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' " '. '.S ""'J1! 'i'-S .'.5,ii SOON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAYS-EVENING, ; SEPTEMBER 2, 1913t lM '' 8' THE OREGON THE JOURNAL V. . JiC KHttN . . . Ponlleber auOUatml awry tch1o irmpt Sonde;! and turf Sunday nornlnt at Toe Journal Build a7. Broadway andYatnhlll'aie.. 1-ortlnod. Or. Kaiared at thm poetofflce at Fprtlend. Or., foe trarnmlaeloa UiroucB lb mall! aa acond cUaa wetter. -...- 3M-SPHONES M,B TITa; Horn. A-4WSI. All depcrtmenta reached bjr ttwM numbere, ell the operator ht department ru want. CtlUEieN AOTEUT181NG REt'HSSKNTATI V uenjamia aV Kentaor Co.. ltrugrl- Bunam. fc Fifth auiie7Nf Vora; 121S reoulee fcaa Building, Cb'lcaga." Ja. fiobeertpttoa Irrmt br ntall or to an aduraae la Iba United State or Mexico! fl ' 1 DAILY Una yeax . $5.00 Co month , i1 ' 60NDAX v Oaa rear ..$2 50 One month . DAILY AND HUMiil Ob rear 17.60 I On month .1 .50 .1 .2S .1 .61 How would you be. If he, which Is the top 6t' Judgment, should But judge you as you arc? O, think on that; Ajd mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made. Shakespeare. NEW YORK'S' EXAMPLE ' f"lHE New York Herald of Aug Iust 24 printed a chart showing positions of 73 large steam ships on the Atlantic, all bound Trom or to New York. Forty were west bound and 33 were going east ward.. Ten of , the numbej are in the Mediterranean service. ThJs great fleet of vessels dock at New York because that port has 40 feet of water from the city line on the North river to the ocean. Bos ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia have ocean traffic, but New York ' lias the great bulk of it and the big ships. Other ports lack depth of water and width of channel. New YoiPk has both, and New York is the nation's metropolis largely be cause of deep water. There Is another reason why ships dock at New York. Passenger traffic-, follows freight traffic. 'New .' York is the nation's freight dis trlbutlng point on the Atlantic be cause that city is at the lower end of .a:sravity haul from the entire Great Lakes region. Freight origin ating at Duluth can travel by wa-" ter the entire distance to its destin ation, In Europe. This freight avoids Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia, not -because It wishes to pass through New York, but because gravity hauls carry It there and ample water for ocean vessels al lows it cheap passage to Europe. New York grew big and prosper ' cus because of her .natural advan tages. That city had Initiative and courage enough to insist upon pos session of those advantages. Steam ships cannot navigate without depth of water-v-and sufficient depth Is maintained in New York's harbor. Railroads could not haul freight and passengers over mountain ranges to Philadelphia and other cities as cheaply as ithey could haul to New York and New York insisted up on . retaining the advantage of her "geographic location. New York! geographic position TIa no more advantageous than is the Columbia river's mouth. An in land empire is awaiting development that will come only when natural laws are observed. The Columbia basin must have free access to thecar conductors. She mentions Mount sea. It must not be handicapped ; Scott and Woodstock conductors by hauls over mountains to Puget ' specifically for the reason that she sound. Traffic must be permitted has used those cars more than oth to follow cheap and natural chan-jers. The conductors have been nels, it must be given the right ! courteous to her. ' It Is not a mere privilege traffic must be given the right to travel the Columbia river's water level grades. New York's ocean shipping was not acquired in a day. When thejfacture is eliminated; the profits Columbia Is opened to all steam- j are certain; the reward is in legal ships, and railroads are required to ' tender which passes current with establish reasonable rates, the Co-'one's better self. Appreciation by lumbia will not become, immediate- "A Wpman of 60" is velvet, an ex ly, another Hudson or North river, jtra dividend, for courtesy's profits But it will have an opportunity for are realized while the product is usefulness; it will not bo dammed , ' by af bar at its mouth and by dis criminatory railroad rates along its banks. When the Panama canal is opened both freight and passengers now traveling by rail across a continent to secure the advantage of New York's port will In large part avoid the land Journey. The route will be by way of the canal, for traffic always follows the cheaper haul. JFor that reason the Columbia must be opened, and at once. There must be and road t Steam Packet company, states the steamship companies' attitude. There It now no intention of the Royal Mail company "Using the Columbia for large vessels which will run iroift Europe through the canal up the Pacific -coast. There Is 'not sufficient depth" of water on the Columbia bar. "But," -says Mr. Nash, "should proper dock faculties be 40 reel or water at us mouth, i""- l"" n-uu. incur. 1 umur,- . t, wori;i should be given I , 0 "''t'c-' occasionally ; strain off tle liquor into there must be reasonable rail- less job, but the greater number of i demonstration that Oregon I ,':Zf,;1S e . ! L.k' ..y.S1'?L?,,d!"1!,.! rates to and from the interior. 