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and oritur th a t have put some of tlie o rg an izatio n s in had order at different tim es. A WEEKLY N E W S P A P E R WITH PLENTY o / B A C K B O N E Thing» Others Think. *n«l hhzi Mr Think U nion labor divides its bitterness E L B E R T BEDE. E ditor & G R A N T , Publisher» •I the Thing» Others Think between the M cN am aras and tleti j H arrison (.«ray Otis, ow ner ot the SU B SC R IP TIO N S R A TES Life is w hat you make it for other*. One ¥ « i r .................................................. $1.50 Si* M o n th s .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?6e j Los A ngeles Tunca, w hose bitter. .40 Sitarle Copies . ................... ............... 5c unfair and low -dow n an tagonism to * O f course the sugar t r u s t 's way of T h re e Months paid for in advance. This rule is imperative, No subscription taken unle «teslm g was refined. union lalmr created th e condition ADVERTISIN G RA T E S We must say th a t the tui ill la way Display 15 cents per inch under sixty inches; 12* cents per inch over sixty th at resulted in th e blow ing up ot above some of '(« friends. inches. Reading notices, 5 cents p e r line each insertion W ant ads. 1 cent per the T im es b uilding. H e typifies There are some folks wise enough lo w ord; no ad. leas th a n 15 cents. Kates on position made known on application. ev erythin g th a t is contem ptible, keep it to themselves. O f f i c e , F i f t h S t ., S o u t h o r P o s t o f f i c e scurrilous and ro tten iu th e tight T he aeroplane th a t is presumably A first-class publication e n tered a t C o ttag e Grove as second class mail m a t t e r against labor o rg an izatio n s, and this the e x tre m e height of fashion. opp o rtu n ity g iven him to glout over Much A m erican hum or has been the FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1011 the deteat ot his enem ies is bitter resu lt of the English lack of it. Some ptople a r e so big-headed that gaul to union labor. W hile the when they have a headache it streets crim e ol J. B. M cN am ara in blowing them all over. up th e Tim es building is in no man Some people show th a t they know j ner condoned, th e feeling tow ards som ething by saying th a t they know O tis is stren g th en e d . they d o n 't know anything. T5he C o tta g e G rove S en tin el THINGS WE THINK r; LET WOMEN VOTE IF THEY W ANT TO O M E N ’S S U F F R A G E is becom ing a m uch talked o f sub j e c t—and the w onder is th at it has not beeu m ore th o r ou g h ly advocated before. W hy in th e nam e o f common sense sh o u ld n ’t women v o te — if th e y w ant to ? T h ey m ig h t not be able to throw m ud stra ig h t, hut they w ould vote a m uch stra ig h te r ticket than some of those who now have th e rig h t of suffrage. Men can vote w ho can not read th e nam es on the ballot, w hile m illions of intelligent women have no voice in public af fairs. W e consider women capable of raising our boys and ed u catin g them to follow in th e footsteps of their fathers. S u rely it would be no m ore d an g e ro u s to allow them the rig h t of ballot. W W om en can own pro p erty and m ust pay ta x e s thereon, but have no voice in m aking th e laws w hich they obey. T he colon ists rose up in arm s and won th eir independence from E ng lan d for no o th er reason th an this. C ertainly, let the wom en vote— if they w an t to. T h ey m ay vote by in tu itio n , o r ‘‘ju s t because,” but som e men vote w ith as little ju d g m e n t. S urely we can not claim th a t wom en are not our equals. L et 'em vote, bless th eir h earts, if they w ant to. C E N T U R Y ’S G R E A T E S T w ould serve and then be free to en- T H R IL L E R .jo y th e ir w ealth, was openly If th e M cN am ara boys h ad se- ch arg ed . I t was also ch arg ed as cured bom bs and blown u p th e en- [ th e m otive for the bribery the desire tire co u rt, a tto rn e y s and a tte n d a n ts of capital to defeat th e socialist at th e ir trial, th e sensation could can d id ate for m ayor of Los A ngeles, n o t have been an y g re ater than L ater developm ents, how ever, seem th eir confession to d y n a m itin g th e to show th at th eir attorney, C lar- T im es building a n d L lellw yn Iron ence H arrow , could see th a t the w orks. state had th e ‘‘goods on th e m ,” T h e confession was a th rille r, a th at fu rth e r resistance w as o f no stu n n e r, a