration, they paid such beggarly wages that the parents and older children had to work in the aren, aunng me aay, 10 Keep irom starving. By the report of this same high of ficial in the Taft administration, sev eral families often crowded into a single room in a dark basement or congested tenement, because on wages of $5 to J9 a week, they could not afford letter quarters. Every other day at Lawrence, statistics show, there was a pauper funeral with a starved unfortunate hauled off to a pauper's boneyard. The Lawrence strike demon strated that the Jokers and jobs in the tariff, tax the clothing and food of every man, woman and child in I the United States for the benefit Of the rich mill owners who' degrade and rob labor, and the whole coun try knows it. The Lawrence strike was one of the most tremendous events in American history in its disclosures of the wicked workings of the tariff as it is now framed. It is in defense of the Lawrence mill owners; it is in defense of the plan of making every man's food and clothing high to enrich Lawrence mill owners; it Is In defense of a European system of pauper labor on American soil; it Is In defense of a tariff of jokers and Jobs for en trenched special interests, a tariff which Woodrow Wilson would purge and cleanse so the sum necessary to bear the great cost of government will be equitably distributed; it is in defense of the present rotten tariff graft that Mr. Fulton makes his fool ish, futile and deceitful charge. If he continues to make his fraud ulent statement before the voters of Oregon, Mr. Fulton will do far more harm than good to the candidacy of Mr, Taft and the candidacy of Mr. Selling. Judge Parkervas called a "malig nant liar." "a malicious falsifier," andother familiar naaeB.,whjenrlnl thepresidential campaign of 1904, he charged that the corporations were contributing to the Roosevelt slush-fund. But, Morgan's ,$15u,000, Perkins', $60,000, Gould's 100,000, Frlck's $106,0Q0, Archbold'S $100.- Q00, Harrlman'i$250.QQQJLttd. others' to hear from, after' eight . years, vindicate, the Tarker charge. After twenty-three years Colonel E. Horer has retired as editor and owner of the Salem Capital Journal, Under hia aggressive management, the Capital Journal was one of the best known , tip-state papers in Ore gon. - The new proprietors are L. S. Barnes . of , Salem and ' Graham E. Tabor of Illinois. , '. v Letters From tlic People (Communication! tent to Tha Journal for publication la this dapartmaut aoould ba wrlttan no onlr one alda of tha papor, mould not etcred 800 wordi in tenets and moat bt accompanied bj Ua jama aud addraaa of tha aander. If tha writer jdoaa not daalra to Bare tba nana pubUaned, bt abuuld an state, Prohibition and the Millennium. Portland, Or.. Oct 10. -To th Editor of The Journal Would thnrohltoltion- ista be able to run the government? This very pertinent or impertinent and illy question ia being propounded now and then br men wh J Hmr had A" hand in the "political pie." They are ?.ot ho licltous so much for the welf.r of the government, as tliey are for the "spoils" of office. Before we answer their question, we desire to ask a few. Have the parties In power shown ability to "run the government?" Let us take 'an inven tory. To begin, look at the city of Portland. Have the old parties (in full control) cleaned up the foul spots? Have they suppressed dives, gambling dens, saloon murders, white Muverv? In the state, what about the $80,000, 000 worth of 'shore line pron-jity now In Jeopardy in Portland? What about the squandering of more than one half of the school money of the stat?-What about the franchises given away to the monopolies, to more fully Intrench the hold of corporate Interests upon the "dear people"? In the last legislature would Prohibitionists have spent hours over the length of the totpin and for gotten th immensity of misery and shame to which our saloon system Is driving many of the helpless? Would they have made a football of the edu cational Interests Involving many thou sands of dollars to the rising genera tion, threatening to "hold up" honor able business merely because some dis carded politician did not oome their way? Would they? And, after prom ising the electors "economy," would they have heaped unprecedented bur dens upon the taxpayer? Do you not think that the Prohibitionist, -who be lieves In strict Justice, the very negation of "special privilege," could untangle tha burdensome methods (now In vogue) of confirmation of land titles? Would" they still compel the private Individual to seek redress of griev ances at his own expense? Yes, would they be so negligent of corporation control as to permit a series of fake bond schemers to Invade