1,0,11 l,r0VP that curtesy and thank- . ;1 rorrf.s8ivn and there I' if not hotter to miss the crop than t. : 'n, , m i E, J. H. Nash of the Royal Mall 1 loPB Jo1'8 ,1,p(1 not 1,0 divorced. hy . h m) beUer dcm0nstration i have ttn abundant crop and get nothlnB w)ne for use without kny further steam- provided .at Astoria and commonlcoun ag thft Jud(?e but jurors are ' ii T .1 , , . ; )rUUeU ! .UCIti ia aui I II ill 1 4U leet of water on the Columbia riv er , bar," this type of vessel will un doubtedly call at Astoria." Astoria Is providing the dock fa cilities; the fight for common point railroad , rates has bgun. Both projects must he pushed to an ear ly and successful issue. There is 0tiU the Columbia river bar to re move: Work will do it. This bar 16 no .Insurmountable obstacle, it must be removed, and with all pos sible speed. The) -Columbia baBln does net seiit rivalry with- New York, but It does seek opportunity for growth. Witn other Pacific coast points pushing preparations for Increased ocean and rail traffic, the Columbia must not be content, until it is open to the world. OREGON'S MAHRIAGE LAW 0' REGON'S law requiring physi cal examination of men seeking marriage is called class legis lation by two district fudges. They pronounce the law a failure, as well as an Injustice upon mem bers of their own sex. They deplore the fact that some Portland men, to evade the law, go to Vancouver for their marriage licenses, thus depriving Multnomah county of a J3 fee. Judges Jones and Dayton have taken a most extraordinary position, and they have announced it iu a most extraordinary manner. If the Oregon law is class legislation, it U unconstitutional, uml that should settle its fate. But is it good prac tice for a judge, or two judges, to assume jurisdiction of an issue when that issue is not properly before them? Judges Jones and Dayton are quoted as saying they spoke only as citizens in condemning the law, but If they are competent 10 sit on the bench they know that ordinary people cannot easily distinguish be tween a judge on tho bench and a judgo In the street. A Judge's street opinion on the law has no binding force or effect, but too many people do not realize the fact. Furthermore, should the marriage law ever get into court. Judges Jones and Dayton have already dis qualified themselves to sit in the case. But there is a larger issue than the necessity for Judges to remain discreet at all times. These two magistrates say, in effect, that be cause a law does not accomplish its full purpose, then, ami for that reason, it should be annulled. The law against murder does not pro hibit killings, but it is doubtful whether any sane person would even j suggest tearing the statute from the books. It is the duty of judges to assist in the enforcement of law, rather than to condemn It because the law may not be 100 per cent efficient. The class legislation argument is far fetched. It Is true, the law is not perfeot, but it strikes at the chief cause of much suffering and unhappiness In married life. Judges Jones and Dayton say the law is defective because It does not require physical examinations of women. What do. they mean by this? Are they attempting to say that the average woman is as great a men ace as the average man? Or are they (attempting to impose conditions that would tend to reduce the law to an absurdity.- Few people not directly interested in fees will join these judges in bewailing the loss of $3 to Van couver. Sober .mindrvl taxpayers will agree that it is far better to do what they can to protect unborn generations from vices of the pres ent than to give heed to a ?3 argu ment. A r FRKCI ATI NG COURTESY w iRITING to Tho Journal, "A Woman of 60" expresses her appreciation of courtesies shown her by Portland street Well, why not? Courtesy Is the cheapest and most valuable product of today, yesterday or all time. It pays dividends far in excess of any other product; tho co6t of inanu- being put out. This woman's letter to The Jour nal is good reading. People are Inclined too far toward 'speaking of others only when there is some thing to criticise. We accept cour tesy, honesty, straightforwardness too often as a matter of course. We find fault, but we don't ex press our Appreciation. Wits?' Is it? Why do we incline toward fault I finding, rather than toward recog-' nition of what is right? Portland street cur conductors I not show the conductor your appre ciation of his courtesy? Why not make the habit fixed as to all people ? JUSTICE AM) Jl'RIKS c RITICISM of courts for miscar riages of justice is justifiable, but it should be specific. The itlrv a na TTnnpll a THirr nf tViw jfielrtom blamed individually; as a rule we overlook their shortcomings and place odium upon the entire Institution .of courts. An Alabama jury last week heard evidence against a prominent plant er charged with holding a negro In peonage. The case was tried before Judge William B. Sheppard In the federal court, and when the jury reported that it was unable to agree onfa verdict Judge Shep pard'n indignation broke loose. He declared the jury's action a travesty on justice, hinting broadly that jur ors bad carried their prejudices and petty personal differences Jnto the Jury room with them. "While we Hear so