th underclap. In a few avail, w ould only sham efully con m om ents after th e pleas of g u ilty tinue the deception ot the labor were, entered, the new s was th e talk world, and th a t pleas ot g u ilty , o f th e nation, o f th e world. It was w ithout the enorm ous expense of unbelievable, u n th in k ab le. E ven co n tin u in g the trial, would elicit yet th ere are some who believe sy m p ath y from th e ju d g e. T he th ey were bribed to confess to some- pleas ot g u ilty undoubtedly did th in g of w hich they are not g u ilty , i save Jam es B. M cN am ara from T h e ir poor old m other is one of the gallow s and Jo h n J. from a life those. sentence. T h e rapidity w ith w hich public H a rd ly bad the M cN am aras been sentim ent tow ards the M cN am aras sentenced before it was announced ch an g ed was alm ost as am azing as t jja ^ subpoenas had been issued lor the acknow ledgm ent ot th eir guilt. I tfaeir appearance before the federal M em bers ot union labor w ho bad grand ju ry It Ls „ p e e l e d th at been duped by th e b itter cries of they w i„ have in terestin g stories persecution by capitalistic greed, so to tell, and th a t the m ystery of who eloquently spoken by H arrow , and backed them in th eir nefarious w ork v eh em en t declarations of lam b-like 1 will be cleared up. T he prosecu- innoeence on the p art of the g u ilty tion claim s th a t this is only the be- d y n am iters, w ere revulsed by the ginning of the m ost sensational case sta rtlin g news. T hose w ho had in the history of th e world, co n trib u ted m ost liberally to the It is claim ed th a t tber^ were m ore defence fund, w ere th e first to in- th an th irty people in league w ith voke th e full penalty of the law the M cN am aras. A dozen indict- upon those who had caused th e m ents are expected to be retu rn ed d eath of innocent people. by the gran d ju ry th a t convenes T h a t men could so vociferously Hec. 14th. declare th eir innocence tor m onths M eanw hile th e M cN am aras de- aud play on the sym pathies of those fend them selves and claim to be w ho honestly believed them g u ilt- m arty rs for th e cause of labor, less m arty rs being railroaded to the H arrow also defends his actions— gallow s, and then in a m om ent con- in tak in g the case, in accepting a fess to such heinous crim es, was defense fund, and for later inducing dum bfounding. I t took union the boys to plead g u ilty . T h is is labor off its feet. G om pers ex- his last case, and he m ust feel it an claim ed: d g n o m in o u s end to a g reat career. “ I am astounded; my cred u lity T h e pleas of g u ilty have at least has been imposed upon. I t ’s a bolt had one good effect. If th e Mc- o u to f th e clear s k y .” N am aras had been found g u ilty , an C alvin W y a tt, rig h t band m an of unbelievable num ber of union labor S am uel G om pers, w ent so far as to people would have th o u g h t they declare th a t both th e M cN am aras had been railroaded to d ea th . If should be hanged and th a t he would they had been acquitted, an equally like to pull the rope. large num ber would have felt cer- M any others m ade sim ilar state- tain they were g u ilty . E ith e r way m ents. All condem ned them as \ it w ould have w idened th e breach traito rs to union labor in such betw een labor and capital. term s as left no doubt as to w hether T h e pleas of g u ilty will also have union labor condoned violence and a decided effect on laltor o rg a n iz a m urder. tions. T h e way th a t union labor W h a t could be the m otive for bas accepted th e situation will the confession after th e fight th a t stren g th en it m orally w ith the p u b bad been put up by and for them lic. It show s th a t violence is no t a is th e puzzler. T h a t they had recognized tenet o f such o rg an iza been rich ly bribed and would re tions, and will tend to purge them ceive slight sentences, w hich they of those elem ents of law lessness When *you have a f r ie r d th a t your conscience w on’t let you p s t t e r n afte r, takes c u t his ac q u ain tan c e on the bias. W O U L D O R E G O N IA N HO IT ’ T h e P ortland O regonian occasion to attem p t to sw ing in a R espect for old age is a very nice solar plexis on G overnor W est be and beautiful thing, but a venerable cause of his statem en t th a t there egg will give it an aw ful setback. A mediocre man a t t r a c t s more public | shall be no m ore h an g