the state and rob individuals of a half million, and then wake up to the fact that the last legislature was too busy determining the Blze of sheets to descend to such little things es the protection of the people against corporation greed? In the nation, too, while the dear peo ple were depending upon our congress men to protect the Interests of tbe state, we have wakened to the sad fact that congress has gobbled up only the miserly sum of $9,000,000 from the rec lamation fund. .If we dare to ask about It, we are told that Oregon got over $2,000,000 lor appropriations. In one way and another. O yes, this Is a sop. Even part of this is for purchase of room at Oregon City which a sleepy government and a worse than criminal state government allowed to go by de fault to a corporation, without any re muneration. Would they run the gov ernment? Would they rurrlt that way? Once again and lastly, had the Pro hibition party been In power for the last 40 years, would the paltry Item of $75,000,000 worth of land stiU be in jeopardy, grinding for years in the courts of the nation with- the prospect that this controversy as an heirloom shall be handed down to our children's children of the third and fourth gen eration? Lest I be thought to exag gerate this comical "tragedy," I will simply state that " I clipped out for ready reference a little Item last winter wherein the statement was made that a certain case In Wallft Walla had been finally- disposed - ot -after having- been In the courts for 22 years, yes for two and twenty years. More, would they put men In office who, when Importuned to go down to the north end dive to see If women were they could not see them while in plain view to all others? Yes, would they send an escort from the penitentiary with a very necessary prison witness, who could not get his charge to the point of destination In Portland with out going In and out of two or thre saloons? - - - ' " "" " ' When all of these questions are an swered satisfactorily, I think it will be Worth while to take up the question as Indicated in the opening sentence. BRUCE WOLVERTON. The Good- Roads Bills. Bt. Johns, Oct. 6th, 1812. To the Edi tor of Tho Journal.-In The Journal of September 26th, In advocacy of tho Harmony Good-roads measures, The Journal urged as an argument for the bill that they provide for "uniform road construction." ..in a signed article of September 19th, I urged as an objection to the measure that It was susceptible of different con structions and contained no "uniformity provisions" for uniform road construc tion, and suggested that one county might make cheap dirt roads for the sake of economy; that another county might construct its roads with crushed rock or asphalt or cement or gravel, and I might haVe added: all the roads of different widths, degree of roundness, and varying in all particulars of lack of uniformity, and form and method of construction and utility. To he plain, I urged that the proposed measure was susceptible to many con structions; Invited waste of public monies; contained no drainage provis lona (a most serious defect) and would naddle tbe state and counties with an indebtedness of not lesg than $126,000, 000, and contained much fat and inter est fur the bond purchaser and automo bile manufacturer, and heavy burdnes. without corresponding benefits to the Door, and duo to the lack of drainage nrovlslons. brought no cheer to the farming; communities in local regions, I now add "that section twelve of th act invites graft and a criminal waste of j)UblIr monies. This Invita tion was not Intentional of course but U the result of the present direct sys tem of legislation which is good in the ory and as a club, but bad in practise durlnsr frenrlea period. I asked In mtf article how many , of the voters after reading the measure would under atand It alike? The Journal has fur nished the proof. The Journal force Is admittedly far more intelligent than the average Tha Journal force can read a "unl form provision" Into the. .measure, The average voter can not. i nave read tha oroDosed act several timea and- fall to find any "uniform provisions" or any words that even squint In that direc tion. They may be there, but I fall to COMMENT AND SMALL CHAXG3 The Shakespeare-Bacon babble will probably go on as long aa that of Ten nyson's Brook. i. : j '. i "" "" , ' A month from now the president may not have so high an opinion of Mr. Hllles' political prescience. " -- - ' - . ' .e a l '. Doubtlcaa It la aa a rula trna that there Is mora happiness in work than In Idleness, but most people who are com pelled to work won't believe it, , , President Taft reneats the state old gammon about the Republican nartv and protection