much of the corrupt judiciary on every hand," Judge Sheppard. said, "do you not think It behooves every juryman to consider any case brought before him in an impartial light, and to ren der his verdict to the best of hla abilty, exercising the functions God gave him to their fullest capacity?" After hearing Judge Sheppard's scathing rebuke and his opinion that the evidence was 'more than ample to convict, the defendant arose vol untarily and pleaded guilty to the charge, despite tho fact that two for mer juries had failed to reach a verdict in his case. It may be that Judge Sheppard' should not have expressed his opin ion about the defendant's guilt, but courts are established for the en forcemcnt of justice., Three juries had disagreed, and yet the defend ant voluntarily . pleaded guilty. Jus tice depends upon the jury as much as upon the judge. BONDS FOR GOOD ROADS J ACKSON county will vote next Tuesday on the Issuance of $500,000 of road bonds for the construction of Oregon's first link in the Pacific highway. Thus Jackson county voters have the op portunity to set the pace In Ore gon's race with progress. If the lrtmds are authorized, 48 miles of paved highway will be con structed in the immediate future. This stretch of good road will con nect with tho California Btate high way on the south; pass through Medford, Ashland and Central Point, thus adding five miles to the total mileage; cross the Siskiyou moun tains at easy grades, and terminate at the Josephine county line. But this terminus can be only temporary, for once Jackson county sets the example, Josephine and other coun ties will fall In line. Good roads are built by money, but they are multiplied by good example. The Jackson bonds should carry by a large majority. Two years ago that county, by a majority of four to one, voted $1,500,000 in bonds, but the proposed issue was invalidated because there was no enabling act. The legislature re moved this handicap, and now Jack son is again to the front. Good roads mean something more than talk in Jackson they mean actually improved highways, greater prosper ity for the farmer, larger growth for the cities and villages, more wealth in the county. It is noteworthy that Jackson county has combined sound financ ing with other progressive ideas. The bonds are to be serials; $100, 000 will bo paid at tho end of 10 years, and the remaining $400,000 will be retired In equal installments at five year intervals. Thus the bonds will all be paid during the life of the improvement, Interest will bo saved, and no excessive burden will fall upon taxpayers at the end of 3 0 years. The present highway over the hiskiyou mountains nas a 33 per cent grade In places; grades on the new highway will not exceed six per cent. The new road will pass population, and through each town ship except two. Jackson county was given 25,000 population by the census enumerators; the new high way will serve 19,000 of the peo ple who live either directly on or close to It. In the past much money has been wasted on roads. That day Is pass ing. Jackson county's new high way will bo constructed under di rection of the state highway en gineer. Jackson taxpayers will get value received for the bonds they vote, and the dividends returned by good roads are tremendous. They exceed bank stock dividends. It may be that residents living off the new highway will vote agiftnst the bonds. If they do they will vote against their own inter ests. Jackson county has been spending an average of $100,000 a year in taxes on roads, and the greater part of the money has gone on the highway it Is now proposed! to permanently Improve. Remove that money sink and annual taxes can go toward Improvement of out lying roads. The money will go there, for one good road will de mand other good roads. That has been the experience everywhere. Jackson county Is to be congratu lated on her ambition to become Ore gon's southern gateway. The 53 miles of improved highway should bo com pleted before the San Francisco ex position opens. isitors rrom an than 53 inileB Of first class highway in Jackson county. With regard to tho perforated skirt, we would infer from the way advanced styles are advancing that it will bo in order before long to dispense with the skirt and wear the perforations. True to their monaker, the Solons from Sacramento are at least fluent and impassioned speakers with an umpire as an audience. The many "strong and earnest faces seen in the workihgmen'B parade were significant enough of the dignity of labor. ' The Missouri evangelist who con verted Yourrger, the bandit, assur edly snatched a hard Cole from the burning. , If Canada keeps Thaw, we will be glad that annexation never got any further than" a noise. It there's anybody left who hasn't called Mulhall a liar, let him now speak, or forever after hold his peace, ' ' ; Tokio having again responded, it's now Washington's turn to add an other new note to a 'mellifluous lullaby. Labor day was, as usual, labor rt&v with a eood manv of ti. Letters From the People (Commnnlcatlona imt to The Journal for pub lication In tola department abould be written on only on aide of the paper, abould not exceed 800 worda In length, and muat be accompanied by the name and address ot the eender. It the writer, don not dealre to have to uama pub Uaned, be ehould, 10 atate.) "ftlaruealon I the (reateat of all reformere. It ratlnnallaea rrerr thing It toachea. It roba prloclplva of all falae aanctlty and throne them back on their reaeonableneea. If they haye no reaeonahleneaa it ruthleaaly cruaba them out of exlatence, and aeta up lta own conclutlona tn their Head." Woodrow Wllaon. August Rebel. Portland, Or., Aug. 28. To tho Editor or"The Journal On August 16, 1913, the body of August Bebel was cremated. On August 16, 1913, thousands of men, women and children bowed In silent humble" respect before a soul whose lights Illuminate the four corners of the earth, thdugh all that's mortal of him has passed away. On August 16. 