in g s in O re a tte n tio n am ong his inferiors than a gon while he is governor. T he b rilliant man Mtnong his equals. O regonian sav- " T h e state should T here w ouldn't be so many people ex term in a te , tor its own protection, w ith scandals stick in g to them if those such m iserable w retches as the w ith good r e p u ta tio n s would tell as m ore or less sane perverts w ho slew little about o th e rs sa o th e rs h a v e a la iu t B arbara H olziuan and w ho violated them . “ Rag tim e p r e a c h in g ” is condemned and slew Mrs. H ill and her d a u g h by an e a ste rn bishop. It does seeui as ter. if the teachings of the Suvior would “ Hut instead of re tu rn in g to the bo difficult to harm onize with th a t kind vile d irt, w here they belong, such of a tune. worse than w orthless and m ore than I f everyone should a t one lim e stop d an gerou s creatu res as th e H o l/m an buying the thin g s they d on’t need and H ill m u rd erers— or was itm u r- th e re would be an equal or g r e a te r n u m b e r deprived of the means of buy derer*— the gov ern o r o f O regou ing w h a t they have to have. conceives it to be his d u ty to go to T h ere w ouldn’t be nearly as many the extrem e ot settin g aside th e rig m a rria g e s in this old world if the orous aud ju s t o p eratio n of law in co u rtin g had to tie done before break order to p ro tract th eir vicious e x f a st instead of a f t e r the young ladies istences. He would tak e such dis have had a whole day to (trim up iu. A leading m agazine has cunipiled g u stin g d eg en erates and p u t them figures to prove th a t the averugc in a cell at Salem , fattening them p r e a c h e r ’s salary is per year. w ith wholesom e food, m iuistering Those who find fault because preachers to them w hen th ey are sick and ot d o nt' work with th e ir Irauds d o n 't say tering them on occasion sp iritu al a word about their receiving the w age and o ther consolation. W hy? T h at of a laboring man. S cientists are endeavoring to calcu they m ay live as long as possible. late the age of the ocean by the am ount • W hy should th e y live ” of sa lt in it, on the theory th a t it gets Is th e m an w ho w rote th a t edi sa ltie r each year. C om puting the age torial w illing to spring th e trap of m an on the sam e haais, th e re are th a t would seud a m urderer into some fresh people who are not due to oblivion? Hoes he stan d ready to be burn yet. T he St. I’aul 1‘ioneer Press sa y s: tu rn the electric sw itch th a t would " S t P aul is tittf, feet above the sea end all on ea rth for some crim inal level and a b j u t th r e e laps ahead of w retch ? ev e ry th in g in s i g h t . " The Minneapo I f be stan d s so ready, then bis lis papers will probably r e to r t that opiuiou may have some w eight. Minneapolis is so far ahead of St. Paul It he is not w illing to him self break th a t it did not come w ithin the S a i n t ’s range of vision. the m urderer s neck, he has not the Some men will tip the w a ite r 50 courage of bis convictions and is cents a f t e r paying an eipial am ount merely p ra ttlin g . for a meal —and think th e ir wives By the sam e to k en , if Gov. W est ought to get meals for about a week , does not feel th a t he could himself, on the same amount. A method of tr e a tin g bank notes to in th e nam e of th e law, take the m u rd erer’s life, it is bis plain d u ty make them prac tica lly in de structible has been discovered by g o v ern m e n t e x to com m ute th e seiileuce. perts. We never y e t wore any out In discussing th e senatorial slrug handling them. S cientists have discovered t h a t chill gle soon to tak e place in this state, ing o f various plants produces sugar, the C ottage G rove S entinel says; and profess to believe t h a t humans “ T h e re are probably no R epub may be sim ilarly affected. Girls som e licans w ho are not pleased to see tim es seem the s w e e te s t when they opposition to B ourne, and m any of a re th e coldest tow ards you. S e c re ta ry Wilson ia reported to have the D em ocratic faith join in th at said t h a t hot biscuits are an ideal food. feeling. W e do n o t know Lowell, We w ere under th e im pression th a t but feel c e rtiin th a t he m ust be th e s e c r e ta ry had been m arried long som ething of an im p ro v em en t.” enough ao t h a t it was no longer incum T h e S entinel will find th e people bent upon him to say such p re p o s te r generally will endorse its position in ous th in g s j u s t to please wifey. this m a tte r.