creating and ' maintaining prosperity among farmers and working men,, who are not protected at all. - A frenuentlr recurrlnr wonder la how such simpletons as are bunkoed out of consiaerame amounts or money ever came into possession of It: aeams as If they haven't brains enough to make a cent,.,. -;.. . '.: Why reed DOlltlcal or other onr.onnr.ta in opinion be ad Intolerant, caustic, ac cusational, denunciatory and bitter when sneaking or writint- of one another? Wilson and Taft both set good examples ja avowing ..wua w. Republlcan Candidate - for Congress Johnson of Washington urres that tar iff revision be left to the regular Repub. lican party the tariff's friends. The country, has been doing that for many years. Retire, avaunt. ye candidates BUI. Woodrow, Theodore; Just now, in these United States, the Issue's What's the score? , No. matter what the platforms mean, ne'er mind Turks throwing .rooks; the News Is, how it stands between the Olanta and the Sox. SEVEN FAMOUS BIBLES Tho Septuagint. The Septuagint, or more generally called, the Alexandrian version of the Old Testament, seems to have derived lta name through the fact that in its translation seven dlefferent persona were engaged. In the "Letters of Arts teas" the legend la recounted as fol lows: Deterlus Phalereus, keeper of the Alexandrian library, made a proposi tion to King Ptolemy II Phlladelphus to have a Greek translation made, of the Jewish law for the famous library. The king looked with favor upon this sug gestion and he sent an embassy to the high priest Eleazar at Jerusalem, ask ing him to send six ancient, worthy and learned men from each of the 1! tribes to translate the law for him at Alexandria. Eleazar readily consented and sent 72 . men with a precious roll of the law. They were received with great honor at the court and with cere mony were sent to the island of Pharus that they might work undisturbed and Isolated. . When they 'had come to an agreement upon a section Demetrius wrote down their version, and the whole translation was finished In 72 days. This legend Is generally considered as- fiction, but In W. Robertson Smith's "The Old Testament of the Jewish Church," he says: "We have fn the Sep tuagint a Greek version of the Hebrew Old Testament, the first great essay lo translation into Greek, a solitary speci men of the ordinary language spoken and understood In those days, the third century before Christ. There Is a fa mous legend of the work by order of the Egyptian king, and of the perfect agreement of all the versions produced by the learned men who had been sent your rrtlcle contained argument In fa vorof a vote "No." for you urged the fact that the measure provided for "un iform roads" as one faotor favorable to a vote yes, and e reason why th measure should receive a majority vote. I favor good roads and a good roads law, but I cannot, as yet, (I am open to conviction) bring myself to the con- cluslon that the way to cure a bad road law is by placing a worse one on the statute books. IJ, j. LEWI8. JEor-thahenef It of thecorrespondcji tl It may be said that the "uniformity phasa" of the harmony highway bills Is In their form and Interrelation, not from any formally phrased provision In any one of them. The highway com missioner bill provide for a road board thai wTH Have advisory supervision of all oad construction and a commissioner who will furnish plans and specifica tions as nearly uniform throughout the tat as topographical and cllmatlo con ditions permit. The county bonding act nrov des for all counties a unuorm method of raising funds for county use and to avail slate aid, ana provide; avail that construction shall be earectea Dy the county courts which are to be ad vised by the state highway commis sioner. The convict labor bills provide for work by prisoners on roads follow ing methods prescribed by the goVernor and -county courts - - - Taxation. Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of The Journal. Tha present system or taxation, la the most foolish plan of raising revenue, ever devised by man. Why people will stand for It ia to me one of the wonders of the world. To show how it works, here Is a fair illustration of it: There were two work ing men, Jim Smith and Tom Jones'. each owned his own home. Fourth of July came around; Smith bought a cou ple of gallons of Peerless mixed paint and- beautified -hl home,- gave- tone- t tha neighborhood, proved himself an Industrious neighbor, and an Ideal citi zen. How about Jones r wen, lie was made of different stuff. Ha bought a couple of flasks of Jlgg Water and painted the town; he got drunk, dls-, graced himself and his family and was run In, and put In the cooler until he slept