1913. there was burned Into the pages of twentieth century history an un eraslble program of economic endeavor which thousands will pray for, work for and achieve to. The leader of this pro- gram is no more, but, as witn an move ments In the world's' history which are founded upon honest scientific thought, humanity will confirm It, though It must wade through Ignorance, persecution and prejudice in Its travels onward. How much this age owes to the great Bebel, too few of lis can understand. Endowed by the Creator with the truest interpretation of the Socialist heart, its every beat laden with the sorrows of some wronged soul, his every thought -being the altering of our modes of dis pensing Justice tn order to preserve virtue, create love, instill endeavor, broaden education, harmonize produc tion, distribution and Its fruits, this leader of mankind, made of his Ufa the barometer of the Ills that beset the human family. In order that the world may read the true Rlgns and understand. Woman, pure chaste woman, can well ereet tq him. In her purest heart, a castle of reverent and God-like love. For his heart ever went out to her un complaining Inferior position In the body politic. "Every child that Is born. Whether boy or girl, Is a welcome addition to the community. Inasmuch as the, community sees In the child a continuation of It self, Its own prolonged existence. It Is therefore a matter of c'ouise that It ac cepts the duty of .providing for the new being to the fullest extent of Its powers. Accordingly, the mother that suckles the child is the first object of Its care." So spoke August Bebel. Childhood, womanhood, motherhood these were ever his greatest concern In life. Polit-U-h1. Industrial and soclui Independence, these sho.uld be woman's. Marriage, he held, should be frcrrt from the restraints of necessity on the part of the female and sex grattflration on the part of the male, thus minimizing the work, of the divorce courts. Mothers' pension acts,' woman suffrage, living wage and hours of recreation for the female worker- these are only milestones In the path towards an Inception of he Bebel" pro gram. Martyr for humanity, bis was the philosophy that prison wallB could not Inclose, his was the truth that asserted Itself when the powers that rule sought to crush It. The mysteries of life and death are solved at the passing of a great soul, such as his. In life, his was an open hook which we all love to peruse and belleva In; In death he Is truly laid to rest In the most blessed of all resting places the minds,' hearts, souls, and lovlrig memories of his fellow working men. QUEENIE GLADDEN. The Other Side. Vtondburn, Or.. Aug. 30. To the Edi tor of The Journal I see in your Issue of the twenty-ninth a letter written by a Mrs. A. M Watson with regard to conditions of things in western Canftda. It is quite evident that Mrs. Watson has had a different experience there from a majority, of others who are living there. J hav been there,- but n no land nor hva I any interests there whatever, but I feel I must do justice to tliiit great countrA, where so many people are making wealth and raising up their families in a country where they are not laboring on paupers' fages as they ore here In many places. Think of a man with a family here working (if he can get work) for $2 a day, less 2 cents for Insurance, leaving a hnlam-e of $1.98, while men t know well her.' are harvesting ifor $1.50 per day an board. Who knows of such wages ovp there? They are more like $3 and fl per day. I saw a lady yesterday at Oregon City who hps a boy working in Alberta and he gats 3.50 and his board. When you work there you get something for your toll something worth while and if you have something to sell, you get a price for It. You don't have to give It away. I know boys .who went to Saskatchewan and Alberta -fom the cast a few years ago and they are wealthy men today. 1 know men right here In Woodburn who cannot support their families as they would wish to, who go over there about half of each season to get ahead. Instead of $2.50 a day they get $5 there. Of course. It's cold In winter; but it is dry cold and dues hot eeem to hurt one so much ba the damp, rainy winters here. We have a good climate here, but climate will not support a family. I'm sorry to hear of Mrs. Watson's misfortunes, but of for It, uh it happens here sometimes. Ro far rg the scarcity of money Is con cerned, they know very little of that over ihore. 