—E u g en e R egister. O ne of the favorite pastim es at E u g en e is to stan d on th e co rn er and w atch the railroad ru m o rs g o by. ________________ George Lewis, A lias B ernard M ar v in , a M athem atical Prodigy. From Mr. Liebe, tim b e r inspector for the S. P. Co., who goes to Wend- ling fre q u en tly to inspect and figure the am ount of lum ber shipped for the company a t t h a t place, says George Lewis, who has a dual personality, in being th e young B erkeley engineer, son of Mrs. J . B. Leiberg« on the Mc Kenzie, is the m ost re m a rk a b le man he e v e r knew. Si* or e ig h t men may be loading a c a r of lumber, I.ewia am ong the number, and the m inute the last stick is put onto the car he will name th e e x a c t num be r of fee t, though all so rts of sized s tic k s and boards mav have been p u t in, and Mr. Liebe has found on figuring it out t h a t L e w is ’ announced figures a r e absolutely co r rect. He has shown o th e r evidences since going th e re of being a m a th e m atical prodigy and also a man of ra re discrim ination and cu ltu re, and yet he sto u tly m a in ta in s he is only a lu m b e r jack. P itts b u r g women a re tr y in g to have m arried men compelled to w ear wed ding rin g s to w arn young women a g a in st flirting w ith them . Why, bless your h e a rts, ladies, h alf of your inno cent, ahy society girls would be h u n t ing for the men w ith the bands on th e ir fingers. I t is w orthy ot notice, as m a rking th e ir peculiarities, th a t most women in choosing husbands show a marked pre- ferene for bachelors and widowers. Kasson Republican, We will anxious ly w a it with hated b re a th for the R e publican to inform ua w h a t o th e r kind of men th e re are for them to show p r e ference for. Why is it th a t a man will let a woman m ake an idiot of him in hla e n deavor to give her th e impression th a t he ia about the s m a r t e s t and m anliest thing t h a t ev e r donned a pair of p a n t a loons. Some chap with much curiosHy con cealed on h ia person, haa discovered t h a t th e av e ra g e peraon has 12»,000 hairs on his head. —StillwHter G az ette. No one but a hare-brained idiot would spend tim e fiiguring out such a propo sition. A New York paper says th a t T a f t resem bles Buddha. Well, a m a n ’s got to be p r e tt y near a god to g e t along w ith congress. I t ’s easy to say Ipts of bright, o r ig i T he airships a re now c a rry in g r e s nal th in g s if your auditors never heard ta u ra n ts . says an exchange Any them befo re you stole them. facetious re m a rk s about th e meals b e Do your C hristm as shopping early. ing high are out o f order. NOT E X P E N S I V E T re a tm e n t at Hot Lake, including tuedieal attention, Ismrd and bulli*,' costs no more th sn you would pay to live id any fir’d 1 In*» hotel. Room* can be hail from 75 ce n ts lo $2 .'si per day Meal” in the < afo te ria a ie served from 2» cents up, and in the grill at the usual g u ll prices. Hath , ran g e from 50 cents to $1 INI. WE DO CURE RHEUMATISM Hot Lake Mineral Hath* and mud givrii under m nuditi« direction, have eurixl thousands. W rite for illustrated Imoklel desiu p t i v e of Hot Lake S anatorium and the rnathods employed. Hot Lake Sanatoriali! i* acci-. sihle, a* il is located directly on tin main line of the O W It A N lull way. and special excursion r u le , lire I I I he hud III a l l times A d agoni* HOT L A K E S A N A T O R I U M W ALTKK M »M UNCK, fre - Mgr H O T LAKE, • O R E G O N We are lalkinq— Ranges AND heaters All the lime! Come in ami Hear the S|>ei! we ( ìive ’em. Griffin & Veatch Co. COMPETITORS OF SEARS-ROEBUCK - J fc - CHRISTMAS GOOD GHEER is on view here in every part of the attire. There is everything in groceries for the Christmas feast from the flour to make the rolls to the table raisins and nuts for the end of the dinner. Come and make your selections. II it’s ^rweries and ^ood it is sure to lie here. KERR & SILSBY YOU’LL NEVER REGRET STAYING AT THE HOTEL ALDER For you Ret more real comfort for your money than is usually given. City Hall, Court House, City Library, Art Museum, Post Office, Iheatres, Department Stores, Commission Houses and Business District surround this home-like hotel. Special rates to parties of two or more. ROOMS $1.00 AND UP. 4th and Alder Sts., Portland, Oregon o •