It off. He was then brought be fore the Judge and fined $10.00 and let off. But not so with Smith. It didn't take long before the assessor found out that Smith had painted his house, so he called around. and looked It over. "Well,". he sali "old man you have a very pretty place here now; I'll have to raise your taxes $10.00 a year from now on." Moral: It Is cheaper to get drunk and paint the town red, under the present system of taxation, than to be an In dustrious and law abiding cltlsen. Isn't it time we woke up and put an end to such foolishness? HECK SMITH, Per J. Z. O'BRIEN, Home Rule for Ireland, Portland. Or.. Oct. 10. To the Editor of The Journal. In your account of the "unsectarlan" mass meeting III Upper Alblna In favor of home rule in Ire land, references to statements made de serve some comment. For example. It waa aaid, "There, is absolutely no foun dation for the charge maae, by the Ul ster people that home rule means the dominance of the Roman Catholic church." Tha writer of this article has repeatedly visited Protestant churches itt lraane f i,mi"OTfc'-te'!uflrayfd from Dublin to Belfast to the west coast. In every community the dfcad of home rule was a topic Of conversation, ,he concensus of opinion being that it.meant Rome rule, ana persecution 'for the Protestants. Tha Catholte priests kont tip the agitation. One case in particular will be cited. At a home where the wrtter'wts" entertained: a ' Cathoiio'f irt NEWS IN BRIEF OUKGON SIDELIGHTS ' The city commissioners of Baker have made a decree to protect fuel buyers against short weights and measures. . .. . . e ' ,, - i ..- , The Woman's .Improvement Club of Junction City, having cast up accounts, find they made $168 off their booth at the) recent, Pumpkin Bhow. , r , . Helix Advocate: The large volume of business transacted at Helix entitles the city to modern depot conveniences. The present shack is riot a credit to the Northern Paclflo. ' Baker Democrat: The new Bt. Elisa beth hospital, a grand edifice of stone, will bt under cover within the next 80 days. It will be a grand monument to religious teal and home pride on the part or the people of Baker. ......,. ,, .:, , ;t Astoria. Budget: The " Palmer-Llbby company, ' which recently finished log ging a tract at Blind Slough. Is reported to have secured In the neighborhood of 7S,0U0,q00 feet in the Walluskl river district and will establish Its camp there within a short time, a GrasaVVaUey Journal: The Portland, Eugene & Kustern, the Southern Pa clflo' a system ef electrlo Unea, has defi nite plans for bringing settlers to the Willamette valley. Why not other com panies making the same effort to bring settlers to Sherman county? We surely need and want them. , Eugene Register: The establishing of the rockplle has had the result of cut ting dowr. materially the number of municipal druaks. The marching of the "gang" along the streets at the point of a guu, to and from work, carrying sledTe hammers on -their shoulders, is a bit of "publicity" that very few men care to undergo. at hia request from Judea. Laying aside these fables, It appears that the books were gradually rendered for the benefit of the many Jewa settled in Egypt, who seem to have been actually forgetting their old language. Perhaps Phlladelphus gave an impulse to the thing by requiring a copy for his li brary, which, seems to have admitted none but Greek books." The character of the translation un doubtedly proves It to have been the work of many hands. The Pentateuch IS best translated. The translation of Proverbs has considerable merit and the book of Job was rendered by a man of genius. The translation of. the Prophets the students o.f Greek claim is poor work for the most part, and early revisions were ordered of some of the books. The Septuagint has had a wide Influ ence. It was habitually used by Phllo and Jonephus, and very often quoted by the New Testament writers. Most of the ancient versions or the Old Testament were made from It. With all Its faults, It has been the only rep resentative of the Old Testament to the Greek or eastern church from tha begin nlng, and a knowledge of it Is essential to one who would understand the lan guage of the Christian Fathers and the history of theological opinions. The T,XX Is of great Importance 1n more than one respect; It la probably the oldest translation of Considerable extent that ever was written, and at any rate it is the starting point for the history of Jewish interpretation and the Jewish view of Scripture. Tomorrow The King James Version. worked In the family. She had been at home over night, and when she returned to her work next morning she spoke of the visit of the Catholic priest at her father's