'Fhey handle far more money there than here, so far as the farmers are concerned, for they do busi ness on a larger scale. When Mrs. Wat sou says that mony there have not had a good crop for four or five years, she forgets thil( they hava had good crops there for many years. I receive letters from friends there frequently who keep mo well posted. ,R. F. KILL A BY. Oout Skhis and Blackberry Wine. Portland, Or., Sept. 1. . To the Editor of The Journal In today's Journal a subscriber from Oakland wanted to know "how to tan angora goat skins, and re cipe for making blackberry wine." For their approval I submit recipe for tan ning raw hides, and two for making blackberry wine: To tan raw hide When taken from the animal spread It flesh side up; then' put two parts of saltpeter and alum combined, make it fine, sprinkle it even ly over the surface, roll It up, let it alone a few days till dissolved; then take off what flesh remains and nail the skin to the side of a barn in the sun; stretch- tight, to make It soft like har ness leather, put neat's foot, ojl on It, fasten- It up In the sun again';, theft rub out all the oil you can with a wedge shaped stick, and It Is tanned with the'' hair on. If the hair is greasy a little weak lye will take It eut. r -Blackberry wine 1. Gather the per- - PERTINENT COMMENT. AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE f . . . - The woman who hestltates has no secret to tell. , , '.,.' aien .na ia daat. ' T' iou can oi innureu Bajavinav m.ny avu cldent except marriage, - ' A lot of dead ones In every town are noiaing- out on me unaeriajier, , Society ia judged t by some' of the mjsrus ma. manage to oreait in. It la customary for & man with more dollars than sense to aocumulate popr umnty. Occasionally a woman weighs her words then throws ln'a lot for good measure. -: Not even an ingenious -woman, can make a. really good husband out of poor material. The fool man who la always asking for advice shmild be advised to .keep his mouth closed. , -.. The man who earns a good living has nothing to' complain or unless some other fellow gets It. - a A woman likes to see something nice about her husband In the papers o that shfe can ask him for a new dress und get It. a e The man who things he Is marrying an angel in disguise occasionally dis covers later the alleged disguise was t permanent. COMMENT ON From Collier's. The tragl-comedy. "William Sulzer A Man of the People," has now been produced by Manager Charles F. Mur phy, the heavy. Before the curtain fell, the audience's only question wi Would Murphy and his creatures stab Sulser in full sight of all, or would they give him a chance to expire more gracefully off-stage? Tammany mado and unmade the fallen hero. The mor al of the piece Is, for the people: Don't look to Tammany for your gov ernors. For the Sulzers It is this: Tammany Insists on Its enemies being honest So long as Sulier "played the game" bis weakness didn't matter. After he had dared treat Boss Murphy disrespectfully, they mattered very much. Sulzer "rose from the ranks"; his father was somebody's German gar dener. Now, men who rise from the ranks to positions of high trust and honor owe it to themselves and to hu manity not to sink any faster than they have come up. Their careers may prove a great inspiration or the re verse to other gardeners' sons. Thld particular self-made man failed to measure up to his opportunity. Ha was nevir a big man; only a strutting actor built for the "movies." His studied suggestion of Henry Clay iin; posed on no really good judges of physiognomy and character. BUt blus tering Bill Sulzer, who renamed the ex ecutive mansion at Albany "the people's house," and reeked with spectacular sim plicity, win not bad at heart Though hts democratic and progressive ten dencies were as superficial as every thing else, he was not exactly a hypo crite." It is an unhappy business, and one's predominant emotions are disgust and pity; disgust at the Instrument of Sulzer's ruin, the political machine which personifies all that Is sinister In New York's cbic life; pity for th j well-meaning weakling. Had Sulzer 1 been a dangerously evil man, he would have made his peace with Tammany In time to save his skin in time, even, to profit by momentary resistance. Average citizens have not Joined In stoning the lost leader, but they are profiting by the object lesson. It Is for Tammany, with Its grinning Mur lhys and Frawieys and Levys, that an Inner circle In hell Is being warmed. "Sure, says Mr. Doolry, "th' bache lors will be the boys in polyticks if th' ladles gets th' votes. It's to us intelli gent, raisonable, an' handsome men that th' dear things will come, an' not to crusty ol' married men. We've nlver took advantage iv thlm with false prom ises an' led thim fr'm th' altar to th' washtub. I'll have 50 votes to ye'er wan if th' girls gets their rights." But be not deceived, O gay bachelors of the Dooley or any other stripe be not de ceived by Mr, Dooley's conventional reasoning. Rather than cajoled, you are more likely to be ignored and thus ultimately eliminated. M. H. De Young, proprietor of (he Pan Francisco Chronicle, has bought the San Francisco Call for the purpose of sup pressing it. There have been three morning newspapers In San Frafrclsco the Chronicle, which represented the personal interests of M. H. De Young; the Examiner, which represented the personal interests of William R. Hearst, rles when ripe on a dry day; put into a vessel with the head out and a tap fitted near the bottom; pour on boiling water; mash the berries with your hands, and let them stand covered till the ptHp rises and forms a crust In three or four days; then draw off the liquid into another vessel, and to every gallon add one pound of sugar; mix well land put It Into a cask to work for one week or ten days, and., throw off any remaining lees. When the working has ceased, bung the cask. After six or 12 months It may be bottled. 2. Gather the berries when ripe; measure and bruise them, to every gal lon add one quart of boiling water. Let th0 mixture stand 21 hours, stirring ing or boiling. T. C. B. Congressman Lufferty Explains. Washington. Aug. 28. To the Edi tor of The Journal In a recent lssuo of your paper I see where ft few of the second crop of settlers on the Siletz lands visited Secretary Lane, while he was in Portland,' and complained that the first settlors, whose chilms they Jumped, had not lived up to the law, and that I had reported, adversely as to. these first settlers, while a special agent, and later as a private attorney defended them. . That Is not true, .and I trust you will, publish this statement. I never defended a single settler against whose claim I had made an adverse report. No man can cite a record to show jthat I did. Furthermore, 1 made a general report while a special agent stating that all the original Siletz set tlers who took their claims for - their own use and not for some timber com pany should have their patents. That report Is dated October J5, 1906, and Is on file in. the general land office. I stated that no human being could make a farm out of those lands in three years, and that the first crop of settlers were better entitled to equitable considera tion, having borne the early hardships of building trails, roads, bridges, etc., than would be any second crop 'offset tiers who would doubtless jump the claims if the special agents, should pro ceed against the first settlers. V y '" Vv;' A. W. - LAFFERTT.. . i ''-''.-.;'-, v '"''. 'v' ' ''-' '-'iri'".v, ;''.-' 5 OREGON SIDELIGHTS "KnoekAlf von must, but ret a real hammer." kava thai Cornelius Tribune confident, tloubtleas, that there's noth ing to gnocK in tsi oaiuwicK. Tha Condon Tlmea has grown inquisi tive? anil wiuita tn know: "Mow great la the difference between the number ot acres of tillable Und on your farm given 1 lie assessor ana mat given me yiua pectlva purchaser - Strongly advocating the Jackson coun ty road bonds, the Gold H1U News re marks: "Th bulldinar of the road Will distribute $500,0d0 in Jackson county-- a,rnons our own people. 11 win gve em ployment to the Idle, stimulate trade and direct the attention of the Investor to- tnis -county.- Thia jctotiatfo "svheaxe" is nernetrate'd by th 'Bits for .Breakfast" man in the Salem Statesman: "The driver' of an automobile s calleid a chauffeur -by those who know him, but what peder trians call him is a whole lot easier to speJk,' .. . ; The CorvslllS Qasette-Timea compli ments the- appearance or that tnrirty ritv'l show wlndaevs. and aava that they make? a down-town trlo In the evening a pleasant surprise. 11 pertinently sug gests: "wny, not ten tne snop-itefper wnen ne makes a ten-striae 1. ' with 'its accustomed ' cheerfulness, based Upon Irrigated ground, the Her m is ton Herald says that "between calls for tteach Dickers and Backers and help in the hay rields, there is work lor every available person on the project, and then the supply Is not enough." The Herald reports a splendid peach crop in size and quality. CURRENT EVENTS and the Call, whk;h', whJl-J usually rep resenting only Jopa. D. Spreckles, fre quently showed spurts of independence. For example, just after the fire of 1906, two good newspaper men took charge of the Call on a three year "policy con tract." During that time they alone were to determine the Call's attitude on public questions. The famous graft in vestigation rose, and these pew man agers, for both policy and conviction, took sides with most clear seeing and disinterested people in San Francisco they backed Heney. The Call did good service until three weeks before that election which- brought the graft fight to a climax, At that dramatic point the policy contratt expired, and Spreckles promptly ordered the muckraking' stopped. From that' time the Call lost prestige.' Established newspapers are harder tor kill than most people sup pose. But one of their diseases is al ways fatal "control." ,,And of that slow, wasting complaint the Call died. Every journalist understands that De Young. In buying the bones of the Call, wanted neither Its machinery nor Its circulation. He wanted mainly Its As sociated Press franchise. He knows that so long as our oldest and best estab lished press bureau runs under Its pres ent rules, he and Hearst are the only men who can publish. a morning news paper In San Francisco. For you can not conduct a newspaper, without tele graphic news. The Associated Press Has a monopoly of that commodity In the morning field; and by their "rights of protest" the owncrs of the Chronicle and CaM francnlses can perpetually prevent newcomer