house, and how he stated that the deliverance of Ireland was soon com ing, and then the heretics (Protestants) would be driven out of Ireland, and the pqor Catholic were to receive the farms andLhomeaieadfl of lhflProtestantajUid the priest had promised her father that he should have the homestead Where the writer was entertained. Now this may- seem absurd ,to- eome 41 beral- anJ reasonable Catholics whom we meet In America. We need only to look at the past history and present policy of the Catholic church to see its purpose. Pass ing over the well known persecutions Inflicted upon the early Protectants and the devastation of whole districts by authority of - popea etnd- priests. It Isf enough to say ttr our present purpose, that our own missionaries In Mexico en countered tha most obstinate 'opposition from Romish priests, and It Is well known that up to the present time Bible M-re are only -tolreted-4w eo - me - 1 of the Central American republics, For these and other reasons the Protectants of Ireland have good cause to believe that home rule means Rome rule, and also, as Lafayette warned the people of this country when he said, "If the .liberties of the American people r ever destroyed they will fall by the hand of the Romish clergy. JOHN F. HANSON. Pays Respect to Ulster Men, Portland, Oct 10. To the Editor of The Journal It is apparent that Or angemen ef Ulster must have a very yellow streak In them, as Is evidenced by their doings. If they were the genu ine. Irish thpy would be glad of home rule, and Ireland's prosperity. There should be no division among people of one race and one country, for In union fthere is; strength,-and" to "'WOY8tlfp!aild serve God as each one thinks best Is the privilege of the soul. "But I am sure In hating their brothers they art not obeying the divine command, whose precept is "Love one another," for "he that hatoth his brother is a murderer." They are all loving the same divine be ing, all trying to get to heaven, and all have to lie down in the dust' at last the dust of the same earth, with no dis tinction there. So bigotry is Just fool ishness, and the destroyer of great hap piness. But the shoe must pinch some where, or they would not She raising such a strenuous kick. The Irish were never satisfied to be in bondage," or be rated as second class people. They are first class, and always have been, as la shown by their kindness and gener osity to those In need. . The Orangemen must have enjoyed special privileges not accorded the others. If they are not satisfied with home rule, then let them emigrate, as the others have, always had to do when things were too one sided and unbearable there. Canada or England would be a good place for them to, go, and it would not be far, either. Then they would be under the same government, and could rail to their hearts' content. Since home rule is for the betterment and welfare of the Irish people, let us sincerely hope they will get this one desire of their hearts, and we wish them godspeed." And since they say the devil Is good to his ow.n, it Is a wonder the English government does not colontue . the Orangemen and give feeeh-enrtrtp-of ground -frith cottage W 11 ror Keeps. Bucn mgotry as meira de serves meritorious reward, and then, too, they would make good soldiers to bulldone others into their, way of thinking.. MRS. L. O'BRIEN. Whether Roosevelt lia killed the Re publican .party for. .food nd..allxer mains tor the future to disclose. Seattle Discussing - Portland Seattle Times. , T,;.'" - The Portland Journal of October 1 contains aa Its leader an editorial under tha above caption from which, the following- excerDta are Quoted:- "There is a threat that the Portland steamers of the American-Hawaiian lines are to be withdrawn. It is slmul-1 taneously announced that three thous- and tens of wheat In North Bank'ware. ''. houses have been transferred to Aha Northern Paclflo for shipment to Seattle. ' "It is said that 60,000 tons or more of inland empire wheat naturally routable , v via Portland is likely to go to' Puget sound because Portland is without aue- . quate ocean service, Portland has had " , many impressive lessons of late, V We, saw the oriental steamship line'. with drawn. We say our former 'supremacy In the oriental business,- lost Ao- Puget sound., , We saw a great business that , ' We are-absorutely: in position ,to con-. trol, go by leaps arid bounds to northern ' rival, ;,:',. X,:.,,. 'A.:.,, Wrnow aee a ' urther-large volume of business drifting away, and along with It we behold a prospect of the withdrawal of another steamship line.' The obvloua query is, In what other'-. Ways la the maritime business of Port land tp disappear? 