from - getting a franchise. The layman will never know how many evils of the press spring directly from the Associated Press monopoly. For unadulterated nerve you are re ferred to the Hon. Eugene N. Foss, Mr. Fobs Is governor of Massachusetts Though originally a Republican,. He has been elected to that office as a Demo crat, and twice reelected. A year ago last July Mr. Foss nourished hopes of receiving the Democratic nomination for president The delegates to the Balti more convention received copies of his biography, in which he was thus char acterized: "A true Democrat . . . whose polltl cal advancement has marked the gains of the Democratic party. ... A genu Ine, dynamic, progressive Democrat, a lifelong advocate of Democratic princl pies, and a courageous and unselfish champion of Democratic policies . . . a maker of Democratic voters In Re publican territory."' . , Having vigorously stacked the tariff policy of the Democrat! majority in congress, Mr. Foss might, one would think, be eliminated from this year's gubernatorial contest in Massachusetts. Not at all. The only difference Is: Mr. Foss wants the Republican nomination. "The sun should shine for us Republi cans now. says Mr. Foss, 'for the clouds are really rolling away." Mr. Foss ought to know. He considers him self the one and only,Bay State barome ter. But can the wooliest west offer anything to match this man for cheek? Before Foss, of Massachusetts. Kansas hangs her head In shame; Missouri blushes with modesty; Oregon holds her tongue. But there Is one point worth remarking: Mr. Foss hasn't been nom inated and won't be. . YOUR MONEY By John M. Oskison. Here is a quotation from the late James R. Keene, one of the most wll ly known stock market speculators this country has produced. "No man has a right to speculate unless he has the Instinct of a gam bler and can't satisfy It In any othr way. The few men that I have known who have made money ey speculating would have made Ihfihteiy more by directing their energies In legitimate channels. As for the thousands wh) have lost money by speculating, tho lesson is obvious." I am not going to preach a sermon, however short, against gambling. I Just want to point out to the reader of this little article who Is solicited to take a chance in some far-off en terprise that nine times In ten he is asked to go into a speculation which may be likened to a game played against a professional gambler who is using marked cards. And that Isn't Intelligent 'gambling. If you feel that you can afford to take a chance with your money, why not pick out home one In your own com munity who has a plan for getting ricn, and back him? If you . do that, you will increase your chances of winning many hundred per cent over your chances if you fall for the siren tal' of the promoter who wants to sell you gold mine stock or the stock of a ba nana plantation In Central America. If you have In your bloody the gam bling germ, remember that It can be trained to become a very real help In the development of your own com munity. Perhaps you can find endugn othera similarly Infected to under take the building of an interurban trolley line or a telephone line. In both these' enterprises you will find full scope, for your Instinct to gamble and' the work is of a character to test your' resourcefulness. If your judgment has been good, you Will find, after a time, hat the tele phone line and the trolley line are need, ed by some large company to make cer tain connections. - Tou will have an other period of pleasant excitement In negotiating the deal. , You see,' there are legitimate and healthful ways of satisfying the gam bUng instinct.'. Vv-, j;;'.. t IN EARLIER .DAYS ; Bf Fred IxcUey. - Z "Art U a fickle jade., 1 have wooed her all my life. Success in art is like love it goes by favor," said Charles IV Lamb of The Dalles. "Well, I am get ting my revenge. If art wanted to play' the wlll-o'-the-wisp for me,, my children ' have made good. They have starred Jn a play written for them. Stanley, my boy, and Lollta, my girl, starred, in The Two Little Waifs' fo three years, traveling all over the United-States, .' "When I was a boy I took juvenile parts in the old California theatre. - In the days when I was on the-stage In San Franciso, Bradley & Rulofsoa were the photographers who had almost all of the theatrical trade. They employed SB men and were the leading, photogra phers of San Francisco, and, for that matter, of the whole coast. Not only did I have a love for the stage, but l loved to draw, so I was naturally at tracted by the art. of photography. I got a position with Bradley & Kolof son, so I changed my allegiance from the stago to a different form of art. "While I was still playing Juvenile parts In the old California theatre I met David Belasco. He did not suc ceed in getting anything but minor parts. Later he was made stage mana-' ger of the Baldwin theatre, on Market street, in San Francisco, He made aiv instant success, and you know he has climbed to the very -top of the ladder. "Having known intimately many of the actors in the old days of 40 year go at San Francisco, I have kept track of them. Some who hoped to be stare of the first magnitude twinkled for a brief season In obscurity and have dis appeared. For many the final curtain has been rung down, while others are till alive and well to do. "Joseph Murphy, one of the old actor In the stock company of the California company, later starred in Irish PlaV such as 'Kerry Gow' and 'Shaun Rhtt and became wealthy. J. C. Williamson, th comedian of our company, marnaa Ma.nia Unn a aono- and dance artist. She tarred with him in 'Struck Oil' and later married him. Today he owns a string of theatres In Australia. Lotta Crabtree was an old-time San Francisco favorite. She danced and sang while she played the banjo. Her mother al ways came 'to the theatre with Lotta, and later, when . she slarrea as uun Nell in 'The Old Curiosity enop ner mother traveled with her. She had heautiful red hair, a sunny smile, a mi-rrv laueh. and everybody loved her. She is still alive, I believe. She gave the famous Lotta fountain to Ban fraa- clsco. Charey Vivian was anotner actor that 1 knew quite well. Ha was vary convivial and jolly, lie was the fouttdet of the Order of Eks. . He was an Eng lishman. He used to get a bunch of actors together after the show and drink and smoke and tell stories. They called themselves the Jolly Corks, from mas beginning came the B. P. O. E. , The In illation and many of the other features of the Elks are the same as of th Jolly corks. Vivian was a concert saloon singer In England, singing motto songs SUCh SB All mat uiitera ii nui u'- The thing he made a nit iu neie w w coster songs. 'Ten Thousand jaiiey away' was a song that always orougnt bis audience up standing. Ha played ,r in The Dalles. The building he mavort in was lust across from the Uma tilla House. He traveled all through the west. Most old theatre-goers win - member him. . He was unable to pay his dues toward the last, and 1' understand he was not In good etandlng In the Elks when he died. The plate from his cof fin is hanging In the lodge rooms of the Elks in Boston. "In the early '80s I took part in a good many of the amateur plays put on in Portland. When the Multnomah club gave 'TheVJBabes in U 7oxjU,' messenger boys were employed to stand in line all night to be on hand to get good seats. They put on another show entitled 'Mr. and Mrs. Cleopatra,' These shows were so -successful that Tommy Getz, who worked for the Portland Elec- 4 trlc Light company, came to ma and suggested that we write a play to gether. We wrote a play, calling it 'A Nlglit in Bohemia." We produced It on March l!6. 27 and 28 in 197. It was a great success. We gave it In the Mar quam theatre under the auspices of th Oregon Road club. Frank Hennssy, WTeyer Marks Jr., Jack Kissel and many others took part In it ' We gave It in Seattle and Tacoma, and from there-we traveled all over the United States. We usually gave it under the auspices of the Elks. In each town we secured a local cast of characters. "Photography has made wonderful strides since 1 took It pp as a profes sion 40 years ago. One of my fellow employes In Bradley & Rulofson's, In San Francisco, was E. W. Mybrldgo. He was the real inventor of motion pictures and all the movie men should take off their hats to htm. Leland Stanford had his home in Palo Alto. He had some blooded horses In his stables, and In dis cussing racing he claimed that at times horse had all four feet off the ground. Everybody laughed at him and said the horse would fall If all his feet wer Ui the air at once. Stanford came to Bradley & Rulofson's and asked for th best photographer they had. They seat Mybrldge out. Stanford explained whit he wanted a horse taken in motion; Mybrldge was an excellent chemist, ao. he made some special plates, very sen sitive and very fast. He built a big fence beside the track, lie put six cam-1 eras on the opposite side of the track. He divided bis fence into six parts and focused a camera at each different part, He attached silk threuds to the center of each section of the fence. He had the threads attached, to the cameras Senator Stanford drove onei of hH horses past at full speed. As the horse, broke the six silk threads, the shutters of the cameras were opened sad closed. They had six views of the horse In mo tion, covering every motion for the length of the fence. Stanford badi Proved his point. In one of the pictures all of the horse's feet wm tne- e-round. Stanrora aim mjunus. " , iisned a book later, called The Horse in Motion.' ...,'- v-i- "Poor Mybrldge had the close of his life saddened. His wife was one Of th most beautiful women in California. A clubman named Larklns wrota her a not , calling her 'Dearest Flora' ; and making an appointment for a meeting in a town near San Francisco. The note fell Into the hands of Mybrldge. He went to the hotel Larklns had appointed for the meotlng. Ho knocked gently on t" door of Larklns' room. Larklns came to the door.He said, 'Here, Mr. Larklns, Is the answer to the note you wrote ray wife, and shot him through the heart. Pointed Paragraphs It Is natural for some women to act unnatural. Love based on pity is sp come out in the laundry. ' . ' a m A-ktas in the dark. maybe a divine srark or It may be a mistake, Th man ' who fears the hereafter knows, he deserves what he expects. lye and U-wlUjnak. a-.balU of soap. If a man has no brains there's noth. Ing in hla head to cause him : to know. it. .