'f "The Journal wearies of continually '.-j, appealing to the pride and common., sense of Portland in behalf of our dis appearing commerce.. But If Th Jour-f-nal does not keep the subject before;? rortiana, who - wm r - v The 'Journal then' proceeds t tall tha : business men. of Portland what they . J ought to-do-rbut it forget a few ln - surmountable obstacles which even the .-. enterprising business men of Portland cannot' overcome: ". , 1 ' . (1) The Journal forget that Seattle'.' and Taooma aa well a several other !, important seaport town are located on '. salt water, and have all the advantage j which the ocean can afford. -ft' (2) The Journal seems to forget that - Portland Is not a seaport town, wlthta . the true meaning of the word -out is lo- I cated 115 mile from salt water, up toJ two rivers, tn smauesi oi wnicn, wnue beautiful and desirable, is a constant " menace to large ship, and hence an obstacle to large transportation under takings by water. (3) The Journal also forget that Seattle has one of the very best har bors in the woHd, and has already au-"' thorlzed an expenditure of $8,000,000 for 1 the construction of terminal, both for ships and cars, industrial building and warehouses, which will tend to central-, lie the shipping Interests here. (4) It is barely possible that The Journal forgets that the great shipping interests of tha world are preparing : for tha opening of the Panama canal with the fullest belief that "freight" will multiply on the Pacific ocean tea., times more than those ships have been able to carry heretofore. it therefore behooves great shipping interest to preparr for the future) open1" Uig of this canal, but to do so they -must take time by the forlock and act, a scarcely two years will Intervene, : between the present time and the ultl-. mate opening of the canal for business. THE DREAD NEWS. From. The Galveston New. It has Just about got so that a woman can alway tell when she is getting stent- by tha difficulty she has getting her , skirt on without a shoe horn. HOW HE FOUND IT. From The Pittsburg Pot. "How did you find that chop?" quired the proprietor of the hotel. "With a microscope," answered candid guest. , ' m I ii. ii i p ii i in i y Always in Good Humor t :rr In-. . his. POOR IDEA OF HUMOR. From London Punch. - - Solicitor (endeavoring to discover client's legal status) But, madam, how long Is It since you heard from your hu sb aird?- - Client Well, yer see, 'e left m the day 'e was married, and truth is I ain't ' 'eard nothln' of '1m since, nor wanted; . leastways, I did 'ear casual-like that ' were dead, but It may be only 'Is fun. . READY FOR ANTTHTNCl. -Washington Hr14.- Ths new cook came out and did very, well her first afternoon at Lonelyv111. After dinner she approached tha head of the house. How early shall I. get up la the - naowWg - ?' - ! - - sh - 4Bcmi&d "Well," said Mr. Subbuba, "tha first train -for the city leave here at :$$. You'll have to get up about 6 if you want to make that." Thre are a lot, of family tree that need spraying. a a Toull never get to the front by fol lowing the crowd. a -"Sit He is a brave man who ha never been at war with his wife. a a The way to get your expectation t come out right is not to have any, a Some men enjoy poor health probably because, they are phyaldana; ; A woman can't see the good ef hav ing a secret if she can't tell It a a The man who stutters has on ad vantage; he never speak before he : thinks. a a , Only a girl In love with a poor man can appreciate the folly of being rich, a a It doesn't console a woman with wrinkles to tell her thy are the dim ple of second childhood. a Many a man who begins with- an, oc casional "smile" allows it to develop into a perpetual grin. . Every man Is the architect Of his own fortune, and It's up to him to keep solid with the building Inspectors. "Warning to tne Voter of Oregon The proposed amendment to the state constitution which will appear on the official ballot in November a "No. 308-9," If It carrlee, will take away from the people the right to govern them selves in taxation matters and return to the legislature-end predatory and private interest the power to "rcgu- Pointed Paragraph lat" ana -arranga misiian measures,. I the Inference being that the peopl are not mwiioviunuj vu.mcui pas i upon , such, lhiPk-ftt-tha.polls.. Every I voter wno oejieea viia peopi should ' rula and who believe "unequal taxation ' ts robbery" and who further believe that the people at the ballot box should" have the right to pass upon taxation measure before ,they heoom effective, should,vote No. 809 "Nu," and thu pre vent the amendment from becoming tha'" "law ot Oregon.'.'. ,. , , .c. a., JACitSON, - Portland, BeptT 10, Il$. i A V